Scott Pilgrim EX Brings More Beat 'Em Up Action To Switch In March

I’d play that! I won’t be able to resist if this gets a proper physical release.

This was the announcement of the year for me! Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game is one of my absolute favourite games. I'll be buying this Day One!

Oh boy what a treat! Kinda like how the Netflix animated series blew me away and not realizing it even existed. I love the Scott pilgrim universe. And just knowing Paul Robertson is involved seals the deal ( and animaniguchi lol) his animation is insane

Ok wow I watched the trailer this looks sooooooo good 😊

Never had this on my bingo card!

For me beat em ups rely heavily on what the theme is, unfortunately being one of my least favorite movies I've ever sat through this is a pass for me.
I know there is a graphic novel and other media, but dang that movie ruined the whole franchise for me. Im salty enough to never even look at anything scott pilgrim, I'm probably missing out...

This is one of my most awaited games now, announcement of the evening, for me! I do wonder, if the game will have 4 player co-op, but I'm getting this anyway, day one!

One of the highlights for me. I will be getting this for sure.👍

Best new game announcement of the Summer Game Fest. Love me some more SP. <3

@Tasuki
You need to grind. When you have the characters at a good level, the game feels way better.

Loved the first one, though it wasn’t perfect. This is a day one purchase fir me, the Scott Pilgrim world is very appealing.

NO WAY HOLY CRAP GAME OF THE YEAR 🙌

Loved the movie so much, the game not so. But def interested

@rvcolem1 Man, I feel so alone in disliking this franchise sometimes. It has a stupid message, Scott's in a relationship with a minor, and it uncomfortably sexualizes lesbians for a male audience. I genuinely don't understand why this franchise is so popular.

@Norsaken yeah I respect other opinions, but everyone in the movie is so unlikable. Also he is too much of a wimp to break up with his girlfriend and his best friend just thinks this is ok, just to go out with Ramona who doesnt even seem to like him. I don't see the character growth that everyone talks about, in my opinion he needs to work on himself before he is ready for a relationship cause he comes off as selfish sex crazed goof that just wants a trophy instead of a relationship. But hey thats just like my opinion man

@rvcolem1
Reading this has made me realize that Goodnight Punpun is basically the anti Scott Pilgrim, it viciously tears apart a lot of the things Pilgrim glorifies.

What, o cursed Internet, is a "sex bob omb"

@Fazermint The band Scott Pilgrim plays in. Watch the movie. It's a fun movie.

@rvcolem1 @Norsaken - You are not wrong. I just mostly remember the fun videogame references and how good dumb the whole set-up with the exes was.

Very excited for the game. Originally had no interest in physical edition gimmicks but have to admit that super premium one is triggering some serious nostalgia driven desire. The comic with the Sonic CD inspired cover especially!

This is 100% a day one buy, for me. I loved the Manga when they were new, the first video game was really fun (with a great soundtrack), the movie was great and the anime adaptation was also excellent.

Nice to see that it's coming out in a matter of months and getting a physical copy too! Hopefully all of the players enjoy it!

The music sounds really good, the jury's still out on the gameplay.

Notice that there is NO Switch 2 version in physical release from the picture above, whether the developer skipped the Switch 2 version or if they will consider the Switch 2 version, looks like the Switch 2 version will be game key card if the developer jumped on the bandwagon or they will provide actual game card if they still want to get some respect from the customers.

Nice! This is looking like another quality beat em up and a worthy sequel to the first game. The Super Ultra Edition is overkill for me, but put me down for a Deluxe Edition - I’ve gotta get this sweet-sounding Anamanaguchi OST on CD! Best shop music in video games. 😆
It’s going to be a long wait for this physical, though, knowing LRG.
Hopefully a physical for Marvel Cosmic Invasion comes out sooner, to scratch that beat em up itch.

Buying on Switch, of course - a Switch 2 cart would probably cost $70-80 unless it’s another lousy game key. Honestly, I’m more than fine with games of smaller file sizes like this continuing to get physical releases on Switch, since S2 physical media apparently is so poorly suited to the job.
I wonder if the fine folks at Supergiant and Team Cherry are weighing this decision now for Hades II and Silksong - affordable S1 physical, unaffordable S2 physical, or S2 game key?? It’s a pity Nintendo is putting 3rd parties into such a pickle.

We can assume the "special" will ship sometime in early 2028 if we live that long.

