{"id":15414,"date":"2018-03-19T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/amazon_germany_lists_flashback_25th_anniversary_edition_for_june_switch_release"},"modified":"2018-03-19T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:10:00","slug":"amazon-germany-lists-flashback-25th-anniversary-edition-for-june-switch-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/19\/amazon-germany-lists-flashback-25th-anniversary-edition-for-june-switch-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Germany Lists Flashback: 25th Anniversary Edition For June Switch Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news1.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/rumour_amazon_germany_listing_suggests_the_flashback_remaster_is_coming_this_june\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/rumour_amazon_germany_listing_suggests_the_flashback_remaster_is_coming_this_june\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Publisher Micro\u00efds has confirmed that Flashback is indeed coming in June. Here&#8217;s the info:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Micro\u00efds and Paul Cuisset are pleased to announce that Flashback, the classic action-adventure game consistently ranked among the best 100 games of all time, will be available on Nintendo Switch starting June 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018. To celebrate the 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the Super Nintendo version of game, Micro\u00efds is releasing a Collector&#8217;s Edition (in Europe and Australia), which includes the game in physical edition, a retro cartridge style metal case, an exclusive numbered metal card, a 24-page retro-style instruction booklet, the digital soundtrack (remastered version). Pre-orders are now open!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flashback the story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2142. After fleeing from a space ship, but stripped of all memory, the young scientist Conrad B. Hart awakens on Titan, a colonised moon of the planet Saturn. His enemies and kidnapers are snapping at his heels, and he has to find a way back to Earth while warding off the dangers that beset him and unravelling a fiendish extra-terrestrial plot that threatens the planet\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In the Nintendo Switch version of Flashback, players will be able to choose between the original 1993 gaming experience and Modern mode, which contains:<\/p>\n<p>+ Post-FX graphic filters,<br \/>+ Completely remastered sound and music<br \/>+ A brand new &#8220;Rewind&#8221; function, variable according to the level of difficulty<br \/>+ Tutorials for those who need a boost!<\/p>\n<p>Flashback will be available from June 7th, 2018 on the Nintendo E-shop and in retail with the 25th\u00a0Anniversary Collector&#8217;s Edition. The game is entirely subtitled in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and is rated PEGI 12.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flashback will be available on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> on June 7, 2018.<br \/>\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flashback?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Flashback<\/a> will be available in digital edition on the Nintendo E-shop and in retail with the Flashback 25th Anniversary collector&#8217;s edition. Pre-orders are open! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TmxMmVgunU\">pic.twitter.com\/TmxMmVgunU<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Micro\u00efds Official (@Microids_off) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Microids_off\/status\/975733450450841600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Original story:<\/strong> Last June, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/06\/microids_confirms_six_games_for_the_nintendo_switch\">publisher Micro\u00efds revealed a whole host of games<\/a> it plans to bring to Nintendo Switch, including a remaster of 1992 platforming classic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/flashback_-_remastered_edition\"><strong>Flashback<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, if <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Flashback-25th-Anniversary-Nintendo-Switch\/dp\/B07BDZLS8B\/\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=nintlife08-21&amp;linkId=708c6ce75721a1956d153e396981fc0f\" rel=\"nofollow\">a listing on Amazon Germany<\/a> is to be believed, we&#8217;re to be getting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/flashback_25th_anniversary\">25th Anniversary edition<\/a> instead &#8211; or perhaps as well as &#8211; the 2013 remake. This may be for the best, as the Remastered edition of the game was met with a distinctly lukewarm critical response at launch.<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon listing shows a rather snazzy 25th Anniversary collector&#8217;s edition, which will retail for\u00a0\u20ac39.99 (that&#8217;s about \u00a335), and includes a soundtrack, a collector&#8217;s guide and an awesome case shaped like a cartridge. It&#8217;s also got a release date of 7th June. It looks pretty legit, and a great way to belatedly celebrate the game&#8217;s quarter-century anniversary.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/amazon_germany_lists_flashback_25th_anniversary_edition_for_june_switch_release\/attachment\/2\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/amazon_germany_lists_flashback_25th_anniversary_edition_for_june_switch_release\/attachment\/2\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"815iZNxB+fL._SL1500_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to publisher\u00a0Micro\u00efds about this new release and Flashback: Remastered, and will update this story when we have some solid intel.<\/p>\n<p><em>Would you like Flashback on Switch? Will this be the first time you&#8217;ve heard of it\/played it? Share your take below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Publisher Micro\u00efds has confirmed that Flashback is indeed coming in June. Here&#8217;s the info: Micro\u00efds and Paul Cuisset are pleased to announce that Flashback, the classic action-adventure game consistently ranked among the best 100 games of all time, will be available on Nintendo Switch starting June 7th, 2018. 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