{"id":122060,"date":"2020-12-14T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/retro-style_platformer_alwas_awakening_is_getting_an_official_nes_port"},"modified":"2020-12-14T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:45:00","slug":"retro-style-platformer-alwas-awakening-is-getting-an-official-nes-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/14\/retro-style-platformer-alwas-awakening-is-getting-an-official-nes-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro-Style Platformer Alwa&#8217;s Awakening Is Getting An Official NES Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1b6f2e462b53e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1b6f2e462b53e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1b6f2e462b53e\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p>Elden Pixels, developer of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/alwas_awakening\">Alwa&#8217;s Awakening<\/a> and this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/alwas_legacy\">Alwa&#8217;s Legacy<\/a>, has announced that it&#8217;s working on a brand new port of its original game.<\/p>\n<p>So which shiny new console is Alwa&#8217;s Awakening coming to next? The PS5? The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/guide-nintendo-switch-pro-everything-we-know-so-far-4k-visuals-nvidia-tegra-and-release-date\">rumoured Switch Pro<\/a>? Nope, it&#8217;s getting a 2021 release on the NES, Nintendo&#8217;s 35-year-old 8-bit wonder.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re releasing Alwa\u2019s Awakening on NES in 2021 with new and exclusive content! Check the making-of video and sign up for the beta now! <i title=\":smiley:\" class=\"twa twa-lg twa-smiley\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Public Beta: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XxyyV2HWCH\">https:\/\/t.co\/XxyyV2HWCH<\/a><br \/>Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3bk15aejm\">https:\/\/t.co\/H3bk15aejm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please like\/RT \u2764\ufe0f This is really a dream come true for us! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T0CNp96SPK\">pic.twitter.com\/T0CNp96SPK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Elden Pixels (@EldenPixels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EldenPixels\/status\/1338480155828817922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As Alwa&#8217;s Awakening players will know already, this actually makes a lot of sense \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/alwas_awakening\">the game boasts a retro-styled aesthetic throughout<\/a> that was inspired by the classic titles available on Nintendo&#8217;s early home system. The whole thing is now being reworked to play nicely with NES hardware, with a physical cart set to launch next year.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn all about the work being undertaken in the video above; there, NES developer Brad Smith \u2013 who is serving as the lead producer on the port \u2013 discusses the development process. If you&#8217;re super keen on checking this out, make sure to sign up for the game&#8217;s public beta <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/eldenpixels.com\/alwas-awakening-nes\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden Pixels, developer of both Alwa&#8217;s Awakening and this year&#8217;s Alwa&#8217;s Legacy, has announced that it&#8217;s working on a brand new port of its original game. So which shiny new console is Alwa&#8217;s Awakening coming to next? The PS5? The rumoured Switch Pro? Nope, it&#8217;s getting a 2021 release on the NES, Nintendo&#8217;s 35-year-old 8-bit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}