<![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Dear Tecmo:

If I or anyone I care about hear stupid frat jocks next door playing this game to all hours of the night like it's something that actually matters in life, I will mount your collective anatomies to plaques and hang them on my wall.

Signed,
Purple Dave


Purple Dave

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> I love Tecmo Super Bowl. I still think it's the greatest football game ever made.

duhforce

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Boo, it's not Team Ninja doing this...

I wanted to see Jan Lee tackle someone or kick off with his signature scream...

Ultrasinc

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> wow this is gonna be my first DS sport game i buy. we really are in the 21st century.

zanzibarlegend

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Look out for Herschel Walker!

Space_Cakes

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Fucking awesome!

Strangelove

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Mii(s) on the DS? What are you smoking there Brian?

Interstella5555

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> "Super abilities" has my Spidey-sense tingling but otherwise it sounds awesome...but, no NFL license?? -shakes fist at EA-

randomizer9

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Sweetness.

KM91

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Holy cow, did not see this coming.
Is 2008 the year of the "retro comebacks"?!

This is an awesome time to be a gamer. ^_^

kadosho

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> I have a sudden urge to sit in front of my television in my Spiderman jammies with a bowl of sugary cereal and watch ProStars. Is something wrong with me? Do I have a tumor?

ShirtNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Montana slant over the middle pass to Jerry Rice for the TD.

torched

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> I still remember the first time I played Tecmo Bowl.

A friend of mine had come over to my house and I wowed him with the TurboGrafx-16. Then we went back over to his house and I got my ass handed to me playing Tecmo Bowl.

Eltigro

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Tagged as overrated. Ugh!

DreamTwister

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @KuribosShoe: It was sarcasm.

Bigfoot

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @caps: You are right about that... hopefully they will do something like the XBL titles do. Give us the option for "classic" or the "rock 'n' roll updated" versions.

jimbone

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @sedarisan:

Baseball simulator 1000 was AWSOME! It was first out on the NES, then they remade it on the SNES.

Anyway, this game has potential to be good...but why the DS? Why not an XBL orPSN title?

I hope they use sprites also...3d rendering may be okay, but sprites are where its at!

BTW, I loved the music in super tecmo bowl!

kablammyman

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Rubix42: Well, Tecmo was able to do Ninja Gaiden touch screen controls, they may be able to pul this off.

StarFoxA

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> I especially loved the sound of the football plinking off the goal post and sometimes bouncing through the uprights, or the great animation of the defender jumping up to intercept the ball and wiggling his hands and missing the catch.

jimbone

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> "Music and Sound Effects: Turn up the heat on your opponent as you play the game to rock 'n' roll remixes of the most memorable tunes in football gaming history!"

Easily my early favorite for Worst Copywriting of 2008.

Seriously, I love me some Tecmo Bowl - and all the hours I spent battling with my Bills in Tecmo Super Bowl probably add up to two whole childhood years - but I can smell the suck a mile away on this one.

caps

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @BeetMkr10:

Nah, the plural for of Mii is Miis...without a ' between the last i and s.

Anywho, yay for Tecmo Bowl! Here's hoping they do a good job.

Elemence

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @TP/\C SHKR: Come on man, there's no need for that.

So will they have Real players such as Bo Jackson and real Teams? Did they aquire a license from the NFL or does it not matter?

Dr.Chocobo

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> So psyched. So psyched. So psyched. I really really hope that the cut-scenes live up to the original ones with all that charm and style.

WreckTheLaw

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: Eh, I used to feel that way, but now I just want a fun football game, something EA hasnt delivered(for me anyway) in about 5-8 years.

Personally, I am psyched for this game. Day 1 pickup? Maybe.

statnut

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @KuribosShoe: Oh yes... it's all about the pink bunny umpires. And that Mr. T was hilarious.

Seriously, we need more sports games like that. Ones that don't take themselves seriously and are more about the humor of it. I guess NFL Blitz was the most recent one, but that series has faded away, hasn't it?

While we're talking about absurd sportsgames... here's another... Baseball Simulator 1000. I think 2000 was on the SNES.

