E3 2021 Part 9: Limited Run Games and Capcom

Table of Contents

Summer Game Fest 2021
Koch Primetime
IGN Expo Livestream
Guerrilla Collective Day 2
Wholesome Direct 2021
Ubisoft Forward
Devolver Forwarder
Gearbox Entertainment
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase
Square Enix Presents
PC Gaming Show
Future Games Show
Limited Run Games
Capcom
Nintendo Direct

Limited Run Games

Today was the day Limited Run Games had its E3 presentation, so they announced physical print editions of a wide variety of games, starting with Zombies Ate My Neighbors & Ghoul Patrol, Superhot, and Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle.

After that, they not only announced a physical run of River City Girls, but also River City Girls Zero and River City Girls 2. I believe Zero is a new localization, while 2 is a completely new game.

The next game shown for a physical run was Strife: Veteran Edition, and then they got my attention by going through a series of trailers for all the Shantae games. I thought this was going to be the announcement of a Shantae collection, but it was actually for PS5 releases. The first Shantae is also coming to the PS4. As far as I can tell, they’re going to be separate releases, not a collection.

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites was next, and I didn’t even know BloodRayne was still around.

Then came Haven, Skatebird, Huntdown, Axiom Verge 2, The Takeover, Dusk, and one game near and dear to my heart – Republique: Anniversary Edition. Why am I so fond of Republique when I haven’t actually played it? Because the Republique Kickstarter is one of the first things I ever blogged about. Hey, maybe I’ll get the Limited Run release!

Going Under, One Step From Eden, RWBY: Grimm Eclipse Definitive Edition, and RetroMania Wrestling came next, followed by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood for the PS4 and an unexpected announcement of the original Rondo of Blood for the TurboDuo, being localized for the first time.

They followed that with the Contra Anniversary Collection and ended with Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties.

Capcom

Capcom had an E3 show this year, and they’d announced ahead of time that it would include Resident Evil Village, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Monster Hunter Rise, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. Since two of those games are actually out, I figured they’d announce some new content.

Well… they confirmed Village is getting DLC. They didn’t show anything, just said they’ve started working on it. The multiplayer game Re:Verse is also launching next month.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin got a nice new trailer and confirmation that a demo is coming on June 25. It’ll also get an update adding Palamute on July 15.

The Monster Hunter Rise section featured information about its next update, due out on June 24.

Finally, it was time for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and while they didn’t announce anything new, they provided a new trailer as well as a lengthy look at the gameplay. In fact, that was the most positive thing about this show for me – they spent such a long time on Ace Attorney that maybe they really do consider it one of their big series now.

I’m honestly pretty surprised that they spent that much time on Ace Attorney.

Anyway, then they talked about eSports for a while before ending. So… that was a pretty lackluster show, even with the expectations I went in with.

But hey, we still have Nintendo’s E3 show tomorrow, along with Bandai Namco’s! Maybe they’ll bring some surprises. Stay tuned!

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