8-Bit Legit has introduced they’ll be dealing with the publishing duties for Mission Blue, an NES-style cyberpunk sidescroller by ToggleSwitch/FrankenGraphics that’s coming to fashionable consoles with a bodily launch on NES.

Writing about new NES video games by no means will get outdated. Mission Blue casts you as Blue, a toddler attempting to flee a analysis laboratory in Neo Hong Kong. The trailer advertises Good Blue as being constructed from 256 screens, which sort of makes it appear like the underappreciated Legacy of the Wizard. In actual fact, lots of the sport appears like a futuristic Legacy of the Wizard, which I’m completely down for. The writer additionally says that there will probably be three issue ranges that may modify the sport’s format, which is fairly spiffy.

It’s price noting you can already seize Mission Blue on PC over on Itch. 8-Bit Legit is the publishing arm of Retrotainment Video games and Mega Cat Studios, and is simply dealing with publishing on consoles. I do know Retrotainment from Rubbish Pail Children, which was a fairly terrific NES launch.

I’m all the time on board for a brand new NES recreation. We’ve come a good distance from the early days of homebrew titles. Now, we’ve obtained boutique publishers who deal with all of the curation and high quality management. It’s good to have the choice to play it on fashionable consoles, however given the choice, give me that plastic rectangle and let me slot it into my computer-toaster.

Mission Blue is at present obtainable on PC. The console model will probably be obtainable for pre-order beginning on September 29, 2023, and the retail launch will comply with on October 6, 2023.