Classic Star Wars game gets super pricey special edition but you get a lightsaber

Date:
Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:02:33 +0000

Description:
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is coming to Nintendo Switch with a mega collector's pack.

FULL STORY ======================================================================

Lightsaber beat em up Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will release on Nintendo Switch later this month and receive a limited-run physical printing,
including a hefty collectors edition.

The Force Unleashed Nintendo Switch port was first announced by developer Aspyr as a digital release, but video game distributor Limited Run Games has unveiled a physical version that will only be available in restricted
numbers. A standard box copy will be available, alongside two special editions.

The Premium Edition includes art cards, a reversible poster, a coin, an
enamel pin of holodroid character Proxy, and a steelbook case. Thatll set you back a cool $89.99 about 69 / AU$120. (Image credit: Limited Run Games)

But the master edition is the main event. It includes all the goodies of the premium edition, plus a miniature replica of protagonist Starkillers lightsaber hilt, a model holocron (those glowing palm-sized cubes that people in the Star Wars universe use to store information), as well as a hardcover strategy guide. The beast will cost you a tidy $174.99 about 133 / AU$232.

The physical versions of the game will only be available to buy until May 29 this year. Theyll go up for pre-order on April 15, ahead of the games release on April 20. (Image credit: Limited Run Games) Big money for big nostalgia

If you were obsessed with the Force Unleashed when it was released back in 2008, you might be taken by this huge, limited-printing master edition. But $175 is a lot of dosh to spend on a nearly 15-year-old game, even if it does come with a model lightsaber. Whoever picks up this box must really love the story of Galen Malek.

Expensive collectors editions are par for the course with video game
releases. Horizon Forbidden West s Regalla edition cost a neat $270 / 229.99
/ AU$360 and included a huge Tremortusk statue and Aloy miniature.

Dying Light 2 similarly launched with a special edition that would set you back $229.99 / 199.99 / AU$399.95 and included a full statuette with in-built UV lighting. Elden Ring , however, blew both of those out of the water with a $259.99 / 229.99 / AU$379 premium edition that included a statue of Malenia, Blade of Miquella and a 1:1 scale replica of her helmet.

The upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Nintendo Switch port wont only introduce collectible accouterments. A few new gameplay novelties will take advantage of the consoles Joy-Con motion controls. Youll be able to unleash a Force Push by waving the left Joy-Con, or throw your lightsaber by wiggling the right. Bring the two controllers together to unleash a storm of Force Lightning, and throw them apart to send the poor stormtroopers flying.

Additionally, a Duel mode will let you battle another player in 1 vs.1 local multiplayer fights. The mode was originally included in the Wii version of
The Force Unleashed but didnt make its way to other versions of the game. Journey to the galaxy far, far away with our pick of the best Star Wars games



======================================================================
Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/classic-star-wars-game-gets-super-pricey-specia l-edition-but-you-get-a-lightsaber/


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
* Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100)