{"id":135998,"date":"2026-02-09T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195121"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:00:00","slug":"limited-run-games-is-bringing-nes-jaws-to-switch-later-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/09\/limited-run-games-is-bringing-nes-jaws-to-switch-later-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Limited Run Games Is Bringing NES &#8216;Jaws&#8217; To Switch Later This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba92b93ac21e5\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba92b93ac21e5\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"ba92b93ac21e5\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Jaws LRG\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba92b93ac21e5\/jaws-lrg.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba92b93ac21e5\/jaws-lrg.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Jaws LRG\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Limited Run Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update [<time class=\"dated \" datetime=\"2026-02-09T20:00:00+00:00\" data-format=\"D jS M Y, g:ia\">Mon 9th Feb 2026, 8pm<\/time>]:<\/strong> Can you hear that music? Nope, that&#8217;s not a shark creeping up on you, that&#8217;s the sound of <strong>Jaws: Retro Edition<\/strong> approaching the eShop.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, Limited Run Games has confirmed (via <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/limitedrungames.com\/post\/3megzoxjlwy2g\">Bluesky<\/a>) that the digital release of the game is coming on Friday 13th February 2026. We couldn&#8217;t think of a more fitting date, really.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on the physical version, and the game itself, read our story from December below&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original Story:<\/strong> <strong>[Thu 11th Dec, 2025 12:00 GMT]:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Limited Run Games has announced a <em>very exciting<\/em> enhanced version of 1987&#8217;s NES &#8220;classic&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/jaws\">Jaws<\/a> &#8211; and they&#8217;ve got their signature offering of flashy physical editions ready to devour and everything.<\/p>\n<p>These new physical editions of the game come complete with the 8-bit original, now with modern conveniences such as quick save. But, of course, the star turn is a &#8220;massively expanded&#8221; Jaws Enhanced Edition that embiggens the adventure to incorporate aspects from four (!) of the Jaws movies, rather than just the good one.<\/p>\n<p>With pre-orders opening on 19th December and ending on 18th January 2026 over on the <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/products\/jaws-retro-edition-bigger-boat-edition-switch-ps5?variant=44839204585525\">official Limited Run Games site<\/a>, the game is set to be released as part of celebrations &#8220;culminating in the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster Universal Pictures and Steven Spielberg film, and this time there\u2019s no escape.&#8221; We&#8217;ll see about that, chief. We&#8217;ll also update you folks with a solid release date when we have one.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Jaws LRG\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51ea61a4a5b3b\/jaws-lrg.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51ea61a4a5b3b\/jaws-lrg.445x445.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"445\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jaws LRG\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Jaws LRG\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5fd29a659b640\/jaws-lrg.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5fd29a659b640\/jaws-lrg.445x445.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"445\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jaws LRG\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Limited Run Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Originally published by LJN back in 1987, you commandeer a boat (don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s plenty big enough) in order to hunt down a selection of nasty sea-dwelling enemies, including, of course, that great big rubber shark that terrified audiences so badly back in the days when this writer was still rocking a shark-repellent nappy (bet Batman doesn&#8217;t have one of those).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more details on both physical versions that will be up for pre-order, alongside some screens:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Jaws Retro Edition Features:<br \/><\/strong>Save Anywhere<br \/>Rewind<br \/>Achievements\/Trophies<br \/>Music Player<br \/>Gallery<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaws Enhanced Version Features:<\/strong><br \/>Massively expanded, multi-chapter adventure filled with nods and homages to all four Jaws films<br \/>New quests and objectives<br \/>New abilities and weapons for your boat and diver alike<br \/>More challenging enemies, and more ways to deal with them<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Limited Run Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>The standard version is $34.99, while $99.99 will get you that bigger boat with a &#8220;NES-inspired box&#8221;, a CD (game) soundtrack, a shark lamp, and a couple of other bits.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with the original NES game, the excellent Jeremy Parish (who happens to work at Limited Run these days) covered it in his excellent NES Works series several years ago.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"RpFBrKNG3bA\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpFBrKNG3bA?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Think it&#8217;s safe to go back in the water? Let us know in the comments. We&#8230;we&#8217;ll be having a wee nap on the beach.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:106207 @ 1770713469 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Limited Run Games Update [Mon 9th Feb 2026, 8pm]: Can you hear that music? Nope, that&#8217;s not a shark creeping up on you, that&#8217;s the sound of Jaws: Retro Edition approaching the eShop. Yep, Limited Run Games has confirmed (via Bluesky) that the digital release of the game is coming on Friday 13th February [&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-135998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135998","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=135998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}