Bandai Namco Reveals More QOL Improvements for Baten Kaitos Remasters
Bandai Namco reveals a number of more detailed quality-of-life changes for the upcoming Baten Kaitos 1 & 2 HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch. Back in 2021, rumors were floating around that there was a remaster or even remake for the Baten Kaitos games in development. These rumors turned out to be correct, as the February 2023 Nintendo Direct revealed that both games were indeed being remastered as a bundle for the Nintendo Switch. Fans were thrilled to see these cult classic titles return, with the games being reintroduced to a new audience and getting a large amount of polish.
For the uninitiated, these games were developed by Monolith Soft and tri-Crescendo, with Namco publishing them as a Nintendo GameCube exclusive. The reason why the game became a cult classic is while the game was a hit critically, its sales weren't very good. With both Baten Kaitos games coming to Switch, it is introducing a number of improvements, while being incredibly faithful to the original. This includes remastered visuals, stabilized frame rate, and more. These changes were detailed in an article from Bandai Namco Asia.
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These changes for Baten Kaitos 1 & 2 HD Remaster sees it being upscaled from 4:3 to a 16:9 aspect ratio, allowing for widescreen battles. The article also reveals six adjustable parameters, which include no encounters, instant KO against enemies, speedier battles and overworld, simpler battle results, and an autobattle. However, the biggest QOL addition is two sets of post-game modes: New Game Plus and New Game Minus. New Game Plus allows players to restart their adventure with data carried over from the last playthrough, while New Game Minus allows players to choose a set of
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