Replace []: Following final week’s announcement, the Joe & Mac Retro Assortment Kickstarter is now formally stay and it is already “over 40% funded” after 24 hours.
As a part of this marketing campaign launch, the workforce has additionally revealed its very first stretch aim. It is a model new Boss Rush Mode and might be added when the marketing campaign hits €30,000 in funding.
The workforce’s preliminary funding aim will permit it to launch the sport in English and Japanese throughout a number of platforms together with the Nintendo Swap. A bodily launch for the Swap has additionally been confirmed in addition to a “Tremendous Nintendo-inspired” Collector’s Version.
This is an outline and look:
Amongst the gorgeous objects Joe & Mac followers can get their fingers on are a Tremendous Nintendo-inspired Collector’s Version, an artbook, a plushie of the long-lasting meat merchandise seen within the sport, an unique sketch from the artist who created the Joe & Mac Retro Assortment’s cowl artwork and even a particularly restricted 20cm determine of the gathering’s three heroes!
Unique Story: [Sun 8th Jun, 2025 06:05 BST]:
Retro sport collections are all the fashion these days and following within the footsteps of basic mascots like Gex and Bubsy are actually Joe and Mac.
This new package deal, formally titled Joe & Mac Retro Assortment, is barely totally different as it is a Kickstarter mission scheduled to go stay on tenth June (aka subsequent week) and is anticipated to launch later this yr digitally on a number of platforms together with the Nintendo Swap.
“Play as three cavemen preventing dinosaurs on this retro assortment of three SNES/Tremendous Famicom titles, coming to Steam/PS5/Xbox/Swap!”
It should comprise the next three 16-bit Tremendous Nintendo releases from Knowledge East:
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja (ジョーとマック 戦え原始人) is a Run & Gun platformer that follows the titular Joe & Mac as they battle by means of 12 hellish ranges utilizing prehistoric (however not simply) instruments and weapons. Whereas the sport was censored when it got here out within the West, the Retro Assortment additionally contains the unique Japanese model!
Congo’s Caper
“Congo’s Caper (戦え原始人2 ルーキーの冒険) is a side-scrolling Motion platformer centered round Congo, a half-human, half-monkey boy trying to rescue his girlfriend from a demon by means of 35 various ranges.”
Joe & Mac 2: Misplaced within the Tropics
“Joe & Mac: Misplaced within the Tropics (ジョーアンドマック戦え原始人3主役はやっぱり) provides a lightweight roleplaying facet to the collection. Whereas the aim continues to be to defeat cavemen and dinosaurs, gamers can courtroom and wed their Stone Age girlfriend, and actually have a baby along with her!”
As you possibly can see, this assortment is comprised of video games launched right here within the West within the early 90s (1991 – 1995) in addition to the “uncensored” Japanese variations.
There’ll even be “a number of new options” together with quality-of-life enhancements like the power to rewind gameplay, save states, customisable facet ratios, a CRT filter, native co-op for Joe & Mac 1 and a pair of, and “cool new visuals and merchandise” to go along with this Kickstarter.
This marketing campaign is led by G-Mode, Pink Artwork Video games and their “award-winning inside studio” Pink Artwork Studios. Should you’re curious to revisit this prehistoric franchise there are additionally a number of choices on the Swap, together with Nintendo’s Swap On-line Classics sport library.