People, they’ve carried out it once more. A loose-lipped scores board (through Gematsu) has leaked the existence of probably PC ports of the not too long ago introduced remasters of Baten Kaitos 1 and Baten Kaitos Origins, which means the pair of basic GameCube JRPGs can be a part of the Teapot Dome Scandal and the Vela Incident within the checklist of ‘issues governmental our bodies have tried and failed to cover’.
The true shock is that it was South Africa’s scores board that did it as an alternative of South Korea’s. Although to be honest, I assume the latter is busy being razed to its foundations by offended followers of anime nudity. You’ll find the ranking (as a downloadable spreadsheet) right here. Notice the sizeable tag that reads “PC Recreation” subsequent to the Baten Kaitos entry. First Etrian Odyssey, now this? We’re being spoiled.
The Baten Kaitos 1 & 2 HD Remaster is at the moment solely introduced for the Nintendo Swap, and is about to launch on that platform on September 14 this 12 months. Until South Africa’s scores board has received its wires crossed—or it is taking part in an elaborate prank—the discharge of a PC port would be the first time the sequence has been free of its Nintendo console jail.
Should you’ve received no thought what a “Baten Kaitos” is and are frankly unnerved by how I maintain repeating it, this is a breakdown. They’re JRPGs with a fast-paced fight system that sees you chain collectively card-based skills to realize combos and overcome your foes. They’re very fairly, in that old-school pre-rendered background JRPG manner, and the remastered variations are coming with a bunch of high quality of life adjustments to make issues a bit smoother for the fragile sensibilities of the fashionable gamer. Additionally, the eShop description says it takes place in a world the place folks have chosen to “abandon the land and dwell within the sky,” which I too would select to do if I may.
That is nice information, if you happen to ask me. I’ve by no means had the pleasure of taking part in a Baten Kaitos recreation, however I’ve heard folks jaw about them for about so long as I have been on-line. The primary recreation received its western launch date in 2004 (2005 in Europe), whereas Origins—a prequel—got here out in 2006, and had been each typically well-liked. Since then, they’ve languished on GameCube, forcing PC gamers like our personal Wes Fenlon to show to emulators like Dolphin to play them within the fashionable period. It’s going to be good to see them free of the grasp of a useless console technology.
