The Mad Hatter
05-18-2001, 06:54 PM
Oh my lord, this is sheer madness, absolutely crackers, I tell you. I may not escape with my sanity, so I thought I'd use the happy lil' press booth to let you know what's going on that's WB-related.
Now, I don't have a lot of time, so I've got to be brief. In fact, DG and others, if you could post this to the other boards I'd be most happy.
Here goes!
First, the bad. There is indeed a Dexter's Lab Game Boy Advance game, but it was only running on video and it looked mediocre. There's a Powerpuff Girls GBA game... but it looks as bad as the GB PPG games.
I got to play a PPG fighting game for the N64 (?) and PlayStation. Oh my lord, this was bad. Almost Superman-level bad. Avoid this one at all costs.
Now for the good. The Nintendo Gamecube stuff was mind-blowing, I'll be happy to blather on about it if you'd like. But apparently, there will be a Batman (not B:TAS, the comic book kind) for the cube by Kemco... there were only pre-rendered sequences at this point.
Infogrames had a ton of great WB stuff. First up is Sheep Raider, starring Sam and Ralph... you know, the sheepdog and Wile E. lookalike who punch in at work and get to the sheep stealing-protecting business. It looked a little rough, but fun.
Speaking of Looney Tunes, there was the announcement of something called "Loons: The Fight for Fame." There wasn't any game footage, though. And, come to think of it, it might be a game version of the upcoming Looney Tune movie (you know, where they get upstaged by annoying, Poochie-like CGI things), so this game might have given us the title of the flick.
Also announced, but with no game shots (again) is a Superman:TAS game. Yes, this is a different company from the first one, and when I talked to the people there, they said part of the motivation for making this was that "the game they did was crap." Woo hoo, a decent Superman game! (this and the Loons game are for PS2)
Over at Ubi Soft, I got to see Batman: Vengeance game for PS2. Err... ya want the good news or bad news first?
Bad news: It looks like a medium-level N64 game, and the gameplay was pretty rough. Mind you, this is somewhat early in development, but if it comes out this year it'll feel a bit unpolished.
Good news: Plays better than the original S:TAS game already. You get to fly the Batplane. And, best of all, new CGI story sequences with the original voice cast! I got to see Mr. Freeze do his surly frost thing, Poison Ivy whip around plants, and Harley (with a big ole mallet), the Joker, and the Stooge Gang! There was a bit with Harley speaking, so I can assure you that we'll get a new storyline... and remember, the cartoon people are involved with the plot. So even if the game is a wash, this will be well worth checking out.
One bit of interest: I saw a presentation by Squaresoft, the makers of Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy X looks mind-blowing, and the movie looks great. But then everyone's jaws clanged to the floor with the surprise announcement of Kingdom Hearts. The game stars a prototypical angst-ridden RPG guy ("Why am I here? Why am I doing this?" etc.) fighting the ultimate evil... alongside assorted Disney cartoons. What the?! Donald and Goofy are in your party. The guy rides Dumbo at one point. We're promised trips to the worlds of Aladdin, Peter Pan, Tarzan, etc. mixed in with Square-style demon fighting. Very, very, very, very strange.
That's it for now, got to run. Be happy to blather about anything else you want when I get back (especially the superb Gamecube stuff!)
Now, I don't have a lot of time, so I've got to be brief. In fact, DG and others, if you could post this to the other boards I'd be most happy.
Here goes!
First, the bad. There is indeed a Dexter's Lab Game Boy Advance game, but it was only running on video and it looked mediocre. There's a Powerpuff Girls GBA game... but it looks as bad as the GB PPG games.
I got to play a PPG fighting game for the N64 (?) and PlayStation. Oh my lord, this was bad. Almost Superman-level bad. Avoid this one at all costs.
Now for the good. The Nintendo Gamecube stuff was mind-blowing, I'll be happy to blather on about it if you'd like. But apparently, there will be a Batman (not B:TAS, the comic book kind) for the cube by Kemco... there were only pre-rendered sequences at this point.
Infogrames had a ton of great WB stuff. First up is Sheep Raider, starring Sam and Ralph... you know, the sheepdog and Wile E. lookalike who punch in at work and get to the sheep stealing-protecting business. It looked a little rough, but fun.
Speaking of Looney Tunes, there was the announcement of something called "Loons: The Fight for Fame." There wasn't any game footage, though. And, come to think of it, it might be a game version of the upcoming Looney Tune movie (you know, where they get upstaged by annoying, Poochie-like CGI things), so this game might have given us the title of the flick.
Also announced, but with no game shots (again) is a Superman:TAS game. Yes, this is a different company from the first one, and when I talked to the people there, they said part of the motivation for making this was that "the game they did was crap." Woo hoo, a decent Superman game! (this and the Loons game are for PS2)
Over at Ubi Soft, I got to see Batman: Vengeance game for PS2. Err... ya want the good news or bad news first?
Bad news: It looks like a medium-level N64 game, and the gameplay was pretty rough. Mind you, this is somewhat early in development, but if it comes out this year it'll feel a bit unpolished.
Good news: Plays better than the original S:TAS game already. You get to fly the Batplane. And, best of all, new CGI story sequences with the original voice cast! I got to see Mr. Freeze do his surly frost thing, Poison Ivy whip around plants, and Harley (with a big ole mallet), the Joker, and the Stooge Gang! There was a bit with Harley speaking, so I can assure you that we'll get a new storyline... and remember, the cartoon people are involved with the plot. So even if the game is a wash, this will be well worth checking out.
One bit of interest: I saw a presentation by Squaresoft, the makers of Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy X looks mind-blowing, and the movie looks great. But then everyone's jaws clanged to the floor with the surprise announcement of Kingdom Hearts. The game stars a prototypical angst-ridden RPG guy ("Why am I here? Why am I doing this?" etc.) fighting the ultimate evil... alongside assorted Disney cartoons. What the?! Donald and Goofy are in your party. The guy rides Dumbo at one point. We're promised trips to the worlds of Aladdin, Peter Pan, Tarzan, etc. mixed in with Square-style demon fighting. Very, very, very, very strange.
That's it for now, got to run. Be happy to blather about anything else you want when I get back (especially the superb Gamecube stuff!)