3DS to get 'Crush3D' on September 6

by Griffin McElroy on May 11th 2011 1:30PM

Sega today formally unveiled Crush3D (geddit?), the 3DS remake of 2007's perspective-shifting PSP puzzle-platformer, Crush. With the announcement, the publisher released a handful of screenshots and a debut trailer, and pinned the game to a September 6 launch in North America (September 9 in Europe and Australia).

Not only does it add 3D graphics, but this reimagining of Crush has also undergone a fairly significant aesthetic change. Gone are the dark and dreary environments of the original game, replaced by a much less stressful jewel-toned palette. Check out Crush3D's brightened-up locales in the new screenshots below and video after the jump.

Crush3D (first screens)

Source: Sega

Tags: 3ds, crush3d, ds, nintendo, release-date, sega, zoe-mode

Reader Comments (16)

I don't understand the aesthetic change. Why? I thought it looked great how it was.

@Funkmaster General

I liked the aesthetic at first... but I found it really draining after a while. I still haven't finished the game, and likely never will, since I started it over 4 or so years ago.

@Funkmaster General

...just watched the video. I prefer the old look.

@Funkmaster General

Probably to make the 3D effect stick out more. It's basically the whole early-PS1 deal all over again.

It's funny, because it's Crushed, only the "e" is replaced with a 3 to be "cool" or "edgy" and to emphasize it's in 3D/going to be on the 3DS.

Sold.

Is it different puzzles? If so, I now want a 3DS. Crush on the PSP is all sorts of awesome, and I'm both surprised and pleased to see a sequel.

Sorry, the new look is beyond atrocious. The PSP look was fantastic.

What's with the Gorillaz '2D' eye style? Is Jamie Hewlett's less-talented brother involved?

So is this a 2D image of a 3DS game or not?!? They kind of left me in the dark on this one...

@MEMgrizzlies7

Its both.

Crush was the machine created dream world where you would "crush" the 3d world to a 2d perspective to allow crossing of various gaps and what not.

Not unlike paper mario in that you could switch the perspective with a bump.

the psp game, while not a HUGE seller, was actually quite fun and I bet you could find for 6 bucks. I got mine new for around that