Indie outfit DrinkBox Studios has announced a Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, which is dated for release on July 1. Priced at $14.99, this edition of the game is headed to the PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U and comes with a number of new features, all of which have been detailed below.
Guacamelee! originally launched on the PS3 and PS Vita in April 2013 ahead of a PC release in August. The Metroidvania-like game tells a story of a Mexican luchador who pledges his service to saving the El Presidente’s daughter from the clutches of an evil skeleton named Carlos Calaca.
Here’s what’s in store with the new version:
- Expanded Story – An expanded version of the game that includes new content and all DLC from the original
- New Game Areas – Players will ride boats through the Canal of Flowers to save a besieged fishing town, and avoid lava as they climb through the fiery Volcano
- New Boss – Face off against the deadly Trio of Death, a three-headed skeleton that lives in the Volcano, who helps the evil Carlos Calaca build his skeleton armies
- New Abilities – Maximize destruction with the powerful new INTENSO combat mode and dish out scrambled pain with powerful Chicken Bombs. Plus, swap dimensions independently in co-op play using the new Shadow Swap ability.
- New Enemies – Lethal new elite-class enemies that want to chokeslam luchadores to sleep
- Support for multiple save slots
- Dual currency system that supports permanent item unlocks