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Strong Bad Episode 1 Hits the WiiWare Shop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-lightswitch-raves dept.

Nintendo has added a new title to their WiiWare shop, Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner from developer Telltale Games. The new title features the infamous boxing-glove-adorned character in the first of five installments of Telltale's "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People." "The point-and-click adventure game stars Strong Bad, the lucha libre mask-wearing character from web cartoon series Homestar Runner. Players can create 'Teen Girl Squad' comics, play a retro-styled minigame titled Snake Boxer 5, and send pictures and messages to their friends through the Wii's message board system." In addition to the new title, two classic titles have also been added for virtual console, Break In, and Star Parodier.

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  1. Not Gloves! by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Informative

    the infamous boxing-glove-adorned character

    They're not boxing gloves, they're his hands. How many times do we have to cover this?

    -Peter

    1. Re:Not Gloves! by merc · · Score: 4, Funny

      I was going to ask the same question about Marzipan and Homestar, except the question was "how do they type without them"?

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      It's true no man is an island, but if you take a bunch of dead guys and tie 'em together, they make a good raft.
  2. Finish the other one first! by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should concentrate their efforts on the other H*R game.

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    Circumcision is child abuse.
    1. Re:Finish the other one first! by tkw954 · · Score: 4, Funny

      And *I* have to concentrate of finishing this one: 50K Racewalker

    2. Re:Finish the other one first! by Paul+Slocum · · Score: 5, Informative

      We had to abandon it, it was just too ambitious, and during the time that I was working on it my schedule was gradually getting more and more ridiculous. The display code for that RPG was pushing the Atari so hard, and so it was very delicate and became time-consuming to keep in balance. Most of the display, music, map-handling, and memory management was in place. But the battle system and overall RPG design were just getting started. I've had some people interested in the code for other 2600 RPG projects so something may still come out of it.

      We still may release a H*R Atari 2600 game at some point -- we've talked about some other ideas that would be much more reasonable.

  3. Also availiable on PC by gearb0x · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here be the link :D http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad

  4. Message before explosion: by Jabbrwokk · · Score: 5, Funny

    YOUR HEAD ASPLODE

  5. Epic Fail... by Aardpig · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...your karma is vaingloriously devoured by a gelatinous monster. Grandpa.

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    Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
  6. The System by davidlowie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Down

  7. Re:WTF? Translation, anyone? by McNally · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have absolutely no idea what this story is about. Might as well be in Farsi. How many nerd points do I loose? Anyone want to fill me in for the benefit of anybody else in my shoes?

    Strong Bad is a character featured on the popular animation web site homestarrunner.com.

    The write-up concerns a downloadable game written for the Nintendo Wii gaming console that uses Strong Bad and other characters developed by homestarrunner.

  8. Come on by HCLogo · · Score: 4, Funny

    fhqwghads I said come on fhqwghads!

    1. Re:Come on by Enderandrew · · Score: 4, Informative

      http://www.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.html

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      http://blindscribblings.com - Tasty pop-culture in conceptual fashion.
  9. Re:WTF? Translation, anyone? by Mr.+DOS · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think the other replies pretty much sum up the answer to the nerd points question, but I'll try to sum up what this is about.

    Strong Bad is a fictional character created by The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner, a very popular Flash cartoon series.

    While the name would suggest that the toons are about Homestar, the majority of them come from a section of the site called "Strong Bad Emails", in which Strong Bad answers e-mails sent to "his" e-mail address (strongbad [at] homestarrunner [dot] com) by the readership.

    TFA is about the first episode in a video game starring Strong Bad. As a side note, in case you didn't know, Telltale Games are the good folks who gave us the (modern) adventures of Sam & Max. Great stuff.

          --- Mr. DOS

  10. Re:How do you type with boxing gloves on your hand by philspear · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know, for all the years of their unique brand of humor, WITHOUT ads, without a subscription, and without resorting to having strongbad basically beg you to buy his merchandise, think of it as a $10 donation to the chaps bros.

    Seriously, all that animation must take an assload of work, it's always the same quality, there are only occasional long lapses in updates. Pay the $10 or at least nominate them for internet sainthood.

  11. Re:How do you type with boxing gloves on your hand by MrMista_B · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bullshit. How much a month do you spend on coffee? Eating out? Other crap?

    $10 for a game like this makes me feel like I'm ripping them off, seriously.

  12. Dear Strong Bad... by weeboo0104 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you hold the Wii controller with your boxing gloves on?

    Yours truly,
    Chicago, Illinois

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    It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
  13. Re:How do you type with boxing gloves on your hand by snuf23 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The games they have on the site look like something that you would have played on a Commodore 64 or an Atari."

    Uh, you do realize that's exactly the point of them don't you?

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    Sometimes my arms bend back.
  14. Sounds cool. Brings back memories. . . by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wow. A low comment count.

    At first glance, I thought HSR had suffered from the ravages of time and a fickle public, but from the comments, it seems that there are some people who manged to avoid the mega-internet sensation which ripped through my town three years back.

    A Strongbad point & click adventure from the Sam & Max guys?

    Aside from the fact that content driven story adventures are today's Pong in the game world, it should be pretty impressive. I love their voice acting and comic timing, even if the HSR humor is cynical and mean-spirited.

    I'd check it out if I didn't have to actually play it. Or own a Wii. I miss the days when I could kick back as my friends labored their way through silly games while I watched. I pretty much cannot stand the act of actually working through nearly any kind of video game myself, but for some reason, I really enjoy seeing my friends play them. --That way I don't have to muck around with annoying control pads or remember button combinations and I don't have to stress out over endless, repetitive hand-eye coordination challenges, whereas I DO get to see a story (of sorts) unfold before me and share in the camaraderie of cheering on friends as they confront challenges. It was generally far more fun than regular TV programming because I got to see people I cared about achieving their goals, (even if they were meaningless digital goals). --Then I grew up and no longer have time to blow on basement adventures and junk food.

    Still, good for the Strongbad creators. They've worked long and hard and they have lots of talent. I hope this project does well for them!
    -FL