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JoeM86 · Mar 11, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZDtDl1Zh1c

Due out on PS4/Xbox One and Steam this Summer

Interview: http://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/299864/From+HarmoKnight+to+Tembo:+Game+Freak+Speaks/

More at link.

So what's the game's premise?

Tembo the Badass Elephant is a super fun side scrolling action game with badass combat and fantastically satisfying destruction. You play as Tembo, the elephant commando, whose mission is to save Shell City from the dastardly PHANTOM army and the mysterious PHANTOM Commander. You will smash. You will dash. You will crash through hordes of heavily armoured enemy troops, and go head to head with some truly massive mechanical bosses.

What has inspired you?

From a gameplay point of view, definitely classic side-scrolling games from the 16-Bit era, including Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country, Metal Slug and even Final Fight, great games like that. From a setting point of view, 80's action movies like the Rambo series or Commando.
From a spiritual point of view, I'd say the ancient Greek commander Hannibal. That guy did not give up, and he also worked alongside some ancient badass elephants.

What kind of modes are you going to offer?

This game is a single player game, with a main story mode. You can revisit stages, search for all the captured civilians, destroy every last PHANTOM enemy, and finish the stage with a quick time, all in order to get a total stage score. The score will then be shared on worldwide leaderboards. I'm really looking forward to seeing replay videos and high scores for this game!

Why is your new game not coming out for Wii U?

When I was writing the presentation documents for this game, I drew a
mockup poster, and I put the Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox logos at
the bottom. It seemed to fit, and it happened to stick that way. We thought about other hardware during development, but our hands were pretty full with those three platforms!

L~A · Mar 11, 2015

So that's the mysterious SEGA x Game Freak collaboration, heh?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Z915GqH94

Only found the german trailer.

Mass_Pincup · Mar 11, 2015

Game Freak on a non Nintendo console?

Interest rising.

Saw the footage, not really what I was expecting lol.

Zalman · Mar 11, 2015

Iwata is not amused.

Overside · Mar 11, 2015

Not going to lie. Was not expecting this.

JoeM86 · Mar 11, 2015

Mass_Pincup said:
Game Freak on a non Nintendo console?

Interest rising.

Game Freak aren't owned by Nintendo

Quentyn · Mar 11, 2015

It is also coming to Steam.

LiK · Mar 11, 2015

multiplatform? unexpected

Codex5050 · Mar 11, 2015

Hype deflated.

pizzacat · Mar 11, 2015

The Chao Collecting game is DEAD!

Mass_Pincup · Mar 11, 2015

JoeM86 said:
Game Freak aren't owned by Nintendo

I know that. Aside for mobile, it's their first non Nintendo game since the PS1 or something like that.

Robin64 · Mar 11, 2015

Absolutely love the look of this.

Stone Ocean · Mar 11, 2015

That looks pretty damn cool, reminds me of the mascot platformers of old for some reason

Also no Wii U? lol

nrvalleytime · Mar 11, 2015

Wonder what TEMBO's evolution will be. Rock/Fighting type?

Dragoon En Regalia · Mar 11, 2015

Turner's work as expected. But I'm not sure who's doing the orchestral music here...Adachi? She can do anything, even replace Kageyama.

Game looks cool for now, and I hope SEGA of Europe uploading the video means SEGA of America's going to publish this in the western hemisphere also. Also, this must be Game Freak's first PC game...smart move!

StayDead · Mar 11, 2015

JoeM86 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Z915GqH94

Due out on PS4/Xbox One and Steam

I wish you'd have mentioned Steam or PC in the title, because I almost missed out on this completely.

WiiRevolution1 · Mar 11, 2015

I know the whole Game Freak deal, but not even on a Nintendo system really is shocking. Damn. Feels kinda bad, like they betrayed Nintendo or something lol.

Anywayz: Now to watch the trailer as soon as I can find it on my other device because this one flat out doesn't work on YT. >_>

oti · Mar 11, 2015

Is this an Endless Runner?

Mengetsu · Mar 11, 2015

Rambo the Elephant? I'm in.

sixteen-bit · Mar 11, 2015

framerate looks bad

Scanna · Mar 11, 2015

Cute, not mind blowing

ArchedThunder · Mar 11, 2015

The fact that there isn't a Wii U version is the most interesting part of this whole thing to me.

