{"id":544907,"date":"2026-04-22T16:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544907\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:11:11","slug":"ecco-the-dolphin-complete-announced-includes-remasters-a-brand-new-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544907\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecco The Dolphin: Complete Announced, Includes Remasters & A Brand New Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ecco<\/a> Image: A&R Atelier<\/p>\n

Ecco The Dolphin<\/a>‘s return is official, as Ecco the Dolphin: Complete has officially been announced by A&R Atelier, and it contains a bundle of games \u2014 every version of the first two Ecco titles plus a brand new game (Thanks, Wario64<\/a>!).<\/p>\n

Platforms and a release date haven’t been announced, but this news was teased almost a year ago<\/a> by series creator Ed Annunziata, and later came up earlier this year when Annunziata spoke to Famitsu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The collection will contain every single version of Ecco the Dolphin and The Tides of Time<\/a>, from 8-bit to 16-bit (no mention of the 3DS version<\/a>…), plus a “contemporary game built for the modern era.” Annunziata is returning, along with members of the original development and programming teams. Because “No one else can make this game.”<\/p>\n

The new game claims to weave together the franchise’s history together into a single experience, but the collection will also contain built-in speedrunning support, online leaderboards, and achievements. There will also be custom courses where players can create their own underwater locales.<\/p>\n

Obviously there are a few games missing \u2014 Ecco Jr.<\/a>, Defender of the Future \u2014 but it sounds like a pretty good package. We don’t know whether this is coming to Switch 1 and\/or 2 yet, but we’d have to imagine it will.<\/p>\n

Still, if you’re craving more Ecco, you can head to the official website<\/a>, complete with some very relaxing dolphin noises. There also seems to be a timer in the bottom left of the webpage, so perhaps keep an eye on the page…<\/p>\n

Are you an Ecco the Dolphin fan? Do you hope this comes to Switch 2 (or Switch 1)? Dive into the comments and let us know.<\/p>\n

[source prnewswire.com<\/a>, via bsky.app<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Alana<\/p>\n

Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and while RPGs are her first love, Nintendo is a close second. She enjoys nothing more than overthinking battle strategies, characters, and stories. She also wishes she was a Sega air pirate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: A&R Atelier Ecco The Dolphin‘s return is official, as Ecco the Dolphin: Complete has officially been announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,376,86,56,54,55,377],"class_list":{"0":"post-544907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom","14":"tag-upcoming-releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}