Update #3 [Sat 30th Dec, 2023 08:30 GMT]:
Earlier this year, in July, the “Summer 2023” release date was announced for R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos has been pushed back to 2024, with the aim of launching the game at the “earliest possible date”. Now in a new show this week, Granzella has narrowed down this release window to “Autumn 2024“.
Update #2 [Thu 27th Oct, 2022 09:10 BST]:
It has been officially confirmed that R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos will launch worldwide next year in the summer of 2023.
Granzella also opened an official Twitter account for the game and made the following announcement. There is also a teaser trailer:
Update [Wed 26th Oct, 2022 11:30 BST]:
Granzella confirmed today that R-Type Tactics I & II are coming to Switch in 2023, and now we have a name for this compilation.
As confirmed by Ryokutya2089 (thanks Gematsu!), R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos will feature both Type R tactics (Command in the West) i R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate. But while the collection is confirmed to be released next year in Japan, no release in the west has been announced.
If we get confirmation of a western release, we’ll let you know. And, if this release comes through us, this will be the first time that Operation Bitter Chocolate has been published here.
For more on these two games, check out our original story from April below.
Original article [Fri 29th Apr, 2022 04:45 BST]: If you’re a fan of R-Type, you might be interested in the remakes of turn-based strategy/tactical RPGs R-Type Tactics I and II are announced.
These Irem PSP classics released in 2007 and 2009 will be handled by Granzella (made up of former Irem team members), and were announced during the company’s latest live stream event. These remakes will apparently be available as a “single release”.
The first game, known as R-Type Command in North America, was released in the west in 2008. The sequel, however, was never made available outside of Japan.
Platforms and release dates have not yet been announced, as has localization. If we hear any news, we’ll be sure to let you know.