@Norsaken This was back when main characters were allowed to be interesting and flawed, also Knives is 17, age of consent in majority of the world including Canada is 16.
@SalvorHardin Punpun is really good but it's also depressing af and not an easy read at all, that's fine but can't things be fun sometimes
@Dhaladog If it's still Anamanaguchi they're legit.

Man LRG again for the physical dang it. Took ages to get the first one physical from them, but I had ordered the switch case and Scott keychain in sonic adventure pose (I lost that set of keys 😭), so maybe that’s why it took a year plus to get to me. It made me double dip which I don’t love. Maybe I’ll try and order it through VGP…..

Looks really cool. I wonder how many playable characters will have.

I liked the first game, the movie, graphic novels and the anime.

Oh yes, I can confirm Toronto has beaches. You'll often find me there with a beer and a good sandwich. Anyway, always nice to see some Toronto representation. I work in film and television and TO is always standing in for a more famous city like NY or Boston. Don't think I've ever worked on a show that actually takes place here haha.

@OldManHermit I'd enjoy a visit. Skyline is a bit blandly internationalist for me though beyond the CN Tower obviously, that's a beaut.

@Fiergala If you end up here, definitely head up to the observation deck of the tower, the view is rather spectacular.

@rvcolem1 @Norsaken Complaining here about a franchise you dislike is beyond strange. SP is awesome. Don't like, don't watch/play. Knives is 17 and also isn't a minor. Age of consent in Canada is 16. Americans always view everything in a bubble.

@Fiergala Lifelong Toronto resident. "Blandy internationalist?" 🤔 Toronto has one of the most unique skylines in the world. It's instantly recognizable, what with the iconic CN Tower and the Skydome right beside it. I'm not deeply in love with toronto, I'm just stating the obvious. It's like New York's skyline or Tokyo's.

@Grim Thankfully this is NOT a numbered release, it's a distro title, so what that should mean is that this game is probably going to be available at other retailers as we get closer to release. Hopefully. One less game held hostage by the terrible LRG is always welcomed. 🙏🥹

@EVIL-C Skydome? Don't you mean the Roger's Centre? I kid of course. It is, and always will be the Skydome as far as I'm concerned.

@OldManHermit You're damn right, good sir! 🍷🧐 🥹❤️ 🎉

@EVIL-C I see that you have love for this franchise, but I dont find it strange to comment on a video game website about a video games theme not being for me. I would say the same for blasphemous, i enjoy metroidvania games but that theme was off putting for me.

@EVIL-C I said the CN Tower was a beaut tbf, not a sports guy but the view from that stadium is quite amazing too. But outside of the Tower can anyone name an actual Toronto skyscraper like they can with the Sears or John Hancock building in Chicago or the obvious examples from New York (even just keeping it to around the 70s, the United Nations Building and the WTC).

E: @OldManHermit Oh yeah ofc. I'd always take the chance and would like to compare it to the Fernsehturm in Berlin.

@OldManHermit toronto and Vancouver, good grief there is a ton of stuff filmed in British Columbia. I dont blame them as the people are awesome and both Toronto and BC are beautiful. I wished where I lived actually had snow more than once every few years.
Plus I have to drive 6.5 hours to see a professional hockey game, so I only get to go once a year. Bummer

@rvcolem1 Well, to each their own. I'm not going to pretend to be self-righteous and claim to never leave comments on stuff I don't like, cause I certainly do sometimes, though I do try to stop myself. 😅

@Fiergala Toronto never had any really iconic skyscrapers, save maybe First Canadian Place? But it's hardly a household name. Mostly just generic looking office towers. That's no secret. We do however have a ton of very famous other landmarks that aren't skyscrapers, like High Park, Casa Loma, The Distillery District, The Roundhouse, The UofT campus, The Brickworks, Ontario Place, the old TSX building, to name some. What we need is a skyscraper that looks like a raccoon, then we'll get noticed. 😆 (we already have a library that looks like a turkey 😉)

Edit: There is that stupid One Bloor Tower being built. It's a BILLION dollars in debt already and way behind schedule. While it'll likely be iconic, the very project is a complete and total ridiculous farce. 🤦‍♂️

I don’t know if it is missing on their actual announcement but in the article, you seem to miss out that the comic is also included in the super duper whatever version too, which is confirmed by the image.

@Fiergala @Dhaladog from the game listing on their site: “Game Soundtrack featuring music by Anamanaguchi”, seems like it will still be mostly Anamanaguchi, though the wording sounds like it might not be entirely their music this time round? But yeah, the first game’s soundtrack was amazing. I’ve seen them perform it live.

