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D B Vulpix

woot New Rocket Knight game confirmed!

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Posts: 1916

(10/05/2009 7:45 PM)

http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3176338

http://cache.gawker.com/a...ocket-knight-returns.jpg

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3176349

Sonic x Lady of the Lake

Last Edited By: D B Vulpix 10/05/2009 7:47 PM. Edited 1 time.

Zontar King of the Pig People

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Posts: 90

(10/05/2009 8:09 PM)

Universal Conqueror
130 Decillion and counting!

It is about time!

I must prepare myself...

Dr Lighthead

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Posts: 2747

(10/05/2009 8:17 PM)

DOCTOR IS IN
No appointment necessary

Looks like they're keeping the same gameplay elements too (notes the rocket meter, health meter, 2.5Dness)... ooooooh this could be good.

Psxphile

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Posts: 12137

(10/05/2009 8:36 PM)

Reality whenever...
Gaming forever.

D:

I'm conflicted. On the one hand: ZOMG NEW ROCKET KNIGHT GUYZ!!111!!

On the other: the few screens shown so far make it appear quite hideous to my eyes. What is it with developers turning everything that was good and righteous in the 16-bit era into fugly 3D abominations in the here and now? Who the @*!$ is Climax, and why isn't Treasure or WayForward in on this!? Seriously. Or at the very least, Konami's own M2 studio that recently released Contra ReBirth and soon-to-be-announced Castlevaina ReBirth (still waiting on confirmation this one's real).

Only the upcoming trailer can assuage my fears now.

On another note: Hey Zontar, according to that interview the Pigs are the good guys now. Got anything to say about that, hm? Looks like you're a big ol' softy after all.

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HyperSonic2003

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Posts: 6256

(10/05/2009 10:37 PM)

Hmmm...this character/game looks very familiar. Can't say i've ever played it though. I just might buy this...looks/sounds very interesting. Yays for old series returning!

vs.

Rabid Rodent

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Posts: 1738

(10/05/2009 11:24 PM)

sticks on naturally

Graphically, the game looks okay, if not a little bland and lifeless. Of course I would have preferred a sprite-based approach. But at least there's good reason to use 3D, allowing the camera to zoom out, which allows for bigger bosses and a better sense of direction when rocketting around. At least the smoke effect from the rocket looks pretty cool.

I'm a little nervous about the cluttered backgrounds. Hopefully the characters in the foreground don't blend into the background too much. I can't wait to see this game in motion.

I'm not too worried about the game. These guys seem to know what makes Rocket Knight tick.

Psxphile wrote:
What is it with developers turning everything that was good and righteous in the 16-bit era into fugly 3D abominations in the here and now?

Kind of like what Hudson did with Adventure Island and Bonk? Admittedly, this game doesn't look nearly as drab as those ones.

Veckums

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Posts: 1637

(10/05/2009 11:48 PM)

A drunken sandwich

OOOOOGLY

shakespeare gets so tired of time travellers telling him not to listen to his mp3s because of all the anachronism he's causing. shakespeare just wants to ROCK!

Craig Bayfield

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Posts: 4511

(10/05/2009 11:53 PM)

Kyon/John Smith Shipper

Got to agree with PSX on the screens looking hideous. But if the soul of the game is there and Axle Gear makes an appearance, I may be interested.

Sparkster 2 (Rocket Knight Adventures) on the Genesis was one of my alltime favorite games... from the playable intro, the mechs and the inventive bosses (especially the final one)--- I just want them to match that level of quirky creativity.

They probably wont. But *SQUEEEE* I'm happy.

SA Tails

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Posts: 2847

(10/06/2009 1:01 AM)

WHEEEE

**looks at screens** My Genesis weeps... I want the Sparkster sprites back... =\

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
my deviantFART	TheIrregulars	Sonic HQ	SonicVerse Team

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Psxphile

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Posts: 12140

(10/06/2009 1:22 AM)

Reality whenever...
Gaming forever.

Which ones lol?

