New Battletoads coming in 2019

[TigerClaw]

a new Battletoads game was announced during Microsoft's E3 2018 Briefing. Its coming out in 2019.

-yrE9RU6DN4

[XERO]

Finally.

I hope they bring David Wise to do the soundtrack again.

[TigerClaw]

Finally.

I hope they bring David Wise to do the soundtrack again.
In the announcement trailer you hear a remix of the original theme from the NES.

[Coola Yagami]

Soooo now people can call Gamestop asking about Battletoads without trollin.

[TigerClaw]

Here's the new E3 2019 Trailer for Battletoads. It features gameplay.

zc3v4zgMffI

[Jester]

Wow, those character designs are bad....

[TigerClaw]

Wow, those character designs are bad....
It doesn't bother me. I guess people were expecting something more like the NES Games. Or something that looks like this design.

https://i.imgur.com/F4Rh2f9.png

[Autbot_Benz]

It doesn't bother me. I guess people were expecting something more like the NES Games. Or something that looks like this design.

https://i.imgur.com/F4Rh2f9.png

Man who Let Platinum Dunes make the designs

[TigerClaw]

Man who Let Platinum Dunes make the designs
The design you see there is from Killer Instinct. One of the Battletoads is a playable character.

[Andrew NDB]

Awful designs. It's like they went hard "Rise of the TMNT" with things.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Awful designs. It's like they went hard "Rise of the TMNT" with things.

Agreed. When I first saw them, I thought it was a parody video. :tlol:

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Yeah.....I'm not a fan of the designs. It looks like bad fan art. I was hoping they'd go for a more 2.5D route. And what have they done to the Dark Queen?!

[Sumac]

You can't have sexy villainess anymore.

Soon you won't be have proper villains, because, if somebody does something bad in game it certainly will offend some snowflakes. Or they will think that if villain does something bad, it will obviously inspire little kids to do something bad. As if there is no difference between reality and a video game. Or at least as if those snowflakes don't see this difference.

[Andrew NDB]

You can't have sexy villainess anymore.

Soon you won't be have proper villains, because, if somebody does something bad in game it certainly will offend some snowflakes. Or they will think that if villain does something bad, it will obviously inspire little kids to do something bad. As if there is no difference between reality and a video game. Or at least as if those snowflakes don't see this difference.

Yep. It began with rape in stories. If you have a bad guy going bad things in a fictional story (i.e., rape or whatever) then your story is pro-rape. Now writers have to sit back and go, "OK, this is a very bad completely fictional guy... but what bad things can he do that SJWs will be OK with him doing?" and that kills storytelling.

Bizarre.

[Candy Kappa]

Man, it didn’t take many posts before some started crying about lack of T’n’A. But honestly, I agree. Going from Dominatrix Drag Queen to that, it’s a pretty boring villain design.

[Andrew NDB]

Man, it didn’t take many posts before some started crying about lack of T’n’A. But honestly, I agree. Going from Dominatrix Drag Queen to that, it’s a pretty boring villain design.

Wait, did they show their version of the Dark Queen yet and I missed it?

[Candy Kappa]

Wait, did they show their version of the Dark Queen yet and I missed it?

Isn't this her new design?

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/645/209.jpg

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Isn't this her new design?

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/645/209.jpg

Well THAT'S underwhelming. And yet perfectly in line with this new artwork. :tlol:

[Vegita-San]

more of that cheap kim possible style art.

[Candy Kappa]

I feel the art style fits perfectly with how Battletoads would look in a modern setting, they're over-the-top cheesy trying too hard to be KEWL and what they looked in the 90's reflected that back then.

The new Evil Queen is so muted and bland in design she looks like she comes from a completely different game then battletoads 2019

[Sumac]

Man, it didn’t take many posts before some started crying about lack of T’n’A. But honestly, I agree. Going from Dominatrix Drag Queen to that, it’s a pretty boring villain design.
It's not about T'n'a. It's about redesign pandering to fragile idiots who can't live without being offended by something.

[Andrew NDB]

Isn't this her new design?

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/645/209.jpg

Oh jesus christ... that's not even in the same stratosphere as what the Dark Queen is.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TxFvzQ19vK4/hqdefault.jpg

[neatoman]

So between this and the addition of Banjo to Smash, does anyone else just think Microsoft ought to sell the Rare IPs back to Nintendo?

[Andrew NDB]

So between this and the addition of Banjo to Smash, does anyone else just think Microsoft ought to sell the Rare IPs back to Nintendo?

Yes. If only so I can play as the Battletoads in Smash Bros..

[oldmanwinters]

So between this and the addition of Banjo to Smash, does anyone else just think Microsoft ought to sell the Rare IPs back to Nintendo?

Didn't Nintendo essentially hand over the IPs of Banjo, Conker, etc. to Rare/Microsoft as a parting gift around 2002?

