Well,
this
is
a
nice
surprise.
Publisher
Bandao
Namco
and
developer
Logicalbeat
have
released
Baten
Kaitos
I
&
II
HD
Remaster
onto

Steam
with
absolutely
no
warning,

It’s
priced
at
£44.99/$49.99
but
has
a
10%
launch
discount
which
runs
until
July
1.
Furthermore,
if
you
buy
it
before
that
date
you’ll
get
the
Month
1
Edition
at
no
extra
cost,
giving
you
access
to
a
digital
artbook.
Be
warned,
the
artbook
is
in
Japanese.
According
to
the
Steam
page,
the
art
book
may
also
be
made
available
again
at
a
later
date.

This
is
surprising
launch
because
the
package,
which
bundles
together
Baten
Kaitos:
Eternal
Wings
and
the
Lost
Ocean
and
Baten
Kaitos
Origins,
was
previously
exclusive
to
the
Nintendo
Switch
where
it
launched
last
year.
That
made
sense
because
the
games
originally
launched
on
the
Gamecube
in
2003
and
2006
respectively,
and
have
never
been
available
on
anything
outside
of
a
Nintendo
platform.
Until
now,
that
is.

In
fairness
though,
we
did
get
a
potential
hint
of
a
PC
release
last
year
when
a
South
African
ratings
board
mentioned
it
alongside
a
few
other
titles
such
as
the
Borderlands
Compilation:
Pandora’s
Box.
But
nothing
ever
came
of
it,
so
people
forgot
that
it
had
even
happened.

Based
on
the
Steam
description
this
seems
like
a
straight
port
of
the
remaster
that
launched
last
year
with
no
PC
exclusive
features
or
options.
However,
that’s
just
an
assumption
because
Logicalbeat
and
Bandia
Namco
still
haven’t
put
out
any
form
of
press
release.
It
seems
like
there
might
be
a
few
tweaks
under
the
hood
though,
because
a
few
users
have
reported
that
the
game
can
now
run
at
up
to
120fps.