Bionic Commando

Snowfly

Screenshots are up on the site!
www.bioniccommando.com

Not enough old school love in the redesigns, but it's Bionic Commando. I'm stoked! :-D

Slum

Looks....interesting. I really hope they do this right.

As a side note, it looks like Pior is doing their enemies XD

(not really... but they must be fans)

Sage

I loved beating that game when I was a kid on the NES. It was very fun and annoying at times. This looks interesting.

Alex

Justin Meisse

white guy with dreadlocks

eld

I'm an art grunt on this project, it's also my first project!

should be some other grin people on here too.

Rhinokey

i think the lead character in this game is Mario Van Peebles

Sa74n

effekted is working on this too.
i think it looks great.. some of the coolest debris and destruction i've seen yet.

leilei

hope i get to shot up hitlI MEAN master d in the face again

nacire

Gamespot Announcement Video

Tumerboy

It's going to be HORRRRRRRRRIBLE!

MoP

Looks pretty cool! I'll be interested to see what the gameplay is like though. I'm guessing Prince of Persia 3D with a grappling hook.

seantree

A new BC is cool and all, but I'm waiting on the BIG announcement. All hype seems to be pointing toward a new SF game. oh god PLEASE let it be SF4 with Udon doin the sprites and 3s or better animation. Well, guess we'll know tomorrow for sure.

greenj2

Man, I loved this game as a kid, in fact I still really enjoy playing it when I can be bothered resurrecting my NES. So it's exciting and terrifying to see a remake of such a successful/classic title.

I'm a bit surprised there was no mention of the original BC storyline in that interview. For those who don't know it, courtesy of Wikipedia:

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"The original Japanese version of Bionic Commando placed the character in a battle against futuristic Nazis. The final boss was Adolf Hitler, who had been resurrected by evil scientists. All references to Nazism were removed from the American release: the swastikas were replaced by albatross figures, the enemies were renamed from "Nazis" to "Badds" and the overall difficulty of the game was reduced. The final boss's name was changed to "Master-D", but he still clearly resembles Adolf Hitler. There is a notably gory ending sequence in which he is shot in the face, which was kept intact in the American version; an unusual move, considering Nintendo of America's heavy censorship issues at the time. All these changes remained for the European version, but the game manual still mentions Nazis. The story featured in the English version of the game begins with a search for Super Joe, who was the main character of Commando."

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Personally I think it might have been a better idea to start with that basic story and revamp it from there, rather than lay the foundations of the remake on the sanitized version. They mention the need to eliminate/update the generic good guy/bad guy names and characters from the original, but they keep the overall generic plot and hero with a troubled past?

I'll reserve final judgement on the main character until I've seen more of the game, but at face value he's a bit too poxy-gears-of-war-knockoff looking to me.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing the final product.

adam

Next-gen BionicCommand has weiners in his arm? WTF!

WEINERS.

low odor

Kilbasa Commnado...loved retro game

Snowfly

Add another notch to Mike Patton's videogame VO credits.

Joseph Silverman

I hope the plot is inspired by the Worlds of Power version.
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A book was written in the Worlds of Power series of novels based on Bionic Commando (the American NES version). The Bionic Commando is Jack Markson, who loses an arm when ninjas attack his hotel room and kidnap Super Joe.

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Rhinokey

i really dislike the trendy idea to make the bionic commando a gritty anti-hero. released from prison cause he's the only one bad enough to save us!

MoP

I think I still have that Worlds of Power book at home. It's hilariously weird. Not sure if it was intentional or not.
Agreed with Rhinokey about the backstory though, it does seem like the done thing at the moment to have the player as a gritty anti-hero. Seems a bit cookie-cutter in terms of plot, hopefully the gameplay and visuals will make up for that (if it stays that way).

Sage

Bionic Commando had a story? I just hope it's fun, the design of the character is kind of lame, is he really going to go all batman, swinging around with no armor or protective gear on? I just hope they let you use the hook to hit things and do all kinds of cool shit like you could in the NES version.

Alex

nacire

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i really dislike the trendy idea to make the bionic commando a gritty anti-hero. released from prison cause he's the only one bad enough to save us!

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Yeah, that was the point in the video interview where I actually groaned.

leilei

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Bionic Commando had a story?

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Yes

Don't those computers and wire-taps in game, manual and intro/ending tell you anything or does it not have a story because you're not forced to watch dramatic cutscenes like MGS?

I don't get it.

Wells

Voiced by Mike Patton. Hooray!

Luxury

trailer of all the spiderman-y goodness.

http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/jeux/video/x38eke_bionic-commando-trailer_videogames

greenj2

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I hope the plot is inspired by the Worlds of Power version.
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A book was written in the Worlds of Power series of novels based on Bionic Commando (the American NES version). The Bionic Commando is Jack Markson, who loses an arm when ninjas attack his hotel room and kidnap Super Joe.

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What the fuck was he doing in a hotel room with Super Joe in the first place?! I don't like where this story is going...

Asmuel

The gameplay actually looks great.

I'm still waiting for someone to make a next-gen sidescroller, old school gameplay with next gen tech. That would be all types of awesome.

Snowfly

That gameplay vid looks intense!

coldwolf

I SMOLDER WITH GENERIC RAGE.

Seriously, I need another cup of cliche because I CERTAINLY DON'T GET ENOUGH OF IT ALREADY.

That last sentence used some MASSIVE sarcasm caps.

With all that aside, it looks fun

nacire

Yeah I thought it looked pretty great too!

HonkyPunch

I don't know, this game looks amazing.
I'm thinking post apoc robo spiderman, and that sounds like a formula for awesome, you know?
But the fucking main character is shit.
I hate him. White guy dreads, etc...blech

eld

Gametrailers has the trailer up in HD now for those interested:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26582.html

Justin Meisse

The environments look pretty sweet, I never owned Bionic Commando, just played it in the arcade a few times but it was sweet to hear the theme song again.

dude, I said sweet three times in this post!