Spy Bros. (Pipi & Bibi’s DX) - 2nd press note. Announcement of trailer and new features

“Now the H in the H-coin stands for Helicopter instead of Hentai”
 

RAWRLAB Games has just released the trailer for Spy Bros. (Pipi&Bibi’s DX).

• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xNMLrDuXgQ
   

Can you feel nostalgia for a game you never played?

Pipi & Bibi’s was a fun but unknown game. Few arcades dared to license it because of its erotic motif and high difficulty.

Spy Bros. is a remake of Pipi & Bibi’s (also known as Whoopee in Japan), an eroge arcade video game originally developed and published by TOAPLAN in 1991, being Tatsujin Co. Ltd, the current owner of the license.

"Spy Bros. (Pipi & Bibi’s DX)" is an single-screen action-platforming game reminiscent of Snow Bros and others of that time, where the players assume the role of Pipi and Bibi: two spies entering and bombing a series of six buildings protected by guards, scientists, divers, mob bosses, humanoid cats and other wacky individuals... and leaving the buildings just in time before they collapse from the explosions!

RAWRLAB Games, instead of just remaking the game with its 24 fun levels, is also improving a few gameplay issues, lowering its original extreme difficulty and adding new content, adding a lot of value to this new edition.
 

List of new features:

• Women are heroins, not prizes. Removed all erotic content.

• More responsive controls, zero input lag.

• Removed a few extremely difficult spots that made the original game almost impossible to complete.

• New fun bonus level after each zone.

• 3 new game modes:

  • Spy Sis. mode:

    • A totally different way to replay the game with fast-paced action mechanics starred by the “Spy Sisters”.

  • Versus mode:

    • Instead of just cooperating, players will compete against (and mess with!) each other to see who plants the most bombs!

  • Time trial mode:

    • Complete the levels against the clock and beat your times!

• New endings (2 of them!)

• Visual options:

  • Original pixel-art or AI upscaled graphics.

  • CRT effect.

  • 6 different bezels.

  • No stretched mode, of course. Please, love your pixels.

The game’s development is almost complete and it is expected to be digitally published this winter in Steam and Nintendo Switch (Nintendo eShop) for $7.99.
 

• Game name: Spy Bros (Pipi&Bibi’s DX)

• Genre: Arcade / Action / Single-screen platformer

• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Steam

• Price: $7.95

• Developer: RAWRLAB Games (Game licensed by Tatsujin Co., Ltd.)

• Publisher: RAWRLAB Games

• Press kit: https://www.rawrlab.com/spybros_presskit1.zip

• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xNMLrDuXgQ

• Website: https://www.rawrlab.com

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/RAWRLabGames

• Spy Bros in Steam store ( Please, wish list it! 🙌 ): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2106860/Spy_Bros_Pipi__Bibis_DX
   

The original game required players to get 4 golden coins with a red H (H for Hentai) in them in order to get a naked girl as a prize. This new version changed that reward to a bonus level, and the coins are used to bribe an enemy that will let us get into their helicopter. And that is why now the H stands for Helicopter!
 

RAWRLAB Games is a small independent game development studio from Spain specialized in the creation of 2D arcade games, founded by Pablo Navarro originally for the development of the party game eXplosive Dinosaurs.

For more information, please visit https://www.rawrlab.com
 

TATSUJIN (TATSUJIN Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese game development company founded by Masahiro Yuge, a developer and composer who has produced many blockbuster shooting games under the legendary shooting brand TOAPLAN. In addition to developing games in-house, TATSUJIN inherits the rights to all game titles developed by TOAPLAN and manages game franchise licenses.

For more information, please visit https://www.tatsujin.tokyo
 

Is there such a thing as nostalgia for unknown games? Pipi & Bibi’s was a fun but unknown game. Few arcades dared to license it because of its erotic motif and high difficulty.

This remaster is being directed by Pablo Navarro, CEO and programmer at RAWRLAB Games. It will include many improvements over the original game to make it more fun for fans of the original who want to relive their memories, and for those looking to try out this classic game first-hand.

"Pipi&Bibi’s" (also known as "Whoopee" in Japan) is an arcade video game developed and published by TOAPLAN in 1991. This game did not reach the fame of other TOAPLAN creations (such as Truxton, Zero Wing or Snow Bros) probably because of its erotic motifs, which caused many arcades to refuse to buy and exhibit this game in their shops.

"Spy Bros. (Pipi & Bibi’s DX)" is an single-screen action-platforming game reminiscent of Snow Bros and others of that time, where the players assume the role of Pipi and Bibi: two spies entering and bombing a series of six buildings protected by guards, scientists, divers, mob bosses, humanoid cats and other wacky individuals... and leaving the buildings just in time before they collapse from the explosions!

Unlike other recent re-releases of video games, this remaster does not include HD graphics, sound or music enhancements. Instead, it aims to delight the retro gaming community with aesthetic and gamemechanics faithful to the original video game, albeit with some improvements in game design and extra content.

“Spy Bros. (Pipi & Bibi’s DX)” will be available for Nintendo Switch and Steam on Q4 2022.