Update: NIS America will bring R-Type Final 3 Evolved and R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos to the West. The former, available on PS5, will include “seven exclusive stages made by Kazuma Kujo”, a performance-based difficulty system, and visuals rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5. A special edition – available for $69.99 from the NIS America Online Store – can be pre-ordered now, ahead of a Spring 2023 release.
Meanwhile, R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos is a remastered compilation of two classic PSP strategy games for PS5 and PS4 – the second of which is making its Western debut. It’s due out in Summer 2023, and like R-Type Final 3 Evolved is being rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5.
Original Story: It’s a big day for legendary shmup series R-Type in the latest issue of Japanese gaming bible Famitsu. Granzella, the company made up of ex-Irem employees, has announced that a compilation of PSP’s classic strategy titles R-Type Tactics will launch on PS5 and PS4. The remastered collection, irritatingly named R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos, will deploy in 2023 in Japan, and will include fresh post-campaign content, online gameplay, and retuned encounters.
It’ll be flanked by R-Type Final 3 Evolved on PS5, an enhanced version of R-Type Final 2 featuring improved visuals, over 100 playable aircrafts, seven exclusive stages, PSVR2 support for take-off sequences, interactive online multiplayer lobbies, and a suite of minigames. That’ll launch in March 2023 in Japan, but there are no western release dates for either title.
Either way, that’s a lot of R-Type! It’s worth noting that R-Type Tactics 2: Operation Bitter Chocolate – yes, that’s really its name – never actually launched in Western territories on the PSP, so assuming the bundle makes the transition overseas, it’ll mark its first release outside of its native Japan.
[source ryokutya2089.com, via gematsu.com, gematsu.com]
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@PlayStationGamer3919 These are also launching on Switch, so these aren’t emulated PSP games, just a remaster!
@PlayStationGamer3919 Yeah sorry, to be clear, these are remasters. They're not emulated classics!
i played the First rtype 1987 been playing different ones since.cant go wrong with this shooter
Sine mora ex is another excellent shmup.that game graphics looks amazing on my ps4 pro.the gameplay is excellent also.those games was really popular during the sega genesis and turbo graphics 16.and the arcades also.r- type is cool also.word up son
Sure i read R-Type Final 3 was a free upgrade to those that had Final 2 and all dlc packs.
"PSVR2 support for take-off sequences, interactive online multiplayer lobbies, and a suite of minigames"
Do you mean a limited VR mode just for these things? Or is it fully PSVR2 compatible?
I am so up for this!
Old man likes schumup classics is hardly headline news, but im delighted to hear this is coming and im more excited for this next year than several AAA titles (redfall springs to mind! ).
@Smiffy01 I just bought the lot today should I hold off playing it 🤔
@SystemAddict Nah get stuck in, its good stuff 👍
More old shooters the better, my favourite genre. Have so many gems across my awesome retro systems:)
RType is fun. Gradius was fun back in the day. On Genesis, my favorite shmup was Gaiares. On Sega CD, it’s Silpheed. On PS1, it’s Einhander. On Dreamcast, it’s Mars Matrix, followed by Ikaruga. On PS2 it’s Castle of Shikigami 2. Beyond that, shooters have been kind of dead. Sine Mora was ok on PS3 and Vita, but my fave on both systems was Super Stardust: the one on Vita was very good.
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