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Joystiq hands-on: Tecmo Bowl Kickoff

We tried to get Hank Williams, Jr. to kick off this post with "Are You Ready for Some Football?" but he was booked. So, we're just going to assume that you are, in fact, ready for some football ... in this case, a rundown of our recent hands-and-stylus-on with Tecmo Bowl Kickoff for Nintendo DS.

It's been 19 years since the original Tecmo Bowl hit the field on NES, making it one of the earliest football sims, not to mention one of the most famous. For its return on modern hardware, Tecmo drafted its first US executive producer, Ryan Gilbo, to head the project, and he promptly set out to update the game just enough, but not change too much.

Read on for our full impressions and see first video of the game in action after the break.

Gallery: Tecmo Bowl Kickoff

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Tecmo Bowl touching down on Wii in '09


The original NES gridiron classic is available on Virtual Console, but Tecmo revealed at its Tuesday night coming out party for Tecmo Bowl Kickoff that an all-new game in the fan favorite football series is in development specifically for Wii. No details on the game were divulged, other than that it will hit the field sometime in 2009. Do we smell the faint aroma of a WiiWare-perfect title in there with sweaty pigskin players?

Tecmo Bowl Kickoff lands on DS this fall

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Tecmo today announced Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff for DS, a revival of the classic sports franchise that will have to make due without an NFL license. Tecmo first confirmed the work-in-progress nearly a year ago, but at the time declined to specify the intended platform, saying only, "it's probably not going to be on the platform that you're expecting." But really, is there any other system better suited to Tecmo Bowl's patented zig-zagging runs than the DS with its stylus?

Kickoff will feature arcade-style gameplay with various customization options, reports IGN. The game will also support local wireless multiplayer, as well as a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode. Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff is due this fall.

Update: Here are some additional details straight from Tecmo:

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Today's most retro recap video: Super Tecmo Bowl XLII

Exactly one year ago, the BBPS gang tried to use Tecmo Bowl to predict the Super Bowl champs. The game simulation picked the Bears (yeah, that was wrong). This year, Madden 08 picked Tom Brady's New England Patriots as the winning time for Super Bowl XLII, but what does Tecmo Bowl say? ArmChairGM ran the simulation.

We'll won't spoil the results (that link will), but you can watch the game in the two videos embedded after the break.


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