{"id":30662,"date":"2026-02-03T19:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30662"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:10:52","slug":"aero-the-acro-bat-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/games\/aero-the-acro-bat-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Aero The Acro-Bat Plus Lost Gems Sunsoft Collection Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aero the Acro-Bat<\/strong> was a series of platform games released for 16-bit consoles back in the 90s, with a later release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/aero-the-acro-bat-rascal-rival-revenge-coming-to-consoles-on-nov-1\/\">appearing<\/a> on the <strong>GBA<\/strong> in 2002. Over the last couple of years, many of the games in the series have been released on modern console storefronts, and publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selecta-vision.com\/selecta-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SelectaPlay<\/strong><\/a> has now announced a complete collection due out on <strong>PS5<\/strong> and <strong>Switch<\/strong> in the summer of 2026. The <a href=\"https:\/\/selecta-play.com\/es\/aero-the-acro-bat-legacy-sunsoft-lost-gems#\/71-plataforma-nsw\/3450-formato-estandar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">physical release<\/a> will include all four games in the series, as well as two other &#8216;lost gems&#8217; from the original publisher <strong>Sunsoft<\/strong>, and is available to pre-order now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press statement, <strong>SelectaPlay<\/strong> said. \u201cFor the very first time, six full classic titles from <strong>Sunsoft<\/strong>\u2019s storied back catalogue are brought together in a single physical release, available on one disc or cartridge. This definitive collection revives beloved platforming and action favourites, celebrating an era of colourful characters, precision gameplay, and unmistakable 16-bit charm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edgar Ektor\u2019s former ally takes centre stage as Zero embarks on his own high-speed adventure to save his home, facing brutal challenges and his old master.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Aero the Acro-Bat<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original circus-born platforming classic, as Aero battles the evil industrialist Edgar Ektor to rescue his captured friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Aero the Acro-Bat 2<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trapped in a mysterious world packed with traps and secrets, Aero must escape and stop Ektor\u2019s next sinister scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Aero the Acro-Bat: Rascal Rival Revenge<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A reimagining of Aero\u2019s ongoing rivalry, delivering renewed challenges and frantic circus-themed action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Feudal Bros<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Japanese samurai and a French prince form an unlikely duo in a fast-paced, humorous quest to save the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Justice Ninja Casey<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step into the shadows as Casey, the Ninja of Justice, in an action-packed adventure filled with stealth, combat, and hidden secrets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Aero The Acro-Bat Legacy + Sunsfot Lost Gems | Official Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6pjL5JtpVs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aero the Acro-Bat was a series of platform games released for 16-bit consoles back in the 90s, with a later release appearing on the GBA in 2002. Over the last couple of years, many of the games in the series have been released on modern console storefronts, and publisher SelectaPlay has now announced a complete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":30664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[215,216,217],"class_list":["post-30662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","tag-aero-the-acro-bat","tag-selectaplay","tag-sunsoft"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31892,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30662\/revisions\/31892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}