{"id":1483,"date":"2026-04-23T06:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/ecco-the-dolphin-complete-will-combine-remasters-and-a-sequel-into-one-package\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:20:20","slug":"ecco-the-dolphin-complete-will-combine-remasters-and-a-sequel-into-one-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/ecco-the-dolphin-complete-will-combine-remasters-and-a-sequel-into-one-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecco the Dolphin: Complete will combine remasters and a sequel into one package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, <em>Ecco the Dolphin<\/em> creator Ed Annunizata <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/a-new-ecco-the-dolphin-game-and-remasters-are-on-the-way-205338160.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\">teased plans<\/a> to remaster the first two games in the series and create an entirely new sequel. <em>Ecco the Dolphin: Complete<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/a-new-ecco-the-dolphin-game-and-remasters-are-on-the-way-205338160.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\">announced by Annunziata&#8217;s studio A&amp;R Atelier<\/a>, appears to be the result of that work. The game doesn&#8217;t have a release date yet, but A&amp;R Atelier says it combines the planned remasters and third title into &#8220;the complete, definitive Ecco the Dolphin experience, created by the people who made the originals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Complete<\/em> includes &#8220;all versions of <em>Ecco the Dolphin<\/em> and<em> Ecco: The Tides of Time<\/em>,&#8221; according to the developer, alongside &#8220;a brand-new contemporary Ecco game.&#8221; Besides graphical improvements, A&amp;E Atelier says the game will introduce &#8220;built-in speedrunning support, achievements and leaderboards,&#8221; and things like the ability to create custom courses from existing levels. And while A&amp;R Atelier&#8217;s announcement doesn&#8217;t include footage of the new game or the platforms it&#8217;ll release on, the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eccothedolphin.com\/#\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\">official Ecco the Dolphin website<\/a> has a countdown clock that could point to when more information will be released.<\/p>\n<p>Annunziata sued Sega to try and win the rights to the Ecco the Dolphin IP in 2013, the same year he failed to get <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013-04-29-ecco-the-dolphin-big-blue-kickstarter-fails-trying-again-with.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\"><em>The Big Blue<\/em><\/a>, a spiritual sequel to <em>Ecco the Dolphin<\/em>, fully funded on Kickstarter. Sega and Annunziata ultimately <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesbeat.com\/ecco-the-dolphin-creator-settles-lawsuit-with-sega-possibly-paving-way-for-series-rebirth\/\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\">settled their lawsuit in 2016<\/a>, which may have laid the groundwork for <em>Ecco the Dolphin: Complete<\/em> to happen.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/ecco-the-dolphin-complete-will-combine-remasters-and-a-sequel-into-one-package-222020243.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/ecco-the-dolphin-complete-will-combine-remasters-and-a-sequel-into-one-package\/\">Ecco the Dolphin: Complete will combine remasters and a sequel into one package<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Ecco the Dolphin creator Ed Annunizata teased plans to remaster the first two games in the series and create an entirely new sequel. Ecco the Dolphin: Complete, announced by Annunziata&#8217;s studio A&amp;R Atelier, appears to be the result of that work. The game doesn&#8217;t have a release date yet, but A&amp;R Atelier says it combines the planned remasters and third title into &#8220;the complete, definitive Ecco the Dolphin experience, created by the people who made the originals.&#8221; Complete includes &#8220;all versions of Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time,&#8221; according to the developer, alongside &#8220;a brand-new contemporary Ecco game.&#8221; Besides graphical improvements, A&amp;E Atelier says the game will introduce &#8220;built-in speedrunning support, achievements and leaderboards,&#8221; and things like the ability to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}