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    Atlus Delays Steal Princess Until People Know About It

    New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer

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    Image of PimpNinja24 PimpNinja24
    04/02/09

    In reply to Atlus Delays Steal Princess Until People Know About It
    Ordinarily I am upset by a delay of a game I want. I'll make an exception for this. I am a huge Atlus supporter, and if not getting my grubby mitts on this for a while helps them to sell more copies, then I understand.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    04/02/09

    In reply to Atlus Delays Steal Princess Until People Know About It
    Looks as if Nigel had a sex change.
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    Image of Burguois, Teabagger of Olde Burguois, Teabagger of Olde
    04/02/09

    In reply to Atlus Delays Steal Princess Until People Know About It
    There's also another Puzzle/Platformer out right now called Henry Hatsworth that totally kicks ass so they might want to wait for the competition to die down
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    04/02/09

    @Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: Good Show! ^_^ I effin' LOVE that game! Hard as tacks!
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    Image of NeonLight NeonLight
    04/02/09

    In reply to Atlus Delays Steal Princess Until People Know About It
    Steal Princess? Never heard of it...
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    Image of Nisori Nisori
    04/02/09

    @NeonLight: Yeah I'm with you on this one, and I even subscribe to Atlus' news letter.
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    Image of SpishackCola has the CHORTLES! SpishackCola has the CHORTLES!
    04/02/09

    @Nisori:

    You aren't Atlus "Faithful" enough. Jack Frost will be by within the hour to take away your Atlus membership card.
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    Image of PimpNinja24 PimpNinja24
    04/02/09

    @SpishackCola posts comments Like A Boss:


    I guesss that must depend on what part of town you live. My friends got taken by Black Frost with the King as his "muscle".

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    Image of rich8606 rich8606
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    It looks like... LBP!
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    Image of Captain K'nuckles Captain K'nuckles
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    Due out in 2010, expect it in 2011.


    I don't mind waiting.

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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    This video reaffirms for me that their art style has really gotten stale.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/17/09

    @MaWeiTao: It's the same artist. He's doing what he does best, so, yeah, in that sense, some would perceive it as being "stale," unless you accept them as part of a shared universe a la Mario where consistency is a given. Seeing that Alien Hominid appeared in Castle Crashers (and I suspect will again in this game), one could argue just that.
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    Image of Shachihoko Shachihoko
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    He crying that he finally found a Chaos Emerald! =P


    This game look like it was done in Flash.. I dunno, it does look interesting.. It doesn't look like something would fit for consoles.

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    Image of QualityJeverage QualityJeverage
    03/17/09

    @Shachihoko: Kinda like Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers didn't fit consoles either.


    ...Oh wait.

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    Image of innuendo innuendo
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    I think it looks like soldat? Anyone. For a little it looked like a multiplayer beatfest
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/17/09

    @innuendo: Nah, Soldat is real-time Worms with jetpacks. This looks pretty standard and likely won't feature gameplay bound to a unique physics engine.
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    Image of Jimbotron Jimbotron
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    But it's 2D!! I thought all the gaming nerds and lifeless gamers want everything in 3D! I am surprised they aren't on here whining and complaining like they had sand in their vags about how they need yet another run-of-the-mill 3D first person shooter.


    It looks like 2D platforming games will finally make a long deserved comeback. Games are all about the 2D platforming :). This looks fun.

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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    03/17/09

    @Shachihoko: Eh... Castle Crashers? Alien Hominid?


    Behemoth struck gold twice with Flash-style games on consoles. I think they have a good chance of doing it again.

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    Image of AmberVetus AmberVetus
    03/17/09

    @Jimbotron:

    ???

    The 'comeback' you speak of has already been going on for a while now. There is a whole universe of indie games that have been reviving 2D platforming, plus the console download services have a few great ones. Hell, there's even some decent Flash 2D platformers (Fancy Pants Adventure, N, Razor's Edge online version, Platform Racing on Kongregate)

    Did you not notice that Braid and LittleBigPlanet came out this year to great reviews and tons of awards? There was also a new Metal Slug for the DS Not to mention N+ for XboxLive, DS and PSP.

    If you haven't found any good 2D platformers in the past year or so, where have you been?
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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    03/17/09

    @ShaggE: And why is my response up here?
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/17/09

    @AmberVetus: Platform Racing is garbage, and surely you know that Flash and web games are better suited to 2-D than 3-D. Indie developers stick with 2-D largely in part due to how easy it is to craft a 2-D world versus a 3-D one. Not to say developers can't legitimately prefer 2-D, but it's not as though a guy working on a game alone has much of a choice.


    Until I get a HD Astal platformer with the depth and length of a Sonic 2 or Yoshi's Island -- and with regularity -- I'll hold off on agreeing that 2-D gaming as "'comeback.'" Odin Sphere, New Super Mario Bros., and Braid are hardly the norm these days let alone truly have brought 2-D gaming to the current generation status. :(

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    Image of NeoSamurai NeoSamurai
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    I smell a level editor
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    Image of RyuuzakiBjorn RyuuzakiBjorn
    03/17/09

    @NeoSamurai: I smell crap, I better go clean it up.
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    Image of darkkn1te darkkn1te
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    Actually, I doubt that that's opera music. Opera tends not to use choruses. I should know what that piece is, but sadly, I don't.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/17/09

    @darkkn1te: Yep, but I think most people would make the mistake of a choral arrangement being operatic, as in the average person believes that symphonic music plus foreign lyrics equals opera. :^)
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    Q-Bert on Qrack! O_O
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    Image of jive238 jive238
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    Eh? I don't get it. Also kinda reminds me of that mickey mouse with donald duck game for the sega genesis.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/17/09

    @jive238: World of Illusion.
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    03/17/09

    @jive238: i'm with you on this one the trailer was hectic but great and the music just made it more awesome.wend i was reading the article and the got to the part"cooperative platformer"the first thing the came to mind was a gameplay in the line of the adventures of cookie and cream but after watching the trailer i guess the is out the window now.though i hope is good and IT get A PSN RELEASE TOO >:(
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    Image of Desfunk Desfunk
    03/17/09

    In reply to New Behemoth Game's an Operatic Platformer
    looks like a simplified LBP to me... with GORGEOUS animation!! i'd give it a try if it's cheap enough.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    03/17/09

    @Desfunk:


    I don't see anything even remotely similar about LBP in this trailer. Platformer games =/= LBP.

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/17/09

    @dead_red_eyes: Based on the trailer I'd describe it as World of Illusion (co-op platforming) meets Little Big Planet (grab most any object).
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    03/17/09

    @dead_red_eyes: Kinda reminds me of how people call every 3D platformer a Mario ripoff.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    03/17/09

    @CoralineF**kingJones:


    Yeah, that's starting to happen with LBP now.

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