Nightmare Busters Rebirth comes to Kickstarter
A cancelled game from the ‘90s is getting a second chance.
Revealed yesterday, Nightmare Busters Rebirth will head to Kickstarter so fans can help bring the title to life. The game is a revival of the cancelled Super Nintendo title Nightmare Busters. While being cancelled, the game was released on the SNES thanks to Super Fighter Team back in 2013. Nightmare Busters Rebirth will feature some original creators of the game collaborating with Aurora Game Studio and Pix’n Love Games to bring this to modern consoles and PC. The revival will feature redone audio and animation alongside other enhancements.
A synopsis for Nightmare Busters Rebirth reads:
Inspired by the great names of arcade gaming, Nightmare Busters Rebirth immerses players in a stunning universe where the supernatural meets unbridled action. Take control of Flynn and Floyd, two leprechaun brothers and nightmare hunters, as you journey through many environments and test your reflexes against relentless waves of enemies and devilish bosses! Combining intense gameplay, punchy action, and graphics that merge traditional hand-drawing techniques with modern tools, this 2D run’n gun promises to thrill fans of the genre on Nintendo Switch™, Sony PlayStation™, Steam™, and more!
The Kickstarter page can be found here. An announcement trailer can be seen here.