Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment Launches Digitally January twenty sixth

A large set of traditional retro video games, the Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment, is because of launch digitally on January 26^th.

The primary Surprise Boy sport title was launched on 1986 for arcades. And it was ultimately ported to a ton of residence and handheld consoles.

This additionally result in a complete franchise of unbelievable platforming video games beneath the Surprise Boy heading. [ And for some of us, also the Adventure Island games. ]

As a result of sheer variety of iterations within the franchise, the brand new Anniversary Assortment options 21 variations of the six titles within the sequence.

Clearly, that is meant to be the definitive assortment of the Surprise Boy franchise.

However the announcement of this “new” assortment has us pondering: “wait… haven’t we seen this already?”

The Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment Bodily Version

The bodily variations of the Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment are set to be launched by Strictly Restricted Video games.

They’re at present accessible for pre-order with an anticipated November achievement.

And they’re being labeled as a “Strictly Restricted Video games unique”. The web site additionally emphasizes that this can be a restricted run, and that “There has by no means been a Surprise Boy assortment fairly like this!”

After all, when potential patrons see phrases like “unique” and “restricted”, they assume that they had higher buy fast.

Think about being one of many individuals who rushed to pre-order with achievement 9 months out, after which the identical assortment drops digitally right now.

Clearly, with digital you gained’t get the precise bodily sport together with all the swag that comes with it (collector’s field, soundtrack, autographed card, artbook, poster, ect).

However I’d wager you’d nonetheless have some emotions about all this “unique” discuss.

All of that is totally out of the arms of Strictly Restricted Video games, we hope. They’re, the truth is, the unique bodily distributor.

We want to imagine that they didn’t deliberately mislead folks to assume this might be the one technique to play the complete assortment. However patrons are nonetheless gonna really feel shafted.

And let’s not even speak about the truth that the “Surprise Boy Assortment” (no ‘anniversary’) launched in June of 2022 digitally with 4 of the six video games.

The Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment Digital Version

The ultra-new ultra-exclusive digital anniversary assortment does include 21 totally different variations of a few of our favourite Surprise Boy online game titles.

That is, the truth is, the definitive assortment for followers of the traditional sport franchise trying to revisit these beloved video games.

If in case you have sentimental connection to the Surprise Boy franchise, and haven’t already pre-ordered a bodily set or downloaded the gathering provided final 12 months from the identical publishers on the identical consoles….

Now’s your likelihood to personal the Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment.

Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment Video games Included

• Surprise Boy
  • Surprise Boy / Worldwide / Arcade (SYSTEM-1)
  • Surprise Boy / Japan / SG-1000
  • Tremendous Surprise Boy / Japan / Grasp System /SEGA MARK III
  • Surprise Boy / Worldwide / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
  • Revenge of Drancon / Worldwide / Sport Gear
  • Surprise Boy / Japan / Sport Gear
• Surprise Boy in Monster Land
  • Surprise Boy in Monster Land / Worldwide / Arcade (SYSTEM-2)
  • Surprise Boy in Monster Land / Worldwide / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
  • Surprise Boy in Monster Land / Japan / Arcade (SYSTEM-2)
  • Tremendous Surprise Boy in Monster Land / Japan / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
• Surprise Boy: The Dragon’s Entice
  • Surprise Boy: The Dragon’s Entice / Worldwide / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
  • Surprise Boy III: The Dragon’s Entice / Worldwide / Sport Gear
  • Monster World II / Japan / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
  • Monster World II: The Dragon’s Entice / Japan / Sport Gear
• Surprise Boy III: Monster Lair
  • Surprise Boy III: Monster Lair / Worldwide / Arcade (SYSTEM-16)
  • Surprise Boy III: Monster Lair / Worldwide / Mega Drive / Genesis
• Surprise Boy in Monster World
  • Surprise Boy in Monster World / Worldwide / Mega Drive / Genesis
  • Surprise Boy in Monster World / Worldwide / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
  • Surprise Boy V: Monster World III / Japan / Mega Drive
• Monster World IV
  • Monster World IV / Worldwide / Mega Drive / Genesis
  • Monster World IV / Japan / Mega Drive

The Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment launches January 26, 2023 for Sony Ps 4/5 and Nintendo Change.

Anthony has been a online game lover ever since he can bear in mind. He turned a fulltime nomad in 2018, dwelling all through most of Asia. He centered his ardour in retro gaming and started making a sport for the Sport Boy Shade whereas dwelling in Nara, Japan throughout the 2020 pandemic. He’s now in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the place he spends most of his time gaming, happening lengthy walks and assembly as many stray canine as potential.