Capcom Taps WayForward To Revive DuckTales

[ComicsAreWeird]

I shamelessly sang along. And I will definitely get the game! Pumped for this one!

 

[Uratoh]

Ducks...yes ducks in outer space....from the disney afternoon, to the MOOOOOOOONNNNN!

 

[DocMcCray]

See Capcom, this is why no one likes you. You have rights to so many games and what do you decide to push... Duck Tails? Really? While I did enjoy the game, try pushing something else out.

I believe you may be outnumbered on this one.

But seriously, Capcom is constantly pushing out old licenses and very rarely have they paid off.

For example(s):
Bionic Commando reboot = bomb
BC Rearmed = Did well
BC Rearmed 2 = Bomb
Ghost and Goblins = Maximo series...didn't do so well.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Hot damn it's great to see an old great game finally coming back after all these years =D.

I also think this needs a link because that Moon level.


Sucks about PC people not getting the game but then again PC gamers have games us console players don't have so I'd call that fair.

 

[Micah Weil]

...oh dear. It appears that I will have to explain why there's a rainbow patch of vomit on the carpet to my landlord...

 

[Lunar Templar]

YESSSSSS. When it comes to 2D, it doesn't get much better than Wayforward. To this day I'm hoping for a Sigma Star Saga sequel that is probably never going to happen, but in the meantime everyone needs to get their ass on greenlight and vote for Shantae so those of us lacking in the "owns a 3DS" category can get in on the fun.

you silly poster you.

you can get Shantae on the DSi as well.

and yes, I voted for it on green light >.> cause I will totally buy it a third time

 

[Jeff Gibson]

Ducks...yes ducks in outer space....from the disney afternoon, to the MOOOOOOOONNNNN!

Wait Uncle Scrooge, you need a suit out there,

How are you alive? (How are you alive?!)

You need heat, (You need heat!)

Also air. (Also air!)

 

[Earnest Cavalli]

B. One tiny note. Donald is Scrooge's nephew.

Good catch! It's been changed.

And propers to you for being so polite about it.

 

[major_chaos]

you silly poster you.

you can get Shantae on the DSi as well.

b...b.. but I don't have one of those either >_> DS lite 4 eva (mostly because I'm broke, stupid expensive concert addiction )

 

[thiosk]

I sang along until my foreign born wife started getting really concerned for my sanity.

derring dooooo
derring do

dooooooo

moon level

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

Oh WayForward, you never let us down. Double Dragon Neon, A Boy and his Blob.

I love you WayForward

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Every time someone says DuckTales, someone, somewhere, begins singing the theme song. This game will drive millions to begin bursting out in song on the street, garnering strange looks from those passing them by. Yeah, here's to this game being good, hopefully.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Oh, god, that song, it is my head! DX

It will never leave! It will take me months to free my mind of that addictive theme!

Why?

 

[Lunar Templar]

you silly poster you.

you can get Shantae on the DSi as well.

b...b.. but I don't have one of those either >_> DS lite 4 eva (mostly because I'm broke, stupid expensive concert addiction )

I'd think a DSi would be kinda cheap now what with the 3DS being out an all.

ether way Shantae was a lot of fun and it needs to be on steam.

so any body else reading this, go vote for it

 

[LordLundar]

:This comes from someone who REALLY wants it on PC:

A PC release is not gonna happen folks. Wayforward does not make their titles for PC and haven't since 2001. The only title they made since then with a PC release is Barbie and the Three Musketeers.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Best non-Nintendo NES cart of all time. ALL TIME. And they're bringing it back? Give me the Brain's impersonation of Orson Welles' "YES!!!"

 

[TallanKhan]

Duck Tales defined my childhood, and while i think about it, probably influenced my life goals and values more than it should have... *he says while sitting at his desk in the overnight call centre job he does in addition to his day job because he really likes getting two paychecks* ... I truly never thought i would see another Duck Tales title, the me of two hours ago couldnt have been more wrong, sucks to be him.

 

[Brockyman]

*shamelessly DID sing along with the trailer with loudest voice possible*

i excited but ill be that guy...PC version too please

Capcom Taps WayForward To Revive DuckTales


Classic NES platformer DuckTales will be making its return to modern consoles, thanks to Capcom and Contra 4 developer WayForward Technologies.

I'm a cynical old man, and as a result there are very few developers whose games I will always buy sight unseen. Blizzard Entertainment and Platinum Games are the first two names on this list, and easily the most notable, but the third is the far less prominent, but no less talented WayForward Technologies. For evidence, you need look no further than this recent article I penned [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/122725-Ex-WayForward-Devs-Seek-Kickstarter-Funding-For-New-Game] on a Kickstarter project created by former WayForward employees in an effort to get their latest game development project off the ground - That's not even technically a WayForward game, but the company's efforts to date (Contra 4, Shinobi and the Shantae franchise immediately jump to mind) are so good that I can't help but be massively excited for anything even tangentially associated with WayForward Technologies.

That's one reason why today's announcement from Capcom is such big news. The other is that the publisher is finally reviving one of its best platforming titles from the NES era: DuckTales.

Based on the cartoon of the same name, the original NES title focused on Scrooge McDuck's globe-hopping efforts to collect as much treasure as possible. See, Uncle Scrooge is a very wealthy duck, but he's also very greedy. That said, he's also intensely devoted to his family, or at least his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. His brother Donald is an idiot, but Scrooge tolerates his stupidity because, well, that's just what you do for family members.

Despite being a licensed videogame, the original DuckTales features some of the tightest controls and clever level design found on the NES - a console utterly riddled with platforming games. Plus, DuckTales has arguably the finest music ever created in a videogame. Listen to the theme from the game's Moon stage [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF32DRg9opA] and see if it doesn't become indelibly stuck in your brain.

Information from Capcom on this title is currently scarce. It was only revealed a few moments ago at the ongoing PAX East conference, but the company was kind enough to pass along a reveal trailer, which you can find embedded above. Most of it serves as a promotional effort, quoting industry figures like Cliff Bleszinski as to why DuckTales is such a seminal release, but it also offers our first glimpse at the new version's graphics (which handily capture the aesthetic of its original cartoon source material). Further it demonstrates that many of the tropes found in the NES classic will be present in its new incarnation, including the inexplicably-placed ice cream cones and those stupid undead duck skeletons that scared the 'eff out of my 7-year-old self. Unfortunately, we don't have a specific release date or price point for the game, but the end of the trailer indicates that it will come available this summer for basically every modern console platform in existence. Now would be a good time to run, screaming, around your house, waking up any sleepy pets just so you can explain to them in vain how pumped you are for all of this. My cat didn't much appreciate it, but I think he'll come around.

Source: YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N0PzqF9gWY]

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Tim Schafer didn't have a quote because the 8-bit Ducktales is better then anything he has ever made...including the overrated Pyschonauts

 

[NightmareExpress]

Genius decision on their behalf using the theme song.
The flame of nostalgia is lit and all those years spent attempting to forget how catchy it is have been undone.
Very surprising that Capcom would do this, though. Seems rather out of left field (not complaining).

I wonder if you can still ditch the minecart and leave Huey, Dewey and Louie falling to their doom or if they changed it so that they actually escape? Will the Moon song be a remastered master piece?

I'm also reminded of the original Paper Mario looking at those graphics.

 

[Norrdicus]

Here's some gameplay for you guys. They got the old voice actors from the show!