Beyond Good & Evil 2 revealed at Ubidays 2008
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ May 28th 2008 at 2:41PM }
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Closing out the Ubidays 2008 live conference, CEO Yves Guillemot left the audience with one final teaser: the next project from designer Michel Ancel. While the trailer stops short of naming its subject, we'd recognize that schnozzle anywhere. Why that's Uncle Pey'j of course! And look at dear Jade, she's gone and grown out her hair.
The "Beyond Good & Evil 2" debut trailer is posted after the break! (Beware: Graphic fly snorting ensues.)
Gallery: Beyond Good & Evil 2
Note: Ubisoft has yet to reveal details beyond what you see here, including targeted platforms.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Princess Skittles @ May 28th 2008 2:47PM
NEXT GENERATION HAS BEEN REDEEMED!
Obie @ May 28th 2008 2:57PM
HOLY FUCK! GIVE ME IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
Benny @ May 28th 2008 2:59PM
Obie are you leeching, or did you genuinely think typing WITH THE CAPS LOCK ON made your comment relevant?
BananaBoat @ May 28th 2008 3:15PM
IT MADE THEM AMAZINGLY RELEVANT TO MY INTEREST. THANK YOU OBI
I thought the first one didn't sell well enough to warrant a sequel. I'm glad that sales figures don't seem to be keeping number 2 from getting made though. Better reward them with higher sales this time around, if the game is good.
Lijik @ May 28th 2008 3:58PM
Well you see Bananaboat, what had happened wuz that during the development of Rayman 4, a renengade/rogue/ evil-genius designer on Ancel's team noticed that with the wii remote and some of the gameplay elements in place, the game could be retooled into a fun party game. He took his idea to the higher ups at Ubisoft who greenlit the idea and work quickly began on Rayman Raving Rabbids canceling out Rayman 4.
Pissed that his game was taken from him in a rather underhanded fashion, Ancel threw a hissyfit and threatened to leave Ubisoft unless they gave him the resources to work on whatever project he wished and that Ubisoft could not meddle with the project in any way, shape or form aside from greenlighting or denying the project when Ancel brought it to them.
This project was Beyond Good and Evil 2.
BananaBoat @ May 28th 2008 4:52PM
Aah, I see.
kev9100 @ Jun 25th 2008 5:05PM
this is going
to sound but i almost
cried when i saw this
YES
btw does
peyjs voice sound
different or is
it just me
Neebs @ May 28th 2008 2:47PM
holy crap
GreyFox @ May 29th 2008 1:06AM
Crap? I shit a fucking brick when I saw this earlier today. This fucking rocks.
ballistic3188 @ May 28th 2008 2:47PM
OMG OMG OMG
pinch me i must be dreaming
coast19 @ May 28th 2008 3:02PM
/pinch
Nope its freaking true! WOOOT!!!
Altairio @ May 28th 2008 2:48PM
Awesome.
Slaziman @ May 28th 2008 3:13PM
Like your avatar.
Lijik @ May 28th 2008 2:49PM
That completely redeemed watching UbiDays for me.
Fifty one!
zhine @ May 28th 2008 2:49PM
Wow, this is great news. The original was such an underrated game.
jake11 @ May 28th 2008 6:38PM
It wasn't underrated, it was underappreciated
Woggerman @ May 28th 2008 2:51PM
When can I put my preorder in???????
goboColossus (LIVE, PSN - gobopop) @ May 28th 2008 2:50PM
Hopefully the trailer has a wider color pallet than the screens suggest... Original was such a beautiful game in every aspect of the word.
Awesome announcement though, definitely didn't see this coming!
Lijik @ May 28th 2008 2:55PM
If the trailer is the same vid shown at UbiDays, it all takes place as those screenshots. Its a little short, akin to the rabbid videos, about Pey'j snorting a bug up his snout while he and Jade are stranded.
goboColossus (LIVE, PSN - gobopop) @ May 28th 2008 2:57PM
nope, oh well... Always hope!
Pey'js voice sounds different in a not-good way too, though just a teaser. Still can't wait to find out more, going to have to play the original again... If I can manage to find a GCN memory card with 50 free blocks, back of the box lies!
ANGELUS @ May 28th 2008 2:51PM
I wanted to buy the 1st one when it came out but never did... Maybe I'll pick up a copy of the PC version and give it a spin.
Lijik @ May 28th 2008 3:11PM
You really should, especially since you pick up the PC version for dirt cheap. I bought the game sealed, never been opened for 99 cents off of Amazon around this time last year.
Benny @ May 28th 2008 2:51PM
Hell fucking yes.
I really hope the game is more appreciated than it's predecessor.
Saneless @ May 28th 2008 3:22PM
Well, maybe people will buy it this time.
I will, day one, just to support awesome stuff like this.
offday @ May 28th 2008 4:51PM
I agree. This is the best gaming news I've heard all year.
Vegnagun bwf @ May 28th 2008 2:52PM
Ubisoft wins the game.
Stevo @ May 29th 2008 12:56AM
Your Avatar wins the game :D
Ludwig Kietzmann @ May 28th 2008 2:53PM
I typed this by strategically dropping my tears of joy on the relevant keys.
