Mr. Driller DrillLand announced for Nintendo Switch, out on June 25th

[Hero of Legend]

At 24:89.

UPDATE: Also coming to Steam

Yepper! As trademarked, the next BN remaster on Switch is indeed Mr. Driller DrillLand, based on the JP-only GameCube game! :O

UPDATE: It's confirmed to be by Infinity Co., Ltd. Who's actually worked with BN loads of times on 3DS and DS among other systems. Plus they already did Mr. Driller 2 on PC way back.

インフィニティー株式会社

www.infinity-soft.co.jp

The dev should be Monkeycraft, who did both Katamary Damacy Reroll, as well as the second JP-only remaster from Wii; Kotoba no Puzzle: Moji Pittan Encore.

MONKEYCRAFT

株式会社モンキークラフトの開発案件となります。開発に関わったゲームなど。

monkeycraft.co.jp

SUPER exciting news! :D

 

[Mandos]

I'm in, great puzzle gameplay loop

 

[Deleted member 7217]

This looks fun. Will likely pick 5his up when it comes out.

 

[nsilvias]

i should give this a try. i remember liking the mr driller demo i played on ps1 i think

 

[Like the hat?]

I'm so pumped about this. I love mr driller.

 

[Squid Icarus]

Okay nice, but where the hell is Klonoa? :(

 

[.exe]

Megaton. Looking forward to this!

 

[MaverickHunterX]

So, is this the rated Mr. Driller Encore from last Year?

Hopefully, that means splatterhouse and klonoa are next...

 

[9-Volt]

YES! Huge fan of the franchise. I've been waiting for this moment since the release of the Gamecube game. Getting it day one.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Okay nice, but where the hell is Klonoa? :(

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Surely coming. Monkeycraft have been pretty good at pumping out these remasters for BN lately. I'd be shocked if Klonoa wasn't out by the end of the year.

 

[Ravelle]

This is cool.

But where's our best boy, Pushmo.

 

[hyouko]

Surely coming. Monkeycraft have been pretty good at pumping out these remasters for BN lately. I'd be shocked if Klonoa wasn't out by the end of the year.

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We Love Katamari Reroll would be amazing; I need some of that vibe in my life right now.

 

[Midas]

Mr Driller!!! I love Mr Driller on my GBA, was it GBA? I think so.

 

[Dever]

Lol I had one of these on the GBA. Blast from the past

 

[No Depth]

This has the Adventure mode right?

 

[Hero of Legend]

We Love Katamari Reroll would be amazing; I need some of that vibe in my life right now.

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THIS baffled me. Should've been out last year. No reason why this shouldn't have been a quick release since surely 50% of the work was done by default with the original's release?

 

[entremet]

Surely coming. Monkeycraft have been pretty good at pumping out these remasters for BN lately. I'd be shocked if Klonoa wasn't out by the end of the year.

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Hopefully, it's both mainline games.

 

[Deleted member 5621]

So glad this franchise still is alive and kicking.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

one step closer to WLK reroll, i guess
;_;

 

[Deleted member 2254]

I practically bought the PS Classic for Mr Driller. Needless to say I'm picking this up.

 

[Dache]

Fuck yes, Drill Land rules. Great times in 4p mode.

 

[Squid Icarus]

I never got the chance to play Klonoa 2, but I adore the first one. It was one of the first games I played as a child and I loved the Wii remake, too. Played through it at least 10 times. I hope we'll get Klonoa 2 with it as well.

 

[Aurica]

There were rumors a few months ago, so I'm really glad they turned out to be true. I looked into the game a while back and really want to play it.

 

[Hero of Legend]

The Nintendo PR shows it's by Infinity Co., Ltd. But googling shows some sort of jewelry company? Doesn't add up.

 

[Zalman]

This also means Klonoa is even more likely which is great news.

 

[Nabbit]

This also means Klonoa is even more likely which is great news.

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Hoping it's a new game or a collection. Just replayed 2 last year and it was so amazingly awesome.

 

[Joltik]

Oh man! This was one of the games that I always wanted to play because I heard great things about it, including the soundtrack. I'm that's it's finally coming to NA after being stuck on JP-only Gamecubes.

 

[MagnusGman]

Oh wow! I totally missed this! I'm so in!

