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Romeo and Juliet, The Cell Phone Platformer...?
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 4:00 PM on February 27, 2008
For never was a cell phone game of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Shakespeare is a dramatic gold mine. It's not surprising that his plays continue to be remade into movies. But games? Apparently! Developer Ojom is churning out a platformer based on Romeo and Juliet called, un-huh, Romeo and Juliet. Players are Romeo, who has to rescue Juliet from a castle where she's imprisoned and then escape with her. There are traps and enemies that Romeo, o Romeo, must deal with — just unlike in the play. No idea if the game culminates with Romeo and Juliet killing themselves. No idea why it was made. To amuse us, perhaps!
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peAr_nectAr
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
@Brian Ashcraft: I would, but I just joined this site, so I don't really know how to do that. I'll try to figure it out.
peAr_nectAr
Protector one
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
A spriritual sequel to Super Don Quixote, perhaps?
Protector one
Dyson
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
Oh man, I wonder if this will be as good as Face of Mankind...
Oh wait.
Dyson
Karlott
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
Killer App!
Karlott
Brian Ashcraft
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
@peAr_nectAr:
If you liked it so much, how about submitting it to Hyper Multi-Tap? That'd be pretty great.
Brian Ashcraft
Gouki4u
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
They should have gone with Macbeth.
Gouki4u
gique
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
that is one fucking UGLY looking game.
gique
Draconis
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
A game based on a tragic play where two lovers eventually kill themselves? Uh-oh, better pull it from the digital shelves for promoting suicide.
Draconis
syr
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
Is there an alternate ending if you kill yourself at the start of the game? Like an early win bonus?
syr
Blah8
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
Well that can't be fun... committing suicide at the end of the game, and all...
Blah8
Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
For some reason it makes me think old school Prince of Persia...
This should have a co-op mode.
Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.
bigman88zz
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
there better be a boss fight with tybalt
bigman88zz
peAr_nectAr
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
@Kublikahn: Very nicely done.
peAr_nectAr
peAr_nectAr
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
So would the Titus Andronicus game be like Cooking Mama?
peAr_nectAr
Saint Anima: Kotaku's Poetic Massacre
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
I'll be waiting for the Romeo x Juliet PSP game. >_>
Saint Anima: Kotaku's Poetic Massacre
Majorasblaze likes to dance dance dance yeah
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
He wouldn't go through all that effort, we all know he's a quitter.
Majorasblaze likes to dance dance dance yeah
brida
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
Lord knows that most of our modern-day epic romances take place within screens where people compose prose such as 'i luv u 2' (or should I say 'hey bby send nekid picz plz?'). It's only fitting, really. Its for you to look at after your fingers fall off from text messaging your eternal lover for twelve hours straight.
brida
Kublikahn
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
makers of this famous brand,
Kotaku is here at hand
and a good game idea, mistook by thee,
Pleading for a cell phone fee.
shall we a worse adaptation see?
Lord, what fools these gamers be!
Kublikahn
Part-Time-Viking
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
The Thespian inside me cries in pain.
Part-Time-Viking
myDingling
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
I want Square-Enic on an adventure/rpg of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V. So much action. So much adventure. So much comic relief with Falstaff. This shit is gold, someone make it!
myDingling
Sailorcancer
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
360 Arcade port CONFIRMED!
This right here will sell consoles!
Sailorcancer
LittleBigPlaneteer
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
Oh I can't wait to play a game of the Montapoos VS the Crapulets :D
LittleBigPlaneteer
Erwin
Posted 8:12 PM 3/3/08
Why does it look like Exit?
Erwin