Sq. Enix’s once-abandoned Chocobo racing recreation, a Ultimate Fantasy spin-off titled Chocobo GP, has obtained a second likelihood at life with out all of the unhealthy microtransactions, which beforehand ended up nickle-and-diming gamers for recreation options.
Chocobo GP’s new Nintendo eShop retailer web page exhibits that Sq. Enix’s Mario Kart-like racing recreation obtained a re-release on the Nintendo Change on June 15. The cutesy racing recreation’s phoenix down-esque revival on the eShop comes as a little bit of a shock contemplating Sq. Enix introduced it could now not be supporting the sport a mere 9 months after its launch day on rival platforms, similar to Android and iOS.
Kotaku reached out to Sq. Enix for remark.
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Chocobo GP is the sequel to Sq. Enix’s ‘90s multiplayer social gathering recreation, Chocobo Racing. Chocobo GP gamers’ predominant level of rivalry with the unfavorably reviewed racer was that new, thrilling characters shouldn’t be locked behind paywalls or battle cross grinds. Apart from giving gamers further expertise factors as an apology for the sport’s grind, the writer by no means made modifications permitting gamers to unlock characters with out both paying or grinding within the recreation’s battle cross. Sq. Enix’s subsequent announcement of Chocobo GP’s sunsetting got here after months of gamers complaining about its grindy season cross being affected by microtransactions.
In a put up on the sport’s web site on the sport’s web site, Sq. Enix mentioned “there will likely be no additional giant scale updates (e.g. new characters or new maps) [added] to [Chocobo GP] after the Season 5 replace on Wednesday, December 21.” The writer additionally revealed gamers may now not purchase mythril, Chocobo GP’s in-game forex, on the eShop, and any unspent mythril would disappear from the sport on January 6.
The Chocobo GP re-release comes at a complete retail price ticket of $50. Oof. For those who beforehand performed Chocobo GP Lite, Sq. Enix’s stripped-down free-to-play model of Chocobo GP, you may switch your save to the sport’s re-release model by shopping for an “improve” DLC for the Lite model. Which is good.
