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Brand sparking new Rocket Knight art
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Feb 8th 2010 at 4:20PM } 
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We're going to level with you: There's not a lot of new info to be found in the latest batch of character art from Konami's upcoming reboot of Rocket Knight. The press release does mention a few of Sparkster's abilities. While most should be familiar to players -- wall ricochet jumps, etc -- one new addition is the "burst vortex," which can reflect projectiles back toward enemies. Beyond that, however, we're left only with images of Emperor Sweinhart and Sparkster's nemesis, Axel Gear, both of whom can be seen above. Konami has also released a high resolution version of Sparkster himself.
Yes, it's not much but, when it comes to Rocket Knight, we'll take what we can get.
Yes, it's not much but, when it comes to Rocket Knight, we'll take what we can get.
Gallery: Rocket Knight character art
Rocket Knight trailer sparks our interest
by JC Fletcher { Oct 9th 2009 at 12:40PM }
- The stylized projectile/jetpack effects
- It's a Rocket Knight Adventures game
And, to our delight, what we see here is true Rocket Knight: Sparkster has his sword and his jetpack, the latter of which is used basically to bounce all over the screen. It's here that the 3D remake actually benefits the game: with the wider area and the smaller Sparkster, he seems to have a lot more freedom to fly around. Even the shooter stages have returned, with some interesting dynamic camera work.
If you never paid attention to this series because of mid-90s animal mascot platformer overload, you should start getting familiar with it now. Forget Gex, Aero the Acro-Bat, Punky Skunk, Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel, Awesome Possum, and Socket. This one's actually good.
Rocket Knight returns to XBLA, PSN and Steam in early 2010
by Ludwig Kietzmann { Oct 5th 2009 at 3:05PM } 
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Well, after the return of classic adventure games -- and now Sparkster -- our magical roll of granted wishes was bound to come to an end. 1UP and Konami have revealed a brand new game for the powerfully propelled opossum, set to debut on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam in early 2010. The 2.5D sequel (not a remake!) comes 15 years after the last game, which is a period more wasteful than the gap between the original Star Trek TV series and the first feature film.
Sorry, our nerd analogies flare up when we get excited.
Rocket Knight (as the game is tentatively dubbed) is being developed by Climax, which previously worked with Konami producer Tomm Hulett on Silent Hill: Origins. The team is currently finishing up the promising Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