Gotta say, despite everything at the very least I'm cautiously optimistic. The guy heading development seems to understand what made the original Rocket Knight a great game and wants to implement them back into this new sequel. The last time we saw something like this we got Bionic Commando: ReArmed and that's the 3D-update-to-a-beloved-2D-ip that bucks the trend of bad 2D/3D remakes. Everything about that game was executed well and true to the nature of the original (not so much the next gen sequel). If this new RK can come close to that level of accomplishment, I say bring it on.

SA Tails

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Posts: 2849

(10/06/2009 1:42 AM)

WHEEEE

I like the style of the second game's Sparkster sprites, though I like the first's more goofy design as well. Either work. XD

In any case, this sequel couldn't possibly be worse than Sonic these days, so I'll give it at least a fair shake.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
my deviantFART	TheIrregulars	Sonic HQ	SonicVerse Team

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D B Vulpix

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(10/06/2009 11:42 AM)

To be honest I don't remember Rocket Knight's music so I went and found some to jog memory

The Music of Video games [301]

I don't get why people are hating the 2.5 d thing. I mean whats with this eternal love of humping sprites?

Sonic x Lady of the Lake

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The Turtle Guy

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Posts: 4491

(10/06/2009 3:17 PM)

Time Traveller
Scalie Power!

RKA-model all the way, PSX. Though it's probably the strongest nostalgia I have of my childhood blinding me of how cool the other set is.

BTW, those screenshots look like crap, concidering how great the art of the first game was. (I hated SNES Sparkster because of the drop in level design quality and I've never played Genesis Sparkster.) It looks exactly like a Little Big World hack. And that's terrible.

D B Vulpix

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Posts: 1923

(10/09/2009 12:52 PM)

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/26724/bigger Trailer

Yeah looking at it I hope they do something to brighten this game up. It almost looks Sepia Tone. The style reminds me of LBP and Ratchet and Clank and thats fine but the colors look so dull compared to the older games. They need to saturated more imo.

Also it looks like some of the areas don't have textures to them. But since this game is still early in development I'm letting that slide. For all I know some of this stuff could have been pre alpha.

Sonic x Lady of the Lake

Ashide Bunni

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Posts: 5067

(10/09/2009 9:36 PM)

oro?

This game looks awful in screenshots, awful in motion, and it's being developed by a group who specialize in shovelware.

This is definitely worth getting excited about!

SA Tails

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Posts: 2852

(10/09/2009 11:31 PM)

WHEEEE

... Yeah, I'm avoiding this. I'm glad however that this game isn't going to be retail.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
my deviantFART	TheIrregulars	Sonic HQ	SonicVerse Team

Veckums

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Posts: 1644

(10/10/2009 2:56 AM)

A drunken sandwich

I think this will make the current Sonic series superior by comparison. They'd be better off porting the original.

shakespeare gets so tired of time travellers telling him not to listen to his mp3s because of all the anachronism he's causing. shakespeare just wants to ROCK!

Ashide Bunni

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Posts: 5068

(10/10/2009 4:53 AM)

oro?

Ports of the original three games to XBA/PSN/VC are the only good things that could come from this.

D B Vulpix

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Posts: 1925

(10/10/2009 3:46 PM)

Naught Dog, Sucker Punch, Insomniac.

All 3 I think would have been excellent choices for this project. I mean they all have experience with talking animals wearing jet packs.

Sonic x Lady of the Lake

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GT the Magikoopa

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(11/09/2009 2:59 PM)

In Rocket Knight Adventures...you don't even have to MOVE to dodge the Stage 4 End Boss's first attack.

Don't forget the EliteBoard!!! ... Also [/i]!

The Turtle Guy

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(11/10/2009 12:35 PM)

Time Traveller
Scalie Power!

That boss always scared the crap out of me as a kid. I'd try to slow things down by tapping Start over and over again. >_<

The spot I was stuck at as a kid (as in, I only passed it and beat the game by taking it out recently) was the final stage of the space boss. I could never dodge those tennis-ball-spread-shot things.

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