How many of you have “Sequel to 1982” on your Nintendo Indie World Showcase bingo card? If so, you just won big. Yars Rising A modern metroidvania takes on the Atari 2600 classic Yars’ revenge, and it only took 42 short years to come to fruition. By my math, it is in the history of the game and not even close.
This is not the only interesting news about this game. As mentioned earlier, this is a metroidvania, but it was developed by WayForward. For the uninitiated, the company is basically a metroidvania and retro-gaming factory, going all the way back to the Game Boy Color and the original. Shantae. Since then, WayForward a and many other games in the metroidvania genre, including criminally underrated games The mummy was destroyed. Way forward Bloodstained: Ritual of the Nightwho is considered the spiritual successor Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The developers know their stuff.
now, Yars Rising may be continued Yars’ revenge, but that doesn’t mean he plays anything like it. The original was an early version of what eventually became known as the shoot ’em up R-type and Ikaruga. The new one is a side-scrolling platformer where you play as a person rather than a flying alien bug. However, there seems to be a lot of narrative nods to the original.
In addition to traditional metroidvania action, the developer promises a “balance of stealth and combat” and plenty of “retro-inspired mini-games.” It comes to consoles and Computers later this year. In the meantime, I will start preparing Yars returns In 2066.
