Remade PS2 Launch Title Fantavision Is Lighting Up PC This Month | Push Square
Here's an interesting one, depending on your level of industry geekery. Fantavision was originally a launch title on PS2, a quirky puzzle game all about fireworks. Developed by Japan Studio, it would test your colour-matching and symbol-recognition skills, launching in 2000 to a respectable 72 on Metacritic.
Japan Studio (now defunct), being first-party, meant that Sony Interactive Entertainment still held the IP rights to Fantasvision. Decades pass, and Sony licences it to Japanese developer Cosmo Machia, who promptly developed and recently released Fantavision 202X for PS5 and PSVR2 on 21st February ( gameplay above).
This remade reminder of a bygone age is coming to PC on 27th April, published by Cosmo Machia. It's quite a journey for a humble PS2 launch game, but perhaps not so surprising when we live in a world where Sony itself publishes games on PC. Do you remember the original PS2 release? Did you check out the remake? Light up the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is the second best video game journalist Australia has ever produced, and his ambitions of world domination have (thus far) been curbed by the twin siren songs of strategy games and CRPGs. He has always felt an affinity with the noble Dachshund.
R.I.P. Japan Studio.
It’s been more than 20 years and I still don’t think I really have the hang of Fantavision. It’s fun, for sure, but half the time I think I’m scoring in spite of myself.
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