It’s time to d-d-d-d-duel

GameCube-era card RPG sequence Baten Kaitos is getting a re-draw, within the type of Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster. Bandai Namco is remastering each the unique and its sequel, coming to Nintendo Swap in summer season 2023.

The cardboard-centric RPG sequence follows the story of Kalas, an adventurer looking for revenge for his brother and grandfather. The opposite entry, Baten Kaitos Origins, or Baten Kaitos 2 in Japan, takes place 20 years previous to the primary and follows Sagi, a spiriter with connections to each the Guardian Spirits and the Alfard Empire.

These are sometimes talked about as cult classics of the GameCube, with some very attention-grabbing mechanics. Specifically, they use playing cards for his or her battle methods, and the esoteric necessities for getting these playing cards has actually made the speedrunning scene for them wild.

Bandai Namco is remastering each on this singular assortment, due out this summer season. It appears to solely be locked in for Nintendo Swap, too. Based on a Q+A on the Bandai Namco web site, a number of quality-of-life enhancements are being made alongside the visible upgrades. New options will permit gamers to show encounters off, skip cutscenes, and auto-save. No content material has been added or deleted for both Baten Kaitos entry, both.

Coronary heart of the playing cards

It is a wild revival for Bandai Namco to select up, however this ongoing pattern of bringing cult-classics again to life is one I can get on board with. Baten Kaitos I & II was revealed throughout at the moment’s completely packed Nintendo Direct, the place fellow cult-classic Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective additionally received a remaster locked in.

With Reside A Reside and others having their very own return to the highlight, it’s been a banner time for old-but-beloved video games. Perhaps these pipe-dreams of left-field remasters received’t appear so on the market any extra.

For the GameCube card RPG followers, Baten Kaitos will return to deckbuilding on Nintendo Swap later this 12 months.