Nickelodeon has gotten a little mixed up. You're supposed to make the cartoon, THEN develop the video game for it, not the other way around. We'll see if the odd tactic pays off for them when the Tak and the Power of Juju CGI cartoon series debuts this September.

The series features Patrick Warburton returning to the voice of Lok, with Hal Sparks (ug) replacing Jason Marsden as the voice of Tak himself. Expect zaniness to ensue. Oh the zaniness we will have for you.

I would have thought (zany!) that they'd want to release a cartoon series around the release of a new game, or at least close enough to one that it's still in people's minds, but perhaps I am wrong. The show's forums are already buzzing:

Umm...who is Tak? I mean, i read the mod's description, but how does everyone already know all about him and stuff! Can someone PLEASE xplain! Thanx!

And in the interest of fairness:

NICE! I love the games. I play them all the time! The show will be sosososo kool!

Will Tak be a colossal waste of time and money, or will it be the next Invader Zim? I vote the money thing. Michael "Zany" Fahey

Tak and the Power of Juju [Nickelodeon]

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