So there's a trailer out for Earthworm Jim HD. Don't worry, it looks just fine. Gameloft was even kind enough to toss in some footage of the game's new co-op levels. Heck, we even get to see some entirely new single-player levels, replete with jet-packing grandmas and ... keyboard cat.
That's all well and good, but what is up with Jim's voice? Maybe it's just the difference between old, muffled 16-bit samples and the modern sound clarity we enjoy today, but something seems off. Like "someone just grabbed the janitor and told him to say 'groovy' into a microphone" off. Come on, Gameloft. Surely someone over there has Tommy Tallarico's number*.
*Or Dan Castellaneta's.
Reader Comments (71)
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:03PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
Brings me back. 1994 was such an awesome year.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:05PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
Holy cow, they did a beautiful revamp of this game! Will definitely be picking this up.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 9:15PM The Dark Trooper said
I'm with you there, Although I knew i'd be picking it up since it was first announced...
Also wasn't the original voice of Jim; Doug TenNapel? I know Dan Castellaneta did the voice of Jim in the cartoon, But I'm pretty confident the original Jim was the creator Doug TenNapel.
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Also wasn't the original voice of Jim; Doug TenNapel? I know Dan Castellaneta did the voice of Jim in the cartoon, But I'm pretty confident the original Jim was the creator Doug TenNapel.
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:05PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
Yea at the end of the video that groovy is definitely not groovy.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:10PM Drakkenfyre said
That "groovy" is NOT Earthworm Jim. The revamped graphics are worthless if they replaced his voice actor. I can't tell if all of his lines are replaced, but the few you heard in-game sounded like the original.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:23PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Aww, Microsoft pretending it's exclusive.
It's always so adorable!
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It's always so adorable!
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:28PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
Exclusive for a whole month. No sense in not releasing this cross platform, I say.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:30PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Perhaps, though I'm sure they had a hand in it.
Ah well, looks like I'm gamesharing this one!
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Ah well, looks like I'm gamesharing this one!
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:39PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
I can't disagree with Ezio. MS does pay to have this done often. It is very misleading to people who aren't informed of what systems they are released on.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:42PM ytilanigiroon said
I'm pretty sure I didn't see the word "exclusive" anywhere in the trailer...
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:43PM NaeemTHM said
"It is very misleading to people who aren't informed of what systems they are released on."
Sony does this for a LOT of multiplat games. Remember the Arkham Asylum ads? Just about all of them were branded with the Sony logo to promote the Joker DLC.
It's just a marketing practice to boost sales. No reason to get your panties in a twist.
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Sony does this for a LOT of multiplat games. Remember the Arkham Asylum ads? Just about all of them were branded with the Sony logo to promote the Joker DLC.
It's just a marketing practice to boost sales. No reason to get your panties in a twist.
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:45PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
Yes, many companies are at fault for doing the same thing. Doesn't change the fact that it's misleading. Sure nothing to get panties in a twist about, but some people may be steered wrong. It's harsh marketing tactics, but existing just the same.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:49PM ytilanigiroon said
I don't find the trailer misleading...
Is the game going to be released for xbla? Yes.
Is that the only marketplace you'll be able to find it in? No.
Did the trailer state that it was coming out exclusively for one network/platform or the other? Nope.
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Is the game going to be released for xbla? Yes.
Is that the only marketplace you'll be able to find it in? No.
Did the trailer state that it was coming out exclusively for one network/platform or the other? Nope.
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:51PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
You may not find it misleading, but to the uneducated it can be. Considering the game is coming out on XBLA a month before other platforms, those uneducated people might not realize it. Just a simple observation is all.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 1:15PM PedoJokerBear said
you can't scrape sand out of vagina, trust me i've tried......it just gets lodged up in there.
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Posted: Jun 2nd 2010 1:54AM doom saber said
I have to agree with Spike Spigel since I honestly did find the trailer misleading since there is no PSN logo anywhere on the trailer. Normally, there is a PSN, XBLA, &/or wii logo for a game that isn't an exclusive at the end of the trailer. If not for Spike Spigel's comment, I would have thought that the game was a Xbox exclusive.
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Posted: Jun 2nd 2010 1:57AM doom saber said
I have to add that even though I tend to educated in the lates game releases, l did not follow too closely about the Earth Jim HD release.
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Posted: Jun 2nd 2010 12:35PM ytilanigiroon said
I know this was yesterday, and I'll get down-ranked into oblivion again, but I wasn't trolling. Not intentionally at least.
My point was that stating that "Microsoft pretending it's exclusive" when the trailer was for the XBLA version of the game, is kin to a person bringing up the PS3's "superiority" because Halo 3 shouldn't be installed to the 360's hard drive. The tags for the article list both "Xbox" and "PlayStation," so any reader should be able to conclude that the game will come out on both systems.
Either I'm giving the average joystiq reader too much credit, or you're giving them too little.
It's probably the former.
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My point was that stating that "Microsoft pretending it's exclusive" when the trailer was for the XBLA version of the game, is kin to a person bringing up the PS3's "superiority" because Halo 3 shouldn't be installed to the 360's hard drive. The tags for the article list both "Xbox" and "PlayStation," so any reader should be able to conclude that the game will come out on both systems.
Either I'm giving the average joystiq reader too much credit, or you're giving them too little.
It's probably the former.
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:23PM mikeymilkshake said
it looks... the same. "HD" = widescreen? call me crazy but it doesn't look like much of an improvement over the 16bit. that said, the coop looks like it could be fun. guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:28PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
I think it looks pretty good. Especially that first shot of Jim in the trailer.
It's pretty smooth.
Take another look!
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It's pretty smooth.
Take another look!
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:35PM InfinitiProject said
Please please PLEASE tell me this will come to the PS3 later on!!
And if so what is with Microsoft and that damn spinning orb at the end of these trailers/commercials? Off the top of my head GTA4 & the expansions plus MW had it. I'm guessing timed exclusives?
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And if so what is with Microsoft and that damn spinning orb at the end of these trailers/commercials? Off the top of my head GTA4 & the expansions plus MW had it. I'm guessing timed exclusives?
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:42PM InfinitiProject said
That makes sense. Sony's doing it now with Red Dead Redemption. Must've seen that commercial like a hundred times already.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 1:36PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
You might even be considered a Cash Money Millionaire!
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:34PM Shadowbender said
Does anyone remember that theme song? To this day, it's still stuck in my head.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 12:40PM InfinitiProject said
As soon as I heard it I was humming along and had a flashback of playing the original for the first time ever on Sega Channel.
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