Restricted Run Video games has shared the discharge date for the long-awaited return of everybody’s favorite gaming gecko, Gex. The Gex Trilogy launches on Swap (and different consoles) on sixteenth June 2025, and it is clearly getting a reasonably lavish particular version.
So, uh, yeah, let’s discuss that collector’s version. Nicely, there’s two of them, however we’re largely referring to the ‘Tail Time Version’, a $199.99 bundle that features — amongst different anticipated issues — a 36” inflatable doll of Gex. Sure, we weren’t messing round within the headline.
A equally shocking inclusion is the Collector’s Field that includes artwork by Ultimate Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano. Not a collaboration we have been anticipating, nevertheless it’s fairly cool. In any other case, it is your commonplace pin, buying and selling playing cards, statue, soundtrack, and steelbook.
$199.99 is some huge cash, however you may get the steelbook, poster, a soundtrack choice, and a retro field alongside the sport for $74.99, or simply seize the usual launch for $39.99.
Blow-up dolls apart, let’s discuss what the Gex Trilogy comprises. You’ve got received Gex, Gex: Enter the Gecko, and Gex 3: Deep Cowl Gecko all bundled along with numerous high quality of life enhancements. It can save you wherever in all three video games and rewind in case you make a mistake. Plus, the latter two video games help native 16:9 widescreen and have been retooled to work with full 360 analogue controls. No extra eight-directional motion!
Gex actually is not the primary mascot platformer many consider, however he is accrued a really devoted fanbase over time. He is becoming a member of various different retro mascots similar to Croc, Tomba, and Bubsy who’ve (or are making) a comeback.
Are you excited to see Gex return? What about that Yoshitaka Amano paintings, hey? Tell us what you consider all of it within the feedback.
Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and whereas RPGs are her old flame, Nintendo is an in depth second. She enjoys nothing greater than overthinking battle methods, characters, and tales. She additionally needs she was a Sega air pirate.
