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Following the news for the Gimmick! re-release comes a small series of announcements from Sunsoft, the company well known for the Blaster Master franchise. These announcements include:
  • Ikki Unite - An online co-op rougelike upgrade to Sunsoft's classic arcade and Famicom game Ikki, a game that was considered "bad" by many since you were unable to have an actual farmer's rebellion with just one or two players. This upgraded version will have up to 16 players defending the village from ninjas and other enemies at once. It will be available on PC via Steam later this year with invites to a closed beta available for testing for those interested.
  • Gimmick! Special Edition - A modern re-release of one of the rarest and most challenging games released on the Famicom/NES with QOL features among other things. It will be available on PC (via Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and XBOX One later this year.
  • Hebereke/Ufouria: The Saga - A modern re-release to another early 90s Sunsoft game on the Famicom/NES that may also have QOL features though nothing else was announced by Sunsoft regarding this release so far. It will be available on the same consoles as Gimmick! Special Editon early next year.
  • Gimmick!, Hebereke, and Raf World (known as Journey to Silius outside of Japan) soundtracks on vinyl records and audiocassettes.
Here's the video of the announcements from Sunsoft-Nosuke, the man who spearheads Sunsoft and their social media himself:


P.S.: City Connection announced back in 2019 that they were supposed to release a Sunsoft ROM Cassette collection that had Madoola no Tsubasa (translates into The Wing of Madoola), Raf World, Hebereke, and Battle Formula (Super Spy Hunter outside of Japan) among several others included in the coming future. The status of that collection went up to limbo.
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Neat! Sunsoft made some pretty old games from the 3-4 generation eras!
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Tiger21820 wrote: August 19th, 2022, 6:35 Neat! Sunsoft made some pretty old games from the 3-4 generation eras!
Not to mention amazing soundtracks on their NES games from Blaster Master onwards with that signature Sunsoft bass in their later NES games.

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I recommend anyone that stops by this thread (particularly Metroidvania enthusiasts) who also owns a Wii U to buy and experience Hebereke/Ufouria: The Saga on the Wii U Virtual Console (or 3DS Virtual Console if your region's 3DS eShop has it) if they haven't yet before the eShop closes its doors.

Also to any of our Japanese and European visitors, don't forget to snag Trip World, a cute and tough little action platformer that's considered by many as a Gimmick/Mr. Gimmick-lite, from the 3DS eShop before that closes.
NOTE: Trip World is not the American 3DS eShops, I'll have to double check if the Australian 3DS eShop gets it.
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Bumping again since Sunsoft put out another video just earlier today. They talk about the upcoming Trip World DX which I brought up earlier this week as well as more information on Gimmick! Special Edition and a new Hebereke remaster/sequel that looks like it was greatly influenced by Yoshi's Crafted World aesthetic-wise. Here's the video by the way:


EDIT: English audio version of the above video announcement coming at 7:00 AM PDT/10:00 AM EDT/4:00 PM CEST as per Sunsoft's Twitter.

UPDATE: English version now available!
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