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[Bullet Club]

Here's another cool looking retro style game.

Besides the systems mentioned in the title, Battle Princess Madelyn will also be coming out on the Vita and Wii U sometime in 2019.



Battle Princess Madelyn Rushes Its Way Into Early December

Casual Bit Games and Hound Picked Games have finally announced the release date of the l0ng-awaited Battle Princess Madelyn. The adventure begins on December 6, 2018 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. In addition, it will be coming to the PlayStation Vita and the Wii U sometime in 2019.

The action-packed game began life as only a Kickstarter dream. However, it smashed through its goals, becoming fully-funded in only three days. It was later given a release window of Fall 2018, which it is not quite meeting. But still, now we finally know when we can get our hands on the highly-anticipated title.

In Battle Princess Madelyn, you play as the titular princess who is fighting back after evil forces invade her kingdom. Paired with her faithful undead dog, the two will have to go on a perilous journey.
Check out a list of features included in Battle Princess Madelyn:

• Amazingly detailed hand drawn pixel art brought to life by the magical lighting of the Unity Engine.
• Two completely different soundtracks to suit your tastes! Classic Arcade FM/PCM to set the hectic pacing, or Modern Orchestrated to set the mood for the scene by Gryzor87 of Maldita Castilla fame!
• A mix of fast paced classic arcade action with the adventure elements of classic console games from the golden age of console gaming.
• Battle Princess Madelyn has two modes of game play: Arcade which is fast paced old school action and Story mode for the full adventure experience of questing and the battle princess!
• Find all of the collectibles hidden throughout the stages for extra rewards, and additional hidden stages!
• 10 levels, each of which include up to 5 stages – some of which branch!
• Masses of upgradable weapons that depend on your armor in arcade mode, or having the upgraded at the blacksmith in story mode!
• Special weapons for special occasions and some of these grant access to secret areas!
• An original story written by a professional children’s author.

Battle Princess Madelyn will release on December 6, 2018 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Playstation Lifestyle

 

[Kazza]

Looks gorgeous, but after playing through Super Ghouls and Ghosts this halloween, hearing "Ghouls and Ghosts inspired" gives me mixed feelings. Although I did complete it (well, got to the end once anyway, I'm not going through the whole thing again just to find that stupid ring, sorry princess), it was quite frustrating in places. Still, I'm sure they'll make this a little easier for us wussy modern gamers.

 

[Vlaphor]

Looks gorgeous, but after playing through Super Ghouls and Ghosts this halloween, hearing "Ghouls and Ghosts inspired" gives me mixed feelings. Although I did complete it (well, got to the end once anyway, I'm not going through the whole thing again just to find that stupid ring, sorry princess), it was quite frustrating in places. Still, I'm sure they'll make this a little easier for us wussy modern gamers.

If you want to see how G&G inspired can be done right from the moden generation, check out Maldita Castilla. There's a free version and also an expanded version on Steam.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Excellent Game.

Its actually my target for Limited Run Games.

I hope Playasia, give me the physical edition to not depend of LRG.

 

[Fuz]

Love G&G, but I'm not crazy about this game's art style.

 

[Kazza]

If you want to see how G&G inspired can be done right from the moden generation, check out Maldita Castilla. There's a free version and also an expanded version on Steam.

Looks good, thanks for the recommendation.

 

[ultrazilla]

This game has been on my radar for a long time. The story behind the making of the game is charming and I'm totally rooting for the
developer(s) to hit this one out of the park!

PLAYABLE DEMO of the game on its official Steam page:

Battle Princess Madelyn Steam Page with playable demo!

Looks gorgeous, but after playing through Super Ghouls and Ghosts this halloween, hearing "Ghouls and Ghosts inspired" gives me mixed feelings. Although I did complete it (well, got to the end once anyway, I'm not going through the whole thing again just to find that stupid ring, sorry princess), it was quite frustrating in places. Still, I'm sure they'll make this a little easier for us wussy modern gamers.

There is a playable demo I posted fyi. Give it a go! I played through most of the demo yesterday and the difficulty is pretty fair IMO. Cheers!

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

There's inspiration and then there's straight up stealing other people's shit and trying to pass it off as your own. This game looks a little too similar to G'nG for my taste.

 

[ace harding: private eye]

There's inspiration and then there's straight up stealing other people's shit and trying to pass it off as your own. This game looks a little too similar to G'nG for my taste.

Right - I'm seeing a lot of the same ideas from bosses to level design.

 

[Kagero]

looks like fun. Not a fan of the art though.

 

[Mochilador]

Looks great! I wonder if you'll have to beat the game twice to see the true ending.

 

[Bolivar687]

I was going to write that I've finally accepted the Vita is over, until I saw this is coming next year! Hard to believe, but should be dope.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Looks ok. Enemy variation/art style leaves room for improvement, however. I love this series too. So that's coming from a fan of the older games, including the arcade cabinet.

 

[dalekjay]

Look awesome but I can’t find on Psn, yet.
Dayum when possible to get it

 

[Dev1lXYZ]

I came in, watched the video, and as a huge fan of G&G as a whole- not really impressed to be frank. The design and pixel art just look off to me. Been there done that syndrome.

 

[zenspider]

Really looking forward to this. A bit bummed it's coming 2 days after Monster Boy, but if Amazon fucks upb I'll dig right in.

If you want to see how G&G inspired can be done right from the moden generation, check out Maldita Castilla. There's a free version and also an expanded version on Steam.

Cursed Castilla is a fine game, but it did not scratch the G+G itch for me. It missed the mark for me by, oddly enough, playing the homage to straight. Had the same feeling about Super Hydorah (Gradius/R-Type homage).

I hope Battle Princess can emulate the feeling of Ultimate G+G, delighting and surprising takes on a classic formula.