Earthworm Jim fans receive glimmer of hope

Judging by the way that's worded, the poor-looking PSP EWJ remake that we've seen vids of so far is canceled, I gather?

Are you referring to the Earthworm Jim PSP game that has been announced for release this year?

It was shown at E3 and there are already video clips and screen shots floating around. That’s a bit more than hinting.

A suprise VC launch would make my Monday morning ANYTIME!!!

Whatever happened to the new EWJ platformer for PSP?

Actually I hope based on wording, that we get a brand new 2.5d EWJ. A re-hash on Live or Virtual Console would be nice, although I have both the Genesis and Saturn versions of the two releases, so I'd be looking more forward to a brand new game. Not 3d, because that 3d EWJ on N64 sucked kinda hard.

I'd be inclined to wait for Sega CD to be announced for VC (you know it'll happen...) and then get that version. But I'd take the original Genesis version to hold me over until then.

Ugh...I can do without this series. God, the Flying King level in Earthworm Jim 2 was enough to keep me away from these games forever.

P.S. AND they should release Boogerman for the VC on the same day. I'd call in sick to work for that pair!

That's one helluva vague statement that guy gave

This could happen anywhere, although my money is on an XBLA version (not sure why, just a feeling, Earthworm Jim seems more suited to XBLA than VC, but then again, anythings possible)

Groovy

The PSP version is a "re-imagining" of the original game, not a new one. It does have shinier graphics and some new level designs, though.

Earthworm Jim, sweet. A classic to be revived.


I'm still waiting on a new Duke Nukem though...

PLASMA

not according to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm_Jim_PSP

Earthworm Jim PSP (working title) is an entirely new game based on the original Earthworm Jim game for Sega Genesis. It will be a retelling of the original Earthworm Jim game, but neither a port nor a remake. So far, there has been a level resembling "New Junk City" confirmed, as well as a level called "The Birds and the Bees", chronicling a war between the two factions. Jim also has new moves, including "rocket boots" and the "Battery of the Gods", a power-up which sends Jim into a "super mode", in which he can fly, is invulnerable, and can execute powerful melee combos. It is being developed by Shiny Entertainment, the team behind the original 2D games, and published by Atari. The game will have multiplayer support, where two players will be able to compete with each other for high scores. There will be new characters as well. The only one confirmed so far is "Tapeworm Slim", whose role in the game is secret. The game's 12 levels will contain plenty of secrets and different types of game play. It is tentatively scheduled for release in March 2007.

"The PSP version is a "re-imagining" of the original game, not a new one. It does have shinier graphics and some new level designs, though."

The PSP game is a new game made from and old idea. Earthworm Jim PSP is to Original Earthworm Jim as New Super Mario Brothers is to Original Super Mario Brothers.

Take the same idea, do it again in 2.5D with new characters and items but basically the same gameplay.

New EWJ game? Count me in!

@ kevinski. I didn't mind the flying king level. The repeated return of the "puppy love" levels pissed me off.

Screw the SNES and Genesis versions. Give me the Saturn version any day.
...alas...Saturn and VC are not yet introduced.

That said, YAY!
But +10 YAY! if it means head whipping or using Snot with the Wiimote.
...but -20 YAY! if it's like Earthworm Jim 64/3D

@ samfish

Wii's internal memory is only 512 MB (less counting the fact that they store the firmware on that memory)

NiGHTS into dreams (example Saturn title) is 350 MB

Now if we could find a way to stream Saturn games off the Shop Channel, i wouldn't protest.

a 720p version on XBLA would be sweet. Give us a whole new 2d game on 360.

Hopefully Doug TenNapel is involved again.

I'm surprised that the Battery of the Gods bit is included, since that's from the cartoon, not the games. Interesting. I wonder if anything else from the cartoon will make it into the game.

FuUuN-KEEYY

EJ was the last decent game Shiny made. Perry is great at hyping but not so much at making games.

@MrKhan

Do you (or anyone else) know if can you store VC games to SD cards? Or only save data? Because they go up to at least 2GB.

If it's 3D, screw them. Screw them all. It better be old-school.

Josh, you CAN store Channels on an SD card (and they're as big as 8GB now!), however it is not yet possible to run channels off of an SD card.

I do hope that Nintendo opens up Wii sooner than later. USB harddrives would be pretty sweet.

Plus, despite what the sizes of the original games were, who's to say they can't compress it further than that? Newer compression technologies exist, I'm sure.

"Wii's internal memory is only 512 MB (less counting the fact that they store the firmware on that memory)

NiGHTS into dreams (example Saturn title) is 350 MB

Now if we could find a way to stream Saturn games off the Shop Channel, i wouldn't protest."
I've been saying (in the unlikely hope that someone who can do something will notice) that if they streamed the FMV for Saturn and even DC games off a server as needed, you could probably get most of those games on the VC.

"The PSP version is a "re-imagining" of the original game, not a new one. It does have shinier graphics and some new level designs, though."


Shinier graphics? Sorry, but those bland detail-less corny PSP polygons look like fucking shit compared to the glorious detailed 2D of the original games.