^Haven't seen any confirmation on physical, but it's possible. The "Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap" remake had a limited physical release a couple months after it released, and then 10 months after its release got a broadly distributed physical release. They worked with various different companies to handle physical releases of it in different regions. Maybe they'll try to have one ready out the gate this time, but if not seems highly likely there will be one at some point.
Noticed this on their
press kit release: "set to a thumping soundtrack sure to get your blood pumping."
And the
credits section at the very bottom has "TBA" for the section which will most likely be the composer (they list the people that are doing the art, programming, game design, etcetera).
So yeah, seems clear that Kirosen are not doing the music for the game, and only did it for the trailer. We'll probably get an announcement of who is doing the music sometime in the next couple months. I wonder if they already have the composer(s) confirmed or not. Like I said, I really think Yuzo Koshiro and/or Tee Lopes are the people best qualified to do the job well. (And a collaboration with them both could be rad.) But of course there's many other composers who could do a good job, as well. We'll find out who it is in due time. Excited to hear some of it. (I'm sure they'll have a trailer or gameplay video with music from the soundtrack prior to release.)
Also, man, the game looks great in motion but that trailer only gives a brief glimpse of the visuals--the
high-res screenshots in the
press kit are gorgeous to look at and soak in the details. Consider me super on-board with the visuals. (Play or look at footage of the "Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap" remake if you haven't; Ben Fiquet's art and animation are superb. And the person helping him this time with backgrounds, Julian Nguyen You, is a great artist, too.)
This post has been edited by CollectiveWater: 27 August 2018 - 12:33 PM