Support NeoGAF

[Hero of Legend]

I must say, HUGE kudos for Nordic attempting to get actual people involved with their IPs long ago to return, same goes for MX vs ATV where they REFORMED Rainbow Studios after they closed prior to THQ's closure.

They do their homework.

 

[Mejilan]

The original was pretty good, but the DS conversion was atrocious.

 

[TheMoon]

Wait so this is a 3d platformer?

videogame players of 2015 wont understand that!!!!

They will get mad when they see they can actually miss a jump and die

Platforming hack n slash.

I must say, HUGE kudos for Nordic attempting to get actual people involved with their IPs long ago to return, same goes for MX vs ATV where they REFORMED Rainbow Studios after they closed prior to THQ's closure.

They do their homework.

If only they got someone to patch Darksiders 2 on Wii U to fix the screen tearing and add screenshot support. :/

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

This gives me more hope for my Akuji: The Heartless remaster

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

I'll play this game

 

[CreeperBlocks]

I think I'm gonna pop in the ps2 version tonight. I wonder if it still holds up today.

 

[Sub_Level]

It's great when you pop in a game and the HD is already configured for you.

More devs need to be considerate like this.

 

[Bor]

My brain read legacy of kain, now i'm sad

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

Game any good ?

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

Terrible box art, but the PS2 games was fantastic. Here's hoping it's that one.

I think the art box looks amazing!

 

[Nightbird]

It's already doing better on Amazon than ZombiU and the First-Print Edition of Bayonetta 2

 

[TheMoon]

Game any good ?

read thread?

 

[sd28821]

o kay the game doesn't look too bad.

 

[Jawmuncher]

This is the game the WiiU deserves and needs right now.

 

[atbigelow]

Will totally buy. Was interested in this game, but found out way too late about it. Jake Kaufman did some great tunes for it.

 

[Lijik]

I was just looking at my ps2 copy of this last night and thinking "its too bad this never took off as a series". Will buy the wii u remaster if it comes stateside

 

[kurahador]

Wut...the game is good for sure, but Wii U only for console?

 

[Oregano]

Wut...the game is good for sure, but Wii U only for console?

Wii U is probably best for a mascot platformer. Wii U only might be strange but as a priority makes sense.

 

[ecosse_011172]

Looks cute and fun, I'll keep an eye on this.

 

[Xater]

This is so weird.

 

[Yoshi]

This was one of the games from the "Zelda like games" recommendation thread I was thinking about playing. Good thing (as someone who hates the Dual Shock for 3D games) a remake seems to be around the corner .

 

[TheMoon]

This was one of the games from the "Zelda like games" recommendation thread I was thinking about playing. Good thing (as someone who hates the Dual Shock for 3D games) a remake seems to be around the corner .

Remaster, not remake. Just going by the title. It's highly doubtful they did more than uprez everything and if we're lucky spice up the framerate.

 

[thesaucetastic]

I've never even heard of this game, but I guess I'll keep up on it!

 

[Zarovitch]

i never heard about it, it's looks good.

 

[Jakoo]

With the resurgence of indie 2d platformers, I wondered when we were going to get around to some mid-tier 3D platformers back into the mix. I've never heard of this game but it sounds like it reviewed pretty favorably.

 

[Corpekata]

Pretty out of left field remaster. At least Nordic is doing something with its' mountain of dead publisher IPs.

 

[Parsnip]

Back in the day I bought the game mostly because of the soundtrack (heard about it on vgmix forums), and figured that it didn't look like a terrible game or anything.
Ended up liking the game quite a bit too.

Here's a few of my favorites from the excellent soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yFv3smwmxE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-da_g-CwAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7N5RwMIVTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobhPvXQoeg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPwuSZi8pyk

 

[Hero of Legend]

Nichegamer says that Nordic confirmed the listing as legit.

http://nichegamer.net/2015/02/legen...-the-complete-tale-re-releases-are-confirmed/

I hope it'll be officially announced and with screens and what not soon.

 

[Shiggy]

Nichegamer says that Nordic confirmed the listing as legit.

http://nichegamer.net/2015/02/legen...-the-complete-tale-re-releases-are-confirmed/

I hope it'll be officially announced and with screens and what not soon.

With those boxarts in place, they could not not confirm the game.

 

[Mufausa The 3rd]

WOW, I really didn't see a Wii U version coming out. That's cool.

 

[Yudoken]

I was reading Legacy of Kain...

 

[WaffleTaco]

lol that's so random. If I ever pick up a Wii U, I have another game to buy than. Played this when I was a kid, and it was a lot of fun.

