Sigma Star Saga DX Game Boy Advance physical edition pre-orders now available
Version for modern platforms still planned.
Publisher Limited Run Games and developer WayForward have opened pre-orders for the Game Boy Advance physical edition of Sigma Star Saga DX, a refined version of the 2005-released shoot ’em up RPG hybrid.
Back in July 2024, WayForward announced that it plans to release Sigma Star Saga DX for modern consoles and PC. While today’s announcement is focused on pre-orders for the Game Boy Advance version, it also reconfirms that “a version for modern platforms, running on Limited Run Games’ Carbon Engine, is planned for physical and digital release in the future.”
“Sigma Star Saga DX is a new and improved version of this classic sci-fi shooter / adventure, polished and refined by the original 2005 dev team,” said Sigma Star Saga creator Matt Bozon in a press release. “We collected 20 years of fan feedback, and made this beloved game even better! Now, players who missed out two decades ago can finally experience this truly inspired and experimental genre mashup, and players who enjoyed the game back in the day will want to add this new, faster-paced, harder-hitting version to their collections!”
The Game Boy Advance version is available for pre-order in $49.9 standard and $99.99 Collector’s editions. The standard edition includes the game cartridge and manual in a retro-style box. The Collector’s Edition includes a special Galactic Blue game cartridge, manual, retro-style box, soundtrack CD, coin, keychain, and poster in deluxe packaging.
Here is an overview of the game, via WayForward:
About
Sigma Star Saga DX is a refined version of the unique 2005 adventure / RPG / shoot ’em up hybrid.
Originally published by Namco on Game Boy Advance, Sigma Star Saga is a genre-shattering science-fiction adventure that transitions from character-driven top-down exploration to real-time side-scrolling space-shooter action when battle begins. As elite Earth pilot Ian Recker, players must infiltrate the invading Krill empire and defeat them from within by traversing numerous planets, interacting with memorable NPCs, and wielding dozens of types of weapon data that allow for thousands of powerful combinations for Recker’s ship.
Newly updated for the game’s 20th anniversary, Sigma Star Saga DX retains all of the gameplay and content of the original release, but adds numerous refinements including an improved map, decreased random encounter rate, rebalanced EXP system, modified hit boxes, adjusted auto-fire, enhanced dialogue, additional save points, assorted bug fixes and quality-of-life updates, and more.
Key Features
- The Game Boy Advance classic returns after 20 years!
- Top-down RPG-style exploration mixed with action-packed space-shooter battles!
- Survive as a double agent for the humans and the Krill, and discover the secret of the six planets
- Stunning pixel-art graphics and fantastic soundtrack
- Explore using tools like the Scanner, Krill Boots, Wings, and more
- Customize your ship with more than 70 different Gun Data items yielding over 20,000 combinations
- Branching story with multiple endings
- The definitive DX version adds an improved map, decreased random encounter rate, rebalanced EXP system, updated script, various bug fixes, and other enhancements
Watch a new trailer below. View a set of screenshots at the gallery.