If you were around during the Super Nintendo era, you will have seen some genuinely timeless games released that still hold up today. However, not all of them are as accessible today as they were three decades ago. The good news? That's about to change, thanks to an upcoming re-release of a long-lost classic.
One of the most beloved cult classics of the SNES era is officially being remade for modern consoles, and the best part is a number of the original team is involved in restoring the game, so fans can be assured of an authentic revival. Better yet, this particular game was only ever released in Japan and PAL regions back in the day, with no North American version, meaning a game that was literally unplayable for millions is now coming to modern audiences.
The action-RPG Terranigma is officially coming to Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, XBOX and PC in early 2027. Originally created by a team that includes industry veterans like Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, Kamui Fujiwara, and Reiko Takebayashi, this 1995 classic is a genuinely underrated epic, and one that gamers everywhere should be delighted to see is making a return.
"30 years ago, Terranigma was released on the SNES," said Fujiwara as part of the revival's official announcement. "Now, at long last, it will be available once again.on console and PC, digital and physical. It may not be exactly the same as it was back then, but I'm sincerely delighted about it making its return to the current gaming environment."
"During the original's development, I was involved with designing not only the characters, but the world too, and even some of the game settings as well. I hope the themes of god and humanity, creation and destruction, and the atmosphere of the world itself resonate with today's players too. Not as a relic of the past, but as a living, breathing work. This moment has been long awaited and now it is finally here. I hope you will enjoy it with all your heart.”
While some updates and tweaks have been teased, we don't yet know how different this new incarnation of Terranigma will be. What we do know is that Fujiwara is involved with the project, and that's good enough for me right now. If you have any interest at all in classic RPGs, you'll want this SNES revival on your radar, trust me.
