The Plucky Squire Physical Release Announced, Pre-Orders Now Live

Question : Will you be adding this to your shelf?

Me : Yes, of course. The PS5 version.

@Anti-Matter Question: why do you so often add an introductory question instead of just stating your comment lol

Looking forward to adding this to my shelf indeed, on Switch of course.

Would rather they take as long as they need and iron out any unchecked bugs before they issue the physical release.

@Synecdoche
I highlighted the question first before I gave my answer.

I hope the physical release isn't through Limited Run Games, because I really want to get this.

I can’t wait for this game

That’s good to know, and considerate of them to inform us! Hopefully the wait isn't too long, yet long enough to get the critical bug fixes and performance patches on the cartridge. I’m sure the Switch version will need them!

I've got a pretty enormous backlog so I don't mind waiting, and if this game's as good as anticipated, I think I'll want that physical copy

Really want this - but it’s so darn impressive that I think this is going to look fuzzy and run “ok” on switch. Hope to be wrong.

At least it’s free on the PS Plus Catalogue day one to try out.

*EDIT: Natch, PS5 only? What the hell. If it’s on Switch you can’t at least provide a PS4 version as well 🙁

@Sonicka You might want to add another Edit as it isn't on all PS+ levels, it isn't on PS+ Essential (formerly just PS+) but is only on PS+ Extra and PS+ Premium, which cost a considerable bit more.

Would be nice if this game got a price along w/ the physical release announcement. My wife just asked me at breakfast "How do they announce a release date without announcing the price?" 🤷‍♂️

Based on this trailer some of these enemies seem to be wicked weapon sponges. If they can find a way to pull that off without it effecting enjoyment, that would be great. I was super excited about this game and now I’m cautiously optimistic.

There are so many September games coming out that even a highly anticipated game like this I dont know if Ill have time for... Lollipop Chainsaw Repop comes out a few days prior, then Zelda a week and a half later... all while Im having very stressful move/life stuff going on...

I'll hold off for the physical especially since the Wii U/3DS eShop closure changed my perspective on digital games forevrr

Great news! Will be on the lookout for it.

@Synecdoche yeah, that's really weird 😅

@rjejr that’s why I referenced the PS Plus Catalogue specifically - this has never been a thing that’s available for essential/basic tier members, it’s day one for the catalogue, not the monthly game offerings (also, you did my job for me)

That said, my use of the word “free” isn’t really correct considering it’s subscription based.

Sweet! I've been looking forward to this for a while. I'll happily wait for a physical cart. I've been way into retro gaming lately anyways so I can keep myself busy in the mean time.

Sorry, that just seems weird to be able to do a physical game but not at launch. What a crazy time we live in. I hope the game is good but this seems completely avoidable.

Don't be surprised if this ends up being a LRG release.

@Bizzyb I would be surprised seeing as Devolver oversee most of their own releases directly.

I'll be picking it up physically.

@Sonicka "PS Plus Catalogue specifically"

I've had PS+ on and off since it launched like a decade ago but I'm not sure exactly what "catalogue" is. Maybe it's something that's promoted more in the UK than the US? I mean I do know PS+ Extra has a bunch of games you can play, it's basically PS Now, and PS+ Premium adds demos, I mean "trials", and some PS1 games, so I suppose that is technically a catalog, but I guess I just never think of it that way.

Upon further review you are correct, Game Catalog, I don't think my brain likes that word. 😝

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-plus/games/

Yeah I really don't like that word.

Well at least now I know, thanks for the education. 👍

@rjejr no worries, you don’t know what you don’t know

The naming conventions overall aren’t particularly brilliant, especially since the convergence of PS NOW - and I often get muddled over the difference between Extra and Premium (and I’m on Extra lol).

Not to mention what classes as a “classic game” for their Premium back catalogue of PS3, PS2 and PS1 titles is confusing (because they weirdly class PS4 remasters / remakes in the same category).

@Sonicka " Premium back catalogue of PS3, PS2 and PS1 titles "

I don't see how anyone anywhere ever puts PS3 and PS1 games in the same category. Or in this case catalog. I wouldn't put NES and SNES games in w/ N64 either. Now I'm trying to decide if there's a "middle" category but I'm not sure there is. And I'm not sure I'd even consider PS2 to be "classic". PS2, Dreamcast, N64 and Xbox I'd consider to be the beginning of "modern gaming" since it's the beginning of 3D, so anything before that is "classic", which leaves Atari, Commodore, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis and Saturn.

That could change tomorrow but I'm sticking w/ it today, "classic" vs "modern" gaming is the switch from 2D to 3D consoles. So yeah, they're entire "Catalog" system seems a bit off to me too.

@tseliot What are you talking about? This happens all the time, especially for indie games. There's many many many examples of games releasing digitally before releasing physically. For smaller studios this sort of thing really depends on how much of an audience you have so you don't waste thousands of dollars making copies of a game that might not sell well.

@rjejr oh I completely agree. It’s a very dumb system to lump everything in one area under “pre PS4? These are “classics” so you gotta pay the next tier”

I suspect it’s partly because of the lack of PS1/2/Portable titles in the Premium tier anyway, but the fact that PS3 games can only be streamed just brings the overall idea of the package down for me anyway, so I’ll never bother with it.

Premium I’ve only delved into lately thanks to offers, so I’ll make use of games I don’t care to own but want to play (before they rotate out). Otherwise I’ll just stick with the Essential for online play and the monthly titles we can keep (as long as we’re subscribed).

@Sonicka We aren't currently signed up, basically stopped when they came out w/ the new tiers. I game online every day but only free games that don't require PS+, and I borrow a lot of games from my local library, also free, so I don't have enough time to play "classic" games anyway.