The omission of parrallax backgrounds is disappointing.

The first Scott Pilgrim 2D beat 'em up was dull garbage dressed up in video game references. In that way it's extremely faithful to what Scott Pilgrim is. They did way better in their future beat 'em ups.

@ChessboardMan if there's even a couple of tracks by Anamanaguchi I'll take it; I have the first SP game to thank for introducing me to them.

This is going to be the greatest game of all time based off the (third greatest) movie of all time

@axelhander at least the first one had parralax backgrounds!

@Zerodogg I mean, that is something...

Meh, not into the series with the dude wanting to bang a minor.

Whyyyyyyyy with the static, plywood set in a damned B movie backgrounds? I know it bothers me more than most, but that's a no from me, dawg.

@axelhander It was also great music and animation. If you don't come to vide games for that, I don't get you, lol.

@EVIL-C all of my fingers and toes are crossed!!

$3.99 seems reasonable….

Wait, HOW MUCH???

Love the comics, love the movie, love the previous game. Chances are I’m going to love this one as well.

@rvcolem1 discussion? In the current era of the internet? Are you mad!?

@axelhander I'm looking up the history of the company, you're a fan then? How is 'Mercenary Kings' and 'Panzer Paladin'?

@Fiergala Haven't played either. I thought the same team that did the original Scott Pilgrim fighter went on to do things like Shredder's Revenge. I could be wrong. I didn't triple-verify my sources.

@axelhander They are.

@Patchanka

I'm going to sort of agree with both of ya'll on this. The combat is hella stiff at first, but gets better as you level up. Once the characters are buffed, the game "plays properly". So, imo, ya'll are both right.

I do think that having some louder "hit noises" / feedback to feel more weight on attacks would help the combat overall. Games like Final Fight and Double Dragon understood this from the start.

and here I am still waiting if they ever make a sequel to the 2010 movie lol

Scott Pilgrim, in its every incarnation, looks like absolutely one of the worst things ever made.

@guy_who_thinks_hes_C

They never made a sequel to the movie, but the new anime they made is probably more interesting than a true sequel would be + they got back the movie actors to reprise their roles.

@jaughndis

Just the lone fact that the live action movie has Mary Elizabeth Winstead cast as Ramona negates your thesis.

Also, maybe it's not for you.

They made it seem like only four are playable. Knowing there'll be three more still unknown characters is exciting.

Love the series so much.

Another beat'em up from Dotemu that is a guaranteed hit. I'll try to get it on day one.

Something that got announced being delivered in the window they said it would come out in Joy

Day 1 ish let’s go

Man wild people are still negatively harping on Knives like America is the center of universe for morale standards.

In Canada standards (the backdrop for this series) she is legally fine at 17 because age of consent has been reached. It’s irrelevant if your morale sensitivities finds that gross or not. In Canada’s perspective Scott dating Knives isn’t “gross” to the level of being criminally wrong.

Which was always a hypocritical perspective when Scott and Knives is 23 vs 17 meanwhile you got countless American couples with like 10+ age gaps with each other anyway.

They're supposed to be sending out physical copies around this time, yeah? I ordered it with Shantae: Risky Revolution, and they're supposed to ship both games to me by the 31st... But Limited Run Games also has a dirty habit of delaying things at the eleventh hour, so we'll see I guess.

Why Limited Run? I'll buy the digital day one, but this sucks.

insane, 175 box for one game with cosmetics

Looking forward to this game. In hindsight, the last game was just alright...but I feel Tribute will make a better game now with the current run they're having. I'll be skipping the physical edition. I play beatemups on short spurts & id rather not have to swap discs.

I heard a lot of good things on the first game, but I played the version on Ubisoft Connect (before it was on Steam), and I thought it was very mid. It was clunky, grindy, and overall not fun, enemies were absolute damage sponges.

The pixel art looked cool, and there was a good concept there, but the execution wasn't great. And I have played better Beat-'em-Up games. It's understandable that the original on Xbox 360 was its own thing, there weren't too many indie beat-'em-ups back then, but nowadays, eh...

At least it's properly preserved now, I suppose. As the original on Xbox 360 was delisted long ago.

Matthew and Robot-01 look really cool.

Also, playable Robot-01 was unexpected.
I wonder who is left (hopefully Envy will be playable or at least NPC).

Quite liked the original as a decently put together beat em up romp. So I'll probably check this out if it is significantly different to the original/first iteration