wow..that is cool, this is one title I'm looking forward to. Hopefully it's priced right. I still think this game couold have been done on a psp or something also. Maybe they'll consider porting it.

nxp3

@enewtabie: I doubt it, I'd prefer if it wasn't anyway.. but then I don't have an attachment to the original.

The tarted visuals look lovely though, I'm a sucker for that style. I wish they'd get California Games on there (NES version) and Llamatron.

Spew

@TrevWolf:
Isn't the original playable in Rearmed too?

enewtabie

@PAULINK: Microsoft really ought to get on the whole mobile console thing. Though considering the Zune, the results might be hilariously bad.

I'm hoping the original will be released at some point - I never got the chance to play it.

TrevWolf

Not sure if I should get the 360 version or wait when I get a ps3 and but that one because the ps3 one will have remote play.

Achievements or remote play hmm

PAULINK

I cannot wait for this game. Good thing they seemed to be on schedule for that May release.

Replica23

*throws barrel*

MyLittlePwny

This will be sooo niiiice... /giggling like a little schoolgirl

Garo

when i heard this game was comming, i instantly reconnected my nes..
cant wait for the next gen version..hmmm its gonna be so nice.
ive been looping the trailer for weeks now.. cant get that tune out of my head

vln

Can't wait. I've watched this project move a long, and I'm just shivering with anticipation. No really, I'm going to lose sleep playing this game.

P.S. Give us an official soundtrack to buy!!!

Snake726

I can't wait...really
Just not sure which platform to get it on.

enewtabie

"Within weeks" huh. still too long a wait :(

I cant wait to tear this shit up on co-op.There is co-op right? Otherwise its a far less worthy-ish purchase for me.

p.s. I feel like Bash's late nite buddy now.

MyLittlePwny

Ooh... can't wait for this, after re-playing it I want to see how the current-gen makeover will do to it.

Kaizuden

hmm, any chance this will be a stand-alone PSP title too?
Or will i I only be able to play this if I have a PS3/X360?

jandeeg

@nxp3: Of course, but so what? It could be on the Dreamcast, or the PlayStation, or the Wii.. so? Most XBLA games could with ease.

Spew

@nxp3:
You can play it on psp with Remote play unless you just want a downloadable copy.

enewtabie

from the trailer, this looks amazing on my new HDTV. it seems 'next gen' = old games on new technology, but I'm totally fine with that.

Shin-Kaiser

peAr_nectAr

There's a PC version of this dropping soon too, right? Hopefully that didn't get swept under the rug...

Dukeman330

Huh... maybe I'll hold off buying Ikaruga then. I don't have that many points left.

Demaar

Wow this game MIGHT actually make me lift my Capcom embargo.......

MIGHT.

MightyKAC

@peAr_nectAr: Its a platformer without a jump button. Instead, you have an extendable arm that latches onto things with which you use to pull and swing around. It also makes it a lot harder than standard platformers to get from one spot to the next (until you get the hang of it).

And there are also badass moments where you're falling into a pit after missing a landing, you toss out your arm and it grabs onto a ledge at the last moment.

Mmm, the memories.

WildWon

@peAr_nectAr:

Bionic Commando felt a lot like a cross between spider-man and tarzan. You'll be swinging on your arm, then detach as you just fly through the air, then launch your arm and snag something and be swinging again. You can't stop as you're swinging around, so you have to think on your toes. It really created the sense of "OMG I'm such a badass for surviving that." It really was as close as you could get to swinging from the rooftops like spiderman on an 8-bit console.

It wasn't actually hard, mind you. Boss battles were a dawtle and level design, while creative, was never actually cruel. Add in a little bit of RPG-esque stat progression (unheard of at the time) and an open choice world map, and you had a winner.

seishino

That's according to IGN anyway
[xbox360.ign.com]

mdgalaxy

It's been listed as May 14th for a bit now... hasn't it?

mdgalaxy

Awsome! How about the day the PSN store gets redesigned?

TheCleaningGuy

BRING ON THE HEAD EXPLOSIONS! ;D

nerdBOY01

@Snake726: Agreed soundtracks please!

I am going to pick this up for 360 well because I like achievements and I am not going to have a PS3 until I pick up a MGS4 bundle.

Deltakiral

This is the reason I'm back on XBOX LIVE. That and everyone's like "GET COD4 you goon!" Nevertheless, the original NES version was probably the first game I really tried hard to beat as a kid. Can't wiat to relive the experience - NOW WITH ADDED CO-OP! YUM!

HarrimusPrimal

Aww, it's okay. You can get back to the backbreaking work when you remake Strider for the NES.

~Otaku-Man

OtakuMan