Digital Eclipse and Hasbro Announce New Power Rangers Retro Action Game for Consoles and PC
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and to continue celebrating the milestone, the franchise has announced a new video game as part of Summer Game Fest. Today, Digital Eclipse and Hasbro announced a new retro-inspired action game, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind. As you can see in the trailer below, the game evokes classic fighting and side-scrolling games while weaving in fan-favorite moments from the franchise's history. The game is currently scheduled to launch on PC and consoles in late 2024.
Rita's Rewind features all five of the original Rangers and allows up to five players to play online and offline cooperatively, while also piloting Zords and other vehicles, including bikes and rollercoasters, as the Rangers navigate the environment and try to take down enemies with their blasters.
One particularly great scene seen in the trailer shows the Red Ranger guiding the Tyrannosaurus Dinazor to take down the floating Eye Guy. Later in the trailer, we see the next step in that battle, battling Eye Guy from a first-person perspective from the Megazord's cockpit. Familiar locations from Angel Grove pop up throughout, and more villains are introduced. The big bad at the center of it all is Rita Repulsa, but in a twist, we're actually fighting two Ritas.
“As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of POWER RANGERS, we're thrilled to partner with Digital Eclipse to bring Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind to our passionate fans,” said Eugene Evans, SVP of Digital Strategy and Licensing, Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast. “We created Hasbro Retro Arcade to deliver a modern twist on classic arcade action built on our world-class brands and characters. This further demonstrates our strategy to expand our digital games portfolio through licensing and in-house development, and we can't wait to see how fans react as they re-experience iconic moments through this new, yet retro, gameplay.” Read the official description of Rita's Rewind below:
“A new story with a familiar foe… In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, the team faces off against the robotic reincarnation of the Power Rangers' longtime nemesis. Robo Rita summons a portal and sends him back in time to ally with his younger self in an attempt to defeat the Power Rangers. Together, Robo Rita and Rita Repulsa will rewind, rewrite and remix the past in an attempt to stop the formation of the Power Rangers and change the course of history.”
Will the two Ritas and their monstrous army of enemies from across the MMPR timeline ultimately succeed in defeating the Power Rangers, or will these plucky teenagers learn to work together to combat this devastating cross-timeline collaboration?
Players can relive the origins of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – for the first time! The past will never be the same…”
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