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 relatively lavish particular version.
So, uh, yeah, let’s speak about that collector’s version. Effectively, 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 stunning inclusion is the Collector’s Field that includes artwork by Closing Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano. Not a collaboration we have been anticipating, nevertheless it’s fairly cool. In any other case, it is your customary 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 speak about what the Gex Trilogy accommodates. You’ve got received Gex, Gex: Enter the Gecko, and Gex 3: Deep Cowl Gecko all bundled along with varied 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 definitely is not the primary mascot platformer many consider, however he is accrued a really devoted fanbase through the years. He is becoming a member of numerous different retro mascots corresponding 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.
