While Space Invaders found fame all across the world, it was an absolute phenomenon in its homeland of Japan. Aside from making bucketfuls of money for Taito, it was also believed that Japanese fans were causing a monetary shortage by pumping coins into the game cabinets at such a furious rate.
Thankfully, you won’t need to continuously feed coins into an arcade cabinet to play the upcoming Space Invaders: Invincible Collection. Set to launch for the Switch in Japan on March 26, the Invincible Collection will bring the original Space Invaders, and its “Color Version” variant, to Nintendo’s hybrid console, along with several other sequels and spinoffs.
The Standard Edition will come packed with 1979’s Space Invaders Part II, 1990’s Majestic Twelve: The Space Invaders Part IV, 1991’s Super Space Invaders ’91, 2008’s Space Invaders Extreme, 2017’s Arkanoid Vs Space Invaders, and 2018’s Space Invaders Gigamax 4 SE.
A Special Edition planned for launch the same day will include three additional games (1979’s Lunar Rescue, 1980’s Space Cyclone, and 1994’s Space Invaders DX), as well as a huge amount of physical goodies (a copy of the Space Invaders board game, an artbook, a drawstring bag, and more).
A North American release for Space Invaders: Invincible Collection has yet to be announced, but the compilation’s first trailer has been embedded above.
