Recently revived KORE makes its 'krazy' video debut

by Griffin McElroy { Aug 17th 2008 at 5:30PM }

We initially dismissed Zoink and SnapDragon Games' KORE when it popped back into the news a few months ago -- after all, how good could a game that was initially designed for the original Xbox, cancelled, then revived for the Wii possibly be? Our hopes for the title were admittedly low -- however, a pair of videos for the redesigned platformer, including the trailer above and an 11-minute gameplay montage (embedded after the break), recently made their way onto GameTrailers ... and into our hearts.

Okay, we're still not entirely sold on KORE quite yet, but the robo-platforming and Psychonauts-esque visuals are more than enough to pique our collective interest. We'll be keeping an eye on the resuscitated title as its ambitious developers continue revamping it -- we just hope they kan limit the inkorrekt usage of the letter K. It upsets the English majors among us.

Tags: kore, snapdragon-games, trailer, wii, xbox, zoink-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Taco_Hell @ Aug 17th 2008 5:41PM

What's this? A good platforming game on the Wii that is not from Nintendo? Color me interested.

Tiptup300 @ Aug 18th 2008 1:08AM

Yeah! Rock Band! Now this game! The graphics may be dated, but the N64 is BACK IN ACTION!

Moffka @ Aug 17th 2008 5:42PM

Man... If I had a Wii I'd definitely get this game. I'm used to adventure platformers like this on the playstation. It's sad that this game won't sell... It has no mini games.

LaughingTarget @ Aug 17th 2008 5:53PM

The style reminds me of Psychonauts, I may give it a try.

MikeO. @ Aug 17th 2008 8:30PM

I was thinking it looked like the bastard child of Spore and the original Crash Bandicoots... and directed by Tim Burton.

t_m @ Aug 18th 2008 10:42AM

Psychonauts looks like it was directed by Tim Burton...

Lurker28 @ Aug 17th 2008 5:53PM

Looks sweet!

Jared Mackenzie @ Aug 17th 2008 9:19PM

This might not be too bad, the Wii could use more original platform games.

Fernando Rocker @ Aug 17th 2008 6:09PM

Loos good... it looks like Psychonauts, but it also reminds me a little bit like American McGee Alice in some parts.

I'm diggin the art style, and the enemy design, but I don't like the main characters design.

Nice visuals.

Fernando Rocker @ Aug 17th 2008 6:15PM

Actually... very impressive visuals.

Ash @ Aug 17th 2008 6:20PM

Kinda reminds of Kameo.

Markusdragon @ Aug 17th 2008 6:46PM

Exactly what I thought.

j.howlett @ Aug 17th 2008 6:20PM

the levels remind me alot of rachel and jak games. it does have a p-naut feel to it but the human characters, though stylized, look normal and i could play through the game with them.

ButtersParker @ Aug 17th 2008 6:49PM

Rachel and Jak sounds like a sitcom

j.howlett @ Aug 17th 2008 8:08PM

ha, i meant ratchet. i know daxter and clank have been a game together before, any sitcom potential there?

poka64 @ Aug 17th 2008 6:33PM

here are some old builds from the development of this game (swedish): http://www.playing.se/user_blogs.phtml?id=prof&bid=270

samfish @ Aug 17th 2008 6:49PM

I tend to like platformers, but I'm not seeing anything that really stands out and makes me excited. But it sure does look good, graphically speaking.
...but only Tim Burton can do that kind of art style and get away with it. I can't say I'm a huge fan of that style of character design and such.

Still, it's one to watch. It's a potentially good looking Wii game with effort put into it, even if it was initially meant for Xbox.

Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Aug 17th 2008 7:40PM

Wow, I was afraid of saying anything negative here... glad to see I'm not the only one lacking in that "blown away" notion. In the gameplay video, they keep repeating the same moves and tricks over and over and seems to lack the gameplay variety of Mario Galaxy.

I won't render final judgement until later though. After all, it's still early.

Lucy Lucy @ Aug 17th 2008 7:06PM

wow, i'm surprised. there's alot more positive energy for this game here on joystiq.

but the immature idiots over at the neogaf are flaming this game real hard.

oh well.

tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 17th 2008 8:22PM

Yeah those uncultured peasants. God forbid they don't like every new wii game that gets announced.

Shaq-Fu @ Aug 17th 2008 7:14PM

First de Blob, now this? I'm in platformer heaven

Megadanxzero @ Aug 17th 2008 7:21PM

How exactly does it look good, graphically speaking? It looks like an original Xbox game. Because it is. That's not 'good' unless you haven't played any games in 5 years...

Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Aug 17th 2008 7:41PM

I'd say it looks good because the palette and design seems to be putting forth a hell of a lot more effort than most other Wii projects.

tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 17th 2008 8:25PM

That's the same thing people have said about a game on a nintendo system since the N64. The system should be treated the same as the other two, as the nintendo fanboys want it to, but when it comes to graphics..or even just gameplay it's always "that looks good for a wii game".

Lijik @ Aug 17th 2008 8:49PM

Its got a great style. Thats why the graphics are great.

You won't beleive how far a great style can go. Rayman 2 doesn't have that great of graphics compared to games today, but its style is amazing allowing the graphics to age well. I'll say that Rayman 2 looks better than most any game released today purely on its style. I'll even say the same for various other games.

Halo 2 on the other hand was praised for its graphics at the time. Have you played it recently? It looks like complete garbage. The models and textures look awful, and theres barely anything stylistically interesting to save it. Something tells me Gears of War and Halo 3 will suffer the same fate in a year or two.

WRE @ Aug 17th 2008 11:04PM

"That's the same thing people have said about a game on a nintendo system since the N64."

N64, huh? Then why were some of the most grapically impressive games last generation on the GameCube? While I agree that the whole "it looks good for Wii" mantra is annoying, nobody was ever saying "that looks good for GameCube".