Limited Run Games and Konami have teamed as much as deliver again two traditional sequence’ from the Japanese developer’s again catalogue — Felix the Cat and Rocket Knight Adventures.
Felix the Cat will include the 1992 NES authentic and the 1993 Game Boy journey, whereas Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked will embody Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2, and the SNES-exclusive spin-off Sparkster. A launch date hasn’t been introduced for both assortment, however we all know they’re coming to Switch.
As nicely as that, we’ll have the ability to seize these each bodily — through Limited Run Games — and digitally through the eShop. Both collections will include added options corresponding to save states, quality-of-life fixes, and for Rocket Knight, a boss rush mode.
Felix the Cat on NES and Game Boy was developed by Hudson Soft, which merged with Konami in 2012. Both video games are side-scrolling platformers primarily based on the cartoon character of the identical title.
Rocket Knight Adventures debuted on the Mega Drive / Sega Genesis in 1993 and was designed by Contra creator Nobuya Nakazato. The most important character, Sparkster, turned a little bit of a mascot for Konami in the course of the ’90s, and he has since made cameos in quite a few Konami video games. The franchise was briefly revived in 2010 with the Xbox Live and PSN title Rocket Knight.
Pre-orders for bodily variations of Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked will probably be available from nineteenth January till 18th February 2024, however you may take a look at what’s on supply on Limited Run Games’ web site.
As for Felix the Cat, you will want to attend till ninth February to get your pre-orders in, and you will have to snap up a bodily of this retro assortment earlier than tenth March 2024. As all the time, there are numerous variations of each collections up for grabs, together with separate items of merchandise.
2024 appears to be a 12 months the place Konami is revisiting its previous. Contra: Operation Galuga, developed by WayForward, sees the side-scrolling shooter sequence returning to its roots later this 12 months. And traditional PS1 JRPGs Suikoden I & II are additionally getting a remaster, which we hope to see in 2024. And that is with out the Metal Gear Solid 3 or Silent Hill 2 remakes.
