Renegade Kid working on platformer for DS

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jun 30th 2009 at 10:30PM }

Renegade Kid is apparently working on a kid-friendly platformer for the DS while it develops a sequel to Dementium. The developer showed IGN that its other new project is Maximillian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds. Players will use a water pack (think Mario Sunshine) to double-jump chasms of doom and squirt the baddies to death.

Renegade Kid plans to push its already impressive technical knowledge with the DS even further with Mudds. The developer doesn't know if it'll go the retail route or check out DSIware, and there isn't so much as an inkling of a release window. Check out a video of the game after the break.

Tags: dementium, dementium-the-ward, dsiware, maximillian-and-the-rise-of-the-mutant-mudds, moon, renegade-kid

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mr nimblewick @ Jun 30th 2009 10:37PM

Why can no company other than Nintendo understand what makes a platformer good? Is there really some hidden secret?

Leroy_Octopus @ Jun 30th 2009 10:41PM

Agreed. This just looks like one of those generic mascot games we got sick of in the 90's.

WINterfang @ Jun 30th 2009 10:42PM

Sonic was good,Crash was good,Rayman was good.

chispito @ Jun 30th 2009 10:45PM

N+

dagamer43 @ Jun 30th 2009 10:48PM

See Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, and Sly Cooper. All excellent platformers in their own right.

Anthology @ Jun 30th 2009 10:49PM

You should play more games.

Like Psychonauts.

WINterfang @ Jun 30th 2009 10:50PM

Banjo,Donkey Kong,Monkey Ball, Billy the Hatcher, Tony Hawk ( arguable),Mirrors Edge ( arguable) etc..

xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 30th 2009 10:51PM

Actually, I didn't think Psychonauts was a particularly good platformer, but that wasn't really the appeal of the game.

Leroy_Octopus @ Jun 30th 2009 10:53PM

WINterfang
I said generic mascot's like Gex. Not good ones like you listed. Seriously, look at the kid in these photos. Do you want to play as him, or pants him in the schoolyard. If you were responding to Nimblewick, calm down he just generalizing.

WINterfang @ Jun 30th 2009 10:56PM

Psychonauts is a very average platformer, it just have a good story.

Also Megaman, some Disney games etc..

@Leroy_Octopus: What's so bad about Gex?

chispito @ Jun 30th 2009 11:11PM

Yes I want to play as him if it's fun.

WREturns @ Jun 30th 2009 11:18PM

I think in our haste to name platformers we momentarily forgot about "Yo Noid!"

http://dorando.emuverse.com/images/yo-noid_00.png

Leroy_Octopus @ Jun 30th 2009 11:24PM

WINterfang
Firstly: I think Psychonauts only real problem was too much item collection.
Secondly: Gex wasn't bad so much as generic. It was also the first thing that jump in my head.
chisipto (or however you spell your name)
I would play anything if it's fun, but will you actually care about that character?

mr nimblewick @ Jul 1st 2009 11:29AM

"Sonic was good,Crash was good,Rayman was good."

Key word being "was." (Though I was never a fan of Crash, I know a lot of other people liked him.) It seems they are having a hard time recapturing that goodness lately, especially Sonic.

"Banjo,Donkey Kong,Monkey Ball, Billy the Hatcher, Tony Hawk ( arguable),Mirrors Edge ( arguable) etc.."

Banjo and Donkey Kong were made under supervision by Nintendo copying Nintendo play mechanics. Monkey Ball isn't a platformer. Bill the Hatcher wasn't good. And those last two are more than arguable.

"Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, and Sly Cooper."

I hear these are good, but haven't played them. Do they put more emphasis on the actual platforming or on the defeat of enemies using guns?

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jul 1st 2009 12:41PM

Anthology, we were talking about GOOD platformers

tyetheczar @ Jun 30th 2009 11:04PM

Poor RK, they, like many developers for DS and Wii, have such a bitch of a time trying to crack their codes for success.

modnite @ Jun 30th 2009 11:08PM

The game still does look slightly impressive from a graphical standpoint. Makes you wonder if Nintendo could've done a DS port of Mario Sunshine. Sure it would look anything but pretty, though it may have been more appreciated on the DS than on the GC given the extra ease the touch screen controls would've offered. RK, I think, is out to prove some sort of point with developing games for the DS. Their efforts reminds me of HVS'.

WREturns @ Jun 30th 2009 11:26PM

Mario Sunshine needs to be contained and quickly forgotten. The more quickly, the better. I wouldn't be opposed to a Mario Galaxy DS iteration, however. Something like Mario Galaxy: Distant Star, for instance. Yes, that'd do nicely...

modnite @ Jun 30th 2009 11:45PM

Indeed. That could greatly show off the DSi's power. I'm assuming you own a copy of Mario Kart DS. Remember how impressive it looked and played? It felt console worthy and not like a handheld game at all. The art style was so tied into Mario Kart DD that it looked great on the DS. Now, much like Nintendo revamped Mario 64 on the DS, a Mario Galaxy title on the DS would be excellent. The awesomeness of Mario Galaxy on the go. Sure it would be far from gorgeous as the Wii version, but if it manages to look absolutely amazing on the DS, that'll be a plus.