After 10,000 years, Power Rangers finally has the TMNT-style beat-em-up it deserves

Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
(Image credit: Digital Eclipse)

There have been a lot of Power Rangers games over the years, but not many of them have been worth your time. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind looks well suited to change that.

Announced during Summer Game Fest, Rita's Rewind is due to launch in 2024 for PC and consoles - the devs aren't specific about which consoles, but you won't be outta luck if you're not a PC gamer. This is a classic-style '90s beat-em-up with gorgeous pixel art and a nostalgic line-up of heroes and villains. Check out the trailer for yourself below.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind - Announce Trailer - YouTube Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind - Announce Trailer - YouTube
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It looks a lot like the excellent TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, but there's no actual development lineage there. Rita's Rewind is in development at Digital Eclipse, a studio primarily known for excellent remasters of classic titles - including the TMNT Cowabunga Collection. That's an impressive pedigree in itself, and I'm fascinated to see what the studio does with a new take on a familiar format.

The game features online and local co-op for up to five players, and a story that sees a time-traveling Robo-Rita bringing back the original Rita Repulsa as the two wreak havoc across the entire Power Rangers timeline. That, of course, creates a perfect opportunity for the game to mix together multiple eras of Power Rangers.

I'm particularly intrigued by the 3D-style action sequences, including a first-person Zord fight that looks incredible. These sequences are filled with impressive effects in general - just the sort of wiz-bang graphical effects that would've blown away 16-bit kids.

Rita's Rewind would've been a perfect fit among the best SNES games.

Dustin Bailey
Staff Writer

Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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