New Earthworm Jim by the original team coming exclusively to the Intellivision Amico

[Durandal]

Yes, it's that Tommy Tallarico. For those who somehow don't know what the upcoming revolutionary Intellivision Amico is:

 

[Darth Roxor]

errrrrr

what

 

[karoliner]

At least the art is nice.

 

[Pope Amole II]

Groovy.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Most every game being made for the home consoles these days is created with only the hardcore gamer in mind. We see a world where everyone is interested in playing at home and with friends, but this isn’t currently possible because the barrier to entry is nearly impossible for a non-gamer due to the complexity of the controllers, intricacy of gameplay, expense of the hardware and software and steep learning curve with an unbalanced fun factor for the beginner.

 

[Spectacle]

Today is May 1st, not April 1st.

 

[Baron Dupek]

at least it's not Epic Exclusive
yet

 

[Morkar Left]

They can't compete with the Switch. The awitch is the casual, mainstream and family friendly console of today. And it's a pretty good one. Everything more casual is played on a mobile / tablet. Which already everyone has. As much as I like the idea and have sympathy for it I doubt it will be successfull and just become another shovelware console lost in history.

 

[DalekFlay]

I laughed at not knowing what this machine is, and then I laughed harder at the "console games are too complicated" line. Waiting for the hat trick where he says Earthworm Jim kinda sucks and he's not sure why they're making another one.

 

[lightbane]

They didn't have enough defiling Sonic again, but now they had to resurrect a 90s character no-one else remembered anymore.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

 

[Night Goat]

Huh, so this is what it's like to look into an alternate universe.

 

[Silentstorm]

Huh, didn't know about this console and Earthworm Jim coming back, they seem to be taking this a bit more seriously than Atari who are also making a new console and it doesn't seem to be just another Android console, but i don't see this being bigger than the Ouya or that much bigger, and Earthworm Jim isn't exactly a household name anymore.

And speaking as a PC gamer, if i were to buy a console, it sure as hell wouldn't be the Amico so far, it would be the Switch at this point.

 

[Irata]

Intellivision? I'll give them credit if they release it with the original joystick.

 

[Silentstorm]

Intellivision? I'll give them credit if they release it with the original joystick.

Nah, it's a new console with new controllers, and it seems to be the console that will attract casuals to it, because Switch hasn't been doing that already i guess.

 

[Tweed]

Cue 5000 twitter rants over TenNapel being a homo hating bigot.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Is this another one of the 75 Soulja Boy console models?

 

[lightbane]

Probably relevant: https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/...-jim-game-due-to-his-anti-sjw-comments/83274/

 

[Silentstorm]

It's a Catch-22 situation honestly, if they remove Tenapel, many people will be angry as he was involved in the project, if they don't, same thing but because people don't like him and his opinions, no matter what they do, there will be people who are angry.

Honestly, the worst fact is that this seems to be an exclusive to the Intellivision Amico, which doesn't seem all that great, particularly after the people behind it are stating that modern games are too hard for people to get into when Switch and mobiles are a thing, and i doubt that many people will buy the console to begin with.

Compared to the system of choice, one controversial member is the least of their problems in my opinion, also, i accept that all journalism is biased, people aren't robots and even the best journalists that ever existed had their biases if you look hard enough, but maybe, i don't know, just maybe don't announce to the whole world you can't be unbiased or will negatively judge the game for one single member of the team?

While biases are unavoidable, it's still a really stupid thing to say to everyone, some things are better left unsaid unless you want to come across as stupid and incompetent.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Heather, you're a good man...

10/10.

 

[Astral Rag]

Because modern AAA gamers are going to put down the Mountain Dew and shut down Fortnite to play games like these:



People who are interested in playing Intellivision games are the same people who know about emulators. I certainly wouldn't pay a single dollar to play Pong or Frogger or other ex-abandonware.

The Earthworm Jim game will come out on PC soon enough once they realise they won't sell more than a handful of copies otherwise or do they really think a new Earthworm Jim is going to be a system seller in the current year

 

[DalekFlay]

And speaking as a PC gamer, if i were to buy a console, it sure as hell wouldn't be the Amico so far, it would be the Switch at this point.

As a PC gamer with a Switch I can tell you I played through Zelda and it was good, and then pretty much everything else has been a waste of money.

 

[Silentstorm]

Heck, i can't remember the last time i played Earthworm Jim, i did play it decades ago, and it was popular enough to get a cartoon, true, but it was never Sonic or Mario big and i never felt like going back to play the first two games for some reason, so i don't see this being a system seller, then again, the Amico trailer says it will have 20 exclusive games on launch, so maybe they hope one of the other 19 games will be the killer app?

Oh, and TeNapel, no matter what you think of him, there is a section of gamers who really hate him, maybe enough to not buy the game or leave bad reviews of the game, the same could be said otherwise, though, but it's not a good thing having someone controversial working on the game when you are attempting to sell a new game for a brand new console.

But, so far, i am guessing that the Amico will be a failure just like Ouya and that it's games will end up being on other systems, i bet that after a few years this game will be on PC in case someone really missed Earthworm Jim, honestly, there are other platformer characters i would rather see come back, Commander Keen for instance, hell, i think i would prefer a Duke Nukem platformer over Earthworm Jim.

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[Swigen]

Smart move on Intellivision’s part, remember all the Playstations Sony sold ‘cause of Earthworm Jim 3D?