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As you wish, Princess Bride game in development

by Justin McElroy on Oct 3rd 2007 1:58PM

One of our favorite films is getting the video game treatment ... just 20 short years after its initial release. The Hollywood Reporter is, well, reporting that Worldwide Biggies (we haven't heard of them either) has entered into an exclusive deal to produce a game based on Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride.

Now, before you start imagining stabbing the Six-Fingered Man with your Wiimote, you should know this sounds like a distinctly casual product. A sample will be included with a 20th anniversary DVD of the film this year, followed up by the release of True Love and High Adventure -- The Official Princess Bride Game in the spring. If this tells you anything, the game is currently not planned as a retail release, but rather as a downloadable title. Inconceivable!

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Tags: casualgaming, PC, theprincessbride, worldwidebiggies

Reader Comments (56)

Anybody want a peanut??

is it chocolate coated to help it go down?

You killed my father prepare to die. I AM THE BRUTE SQUAD.

What is the Princess Bride?

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You are a imbecile in geek culture. Prepare to die.

What

Don't ask, just go out and rent it. You'll thank us later.

I assume you are being sarcastic. If so, good job. If not, wikipedia is your friend. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_%28film%29

This isn't Digg, those comments don't fly here, especially when it is something abut a classic movie. If you don't actually know what it is, I suggest you go out and BUY is, yes, I said "buy", it is that good.

Boy and we thought Napoleon Dynamite was a game slow to market!

Looking forward to a battle with Rodents of Unusual Size!

ROUS's, I don't believe they exist.

Joystiq, that last word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

So you haven't seen Princess Bride then...

No, RedJoggingSuit, it means I've watched the movie that many more times than you. "I do not think it means what you think it means" is the response Inigo gives to Vezzini after one of his utterances of "Inconceivable!" I believe it's after Vezzini notes that the man in black is catching up to their boat.

LOL @ the ownage

Actually, it was when Vizzini exclaims that the man in black's ability to climb the cliffs of insanity was 'inconceivable' (Inigo and Vizzini are at the top of the cliffs, looking down).

Still, you were mostly right. But mostly right is still slightly wrong.

EdZ, you seem like a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.

OH SNAP!! You win

You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.

Inconceivable!

Mawiage. Mawiage is what bwings us togever today.

Picturing Battle of Wits mini-game.
So I clearly cannot choose the goblet in front of you.

Break out the iocane powder boys...it's time to celebrate! Lets go start a land war in Asia. Go night Joystiq...I'll likely kill you in the morning.

dang it...I meant to say

Sleep well Joystiq. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.

Never get involved in a land war in Asia?

No never get involved in a land war in Asia! Its the most famous classic blunder! The only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

INCONCEIVABLE!!!!!!!!!

I was pwning my friend in Wii bowling. He said I had great hand control on my right hand...

Actually, I'm left handed.

nice reference.

In other news, spaceballs will start merchandising yogurt dolls and a wii oriented shwurtz game!

If they do, I'll be first in line. I hope they include the Spaceballs Flamethrower in the game. The kids love that.

Isn't there some kind of spaceballs cartoon on G4?

Also, Space Monkeys is not that bad of a show.

There's a shortage of perfect breasts in the world.

Making a game for this movie has to be one of the classic blunders, much like never going in against a Sicillian when death is on the line.

Man, I love this movie, though.

- never. D'oh!

ANOTHER DVD release?!
This movie has already been released THREE times on DVD in the US.

1st: http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Bride-Andre-Giant/dp/B00003CXC3/ref=sr_1_4/102-8914316-3796964?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1191438967&sr=1-4

2nd:
http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Bride-Special-Cary-Elwes/dp/B00005LOKQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8914316-3796964?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1191438967&sr=1-1

3rd: (The Dread Pirate Edition and Buttercup Edition were released at the same time. I think the only difference is the slipcover)
http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Bride-Dread-Pirate/dp/B000F9RBBC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-8914316-3796964?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1191438967&sr=1-3

What, you're shocked by this rerelease? Look, geeks love The Princess Bride. And as shown by Star Wars, The Lord Of The Rings, Monty Python, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Superman, and a few dozen anime series, you can make tons of money by repeatedly rereleasing stuff geeks like.

It's about as shocking as, well, anything Vezzini calls "Inconceivable!"

I think no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will.

This movie is mostly dead, which is very different from being entirely dead.

And I believe he said to blave, which we all know means to bluff.

it is truly the single greatest movie of all time.

also the game will most likely sully the good name of the movie/book.

oh, and

The Dread Pirate Roberts takes no survivors! All your worst nightmares have but to come true!

Think they have a chance?
It'd take a miracle.
Have fun storming the castle!

Not your everyday average ho-hum fairy tale. Even the hero dies

Yo Joystiq!
I hit reply but it didn't work until I hit it a second time. It never failed with FireFox but now with IE7 it's repeatedly failing. Also never try to outpoison a poison master.

The game will consist of you playing an ancient baseball sim while a voiceover of your grandfather tells you the story of The Princess Bride.

Seriously though, it'll probably be a Bejeweled-style gem matching game. Or a cart racer.

That's NES Action Baseball or something. I'd totally want that as a bonus game.

Hey, wait a minute! I'm wanted a "Never Ending Story" video game!!!

Falkor Simulator 2K8

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