Summary
- The Power Rangers franchise has evolved over 31 years with 22 themed shows and 30 seasons, though the upcoming game Rita's Rewind keeps it simple.
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind is a throwback game with beat 'em up, shoot 'em up, combat racer gameplay.
- The game focuses on the original 1990s team of Rangers, with the Pink, Black, Red, Blue, and Yellow Rangers being focused on.
The Power Rangers franchise has been around for over three decades, but as all fans know, it hasn't stayed the same for those 31 years. Power Rangers has seen a total of 22 different themed shows over the years, encompassing 30 seasons of TV, and a handful of movies for good measure. For those who didn't grow up with the series, the Power Rangers timelines can be rather tricky to understand. But thankfully, the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind seems to be keeping things simple.
Announced at Summer Game Fest, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind is a throwback to the 90s era of gaming, delivering a part beat 'em up, part shoot 'em up, and part combat racer all rolled into one stylish, pixelated package. Based on its announcement trailer, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind looks like a bright, energetic, fun time, and with its story focusing on just the original group of titular Rangers, it should remain pretty accessible to newcomers. That said, it wouldn't hurt to know a few things about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers before diving into Rita's Rewind.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Explained
The Real-World History Behind The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
In the 1980s, the media businessman Haim Saban had an idea to take footage from a popular Japanese kids' show and work it around an original story and set of characters. Saban's initial pilots didn't gain much traction, but eventually, in 1992, his revised pilot ended up being picked up by Fox Kids. This revised pilot used footage from the popular Super Sentai series, which was dubbed over by American voice actors. Additional scenes of American actors out of the Super Sentai suits were also used to forge an original story. And thus Power Rangers was born.
The very first Power Rangers series was titled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which followed a similar approach to Saban's original pilot, using footage from Super Sentai's Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger series. The first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers aired in 1993 and ran until 1994, consisting of an impressive 60 episodes in total. Obviously, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers became a colossal hit, receiving two more seasons that ran until 1995, selling countless toys and other pieces of merchandise, and spawning an array of future Power Rangers series.
While most Power Rangers series take place in the same universe, the vast majority follow their own separate storylines with their own cast of characters and villains.
The In-Universe Lore Behind The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
For a kids' show, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers gets pretty convoluted quite fast. The show opens up with a team of astronauts cracking open a mysterious alien container that ends up releasing the evil sorceress Rita Repulsa and her army of colorful alien minions. As Rita Repulsa heads towards Earth, the ancient wizard Zordon awakens and calls upon five Californian teenagers to become a super-powered team of martial artists known as the Power Rangers. This first line-up of Power Rangers includes Kimberly Hart, Zack Taylor, Jason Lee Scott, Billy Cranston, and Trini Kwan, who become the Pink, Black, Red, Blue, and Yellow Rangers respectively.
Along with superhuman strength and agility, the Power Rangers are given an arsenal of high-tech, ancient weaponry, and a full suite of powerful vehicles known as Zords. Each of these Zords is based on a different dinosaur or other prehistoric creature, such as a Triceratops, sabertooth tiger, and mastodon. These Zords can combine to create a Megazord, a giant, walking robotic sentinel.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
- Released
- December 10, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, the team faces off against a robotic reincarnation of the Power Rangers' long-time nemesis. Robo Rita has conjured a portal to send herself back in time so she can finally vanquish the Power Rangers by forming an alliance with her younger self. Working together, Robo Rita and Rita Repulsa rewind, rewrite, and remix the past in an attempt to stop the very formation of the Power Rangers, altering the course of history.
Will the two Ritas and their army of monstrous enemies from across the MMPR timeline finally succeed in destroying the Power Rangers? Or will these teenagers with attitude learn to work together and counter this catastrophic chronological collaboration?
Players will be able to experience the origins of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers again – for the first time! The past will never be the same…
- Developer(s)
- Digital Eclipse
- Publisher(s)
- Digital Eclipse
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
- Franchise
- Power Rangers
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
