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Animaniacs Video Game In The Works

Posted by Zonk on from the there's-balony-in-our-slacks dept.

GameGossip has word that an Animaniacs video game entitled "The Great Edgar Hunt" is currently in the works. The game is being done by the in-house Warner Bros. developers. From the article: "The game is a third-person action title developed by Warthog, and puts players to the task of guiding characters Wakko, Yakko and Dot throughout six levels while trying to find the Edgar trophies; each making use of their own moves. The game will also include five "Pinky & The Brain" mini-games."

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  1. Time warp! by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 4, Informative
    Animaniacs: 1993 to 1998

    Pinky and the Brain: 1995 to 1998

    I think the game is going to fail, simply because it's not going to have an audience. My guess is that the target audience is going to be children; the game is probably going to be too easy for anyone who grew up with the show to enjoy it.

    And barring the "third-person" line (which implies that the game will be 3D), it sounds a lot like the old Genesis/SNES title. I don't think I can think of any other franchises that made the jump from 16-bit to next-gen, and this doesn't seem like it's going to bode well for the game's fate.

    In any case, though, I'm hoping that it's going to be a good game. The franchise deserves it, especially since this could very well be the last we ever see of either Animaniacs or Pinky and the Brain.

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    Goo goo g'joob.
    1. Re:Time warp! by scribblej · · Score: 2, Informative

      I don't think I can think of any other franchises that made the jump from 16-bit to next-gen, and this doesn't seem like it's going to bode well for the game's fate.

      Not trying very hard, are you?

      Off the top of my head, there's Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. Donkey Kong. Ninja Gaiden (and how!), Prince of Persia, etc.

      And this just what my poor 5:00 Friday brain could come up with in ten seconds.

      There's a TON of games that have "made the jump." Think harder.

  2. Re:Huh? by Meagermanx · · Score: 2, Informative

    Seriously, does this even count as geek news? Oooh, Animaniacs hasn't been on TV for a while, and they're coming out with a game!! Hell, they already came out with a game. It was for the SNES, I have it, and it sucks. Games that suck this badly do not generally get their immediate predecessor featured on slashdot! This may be news, but it's not for nerds, and it doesn't matter at all to me.