phart010 | 1,707 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Me: Hi. Do you guys got Battletoads? Gamestop: It Comes out on XBox on August 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) Put this with Streets of Rage 4 in the "I couldn't care less" category. Edited August 2, 2020 by CMR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 At 1:11, from Rare Ltd. twitter account, 'Sorry, it isn't releasing on the Wii'. Imagine how they don't intend to release this on the Switch to say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,798 Events Team · Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Ehhhh, I don't know. Looks kinda like a flash game. Not really digging the art style either. And what happened to the Dark Queen? Bleah. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, JamesRobot said: Ehhhh, I don't know. Looks kinda like a flash game. Not really digging the art style either. And what happened to the Dark Queen? Bleah. She apparently got 'femceled'. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,798 Events Team · Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Ugh. I hate it even more now. Didn't even know that was a thing spun off of another thing that I didn't know about. Damn you, guil! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, CMR said: Put this with Streets of Rage 4 in the "I could care less" category. Exactly how much less could you care? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Not a fan of the design. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,941 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 I'm obviously just preaching to the choir here, but the art style looks really terrible to me. Which is too bad, because the game otherwise looks very much alive, like care did go into the animation. I have a weird illogical love for Battletoads and their genre mixing weirdness, and I've kind of always wanted a reboot of the game - it really felt like it would have a lot of potential. But as a low-tier cashgrab by some unknown devs who licensed the property off Rare/MS for easy viral marketing? Nah, I'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineappleLawnchair | 88 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Why did they turn Battletoads into a low rent filler game made to stall people until the Xbone Sersex or whatever comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartman | 195 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Exactly how much less could you care? Yeah people missuse that phrase it's supposed to be couldn't care less since what you're trying to say is that you don't care at all. But if you can care less then it means that you currently care to a degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 12 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Exactly how much less could you care? *couldn't* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I guess I'm not alone on this. They've ruined the evil allure of the queen that lovely infographic above spelled out nicely enough. But even if you bypassed that dulled out character for the more fragile types, what the hell not staying true to design of the characters and making them look like a cross between some two-bit childs low frame cartoon trash and a 15 years ago flashplayer cartoon video. Seriously? They basically sucked any level of original personality out of it while trying to cover things giving the toads their own form of TMNT wannabe sassy attitude. Hopefully it plays well and isn't trashy, but I don't see this making fans of those who grew up enjoying this stuff 30 years ago, then again maybe it's just not meant for them so they went widely out of the way to drive them off to get new fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 3 weeks before release, he posted a video stating it was releasing in "about 2 weeks." How is 3 weeks about 2 weeks? It's 50% longer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Hobbesworth | 20 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I really hate how ugly modern western animation is. I guess it's not surprising when all their focus these days is put into CG animation, but if you don't have anyone with talent, you could at least outsource it to another country like The Boondocks did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 I’m not a huge fan of the new look, but I’m hoping this Is the start of a fresh wave of Battletoads games. Maybe this is just the kiddo version and they’ll have a more classic style later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 This looks like the browser game for a Cartoon Network series aimed at 8 year-olds. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Hobbesworth | 20 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I don't think anyone old enough to remember Battletoads or enjoy hardcore games would find this sort of modern "budget" style of animation appealing, only people who grew up watching cartoons like this and accepted it because they had nothing better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 3 hours ago, mbd39 said: This looks like the browser game for a Cartoon Network series aimed at 8 year-olds. Exactly my thought lol... reminds me of those old flash games! Really terrible design regardless of how it plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,534 Graphics Team · Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, Gary Hobbesworth said: I don't think anyone old enough to remember Battletoads or enjoy hardcore games would find this sort of modern "budget" style of animation appealing, only people who grew up watching cartoons like this and accepted it because they had nothing better. The animation in these Battletoads cutscenes is, admittedly, sub-par. But as a whole, the modern western animation style you're referring to still has the capacity for excellent execution. It's mostly done with 2D rigged characters, which can look flat and awkward when they aren't handled or designed properly, but this style can be very effective when the artists know what they're doing. For example, the modern Mickey Mouse shorts are designed specifically for this animation style, and the result is gorgeous because of the cohesiveness and attention to detail. I might get a lot of flak for saying this, but cartoons like these are much more artistically sophisticated than anime, which often relies very heavily on carbon-copy art styles and tropes for their appeal. -CasualCart 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, CasualCart said: I might get a lot of flak for saying this, but cartoons like these are much more artistically sophisticated than anime, which often relies very heavily on carbon-copy art styles and tropes for their appeal. How dare you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,666 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Why can't we have fluid expensive looking animation like Yogi the Bear nowadays? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,534 Graphics Team · Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, Gloves said: How dare you. Don't get me wrong - a lot of anime is great and the art is fantastic. But a lot of it becomes a 'color-by-numbers' effort of re-creating the same thing over and over. -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 24 minutes ago, fox said: Why can't we have fluid expensive looking animation like Yogi the Bear nowadays? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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