Alwa's Collection is out now, combining acclaimed retro platformers Alwa's Awakening and Alwa's Legacy
Alwa's Legacy now on PS4, Alwa's Awakening on... NES!
Karlstad, Sweden - December 21st, 2021 - Clear River Games and developer Elden Pixels have today released the acclaimed retro metroidvania platformers Alwa's Awakening and Alwa's Legacy to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in the physical bundle Alwa's Collection, for $29.99 / €29.99 / £25.99 which includes three holographic stickers as bonus content. Alwa's Collection is now available at video games retailers and online stores across Europe and North America.
Additionally, Alwa's Legacy was just released as a standalone digital title on PlayStation 4 on December 10th. Find out why Nintendo Life called the Switch version "the special sort of game that only comes around once in a great while," and awarded it a 9/10.
Alwa's Awakening is an 8-bit inspired contemporary take on the metroidvania genre. You play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. Your journey will be fraught with peril, full of puzzles to solve, dungeons to explore, magical items to acquire and ancient secrets to discover. Alwa's Awakening hearkens back to classic platformers with controls that are easy to learn, but difficult to master. Along this adventure, you will meet all manner of interesting characters, comb through dangerous dungeons, and uncover incredible secrets as you attempt to save the land from extinction.
Alwa's Legacy is a standalone sequel that offers an expansion of its predecessor's classic gameplay. Varnished with 16-bit inspired visuals, Alwa's Legacy mixes classical pixel art aesthetics with new visual flourishes such as a realistic lighting system. It also adds some more modern game design principles, like a new character upgrade system that allows you to craft your individual playstyle, centered on offensive, defensive and explorative skill sets. Using magical upgrades, novel pathways can be found as you explore the nonlinear interconnected world by summoning blocks to climb on, bubbles to bounce off of, and lightning bolts to attack with.
"We at Elden Pixels were always inspired by 8 and 16-bit era games, so being able to release the Alwa's Collection in physical form is such a fitting nostalgia punch for the series," said Mikael Forslind, Game Designer for Elden Pixels.
Finally, Alwa's Awakening will also be premiering on the Nintendo Entertainment System! Courtesy of Retro-Bit Publishing who will release cartridge editions of the old school platformer for the hardware that inspired it in the first place. Those who pre-ordered the physical NES or Digical edition of Alwa's Awakening will receive their copies in early 2022. Digical combines aspects of both DIGItal and physiCAL releases for those interested in playing the digital copy of the game via ROM without all the bonus extras found in the physical releases, while still supporting the developers. The game ROM and exclusive digital content come packed in a Zoe themed USB® memory stick along with a display case that really stands out in any collection!
About Elden Pixels Elden Pixels was founded in 2016 when a group of friends started making games together. A few years later with several of their own games developed and released and one externally developed game published, Elden Pixels is trying to cement themselves as purveyors of quality boutique game releases.
About Clear River Games Founded in 2020, Clear River Games is a Swedish publisher located in Karlstad next to Klarälven. The company specializes in the packaged goods versions of games, such as Ys Origin and Huntdown. Clear River Games is part of the Embracer Group. For more information please visit https://www.clearrivergames.com.
About Retro-Bit Since 2007, Retro-Bit® has been a pioneer of the retro-gaming community. One of its counterparts, Retro-Bit® Publishing has brought gamers the physical form of many rare and exclusive titles in the retro-gaming industry. In order to provide this new way to play, Retro-Bit Publishing has re-created rare games into physical media and brought them to where they were never released. Retro-Bit Publishing gives gamers and collectors across the globe the opportunity to experience an alternative way to play, and own one-of-a-kind and limited-edition exclusives that include many extra collectible items.
