Get ready Guacamelee! fans. DrinkBox Studios is warming up to unleash its luchador-themed platform-brawler onto new consoles. Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is scheduled to launch on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and WiiU on July 2nd, 2014. And if you’re still rocking the Xbox 360 don’t worry as the game will also be available for the Xbox 360 on the same date, sadly this time around PlayStation 3 and PC owners are going to be left out (Boo!).
Not familiar with Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship? Taking place around a small village in Mexico, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is an action-packed, 2D brawler/platformer that alternates between the worlds of the living and the dead. Inspired by Mexican folklore, players take control of a down-on-his luck wrestler named Juan Aguacate, as he fights through hordes of undead enemies and skeleton henchmen to stop the evil Carlos Calaca from gaining ultimate power by sacrificing the beautiful “El Presidente’s Daughter”.
So what’s new this time around?
- 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 Flowersto 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 INTENSOcombat 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
This game is fun! I was lucky enough to grab some play time on the demo that Drinkbox Studios had during PAX East 2014. Definitely worth checking out once it’s released.
Source: Drinkbox Studios