Nothing like hitting a ball with the earthquake power up. That was so much fun.

sedarisan

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @blacksamurai87: glad I could brighten at least one person's day, then! I almost got caught here at work putting that together...

Fonzy

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Bigfoot: I prefer playing with the real players I sit down and yell at on Sundays.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @A Pimp Named DaveR: Here's to that. It could be possible as all the players being discussed above are retired. Let's hope the legends aren't tied to anyone.

Anyone else hoping for a NHL circa 93 release? I'd buy that just to make Gretzky bleed....again.

EricStratton-RushChair

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @M.A.S.:
You can get that on the net, but you can always create real teams using the new editor in this game.


Gam3r

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Exciting, yes, but it will be done so, SO wrong.

I have no faith. none.

dirtybacon

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Extreme Disappointment. I was hoping this would come to 360 or PS3.

Spartan1308™

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Bigfoot: when in (the original) Tecmo Bowl did you NOT play with made up teams?

KuribosShoe

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @sedarisan: BAD NEWS BASEBALL FTW. If there's a game that Tecmo needs to re-release, it's that. The game had everything; pink bunny umpires, players slipping into unconsciousness after being thrown out, rocket balls, pantsu, a fake mr. T, Tec-Cola..

As for this remake, as long as i can leave my DS yelling "hut, hut, hut.." for 20 minutes and come back, I'm OK with it.

KuribosShoe

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Please don't suck...

Apreche

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: So you're saying we're going to have to play with made up teams? Even better.

Bigfoot

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @ChimDeathmonkey: Barry Sadness got nothing against Lord Jackson

Edwinik

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Personally, I'd rather just get a localized Eyeshield 21. But then again, I'm canadian, and we play football with three downs, so what do I know.

Myxomatosis

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @A Pimp Named DaveR: Hahahaha! I was just going to say that.

Honestly, this had better be side-view, and...this had just better be a Tecmo Bowl re-release.

NPlace

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> I STILL play Tecmo religiously to this day, with updated rosters and originals. It's a hallowed game that, for its own traits, cant be approached by anything else. Even if they "muck it up", it doesn't change the enjoyment of the original. That said, I also hope they dont tarnish the name, as a slightly updated version of Tecmo for the DS would be very very very satisfying indeed =D

eduardjm

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Forget that. I'll take additions to the game. Just don't take away what is/was great about it...the gameplay. I don't care about Bo Jackson or the soundtrack(yeah, that's what's good about it :p), you don't even have to have real teams. Just same charming and pure fun gameplay.

and for all the Nintedo Billy Mitchells out there, just release it on the VC.

jasoncourt

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Canadian Impostor: I've wanted the Mutant League games on XBLA for some time now. Crecente, can you also send a letter to EA re: Mutant League Hockey and Football?

Xerxes3rd

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Fonzy: OMG that's gotta be the funniest thing I've seen all day!

blacksamurai87

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> OMG can't wait. They better not screw this up. Funny everyone is mentioning Thurman (my all time favorite player)

AwShucks

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> It might be blasphemy, but I preferred Super Tecmo Bowl... I liked being able to pick which plays I could have in the playbook and which players were in my starting lineup.

I was hoping they were going to release Super Tecmo Bowl as a VC title... but it looks like it's coming to the DS instead!!!

jimbone

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> wait, i thought we hated sports games here?

teh_joe

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> More Tecmo Bowl?!?! Do wan...wait, super abilities? Hmm, I may have to wait and see on that one.

If they have the old school Tecmo Bowl sound effects though, I may buy it just for that. Ready! DOWN! Hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut!

SpishackCola

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Cautiously Optimistic...

Pezdispenser

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]>

Thurman echoes your sentiments, Brian.

[img113.imageshack.us]

Fonzy

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Canadian Impostor: I'd prefer Rollerball. That was awesome. Yeah. Rollerball.

Fallible

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Man, I would so totally drop money on a console version that just had updated rosters. Keep everything else the same and my $20 would be yours.

M.A.S.

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Canadian Impostor: Agreed on Mutant League hockey. If done well, that could be a blast.

