Posted by Derek Yu
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:14:00 GMT
First things first: Telltale Games is bringing the first season of Sam n’ Max to the Wii this fall, as a retail compilation disc. The game is slated to hit both the U.S. and Europe at the same time. Nice, guys! (Source: Chris Kohler, via Game|Life)
And here’s a new trailer for De Blob, the Wii-ified version of student-made The Blob. The trailer was released at THQ Gamer’s Day this month (THQ is developing and publishing the title). There’s also a gameplay video from earlier this year.
Even though I still don’t really like the way they Mountain Dewed the blobby protagonist, I have high hopes for this one overall! It’s coming out in September (hopefully).
Last but not least, a new trailer for Blast Works, the shoot ‘em up based on Kenta Cho’s Tumiki Fighters that’s slated for a May release. The trailer shows off some of the extensive in-game customization, as well as a new game mechanic: you can suck in attachments and bring them out again at will. Interesting! (EDIT: Okay, so that mechanic is also in Tumiki Fighters! I had no idea!) It also confirms that rRootage, Gunroar, Torus Trooper, and Tumiki Fighters will be playable in the game as unlockables.
Posted in Community, Videos, Wii | Tags KentaCho, TelltaleGames | 18 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:02:00 GMT
Blast Works, the Wii shoot ‘em up based Kenta Cho’s Tumiki Fighters, now has it’s own development blog on IGN. There’s only one entry so far, and it discusses the game’s built-in Shape (Ship) Editor.
People who were dubious of Kenta Cho’s connection to the game may be comforted somewhat by the fact that the blog discusses Tumiki Fighters and how the developers are building upon the basic concept (no pun intended). Overall, the game seems like it’s moving farther away from Tumiki Fighters (indeed, they’re rebuilding the engine from the ground up to support “unrestricted 3d environments”). I actually think this is a good thing. It feels more like its own game now, rather than an unnecessary upgrade.
Hit the jump for two gameplay videos (one of the editor and one showing some actual shooting).
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Posted in Shoot-em-ups, Wii, Previews | Tags KentaCho | 2 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:30:00 GMT
I do declare that Tim W. has been chosen as the Prophet for the Great Wazoo, Kenta Cho. All hail Tim! All hail Kenta Cho!
But yeah, Timmy found a very early version of a very unconventional Flash shoot em’ up, called Least Best Room. (I wonder what the name means. I imagine it has something to do with math? Or is it just the lack of space?) I really like the basic mechanics of the game, which have you squeezing past red “balloons” and dodging mines. You can press “z” to inflate the balloons and burst them. All the while you must replenish your green energy bar up top.
The squeezing concept and the ticking timer do a good job of inducing panic. It hasn’t felt this good to make my way through a crowd since Dead Rising… I’m looking forward to v1.0!
Gameplay video courtesy of Adigun Polack!
Posted in Browser Games, Shoot-em-ups, Action / Arcade, Freeware, Abstract | Tags KentaCho
Posted by Derek Yu
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:17:00 GMT
So we all raged a bit about Blast Works, and then Davide “Gendo Ikari” Mascolo suggested that maybe instead of sitting in our room with the lights out, listening to Linkin Park, we get proactive and write Budcat and Majesco an e-mail. Good idea! So I sent one out.
And lo and behold, I got two very quick reponses. One, from a Jeremy Anderson, Managing Partner at Budcat Creations, and one from a [representative who asked that her name be removed] at Highwater Group, who does PR for Majesco. The [Highwater rep] sent me a fact sheet and told me that Majesco would be in contact with me, but I haven’t heard from them yet. Jeremy, however, addressed my questions, and you can see what he said (along with my e-mail) after the jump.
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Posted in Shoot-em-ups, Community, Wii, Developers | Tags KentaCho | 30 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:38:00 GMT
There’s a short interview with Kenta Cho up on Siliconera where he talks about Blast Works and console development. Some choice quotes:
“Since the original TUMIKI Fighters is very simple shmup, additional new features are essential for making it up into a full game. I don’t know details of features such as the hangar and the editor but they sound very interesting. The only thing that concerns me is whether the game becomes too complicated to play by adding these features. I like a simple and intuitive gameplay.”
“I’m interested in developing a game for a console and now I’m trying to write some prototypes in XNA. XNA is a great environment to experience the development of the modern console game.”
I’m a bit saddened that it seems Kenta Cho is not involved more in the development of this port. The fact that he seems unaware that Blast Works is now going to include, at the very least, rRootage, but possibly also Gunroar and Torus Trooper, makes me uneasy. Not sure why Siliconera didn’t ask him about this.
The guy seems incredibly easy going and happy to see his games on consoles. But if there were ever a time when I’d like to see someone’s name in front of a game title, it’s now.
Posted in Shoot-em-ups, Community, Wii, Developers, Interviews | Tags KentaCho | 41 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:38:00 GMT
Don’t tell me this is going to be a trend where American companies take great Japanese freeware and port it to a console, molesting the software as much as they can in the process. “Coming up next, it’s La Mulana! Or should I say: ExploreyTown for the PS3! Just like you remembered, except now in 3d and we got 50 Cent to rap the new theme song for the game!” Cha-ching cha-ching!
Because this Gamasutra report is the only place I’ve seen Kenta Cho’s name mentioned with the Blast Works press release, I’m extremely dubious about K.C.’s involvement in and support for the creation of this new Wii title. Because really, not even a quick name-drop in the release itself?
Also, the name “Blast Works” makes me think about either a steel factory or explosive diarrhea. Or exploding diarrhea in a steel factory. Either way, it’s horribly generic and doesn’t begin to evoke the playful theme of the game.
Fail. Would love to see Tumiki Fighters on the Wii, though. With full support of Kenta Cho with 90% of the royalties going to him.
Download Tumiki Fighters for free here at Kenta Cho’s website.
(Thanks to raigan for the heads-up.)
EDIT: Here’s the actual press release (Kotaku).
Posted in Remakes, Shoot-em-ups, Community, Wii, Previews | Tags KentaCho | 29 comments
Posted by Derek Yu
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:19:00 GMT
Kento Cho was interviewed by MTV and here’s a YouTube vid of it. If you want to read a transcription, you know Tim’s got you covered. His English is quite good. And I hear he benches 300. Is there nothing this man cannot do?!
He’s got that crazy Miyamoto smile!
Posted in Shoot-em-ups, Videos, Interviews, Doujin | Tags KentaCho | 7 comments
Posted by Tim
Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:02:00 GMT
TIGSource high score competition week one: Kenta Cho’s Titanion. Post your best score in the comments section.
Show the world that TIGSource regulars are shooter experts (or just all talk).
Posted in Shoot-em-ups, Windows, Freeware | Tags KentaCho | 16 comments
