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Animaniacs Video Game In The Works
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."
Did I step into a time warp? Is "The Animaniacs" even on TV anymore?
Why can't Warner Brothers invest the money being used to develop this game into something else? Odds are this game isn't going to be a huge revolution in technology or gaming principles or programming or graphics or anything. This game is more likely to be a mediocre platformer, who's charm is going to be driven more by the story and the characters than the actual game itself. Why oh why can't they instead make more Animaniacs cartoons? That will target their prime audience better than a video game I think. A cartoonish platformer (unless it's done extremely well and elegantly) isn't likely to sell very well to the late teens/early 20's crowd, since these are the people who were the prime audience 10 years ago when Animaniacs was on the air. Since then I don't believe that Animaniacs has had a very big presence, and todays 8-14 year olds aren't as interested in it as we were. However, I don't think you'd find anyone who wouldn't be interested in the propect of new Animaniacs cartoons on TV.
"The game is being done by the in-house Warner Bros. developers."
Time Warner has a near perfect track record of failing with any content that uses any kind of technology. This game should carry on the same sad tradition.
They need to stick to distribution, ink and paper, and celluloid.
...why not release a DVD?
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