Dive into Vanillaware historical past subsequent spring

One other piece of Vanillaware’s again catalog is heading to trendy consoles. Immediately, NIS America introduced that GrimGrimoire OnceMore is coming to the Nintendo Swap, PS4, and PS5 in spring 2023.

Introduced throughout in the present day’s NIS America showcase, the stream closed out with information of GrimGrimoire getting an official English localization. Whereas it launched in Japan earlier this yr, NIS America can even convey the up to date GrimGrimoire over to North American gamers.

GrimGrimoire OnceMore is an up to date model of the unique GrimGrimoire, a 2007 PlayStation 2 recreation developed by Vanillaware and Nippon Ichi Software program. Very similar to Vanillaware’s different PS2 basic Odin Sphere bought an replace with Leifthrasir, OnceMore is a refreshed model of GrimGrimoire.

The story follows Lillet Blan, a witch attending a magical college who will get swept up in intrigue and thriller. It’s cut up between side-scrolling technique sections and story sections. So sure, it’ll really feel a bit acquainted to those that bought into 2020’s glorious 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

Magical commander

The brand new OnceMore version expands on the 2007 recreation with an improved consumer interface, a brand new talent tree, an artwork gallery, and different options. GrimGrimoire OnceMore can even have remastered graphics.

NIS America can be publishing each a Deluxe and Restricted Version of the sport. The latter is up for pre-order on the NIS America retailer, with a hardcover artwork e-book, two-disc soundtrack, fabric poster, and extra for $89.99.

I’ll fortunately take nearly any Vanillaware recreation ports to the Nintendo Swap that I can get. And with the potential RTS through-line, I’m actually intrigued to see a few of these early items of Vanillaware’s improvement. Seeing how they could have gone on to tell video games like 13 Sentinels appears like a blast.

GrimGrimoire OnceMore will launch on Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 someday in spring 2023.