Pack your sword ‘n’ skateboard

Developer/writer Bliss Mind has introduced that it’s going to launch the Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment on PlayStation and Nintendo Change platforms in January 2023. That is an prolonged version of the extremely barebones Surprise Boy Assortment, which launched again in June of this 12 months.

The Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment includes a complete of 21 variations of six key titles from the platforming franchise, established by studio Westone Bit method again in 1986. Featured within the compilation are quite a lot of arcade and residential releases of Surprise Boy (1986), Surprise Boy in Monster Land (1987) Surprise Boy The Dragon’s Lure (1989), Surprise Boy III: Monster Lair (1988), Surprise Boy in Monster World (1991), and Surprise Boy IV (1994). The total checklist of included releases is as follows:

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 / Recreation Gear
Surprise Boy – Japan / Recreation 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 Lure

Surprise Boy: The Dragon’s Trap – Worldwide / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
Surprise Boy III: The Dragon’s Lure – Worldwide / Recreation Gear
Monster World II – Japan / Grasp System / SEGA MARK III
Monster World II: The Dragon’s Lure – Japan / Recreation 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

As anticipated, the gathering doesn’t embrace externally revealed releases comparable to Dotemu’s glorious remake of Surprise Boy: The Dragon’s Lure or Artdink’s Surprise Boy: Asha in Monster World remake. Nonetheless, this can be a far, much more complete assortment of Surprise Boy classics, which solely leaves us begging the query as to why the earlier writer, ININ Video games, didn’t get the job carried out earlier within the 12 months.

At this stage, it will appear truthful to roll out the additional titles to those that beforehand bought the slight Surprise Boy Assortment, maybe for a nominal price. Asking them to double-dip appears extremely egregious. Regardless, Surprise Boy Anniversary Assortment launches on PlayStation and Nintendo Change, January 26, 2023. Bodily editions can be found to pre-order from Strictly Restricted Video games.