 

[OldRoutes]

Yeah I liked the demo... it kind of reminded me of Maximo and a bit of Jak and Daxter...

Really fun and tight! Looking forward to this, unexpectedly enough!

 

[Hero of Legend]

I did more research yesterday, and I found that the model of Kay on the new box is actually different than the one used in the prototype DS box which had the same pose:

The poly count on the new box is far higher and the textures are also far better.

However, the models of the other characters on the background are the same as on this DS box, and not much different than the in-game models used as artwork in the original PS2 version.

Point is, I'm thinking Kay's model on the Wii U box is indicative on what kind of an upgrade we can expect. They at least seemed to have beefed up his model so hopefully it's in-game as it doesn't look CG.

 

[boyshine]

When there's no fur even on the box art, then you know there's no hope for the game.

 

[Hero of Legend]

When there's no fur even on the box art, then you know there's no hope for the game.

They never used fur in the CG art on the original game:

So I put it as a design choice. Hell PS2 was more than capable of fur-shading inn-game anyway so they could've used it then as well.

I don't see much of a reason for them to all of the sudden use it now when they didn't even do so in said CG art.

Edit: Heh, actually only Kay is CG really but the Gorilla is still in-game and low-poly.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Good news everyone! It's NA-bound, AND for those who wanted it on PS4; wish granted!

Wii U:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKLFLNQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20

PS4:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKLFOMY/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I assume the PC version is Steam-only, I was surprised it even was retail-bound at all.

Plus, it's not only due out EARLIER on May 29th, but is uber cheap, especially on Wii U; only $25 on Wii U and $30 on PS4!

 

[rjc571]

Good news everyone! It's NA-bound, AND for those who wanted it on PS4; wish granted!

Wii U:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKLFLNQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20

PS4:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKLFOMY/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I assume the PC version is Steam-only, I was surprised it even was retail-bound at all.

Plus, it's not only due out EARLIER on May 29th, but is uber cheap, especially on Wii U; only $25 on Wii U and $30 on PS4!

That's a damn good price. Preordered! I finally own my first 3rd party Wii U retail game. Now I just hope they didn't botch the port...

 

[VLiberty]

I'll get it again. A Vita release would be just perfect, otherwise I'm getting it on either one of the two consoles once I'll get them.

 

[GulAtiCa]

I heard their Darksiders 2 Wii U port that they put back on eShop did really good, esp at $10. So they must have some faith in system a little.

Anyways ill give the game a shot. Never tried it.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I heard their Darksiders 2 Wii U port that they put back on eShop did really good, esp at $10. So they must have some faith in system a little.

Anyways ill give the game a shot. Never tried it.

Where did you hear this?

 

[VLiberty]

Gaf -> internet -> gaf, but there's a confirmation:
http://gematsu.com/2015/02/legend-kay-anniversary-listed-wii-u-pc

A Nordic representative has responded to our request for comment.

“Yes, these listings are correct,” the Nordic rep told Gematsu. “At the moment, we don’t want to reveal additional platforms for the time being.”

I wonder if the last sentence implies the existence of more versions, and if it's just the PS4 version in case

Spoiler

pls be vita too

 

[Az987]

Redo sphinx the cursed mummy too while you're at it.

There are quite a few decent games from that generation that flew under the radar you could do this with.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Redo sphinx the cursed mummy too while you're at it.

There are quite a few decent games from that generation that flew under the radar you could do this with.

Kind of hard with Eurocom gone.

No clue where the folks went to sadly.

 

[Lijik]

Good news everyone! It's NA-bound, AND for those who wanted it on PS4; wish granted!

Wii U:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKLFLNQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20

PS4:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKLFOMY/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I assume the PC version is Steam-only, I was surprised it even was retail-bound at all.

Plus, it's not only due out EARLIER on May 29th, but is uber cheap, especially on Wii U; only $25 on Wii U and $30 on PS4!

Hard to say no to that price, damn

 

[Corpekata]

25/30 is cheap? I was expecting like 20 max.

 

[Son Of D]

Well a PS4 port is a bit less random than just Wii U/PC. Surprised at no Xbox One though.

 

[Takao]

Gaf -> internet -> gaf, but there's a confirmation:
http://gematsu.com/2015/02/legend-kay-anniversary-listed-wii-u-pc

I wonder if the last sentence implies the existence of more versions, and if it's just the PS4 version in case

Spoiler

pls be vita too

vita would be cool
but it's probably xb1
don't believe nordic has published a vita game

 

[Deleted member 284]

$25 is a great price for Wii U. I'm in.

 

[Mpl90]

Where did you hear this?

Yeah, I'd like to know too.