Guide: Where To Pre-Order The Taito EGRET II Mini

Ben Holcroft

3 years ago

Update: The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed 10 of the games that will appear on the upcoming Taito Egret II:

Steel Worker
Pirate Pete
The Fairyland Story
The Legend of Kage
Halley's Comet
Kikikaikai
Scramble Formation
Raimais
Bubble Symphony
Elevator Action Returns

These are in addition to the previously-confirmed games listed below:

Space Invaders
Lunar Rescue
Qix
Elevator Action
Chack’n Pop
Bubble Bobble
Rastan Saga
Rainbow Islands Extra
New Zealand Story
Don Doko Don
Violence Fight
Cadash
Liquid Kids
Metal Black
Kaiser Knuckle
Strike Bowling (comes with the trackball controller)
Arkanoid (comes with the trackball controller)
Plump Pop (comes with the trackball controller)
Syvalion (comes with the trackball controller)
Cameltry (comes with the trackball controller)
Arkanoid Returns (comes with the trackball controller)

Original Story [Fri 4th Jun, 2021 10:30 BST]: If you like retro, arcades and awesome re-releases / re-imaginings, take a seat and a deep breath. Then click on the video above and behold the Taito EGRET II Mini. Soak it in, we'll wait…
In terms of cool factor, it has it. As you can see in the video it has a screen that you rotate from landscape to portrait, which should be fantastic for games in TATE. You'll also be able to switch the joystick from 8- to 4-direction, to match the game you're playing. In terms of games it'll have 40 built in, with another 10 that'll be sold in an expansion pack with a trackball controller; there's an SD slot, too, in which you'll be able to run other games that you purchase.

This is a Mini and modernised iteration of the original EGRET II, which was a rather neat full-size cabinet released back in 1996. In terms of combining nostalgia with style, it looks very tempting to us.

This'll be primarily released in Japan, of course, so most will need to resort to importing. Pre-orders are starting today at 18,678 yen (approx $170USD), though it won't release until 2nd March 2022. We've included Amazon Japan links below for those interested.

As you can see on the Amazon Japan pages below there are various add-on controllers should you want to jump into local multiplayer on the system.

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Taito EGRET II Mini Arcade