The Outbound Ghost: Reborn Edition announced for Switch

Conradical Games is developing The Outbound Ghost: Reborn Edition for Switch, the studio announced today. A release is planned for 2025.

The Outbound Ghost: Reborn, a turn-based creature collector, is a sequel to the original title. Conradical says it will offer a new supernatural story and overhauled gameplay.

Learn more about it in the following overview:

The Outbound Ghost: Reborn is a turn-based creature collector where the monsters you use are ghostly figments of your imagination. Experience a new supernatural story with overhauled gameplay in this sequel to The Outbound Ghost.

The Outbound Ghost: Reborn Edition is a new entry in the universe of The Outbound Ghost that follows an alternate timeline.

Collect Figments of your imagination to do combat against other spirit wielders in an improved combat system where strategizing is everything.

Experience a whole new story focused entirely on The Ghost that takes you through new areas of Outbound never seen before, and pits you against The Bound One, as seen in Soul Stalker.

For the first time in the series, build a relationship with your Figments, and work together to bring down the being that is responsible for purgatory itself.

Key Features

• Overhauled Combat – Reborn Edition‘s combat features many improvements over the original game’s including replenishing SP, type matchups, and a reworked equipment system.
• The Ghost’s Adventure – Experience a new story that has you play as one protagonist throughout the whole game. Learn about yourself through talking to your inner demons – your Figments.
• Outbound Locations – Use the new train stations to travel between areas, many of which are entirely new to the series.
• A Papery World – Experience the remastered visual style that makes use of cel shading, in combination with the classic paper-flat characters.

We have a trailer for The Outbound Ghost: Reborn Edition below.

Announcement Trailer

We’ll also mention that the original game is back on the eShop following a lawsuit involving the original publisher, and it includes an update that improves loading times and adds new features. If you need more information about it, head on over here.