El Patricko

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Crecente: Could not have put it better myself.

masticate

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @sim0n:
It's not overrated, it was actually underated. The game holds up today better than 99% of games ever made. People still play it in online leagues using emulators.


Gam3r

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @AnotherGamer:
There is a console version coming too. I'm pretty sure for Wii. It just hasn't been officially announced yet through PR, but Tecmo did say it's also being developed.


Gam3r

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Dear Tecmo,

No thanks.

El Patricko

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> /prays for Basewars

dry-roasted-peanuts

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> hey let's all geek out on an overrated game from our childhood!

sim0n

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> No, Bo Jackson, No Marcus Allen, No Tim Brown, No L.T..... No Point.

Mr.SithNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Now that Tecmo Bowl is back, can we all agree that we want Mutant League Hockey next?

Canadian Impostor

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> my childhood T_T

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> If L.T. isnt in this then I dont want.

globones

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> New cut-scenes?

Fuck that.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @A Pimp Named DaveR:
Don't forget about Barry Sanders

ChimDeathmonkey

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @ exkon:

Yep, laser passes ftw.

globones

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Super Abilities: Tactically use over-the-top plays to take over a game.

Or just be the Raiders and "tactically" deploy the single most unstoppable character in videogame history.

dan

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Well, I may actually buy a sports game for the first time since Bad News Baseball.

sedarisan

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @BeetMkr10: I'd say it's either "Yuu" or "Zem"...

Ok, lame joke, I admit.

Mokona

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Miis aren't on the DS. OR ARE THEY?

Sailorcancer

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @Bigfoot: That NFL license begs to differ

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Touchdown Thurman Thomas!

gils0n

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Madden has nothing on this.

Bigfoot

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> My dreams have been answered....now include the 86 Bears again, with Walter Payton and we're all set

JMac2K7

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> As long as it doesn't use both screens for viewing the field --I personally feel games like Sonic Rush were ruined in that way-- I'll give it a look.

To recap:
Top Screen = Field.
Bottom Screen = Play book.

Fallible

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> ROFL best email EVAH!!!!

Seiven

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> HAHAH @ Delivery Confirmation Requested.

God I need to get out of this office.

Eville1

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> *ctrl+f*

*bo jackson*

Pass.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> What about the Wii version?

xgenius

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> OH MY FUCKING GOD.

Finally someone read our comments. Tecmo Bowl is back! EA can eat Take 2 for all I care now because I will still have a good football game to playo ther than madden.

PS. Dont sneak in DOA girls onto a football team. Make them cheerleaders. thanks.

Derigor

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Wow...Brian Crecente FTW! Can we nominate this as the Post of the Week?

MasterSauce

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> cry psp, cyrcyrycyrycyrycyrycyrycyrycyrycyrycyrycyrycyrycyr

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TP/\C SHKR

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> @exkon: Not just 80 yard passes, 110 yarders, and an automatic uber blitz if you guess your opponent's play!

ekkobi

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Hmmm, props on the letter Crecente.

Let' hope they listen, but as soon as I saw the stylus control options all hopes melted away.

Ah well, some things are better left as classics rather than destroyed.

Rubix42

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> As long as as I can do 80 yard passes, this game is going to be awesome.

exkon

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Ready, down, hut, hut, hut, hut...

BloggyMcBlogBlog

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> uhhhh... Mii is Wii... and this is for the DS

Hiro0015

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Amen Crecent, Amen. I really wanted a new console version of Tecmo Bowl but I'm afraid that in the wrong hands it could turn out to be a pile of crap.

AnotherGamer

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Bo Jackson had better still be unstoppable....

A Pimp Named DaveR

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Your days are numbered Madden!!

ProfWho

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> big baby jesus!

TP/\C SHKR

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Wow, straight from the man.

akashhhhh

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> May fools? hopefully?

Jon_Danger

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> So the plural of Mii is Mii?

And yes, I agree with that letter completely.

BeetMkr10

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> so much for them not fucking with it

Corrin

]]> <![CDATA[Tecmo Bowl Returns, Lands on DS]]> Couldn't have said it better Crecente.

TheFooFighter

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