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The versus fighting game Psychic Force 2012 has been announced for release on PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Steam in 2027. Publisher Cosmo Machia also released a teaser trailer ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2026. This marks the first time the title — originally released in 1998 as a Dreamcast exclusive — has been ported to another platform. On 5ch, some welcomed the news with comments like “finally coming to a home console,” while others expressed disappointment that it’s “a port, not a new game,” and questioned why PS4 was left out. Debate also broke out over the order in which gaming outlets list supported platforms.
Cosmo Machia has announced that the versus fighting game Psychic Force 2012 will launch on PS5/Nintendo Switch/Steam in 2027. A teaser trailer for Tokyo Game Show 2026 was also released alongside the announcement.
Source: gamespark.jp / Original article here
What people said
The only version that actually released properly was the DC one, so I'd say it counts as a first port to every platform.
Guess I'll buy it anyway though.
Was being bought out by Square Enix really a good thing for them?
At least they still have their own identity instead of getting killed off entirely like Hudson — could be worse.
It's a low-poly game that runs fine even on the original Switch — why does that leave PS4 out in the cold? 😨
They've put out stuff like Shikigami no Shiro recently.
This very site lists it as Switch, Steam, PS5!
Still doing that Sony favoritism thing, huh.
Reminds me of when Monster Hunter Rise went multiplatform — Capcom's official announcement listed Xbox before PlayStation, but every domestic site put PS first anyway.
The Keiji Channel always lists PS5 first for multiplatform titles too.
Only creepy otaku are buying this stuff anyway.
Just felt so out of place, somehow.
Re: #15
Well, magazines like Dengeki PlayStation were hyping it up hard back then.
A remaster at this point doesn't really move the needle for me.
They don't have that kind of money left anymore…
Still pushing that conspiracy theory?
No need to "block" anything — an Xbox version with orders of magnitude less demand was never going to be part of a low-budget multiplatform project in the first place.
Before I knew it, '2012' had become the past.
Oh right, '2012' used to feel like the future… that gives me a real thousand-yard stare.
It's even funnier seeing Fist of the North Star machines at pachinko parlors — like, 'the apocalypse' from that story is now a quarter-century in the past!
A standalone release, seriously?
This is Cosmo Machia we're talking about — they pulled the same crappy move with Exzeal.
They'll eventually put out a "Complete Pack" with a soundtrack CD and art book as bonuses, so just leave it be until then.
That thing isn't powerful enough anyway — it can't fully emulate the polygon arcade boards.
Rozen Maiden… no, never mind.
Game magazines like Gamest used to run tons of illustrations that were apparently drawn by female artists.
The Lyrical Nanoha game on PSP was like this.
Even the feeling that it had too few moves was the same.
The game based on CLAMP's X was like this too.
My little sister was playing it and I was shocked, like, 'this is basically Psychic Force!'
M2 will make an Xbox version too if the publisher wants one — like with the Gradius Origins Collection.
That was the PS version of the previous game.
Bring back the first game's version where he pins the opponent and finishes with a roundhouse kick.
"There's no escape" — shun-shun-shun-shun-shun-niko-shun (mimicking the character's rapid-fire attack sound/voice clip).
Background and key points of this discussion
Psychic Force 2012 is a versus fighting game originally released in 1998 as a Dreamcast exclusive; this marks its first port to another platform. Publisher Taito came under Square Enix’s umbrella in 2005, and in recent years its business has centered more on managing and re-releasing rights to older titles than on new games. The “platform listing order” debate that flared up in the thread — the claim that gaming media tends to put the PlayStation version first when covering multiplatform titles — is a long-running point of contention on the video game hardware board (Geha) and isn’t unique to this article. It’s also worth noting that at the time of announcement, details like price, exact release timing, and whether this is a remaster or a straight port haven’t been revealed, so comments expressing disappointment that it’s “a port, not a new game” or speculating that “a complete pack will come out later” are both unconfirmed guesses at this stage.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Good News] Psychic Force 2012 Coming to PS5/Switch/Steam in 2027!“.
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