Super Rare Games continue to be one of the busiest physical game retailers on the planet, with today's announcement that they will be putting action-side-scrolling parkour game Aerial_Knight's Never Yield on a physical cartridge for the first time.
The physical cartridge includes the game, the new levels, music, and modes available in "Da Update", a full-colour manual, interior artwork, a sticker, and trading cards.
"This project began as just a passion project I started on my own to create something familiar but new for this generation of gamers," said developer Aerial_Knight, "while highlighting aspects of a culture that is often overlooked. I really hope you enjoy the game once its released and follow my journey to create new and interesting games."
4,000 copies of Never Yield will be made available, which go on sale beginning on July 21st at 6pm BST / 10am PDT / 1pm EDT.
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These just encourage scalping. What started out as a cool way to celebrate smaller games has become an out of control nightmare.
@nessisonett yeah, that is one thing Limited Run do better than Super Rare with the open pre-orders.
The NL review was a 6/10 with the negatives being:-
1. Not varied or challenging enough and heavily reuses assets and obstacles
2. No scoring system or leaderboards outside of your own best times
3. Framerate issues when things get busy on higher difficulties
"Da Update" added leaderboards and other new content, is it a much better game now?
@nessisonett And they mostly come after the digital release, to beg double-dipping.
I love the aesthetics and nothing else, it's a simple endless runner and not even a very good one. But it has a lot of personality, truly unique and strong in that regard. I bet his next project if any would be sick
@nessisonett ‘out of control nightmare’ is a bit of an exaggeration. Super Rare Games tend not to sell out instantly so I’m sure you could get this distinctly average game if you really wanted.
Cool I enjoyed that one. If I see it in BB I will double dip.
@PessitheMystic
For the odd occasion there's real demand for a popular game, it can sell out on the same day.
Recent titles like Flynn: Son of Crimson, and Rogue Heroes sold out fairly quickly.
For this game, I'm not sure. It might hang around like Caveblazer, Last Day of June, Unrailed, and Smoke and Sacrifice. Amazingly that last one STILL has some stock left.
But on the other hand, this is a pretty low print run of only 3000 copies.
Edit: Or is it 4000 copies? Their site says 3000, but their marketing says 4000.
Back to back great games from SRG. First Strange Brigade, now this. Hmm, this triple set bundle might be the best they've ever offered, depending on what the third game will be?
Does anyone know if this game has fared well, sales-wise (by the standards of the indie market, I mean)? In cases like these, I always wonder if it is the developer who approaches the publisher, or vice-versa...
@RupeeClock the email from them did say 4000, but I have no idea. I used to support them at the very beginning but now I only pick up the games I’m interested in (which are very, very few).
Removed - trolling/baiting
I played the demo and didn't think it was very good. Really not sure why there are so many articles about it when there's better games to cover. If you want to spend money on what Nintendo Life gave a 6, go get Switch Sports (which should have been an 8) instead of this (which should have been a 4).
@CANOEberry - It's hard to say, since several companies you sign an agreement not to disclose sales in exact numbers.
Makes it hard to gauge til you get the only one you can report on, the PC, and then hear their opinions of how well it fared elsewhere.
@nessisonett I've heard nothing but bad things about Limited Run Games and their business practices. Please encourage others not too support them and call them out for their tactics.
The PAL rating/box art is what's stopping me from buying this. I'd love to buy this as a physical game, but not if it messes up my NTSC collection. XD
4,000 copies to be resold at a higher price*
Fixed that for you.
SRG's a tiny bespoke webstore which only sells limited copies of their own games, for only one console.
How does that make them "one of the busiest physical game retailers on the planet".
GAME or any retailer with actual shops would laugh at the comparison. A single GAME store could probably have more stock than SRG at any one time.
If this wasn't an advertisement, it sure sounds like one.
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