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[Banjo-Kazooie]

Majesco yet lives!

This got rated a while ago, but nice to see a concrete date finally.

PS4 is in question mark since I only saw the Xbox One store page so far, but it was rated for PS4 in the past also so just assuming the date is the same week.

edit: It was also rated for PC and Vita at the same time as Xbox One and PS4: http://www.pegi.info/en/index/global_id/505/?searchString=a+boy+and+his+blob

https://store.xbox.com/en-GB/Xbox-O...a9a-46fc-b9ba-6847651855b7#gameDetailsSection

Dev: WayForward, Abstraction Games
Pub: Majesco Entertainment
Release date 1/20/2016
Size: 2.19GB
Price: TBA
Description: A Boy and His Blob makes its triumphant return! As the boy, you feed Blob jelly beans and watch him transform into cool and useful objects to solve puzzles and escape danger. With its robust and emotionally driven story, challenging puzzles, and visually impressive art style, A Boy and His Blob marks the re-release of this 2009 cult-classic!

Other info: http://www.aboyandhisblob.com/

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

any game with a dedicated hug button needs to be re-released on every platform possible. thank god.

fun game.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Generation of remasters!

Spoiler

This is good news.

 

[xxracerxx]

Hugs!

 

[786110]

"Blob!"

I have wanted to rebuy this for the longest time.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Remember when the original came out. Will get this on nostalgic feels alone.

edit:

This looks incredible

 

[fvng]

Finally get to play this. I hate perpetual exclusives

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Oh man, this is great. I really enjoyed this game.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Weird that there is no PC or WiiU version.

 

[Brazil]

One of the few Wii games my collection is missing. Good times.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Weird that there is no PC or WiiU version.

Actually, it was rated for PC and Vita also...I forgot about that but just double checked!

edit: added to OP (unsure of release date though!)

 

[Corpekata]

IIRC this was rated for Vita and PC as well.

Edit: Good timing.

 

[More_Badass]

Consoles, but no PC? ;_;

Edit: yes! Finally, always wanted to play this

 

[OnionPowder]

Will buy this for sure. Missed it when it originally launched

 

[Stumpokapow]

Weird that there is no PC or WiiU version.

I would assume given Majesco's extremely limited resources at this point they had to triage. Cutting Wii U makes sense on that basis (even though obviously the original was released on Wii and you'd figure there'd be an audience there). Who knows, though, maybe it's coming afterwards at some point.

As for PC, here's a hidden Steam database entry:
https://steamdb.info/app/281200/subs/

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

I would assume given Majesco's extremely limited resources at this point they had to triage. Cutting Wii U makes sense on that basis (even though obviously the original was released on Wii and you'd figure there'd be an audience there). Who knows, though, maybe it's coming afterwards at some point.

As for PC, here's a hidden Steam database entry:
https://steamdb.info/app/281200/subs/

It was also rated for PC and Vita at the same time as XB1 and PS4. Only been able to find the Xbox One store page so far though so unsure of simultaneous release. Maybe PR should be coming soon.

http://www.pegi.info/en/index/global_id/505/?searchString=a+boy+and+his+blob

 

[Nerdkiller]

Heh. I was just thinking the other day that this game should get a HD release.

 

[RedStep]

Great news! Now I just need some MadWorld and some Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and I can start tossing the Wii games I've kept around for no real reason!

 

[rainking187]

Definitely getting this on Steam at some point. Wonder what the price will be though.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Great news! Now I just need some MadWorld and some Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and I can start tossing the Wii games I've kept around for no real reason!

I'm assuming you've kept them around because they're good games? Shattered Memories in particular is a near masterpiece.

 

[Corpekata]

I'm assuming you've kept them around because they're good games?

Nah, he has Madworld.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Nah, he has Madworld.

Eh, I thought it was fine for what it was. I did only pay $7 for it though.

 

[Ingueferroque]

I think it would have been pretty on Vita. I guess I can always remote play it.

 

[VanWinkle]

Oh wow, that's awesome. I didn't play much of it on Wii so I may double dip.

