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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. Huh? by christopherfinke · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Did I step into a time warp? Is "The Animaniacs" even on TV anymore?

  2. 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.
  3. Are you threatening me? by tepples · · Score: 3, Funny

    and where else would you have heard about Lake Titicaca save for a boring geography class?

    Everything I know about Titicaca I learned from The Great Cornholio.