Also a GameFreak game with Badass in the title.

Toki767 · Mar 11, 2015

I wonder if Sega might consider making a Sonic game using this art style.

Iva Demilcol · Mar 11, 2015

MS will buy Game freak confirmed.

MLH · Mar 11, 2015

Whoa, PS4, Xbone, Steam but no Nintendo, what's going on between Gamefreak and Nintendo lately?

darkside31337 · Mar 11, 2015

Awesome name. Game looks really nice too.

Shuggananas · Mar 11, 2015

Makes me think of wario land 4.

Crimsonclaw111 · Mar 11, 2015

Why wasn't Steam mentioned? It's right there at the end.

Stone Ocean · Mar 11, 2015

oti xero said:
Is this an Endless Runner?

It's a platformer

Nightbird · Mar 11, 2015

Looks Fun, but not like something they couldn't publish without Sega (if it's digital only)

Drago · Mar 11, 2015

Huh. Looks like fun, definitely not what I was expecting though haha

teeny · Mar 11, 2015

Looks like a Wario / Donkey Kong -esque platformer, glad this is not a mobile only thing. I think I'll get this.

Dragoon En Regalia · Mar 11, 2015

WiiRevolution1 said:
I know the whole Game Freak deal, but not even on a Nintendo system really is shocking. Damn. Feels kinda bad, like they betrayed Nintendo or something lol.

I get that, but even Game Freak the fanzine started out as the local high-score manual for kids wanting to play arcade games better. They're branching out and reclaiming some independence with Tembo, not sure why they should ignore 3DS and/or WiiU though.

LayLa · Mar 11, 2015

getting Donkey Kong Country vibes from that trailer

-MD- · Mar 11, 2015

Donkey Kong meets Rampage.

I like it.

Arion · Mar 11, 2015

Looking at the UI and artstyle made me think this was a mobile game for sure.

Overside · Mar 11, 2015

ArchedThunder said:
The fact that there isn't a Wii U version is the most interesting part of this whole thing to me.

Also a GameFreak game with Badass in the title.

Cant have a wii u game where you would get banned from Miiverse just from using the games title.

Justice_Bolt · Mar 11, 2015

Looks fun. But not the type of game I was expecting.

jonno394 · Mar 11, 2015

MLH said:
Whoa, PS4, Xbone, Steam but no Nintendo, what's going on between Gamefreak and Nintendo lately?

Maybe Sega approached them and had a design plan laid out which said "we want you to make a game for Xbone"/PS4/PC"

Smiles and Cries · Mar 11, 2015

is this the same Game Freak?

this seems odd

Mesoian · Mar 11, 2015

Looks cute.

I'm in.

Femmeworth · Mar 11, 2015

The quality of the 3D. Guess Game Freak is incompetent even with better hardware.

Dragoon En Regalia · Mar 11, 2015

Call me back when it's revealed the game has infinite lives or something I'm not into, lol.

I can tell it's not an Ichinose game, though. He's probably going to do something for Nintendo's install base if GF's maneuvering onto PC also.

Exterminieren · Mar 11, 2015

I was absolutely not expecting this.

I know that Game Freak isn't owned by Nintendo, but for this to come out without a Wii U or 3DS SKU is a real shock to me. I wonder how this all came about?

anexanhume · Mar 11, 2015

Looks fun to me. May remote play for dat OLED.

Floex · Mar 11, 2015

UK Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZDtDl1Zh1c

BeatResetsTheWorld · Mar 11, 2015

jonno394 said:
Maybe Sega approached them and had a design plan laid out which said "we want you to make a game for Xbone"/PS4/PC"

I was actually thinking this, that it's probably Sega publishing and they didn't want to release it on the Wii U

But this is Gamefreak's art style. Have people here not played Harmoknight? Not everything is Sugimori based!

Tizoc · Mar 11, 2015

This looks amazing.
...and SEGA announcing something for next gen consoles and Steam? What a time to be alive.

Orniletter · Mar 11, 2015

Wow. Didn't expect that at all.

Game looks super generic gameplayeise though. Eh.

SerTapTap · Mar 11, 2015

Hey, it's not mobile! ...gameplay footage doesn't really do much for me though.

LayLa said:
getting Donkey Kong Country vibes from that trailer

I could swear the peanuts make a slightly altered DKC banana pickup sound

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