Wayforward has revealed that the GBA’s 2005 hidden gem, Sigma Star Saga, is getting ported to fashionable platforms through Restricted Run Video games’ proprietary Carbon Engine. On prime of that, it should even be getting re-released on GBA.

Sigma Star Saga is an attention-grabbing hybrid of RPG and horizontal shoot-’em-up, which aren’t precisely probably the most suitable for crossover, however Wayforward was capable of make it work. It’s form of like a standard JRPG, however the random battles are shoot-’em-up sequences.

Critics on the time had been fairly lukewarm on it. Nonetheless, over latest years it has discovered a fanbase in folks plumbing the GBA catalog for forgotten gems.

I’ll be trustworthy, I’ve performed solely about quarter-hour of Sigma Star Saga, however my husband was fairly stricken with it. What sticks most in my reminiscence is the colourful graphics. The unique Sport Boy Advance had a extremely difficult-to-see display screen. Whereas the GBA SP alleviated it with its front-lit display screen, builders developed the strategy of utilizing actually shiny colours to make issues extra seen. Essentially the most notable examples of this are Metroid Fusion and Castlevania: Concord of Dissonance. The model was born out of necessity, but it surely’s a singular aesthetic that stands out immediately.

Whereas particulars are considerably scarce, this appears to be deliberate as a fairly simple port. I’ve performed just a few of the LRG Carbon Engine re-releases currently, and outdoors of rewind and save states, they are usually missing in bells and whistles. It’s principally simply nice to see older video games get new leases on life. I simply actually want that they’d add in management mapping.

Sigma Star Saga will likely be launched on PC and (unspecified) consoles someday in 2025. It would even be getting a brand new bodily GBA launch through Restricted Run Video games.