 

[Deleted member 48897]

It's...beautiful. MY BOY IS ALIVE

DRILL BABY DRILL
DRILL BABY DRILL
DRILL BABY DRILL

 

[Hero of Legend]

The Nintendo PR shows it's by Infinity Co., Ltd. But googling shows some sort of jewelry company? Doesn't add up.

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Update; found them!

インフィニティー株式会社

www.infinity-soft.co.jp

They've worked on like dozens of 3DS and DS games for BN, plus they did do Mr. Driller 2 on PC way back, so they have experience, if minor.

Also forgot to mention this is coming to Steam as well. Also apparently a retail release in Japan, but digital-only in the west according to Gematsu:

Mr. DRILLER DrillLand announced for Switch, PC

Bandai Namco has announced Mr. DRILLER DrillLand for Switch and PC (Steam). It will launch digitally worldwide on June 25. In Japan, where it is called Mr. Driller Encore, a physical edition will a…

www.gematsu.com

 

[ArjanN]

Nice, also looking forward to Klonoa and Splatterhouse then.

360 Splatterhouse plz.

 

[Windrunner]

This was one of the best Gamecube games nobody played.

Don't sleep on it!

 

[Deleted member 3040]

This was my megaton of the Direct.

So I guess this sorta confirms the Klonoa re-release being a thing as well?

 

[Nabbit]

This was my megaton of the Direct.

So I guess this sorta confirms the Klonoa re-release being a thing as well?

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I think it must! Hoping for a collection. Klonoa 2 is so awesome.

 

[Deleted member 3040]

I think it must! Hoping for a collection. Klonoa 2 is so awesome.

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Actually need to admit I haven't played any apart from the first GBA game! Was gonna buy the Wii remake, but never got around to it... so here's hoping it's a collection.

 

[Deleted member 33515]

big fan of Mr.Driller, it'll be day one for me

 

[Nabbit]

Actually need to admit I haven't played any apart from the first GBA game! Was gonna buy the Wii remake, but never got around to it... so here's hoping it's a collection.

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And here I have only played the two mainline games! They're both great and hold up really well so you're in for a test when you get to play them. I have the GBA games but haven't played them yet. I hope if it's a collection they throw in the WonderSwan game too.

 

[Kunka Kid]

Mr. Driller is awesome, but I'm so bad at it...

 

[srtrestre]

Really pleasant surprise.

 

[Hero of Legend]

GC vs Switch:

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

GC vs Switch:

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Looks great! Glad to see that they're keeping the original visual style intact while giving it the necessary resolution/16:9 bump! :D

 

[Rygar 8Bit]

He's back baby!

 

[rawhide]

I'm really curious to see what the other "encore" games will be, as some of the games trademarked don't have any obvious candidates for remasters and some don't even have enough games for a satisfying collection.

 

[Hero of Legend]

JP box:

JP website:

ミスタードリラーアンコール 公式サイト

Nintendo Switch/Steamにて発売予定の「ミスタードリラーアンコール」の公式サイトです。Mr. DRILLER DrillLand がNintendo Switch/Steamに登場！

mddl.bn-ent.net

 

[Tizoc]

Aight, Bamco, you can have my money this June.

 

[Tizoc]

Surely coming. Monkeycraft have been pretty good at pumping out these remasters for BN lately. I'd be shocked if Klonoa wasn't out by the end of the year.

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Klonoa 1 Wii + Klonoa 2 PS2 + GBA Klonoa games + Bonus, remake of the Wonderswan game with various colour filters
Extra Bonus: The PSOne Klonoa games just because

...but as is I'll settle for the 3D games at least XO

 

[SinCityAssassin]

PC/Steam like Katamari? Hoping for Klonoa to be revealed by June...

 

[MaverickHunterX]

Nice, also looking forward to Klonoa and Splatterhouse then.

360 Splatterhouse plz.

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It looks like that might be the case. Remember, Splatterhouse 2010 was never released in Japan, plus it had a LOT of cut materials from the final product.

 

[Deleted member 7217]

The Nintendo PR shows it's by Infinity Co., Ltd. But googling shows some sort of jewelry company? Doesn't add up.

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Can you post a link to that or something. The devs history page only goes up to 2016.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Can you post a link to that or something. The devs history page only goes up to 2016.

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