Ahh, a new Bionic Commando game. I can't wait for all the hater's to come in wondering why it won't just play on the d-pad with 2 button controls :)

Regardless, let's hope Capcom gives this the good treatment. This game will garner plenty of sales off nostalgia alone, so with some good updates, it could be a real hit.

Could be cool if they do it right. Although, I rolled my eyes when they said Nathan was taken from jail. Gears anyone?

Dear Capcom,

Please don't screw this up.
Please don't screw this up.
Please don't screw this up.

Thx!

The arm looks great, but the rest of the character design makes me sad. Dreadlocks = failure. And the whole "we broke you out of prison so you can save the world!" junk is a bit hackneyed.

Wow, this game screams Wii, I am suprised to see it on 360 and PS3. Don't get me wrong thats cool, but a non-waggle bionic commando on the wii would have been awesome!

He mentions the Badds and Mr. Radd, but surely as the producer of this title he knows that the original game's villians were Nazis, and the silly names were just put in to sell it domestically.

Now wii, no party!

Wow, not a single badly cloaked Nazi reference to be found. The original game was blatantly obvious.

On another note that arm looks freakin incredible(see the website), but the shotgun looks laughably designed.

I always thought bionic commando had potential, but was a crappy game. It looks like they're biting of of Gears of War with the whole prison theme (as has been said already), and that dropship looks too much like a Pelican from Halo.

Capcom has never been "edgy" so I think they should go away from the whole criminal-type hero thing. Why can't he just be a mercenary or something? Why take the Gears of War theme when you know this game isn't going to be nearly as gritty as gears was? I think they're relying too much on the gimmick of the arm.

No reverence? The original character looks more than a little goofy by today's standards. He still has a green uniform, and funky hair. The original name, while having the distinction of being the "original" name, is kinda silly (and as for being forgettable, you barely saw your name one time in the entire original game). If you want to play the original 8-bit title, go play that game. I'm more interested in seeing how they're going to re-invent the series myself.

The whitherer-err sounds just as lame as BADDs and Rad Spencer. An earthquake bomb. I would imagine a 9.5 on the richter would leave no structures standing at all.

For such a "huge fan" of the series, he seems fairly clueless about it all.

I mean my god, focus groups, focus groups are the work of the devil. Focus groups are probably why the "hero" now smolders with generic rage.

And yes a 9.5 would wipe out everything, there'd be nothing left to swing from. Christ I hope this guy only thinks he's in charge and someone with talent is the real vision behind the game, otherwise it's gonna be another 20 years before we see the next Bionic Commando.

As long as they make this really fun to play, (ie: the grappling mechanic easy and intuitive), then this will be the game lost planet should have been (ie: awesome, not generic and lame).

Initial impressions from the video:
-They've lost touch with Bionic Commando.
-The hand does look cool, the arm does not.
-Radd Spencer is a cheesy name, but Nathan Spenser is a forgettably cliche name.
-They are so going after the Gears of War croud... which would make sense if you were updating Contra... maybe. But Bionic Commando? Really? I think they could've found a happy medium between cartoony cheesiness and "We're so Extreme" cliche coolness.
-They've lost touch with Bionic Commando.

Oh, well, as long as there is the exploding head of a certain terrible historical figure, I guess I'll be ok.... I guess.

That's cool...

Bah that video sucked. "Focus Groups"? WTF! Might as well just make the main character a dog with an attitude, maybe some sunglasses, call Him "Poochy" and then let Homer Simpson do the voice work. Then mabe just give it a bionic arm and poof "Greatest Bionic Commando sequal ever".

The whole character sucks, he looks like "Poochy" minus the Simpson-esqe styling. And he breaks out of jail? What is this the intro to the A-Team? And who gives 2 spits about the story? Anyone whoever played this game knows that the story was so badly translated it way practicly Gobbledygook.

He's the biggest fan of the game? Yah right. He's gonna take Super Joe out of the game? and not call the character Radd? Thats half of why this game is amazing. A guy named Radd has to go kill a bunch of Badds to save some guy named Super Joe.

Thats the whole friggin story!!! How in the world can this guy claim that this is a Bionic Commando sequal.

This isn't even Bionic Commando as far as i'm concerned. Maybe we can take FF7 or something and rename the guy with the big hair George and change the story so that George fights unicorns with a giant fly swatter. Then we tell everyone this game is called FF7-2. Yah right.

This sounds like an attempt to make Bionic Commando into an edgy, 90's-style anti-hero. Making a new Bionic Commando game sounds like a great idea. Can we get someone other than this doofus to make it? I mean, if you're talking about sticking to "the original story", wouldn't that mean you get to kill Hitler - again - at the end?

Cool, but what about Section Z?!

I tend to turn off dev speak,bioshock confirm they are not to be trusted, however it seems "ok" need gamepaly vids to confirm fail or not tho.

As long as the swing mechanics are at least as cool as swinging around N.Y.C in Spiderman 2 it should be great.

The problem with developers coming up with the story is it always comes off as embarrassing fan-boy fiction. He's such a big fan he wants to come up with it himself.
They need to hire a writer to do the writing.

@G.PARK
CELIEN
CAPCOM INTERN

...I agree, DREADLOCKS?? on white characters is trying way too hard to be "edgy". Like that episode of the Simpsons where they wanted to make the Itchy&Scratchy cartoon more edgy by adding that dog character "Poochy". 'Cause you know, he's so pro-active and in your face!! Hopefully they are reading these comments for feedback.

Ryan

Section Z... man that brings me back.

Wow! The word OVER-PRODUCED leaps to mind. I guess they don't think it will make money unless they spin their wheels in countless rehashing cycles of concept art and 3D graphic development. If they wanted to do that, why not come up with something original, instead of the misty-eyed sentimental daydreaming inspired by an old game. Making a super graphically intense version of a fun old little 8-bitter is not going to bring your youth back.