Vegnagun bwf @ May 28th 2008 2:55PM
On the back of the Beyond Good and Evil 2's box, there will be a sentence that reads "makes people type by crying".
xFenixKnightx @ May 28th 2008 2:59PM
I know you warned me, but damn that fly snort was nassssssty! lol
Zertoss @ May 28th 2008 3:41PM
This reply was typed by dry humping my keyboard.
ballistic3188 @ May 28th 2008 2:53PM
btw apparently the trailer is right here
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_7321_en.html
PojoMofo @ May 28th 2008 2:54PM
I just blew my e-load all over my keyboard.
PS3 version please!!!
tmacairjordan87 @ May 28th 2008 2:56PM
Judging by those graphics and Ubi's tendency of games with those graphics it'll be on everything except the wii.
ComradeTrotskii @ May 28th 2008 3:08PM
tmacairjordan87: I'm not awfully good with these things (and the low res doesn't help) but that video looks more like FMV than in-game graphics which would leave the way open for a Wii version. Anyone that can prove me wrong please do so.
Whether this would be the same version as the 360/PS3/PC or a different one I wouldn't like to guess but I can't see Ubisoft (one of the companies who have had a fair bit of success on the Wii) not creating a version for the market leading console unless it is technically impossible.
Not that I care too much as right now all gamers should be holding hands and to that coca cola song.
"...I'd like to see the world for once. All standing hand in hand..."
tmacairjordan87 @ May 28th 2008 3:13PM
Even if it was a FMV clip and assuming it was in the game, could the wii even run a clip like that with that quality? I may be wrong but I don't recall seeing anything that comes close.
Either way last week or the week before when it was leaked that this game was being worked on by a few guys, I'm almost positive the creator said it was gonna be ps3/360 only.
nevermind I found it
http://kotaku.com/391065/beyond-good--evil-2-is-for-ps3-360
bm @ May 28th 2008 4:06PM
"Even if it was a FMV clip and assuming it was in the game, could the wii even run a clip like that with that quality?"
AHAHAHAHAAA HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Oh god that's the funniest thing I've read all week next to "the Wii isn't powerful enough to show video with real people in it".
ComradeTrotskii @ May 28th 2008 4:19PM
It's all the same to me at the end of the day, I'd likely be buying it on the 360 anyway but It'd be a shame if Wii only owners didn't get some love so I hope that I'm correct.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 28th 2008 4:42PM
Oh sorry bm I forgot the usual excuse.
"I forgot the wii can do everything known to mankind its just no one is trying."
There you go. Forgive me if I don't know every detail about the system even if it is pretty paltry.
Fatass of Sarcasmness @ May 28th 2008 6:07PM
Nobody is saying the Wii is a powerhouse, dude, but on nearly every thread you post in I see you acting as if it lacks the power of, say, the PS1. Acting as though it can't render video? That's straight up stupid and you know it as well as I do.
matthew_neitzer @ May 28th 2008 6:52PM
Well, actually the Wii can't output video in a res higher than 480p, so tmacairjordan87 has it about right.
Co @ May 28th 2008 6:55PM
Thank you Fatass. TMacClydeDrexlerKarlMalone52 is a anti-Wii opportunist. Disregard his comments coming from what appears to be a middle school library if my IP Tracker is working correctly.
Michael O'Connor @ May 28th 2008 11:32PM
"AHAHAHAHAAA HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Oh god that's the funniest thing I've read all week next to "the Wii isn't powerful enough to show video with real people in it"."
Wow, Obnoxious fanboy alert.
He's talking about the quality of the video, which would obviously be limited by the capacity of the disc and the amount of data that can be streamed from it at any one time.
So I'm afraid to inform you, but the original poster is probably right. The Wii likely couldn't play a video file that long at that high a quality; it would likely be reduced in quality / compressed somewhat.
bm @ May 29th 2008 3:48PM
Jesus Christ, are you fucking kidding me? That video is 200 pixels high, you idiot. Just the fact that you go gaga over its quality despite that, proves beyond a doubt how deluded you are (or how little influence resolution actually has on perceived quality, for that matter).
Remember that little game called FFX? The one with large amounts of highly detailed video at least 480, running at an incredibly smooth framerate? On that little console called a PS2?
I still can't fucking believe some people can be so retarded, or so blinded by fanboy hate that they say such ludicrous crap like this. Jesus Christ on a stick.
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 2:56PM
The only way Ubidays could get better is if they announce Haze 2!
PojoMofo @ May 28th 2008 3:00PM
Dead horse = beaten...
j/k but I wouldnt expect a Haze 2 at any point in any consoles future.
xFenixKnightx @ May 28th 2008 3:00PM
Keep hope alive!
CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 3:04PM
True, you wouldn't expect it. People didn't expect Beyond Good and Evil 2 though either!
Paulmichael @ May 28th 2008 7:14PM
Yeah, but Beyond Good and Evil was a great game.
Martez @ May 28th 2008 8:29PM
Screw that. Free Radical is probably working on Timesplitters 4 now. All we can do is hope to god Haze isn't the start of a downward trend for the company.
Timesplitters 4 MUST rock, or I will lose all hope in videogaming. Actually no, I reserve that for if the Team ICO game sucks.