Oh, I also getting really frakin' annoyed at Sony b/c 3 years ago right after we bought our PS5 I entered our code for PS+, back when there was just PS+, but I didn't realize I was signed in under my kids account, so we got PS+ for that year, w/o access to our previous numerous years of games, and then when that year was up and I thought about signing back up again under my account we'd lose access to the games from that year. So it was really a combination of the 2. 😝

Hope copies are still available after the release. My only concern with this game is Switch performance.

Good job announcing the physical relatively early and giving people their choice of medium. The physical in February sounds far away, but there’s no shortage of games to play till then!

I will give Devolver credit where it's due; the slow uncringing and being an actual publisher and distributor and not just a series of annoyingly fart sniffing trailers hoping to sell ROM rentals is an upgrade

Physical is neat for sure…but 5 months after the digital release? I’ll stick with digital on this one.

Thanks for the update! Money already spent in my book. I've like never gotten a delux edition of a game but I might? Either way I'm picking up a physical copy. I'm grateful my backlog is big enough that I'll be quite content until February easily. Only thing is I am moving in December. Do we have any idea when you can't preorder anymore? I'd rather not put it off, I'm just not certain where I'll be next year.

@Anti-Matter Going for it on ps3. I can wait to play this one. Got to much to play as it is. If I didn't have much to play I would be on this next month lol.

$30 for the digital version at launch?

This has gone from a Day 1 purchase to "Wait for a sale". Absolutely not paying that much for a digital title, particularly if the physical edition never releases here in the UK.

Looks like I might get this down the line, provided that it runs on Switch well.

The physical game is available at Amazon UK for preorders:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DFD42HV9?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

@tseliot It’s nothing new for indie games. Hopefully the delay means it’s the fully patched version.

@rjejr forgot to reply to this 😅 completely fair! Idiosyncrasies like that for the service would annoy me as well.

I’m already frustrated with Nintendo’s online service having recently opted in for the family plan but not getting the benefits I thought I would since I can’t share my personal digital library of games with my daughter on her own Switch (well, I CAN… but not without a tremendous amount of workarounds to make it work).

@Kiz3000 $29.99 / £22.99 isn’t terribly high for this caliber / quality of indie title to be fair, especially digitally.

That said, I’ve also often waited for sales on certain games as well. For me it often comes down to “do I want to support the developer?” and a measure of personal value to justify the purchase 🙂

@Sonicka I am sure it will be good.

I got burnt with Another Crabs Treasure, which I was really excited for, but it just ran so terribly in handheld mode making the game even harder than it already was. Should've just bought it on PS5 in the first place. Sigh.

Only the deluxe edition (and digital, of course) is available on US Amazon so far. I hope a standard edition will be available here.

@Kiz3000 that also another good factor. The game does look far too good to run well on switch.

I’ve been surprised before of course… but yeah…

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but will games like this automatically run better on the next version of the Switch?

@Sonicka "well, I CAN… but not without a tremendous amount of workarounds to make it work)"

Been there, done that, when we got a Switch for my kid as a high school graduation gift when they went away to college. Now they are a college graduate back home and my younger kid is away at that same college w/ our family Switch, which has all of the paid Smash DLC on it but they had to buy it again anyway b/c it was under my account. So now my account is on the other kids Switch and I honestly couldn't tell you which is my primary as I game exclusively on PS5. Where I'll play this w/ PS+ Extra for a month, to bring this comment around back on track. 😄

@rjejr
Hey, you're a smart guy (even if you suck at puns ). Can you answer my question?

Great to hear it's official and direct from the publisher.

@k8sMum "Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but will games like this automatically run better on the next version of the Switch?"

I'm assuming this question from a few comments above. 😁

Short answer is most likely yes, I'd bet on it. 👍

But then we have variables like "will it even run on Switch 2?" or will it be another Wii U to Switch situation where we need to rebuy everything.🤑 There's also the issue of will Nintendo let us play games we bought on Switch on Switch 2, though they probably will. Might also have like a $10 upgrade fee so not necessarily "automatically".

So I'm sticking w/ yes, b/c I think Switch 2 will simply be a "New Switch" so everything will run on it, but faster or with better resolution, maybe both. Though handheld may have the same 720p screen so that's a wash.

Which I suppose is a different question than - if I buy a Switch copy now, either physical or digital, will I be able to play it on Switch 2 no questions asked? I still think the answer is yes, like it is on PS4 to PS5, but Nintendo logic has made me look like a complete idiot in the past so who knows.

I'm paying Sony $15 to rent "Plucky Squire" for a month on PS+ Extra, along w/ playing "Lego Star Wars" and buying "Castle Crashers" on sale to play w/ my wife and kid.

As for how much better this will look and play on Switch 2, which I'm reading between the lines of your question, I'm going w/ "negligible" and it's probably not worth waiting for those improvements. I've never paid Sony to upgrade a PS4 game to the PS5 version, they look basically the same to me. I can't really tell between 30 or 60 fps or 1080p or 1440p or 4k.

OK that got way too long, sorry for rambling. At least I didn't subject you to any more puns. 😂

@rjejr
Thanks muchly, friend. Pretty much what I figured.

Though you did mention "Nintendo logic" which is an oxymoron, imho, heheh.

With Devolver doing this, it means the normal version can be ordered through your normal online shop.
BRILLIANT

I’m not often tempted by deluxe editions, but this one has my attention!

@k8sMum

"Nintendo Logic" is less of an oxymoron, more of a meme. 😂

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-logic-memes-that-are-hilariously-true/

I made this, well copied and pasted and added the top to the bottom that was already there, several years ago.