Estpolis Denki I&II Set for 2027 Release on Switch, Switch 2, PS5, PC
Taito will release "Estpolis Denki I&II" for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC in 2027, with the price still undecided, according to the announcement covered by Game Spark and GAME Watch.
3 sources Sep 20 Updated
Reporting from 3 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Why it matters
Clear River Games, the Swedish publisher behind a re-release of Enix's Terranigma on January 14, 2027, is assembling a catalog of 16-bit Square Enix-era RPGs for modern hardware rather than pursuing new entries.
Key Facts
- Taito will release "Estpolis Denki I&II" in 2027 for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC, with the price undecided.
- The collection contains "Estpolis Denki," released in 1993, and "Estpolis Denki II," released in 1995, both originally for the Super Famicom.
- Masahide Miyata, the planner of the Estpolis Denki series, cooperated on the port, and the scenario has been converted from hiragana to kanji.
- The Steam store page for "Estpolis Denki I&II" lists support for eight languages including Japanese.
- Clear River Games announced the collection and previously announced a re-release of Enix's "Terranigma" for January 14, 2027.
The package collects two Super Famicom RPGs: "Estpolis Denki," released in 1993, and "Estpolis Denki II," released in 1995. The collection is a port with some renewed elements, made with the cooperation of Masahide Miyata, the planner of the Estpolis Denki series. Clear River Games, a Sweden-based publisher that handles retro re-releases and physical editions of indie games, announced the project. A teaser site opened alongside the announcement, carrying comments from Taito's production team, Miyata, and the ClearRiverGames production team. The Steam store page lists support for eight languages, including Japanese. The announcement drew a reaction from professional skater Yuzuru Hanyu, who has long said he is a fan of the series.
Clear River Games is publishing the collection rather than developing it, and the port work is being handled with the cooperation of Masahide Miyata, the planner of the Estpolis Denki series.
The teaser site carries comments from three parties: Taito's production team, Miyata, and the ClearRiverGames production team. The Taito team described the two games as "waves" born through the cooperation of Neverland Company and Taito during the 16-bit RPG boom, and said the pixel graphics are kept as they are with added functions to make the games easier to play.
Miyata wrote that the Super Famicom scenario had a lot of hiragana because of capacity limits, and that the dialogue was fully converted to kanji for this release. He named Maxim, Selena, Tia, and Lufia in thanking fans who gave them a chance to meet again.
The ClearRiverGames team noted that Lufia was one of the early games to use New Game Plus, and that the sequel Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals added a monster-raising system and a roguelike bonus dungeon while dropping random encounters.
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Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) 羽生結弦氏も大歓喜！「エストポリス伝記 I&II」が2027年に復活
- Denfaminicogamer 羽生結弦選手、『エストポリス伝記』復刻に大喜び。「SFCエストポリス伝記シリーズ、いつまでも原点です」とあらためて思いを語る
- Game Spark 『エストポリス伝記 I＆II』電撃発表！SFC時代の名作RPG2作品がセットになって現行機向けに復活―2027年発売予定