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E3 2019: Microsoft’s Best Trailers

E3 2019: Microsoft’s Best Trailers

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I just emerged from Microsoft’s E3 presentation, and I’m exhausted. When you have to watch 60 game trailers in a row, the cliches tend to blend together after a while. “Let’s see, is this about a post-apocalyptic magic cyborg trapped in a time loop with Keanu Reeves while being chased by a giant Lego Battletoad? No….it’s Gears 5….” Fortunately, you are not me and you get to enjoy my pruning of this mess down to its most interesting and most essential items. Here are the best trailers from Microsoft’s XBox show: I’m not an XBox owner, mostly because its exclusives rarely interest me, but one of the XBox games I’ve been most tempted by is the Ori series. This new game, which was revealed last year, looks excellent. It’s coming February 11, 2020. With the lack of Telltale in this world, it’s up to Microsoft themselves to get adventurous with the Minecraft brand. They know better than to mess with the original, but they’re willing to experiment with spinoffs. It’s

There’s An Unreleased Battletoads Game In Rare’s Archives

There’s An Unreleased Battletoads Game In Rare’s Archives

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Last month during E3 Microsoft revealed Rare is working on the return of Zitz, Pimple and Rash, the Battletoads of NES fame — the amphibians who came to define the words “Nintendo Hard.” The original game, despite its difficulty, was successful enough to spawn several sequels, but one of them never made it out — despite being completed. Paul Machacek, former developer at Rare, spoke about the missing game during an interview with the fansite RareFanDaBase. The released Battletoads games include Battletoads and Double Dragon for multiple systems, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs for the SNES, and three Game Boy games — but there was a fourth. The final Battletoad-branded product released by Rare was the arcade game in 1994. At the time, Machachek was working on a Game Boy port of said game. “It was 100% finished and signed off [on] by Test,” he said. “Then it got cancelled shortly after I moved onto Donkey Kong Land because the arcade game had underperformed in market and Tradewest pulled the plug on

Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Battletoads, And Viva Piñata Soundtracks Getting Vinyl Release

Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Battletoads, And Viva Piñata Soundtracks Getting Vinyl Release

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A number of classic Rare games are set to see their soundtracks released on vinyl. The developer is teaming up with iam8bit, a studio that has previously worked on another of other soundtracks, to release Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, and Viva Pinata. As an extra special bonus, the Conker’s Bad Fur Day will come as a two-piece album with extra music that has never been released before. Each of the vinyl releases will also come with a digital download code so you can listen to them on modern devices as well. iam8bit have successfully created vinyls of other classic video game soundtracks. As well as collaborations with Rare to release the original Battletoads and Perfect Dark albums, they have worked on games such as Cuphead, Hyper Light Drigter, and Orio and the Blind Forest.

Rare Reveals Five New Battletoads Facts

Rare Reveals Five New Battletoads Facts

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British game studio Rare has put out a new video in their Rare Revealed series, this one about the making of the Battletoads series. Five new secrets are told from the mouths of the original staff. The first story they tell is why they wound up making a game about toads in the first place. Contrary to what everyone’s assumed up to this point, choosing a creature that would originate from the same pond as a turtle wasn’t the main motivation. According to artist Kevin Bayliss, Rare started dabbling in original games when they found the licensed material they had been working on to be too limiting (he mentions a pro wrestling game specifically, and he must really have wanted to give Hulk the ability to grow a giant foot and boot Jake the Snake across the screen). Bayliss recalls that when asked for ideas, he piped up and suggested toads. When asked why, he said “Well, I’ve really been into pond life ever since I was a kid.” CEO

Shovel Knight’s Battletoads Encounter In Full

Shovel Knight’s Battletoads Encounter In Full

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While Kratos and the Battletoads are unlocked in pretty much the same way (see the video at the bottom of the article for a tutorial on how to get them to appear and where to find them), they differ in some important ways. Firstly, Kratos is a roaming character who will travel round the map whereas the Battletoads have their own location in the world that acts as a hub after you have defeated them. But more importantly though, their battle is so much better and more interesting that the PlayStation offering. Kratos is a pretty cool fight but the whole experience can be over in just a few minutes. The Battletoads encounter lasts for around 10 minutes and has multiple stages that challenge you in very different ways. Not only do you have to fight Rash, Zitz and Pimple but you also get to take part in some of the classic elements that made up the original game, including the infamous bike racing segment. Don’t worry though as the

Rare Planning Something “Huge” For 2015

Rare Planning Something “Huge” For 2015

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You probably had to do a double take when you read that headline. Yes, it does say “Rare” as in the game company Rare, the one you thought was long out of business. A composer at the English studio tweeted a photo of handwritten sheet music and said “This is a HUGE year for Rare.” XBox president Phil Spencer agrees, saying he toured the place in November and got to play whatever it is they’re working on, and said it was very impressive. He also said it was not a Kinect game. Nintendo bought a controlling stake in Rare in 1994 and for the second half of the 90’s, the studio went on a hot streak rivaled by few other developers. Half of the N64’s must-play list consists of Rare titles. They provided a unique Western counterbalance to the Japanese sense of direction Nintendo otherwise had — but nothing lasts forever. At the time Nintendo sold its stake in Rare, its top talent was leaving the studio to form their

10 Games That We Desperately Want To See Remastered

10 Games That We Desperately Want To See Remastered

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This generation has already seen some high profile games from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 be remastered. The likes of The Last of Us, Grand Theft Auto V and Halo: The Master Chief Collection are all examples of titles that have had or are getting enhanced editions for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, not only allowing new players to experience them but also giving them new life with upgraded graphics and much improved performance. However, most of the titles that are being remade are games that have only been out for a short time anyway. This article will explore some of the older games that deserve to remade in full HD, along with a few classics from the last generation that would benefit from the enhancements on offer. 10. Battletoads Mention the name Battletoads to anyone who owned a NES and the responses will probably have something to do with just how hard the game was. It was more than just brutally demanding though as it featured hugely impressive