The Best SNES RPG You Likely Never Played Is Getting A Modern Re-release
The Super NES had no shortage of amazing RPGs, though only a fraction of them saw release outside of Japan. There was one particularly strange case, though: Terranigma, the third game in a trilogy of popular action-RPGs that included Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia, only saw an English-language release in Europe. 30 years later, however, that's finally changing, as Terranigma has been announced for a global release by publisher Clear River Games on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, and PC in early 2027. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5rWXIzACtM Terranigma puts players in the shoes of Ark, a youth who lives in a secluded village. A mysterious box he opens unleashes a curse on everyone in his hamlet, setting him off on a journey that becomes an epoch-crossing mission to revive the world and humanity as we know it. As a late SNES release, it offers some of the finest pixel-art graphics and music seen on the platform, along with an ambitious narrative and visual design supervised by manga creator Kamui Fujiwara. While any sort of changes and additions to the game were not explicitly detailed, the re-release appears to be faithful to the original's pixel art and music. The pre…