Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic Gets Physical Switch Release On December 17
The download-only remake gets a boxed print run because enough players asked to own it, which puts a ZUN-led revival of a 2002 danmaku shooter into retail stores alongside its own recreated original.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Shanghai Alice Reprise, the studio ZUN established, will release a physical edition of Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on December 17. The Switch version costs 4,400 yen and the Switch 2 version 5,610 yen. Alliance Arts handles sales. The game was previously download only, and the physical run follows user requests for a copy on hand.
The physical edition bundles a New Classic game card plus download codes for the Classic version and a soundtrack player, along with a reversible jacket styled after the 2002 Koumakyou, character and danmaku stickers, and a booklet titled Marisa's Notes on Incident Resolution.
The Classic version code restores the original as closely as possible and can read save data from 2002. The soundtrack player carries more than 30 tracks, the 2002 songs and the newly arranged ones. The download version remains on sale for Switch, Switch 2, PS5, and Steam.
- New Classic version game card
- Download codes for the Classic version and the soundtrack player: Classic version recreates the original; save data from 2002 can be used
- Reversible jacket styled after the 2002 Koumakyou
- Koumakyou character & danmaku stickers
- Marisa's Notes on Incident Resolution
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