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Bionic Commando Returns

Posted by Zonk on from the only-matters-if-you-were-born-in-the-80s dept.

One of the most-wanted game remakes is now a realty: Capcom has revealed that they'll be bringing back Bionic Commando for the current generation of consoles. "Where the original Bionic Commando followed players on a mission to rescue a fellow agent named Super Joe, the new game's storyline appears to carry a more cynical edge. After serving his country honorably in conflict with the Imperials, technologically enhanced agent Nathan Spencer is framed for a number of crimes by his superiors and sentenced for execution. Fate intervenes, as an experimental terrorist weapon is detonated in Ascension City on the day Spencer is to be executed. With the city in ruins and Spencer uniquely equipped to handle the many skyscrapers, monorails, and suspended roadways, the government reluctantly turns to its imprisoned bionic commando for help."

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  1. Will he finally be able ... by Alzheimers · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to jump?

  2. Execution by bottomless pit? by damn_registrars · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the government was going to execute the bionic commando, who I recall largely only could be killed by falling into the bottomless pits, does that mean the government has found a way to build bottomless pits?

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    1. Re:Execution by bottomless pit? by faloi · · Score: 2, Funny

      You mean you didn't know about Mel's Hole?

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  3. Re:Life Lessons I learned from Bionic Commando- by Murrdox · · Score: 2, Funny

    2) Do NOT fire your gun in Neutral territory! 3) Do NOT fly a helicopter over trucks. You will be attacked.

  4. Re:I can still remember... by Das+Modell · · Score: 2, Informative

    It wasn't impossible. I beat it as a kid at least twice if I remember right. A speedrunner has completed the game in 18 minutes and 20 seconds.

  5. Re:*sigh* by Jason+Levine · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Unfortunately, the article doesn't say anything about a Wii version. Just XBox 360, PS3, and PC. I think this game would fit well with the WiiMote controller. Use the button to fire your arm. Hold it down as your arm grabs something. Then swing the WiiMote and your character swings the object around. Let go of the button and it goes flying. Of course, there would be other ways to activate "swinging", "rappelling", and "climbing."

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  6. Re:LOVE Bionic Commando by cxreg · · Score: 2, Informative

    I never did finish the game and see the ending. :(

    Wonder no more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpeP6yeUPa0

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  7. Re:LOVE Bionic Commando by cxreg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hate to reply to my own post, but I forgot about the very last screen. Wouldn't it be fitting if that was the release date of the new game?

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