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Clockwork Aquario preserved for gaming posterity

This Strictly Limited restoration project isn't confirmed for the Switch yet, but is slated for current consoles, so not much of a stretch to say it will land on Nintendo's hybrid. The team that helped bring us Ultracore and physical copies of Xeno Crisis is also looking for more lost gems.

Designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa, the brains behind the Wonder Boy/Monster World series and co-founder of Westone Bit Entertainment, Clockwork Aquario was believed to be lost forever in the gaming sands of time.

The unreleased game Clockwork Aquario is the last Arcade game ever developed by Westone. The development of this lost treasure began in 1992 and was set to be released on Sega's System 18 board. However, the arcade location tests from 1993/94 weren't considered successful enough for the game to get a wider release.

Strictly Limited says "Without the location test boards, our dedicated armada of highly skilled hacker geniuses have dug through old video game code, and will passionately piece the puzzle together until the resurrected game may finally be experienced on your current gen video game system! With a visual style reminiscence of the beloved Monster World games, and a gameplay inspired by Super Mario Bros., the game set for greatness almost 30 years ago will finally be available for you to experience – in single player mode or together with a friend!"

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