 

[jholmes]

This is one of those very few Wii games that I didn't get but really want in my collection (I played it a bit and it's quite good).

With that said, two of the others were Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Trauma Team, and those both showed up on the Wii U eShop, so maybe this'll be a precursor to that showing up there.

 

[AniHawk]

this game was really charming. gotta say i preferred the actual platforming bits, but the puzzle segments were good too.

 

[NMFried]

I'm so ready for this. Hoping it looks cleaner being on the new consoles and all.

 

[Oneself]

Double dipping for sure, great find!
(considering it's 1080p and all)

 

[Unaha-Closp]

hell yeah - hugs for everybody

 

[maxcriden]

From what we played of the game, you guys are in for such a treat. I hope they don't add more content or I will be really tempted to wait until we eventually get a PS4 to pick it up and have us play through the rest of it. what we played was super fun though!

And the hug button is the best of course!

Oh, and fun fact--the guys who would become Yacht Club Games of Shovel Knight fame worked on this game. The hug button was the inspiration for SK's dance move.

 

[ToastyFrog]

any game with a dedicated hug button needs to be re-released on every platform possible. thank god.

First post nails it again.

 

[rjc571]

Double dipping for sure, great find!
(considering it's 1080p and all)

Judging by the screenshots, it doesn't seem like the game was redrawn for 1080p at all... it looks just as blurry as the Wii game.

 

[A Link to the Past]

I'd love to see this happen with more Wii games. Bring Zack & Wiki to PS4 and Xbox One, remade to remove motion controls!

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I hope the port's good. This game is rad.

 

[Doctre81]

I got this game super cheap on wii back in the day. Like $10 new I believe

 

[rjc571]

I'd love to see this happen with more Wii games. Bring Zack & Wiki to PS4 and Xbox One, remade to remove motion controls!

Because waggling the joystick around to control the pointer would be so much fun!

 

[UltimaWeapon]

Hug button FTW

 

[Cilla]

I played this on GameBoy and I really liked it. I was always confused by what to do as I was incredibly young so it will be fun to play it now that I am older.

 

[Azure Dream]

I played this on GameBoy and I really liked it. I was always confused by what to do as I was incredibly young so it will be fun to play it now that I am older.

This isn't the same game as that. And the Game Boy game was a sequel to the original, anyway.

 

[Chillz0r]

Oh darn, might have to doubledip... on sale whenever it releases on pc, but double dip it is.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

I'd love to see this happen with more Wii games. Bring Zack & Wiki to PS4 and Xbox One, remade to remove motion controls!

Why would Capcom want to make the game worse?

 

[Oneself]

Judging by the screenshots, it doesn't seem like the game was redrawn for 1080p at all... it looks just as blurry as the Wii game.

Damn, I'm on my phone and it looked great.

 

[Cilla]

This isn't the same game as that. And the Game Boy game was a sequel to the original, anyway.

I didn't mean it was the same game! Though I did assume it had similar gameplay. Which is what confused me as a little kid.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Why would Capcom want to make the game worse?

I never liked using the wiimote as a pointer device... especially for longer game sessions. I'd just like to see Zack and Wiki return.

 

[Azure Dream]

I didn't mean it was the same game! Though I did assume it had similar gameplay. Which is what confused me as a little kid.

It does have that, true.

 

[MasterCheeze]

Nice! Never got it on the Wii, so I'll definitely have to check it out now.

 

[Omnii-chan]

This is a really good game, played it on the Wii.
Think of a light hearted Limbo.
I'm so glad it's coming to other platforms though, more people need to play it.

 

[Chauncy Talon]

The link to the Xbox website is down. :-(

 

[Gxgear]

Oh wow, I had hoped that this would end up being multiplat since last gen, great news! Didn't own a Wii but this was on my radar for quite a while.

 

[Dan]

As if January weren't busy enough? I never did get this for the Wii. I don't have any experience with the original, but I'm interested in part due to WayForward. Will check out on PS4.

The link to the Xbox website is down. :-(

Works for me, just clicked it for the first time.