This 30-year-old Game Boy platformer is getting a colourised PC makeover

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Limited Run Games have announced they're bringing back the 1992 Game Boy game Trip World, a charming Kirby-esque platformer whose flowery monochrome world had, until recently, been more or less lost to time. Thankfully, Limited Run are collaborating with the original developers at Sunsoft, including the game’s director Yuichi Ueda, to bring the forgotten game back to PC and consoles (including the original Game Boy Color, of all things) in the form of Trip World DX.

Trip World puts you in the shoes of Yakopoo, an adorable bunny-like creature who’s on a journey to restore peace to the world by saving a magical flower. Yakopoo kind of resembles a white version of Kirby with its round design, puffy cheeks, and ability to shapeshift, although Yako can’t inhale everything in the known universe, sadly.

Despite its simplicity, Game Boy owners at the time were smitten by the game’s visuals and audio, and looking back, it’s not hard to see why. Taking a look at any gameplay video for Trip World feels like a warm, nostalgic hug, as if you’ve been reunited with a childhood pet that’s jumped into your lap. Unlike other handheld games at the time, Trip World was more focused on simply brewing in its chill vibe, and it looks like it holds up based on Limited Run's latest CarbonCast episode (embedded above).

The re-release, Trip World DX, includes the original game in all its 8-bit glory, alongside a fully colourised version and a banging remastered soundtrack. A museum mode also contains design documents, video interviews with the original devs, box scans, and other never-before-seen stuff that, let's face it, should really be included in every remaster, remake, and re-release.

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