1995 PC-9801 version of Brandish Renewal gets an EGG Console Switch port on August 14

D4 Enterprise has revealed that they will release an EGG Console port of Nihon Falcom's Brandish Renewal for Nintendo Switch worldwide. The company has also prepared a link on the US Nintendo eShop at $7.16, but it is only expected to go live on the port's release day on August 14.

This port will be based on the 1995 PC-9801 version of Brandish Renewal, which was enhanced from the original Brandish that first came out for PC-98 in 1991. The same game has also been released in North America twice: The first one was on the SNES in 1995, and the second being the full remake Brandish: The Dark Revenant for the PSP in 2015.

You can find the official trailer, screenshots, and descriptions for the Brandish Renewal port right below. This version will be ported as-is from the Japanese PC-9801 release. But while the story conversations are in Japanese, a good portion of the gameplay interface is already available in English.

Standing on the great pit’s edge, Ares felt as if he saw desire's remnants. This place, once bustling with the sound of picks and the shouts of laborers claiming their dug holes, was now still. Abandoned digging tools and scaffolding logs lay scattered. Custom gold-sifting troughs lay desiccated, crisscrossed with numerous cracks. Ares lightly leaped down a step. The slope was riddled with haphazard shafts, like ant nests, inducing an odd sense of emptiness. In the hourglass’s center, a small, hollow opening appeared.

(That must be it...)

Suddenly, a woman’s voice called from behind.

This is an action RPG released in Japan by Nihon Falcom in 1995 and is a renewed version of Brandish (1991). The player takes on the role of the bounty head Ares, fighting various enemies, overcoming jumps and traps, and aiming to escape from the underground labyrinth.

The game’s screen layout appears orthodox, but it uses a head-up view similar to car navigation, where the character always moves toward the top, and turning changes the orientation of the terrain. This rotating map allows players to view the terrain from multiple angles, but it also means that switches are sometimes placed in blind spots. If you get stuck, try rotating the map; you might discover an unexpected way forward.

Compared to the original version, this remake features enhanced sound, changes to the BGM, more visibility of pitfalls, and adjustments for monsters recovering health—making this Brandish even more enjoyable.