[Candy Kappa]

Oh jesus christ... that's not even in the same stratosphere as what the Dark Queen is.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TxFvzQ19vK4/hqdefault.jpg

Yeah, at least the toads are recognizable; toad with shades, toad without shades and olive big boy. But here... Purple hair I guess... Like, even if you'd do a non-sexy Evil Queen, her key traits would be purple eye shadow, high thin eye brows and that pop-collar Dracula cape

[Andrew NDB]

The good 'ole days...

https://www.quebecgamers.com/archives/reviews/battletoads/battletoads-comics2/battletoads2-nintendo-power-page7.jpg

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

All I know is, Andrew picked an unfortunate screenshot. I look and I don't see no Dark Queen, I see Michael Jackson. :tlol:

[Candy Kappa]

All I know is, Andrew picked an unfortunate screenshot. I look and I don't see no Dark Queen, I see Michael Jackson. :tlol:

plot twi-heehee-st

[Coola Yagami]

All I know is, Andrew picked an unfortunate screenshot. I look and I don't see no Dark Queen, I see Michael Jackson. :tlol:

I see Shego fused with Drakken. As a kid.

[TigerClaw]

Funny how Battletoads happened. Because the developers wanted a game that capitalized on the TMNT. and that game went on to become beloved and a classic.

[oldmanwinters]

and that game went on to become beloved

Seems to me most people have a love-hate relationship with the game due to its difficulty and buggy two-player mode.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

So between this and the addition of Banjo to Smash, does anyone else just think Microsoft ought to sell the Rare IPs back to Nintendo?

I'm sure a lot of us do but I doubt it would happen. Makes sense to since some of them would likely preform better on their platforms, though Nintendo themselves don't seem interested in them. Phil Spencer seems like he's somewhat okay with some of their games appearing on the Switch, although I have my reservations on why I don't completely buy that assumption. MS may have plans for them such as KI and Battletoads. Banjo appearing in Smash might be used as a marketing tool to get some of those players interested in a new Banjo if the series ever gets green-lighted.

Didn't Nintendo essentially hand over the IPs of Banjo, Conker, etc. to Rare/Microsoft as a parting gift around 2002?

No actually. Rare just become a second-party developer for Nintendo until 2002. The Big N already owned DK and Star Fox (of which Rare only worked on one game for the series) but Rare have always had IP ownership of Banjo, Conker, Battletoads, Jetpac, etc.

[youhavemysupport]

BattleToads Roar :trolleye:

[Coola Yagami]

BattleToads Roar :trolleye:

Battletoads Ribbit

Battletoads Hop

Battletoads Croak

[Sumac]

Battletoads Croak
This would be a good subtitle for this game.
As in Battletoads croaked once more after this game. :lol:

[Coola Yagami]

This would be a good subtitle for this game.
As in Battletoads croaked once more after this game. :lol:

If this is the direction they're gonna be going in from now on..... hopefully they croaked for last time.

[Sumac]

7ncfTmQL8nI
Looks like a hot trash.

Animation is good, but gameplay is completely missing the mark.

[wpugh2424]

this looks like garbage
why why why hahah

[TommyT]

The gameplay looks like it could have been very fun and has a great fluid and sharp look.

Too bad its showcasing some of the ugliest designs since Rise. Holy ugly hot steaming diarrhea. With corn.

[Maelxich]

Some transformations look lame, the game looks slow and they took rash the cool one and made most of his moves gross out stuff, he went from big spiked boots to old crusty toe nails, from giant fists to disgusting fish. His only cool move is he turns into a shark. The their two still keep their themes of tech guy and buff guy yet rash feels like two different people were working on different parts of him. I will give it a chance but it’s not looking like a good game to me

[shredder orokusaki]

MAX SETTINGS 1440P 60 FPS ON MY MONTER PC RYZEN 7 1700 GTX 970 G1 GAMING 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZCL15 GS KILL RIP JAWS DELLP2416D 24'' 2560X1440 60 HZ IPS! It will look amazing on a pc like mine or better dont worry it is a Microsoft game they cant release it with bad graphics or gameplay!

[TigerClaw]

MAX SETTINGS 1440P 60 FPS ON MY MONTER PC RYZEN 7 1700 GTX 970 G1 GAMING 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZCL15 GS KILL RIP JAWS DELLP2416D 24'' 2560X1440 60 HZ IPS! It will look amazing on a pc like mine or better dont worry it is a Microsoft game they cant release it with bad graphics or gameplay!
It will probably get over 100 FPS in my system. I have an I9 9900k with 32GB of DDR4 3200mhz Memory, and a GTX 1080 Ti. :)

[TigerClaw]

Eric Bauza who was the voice of TigerClaw from TMNT 2012 and Splinter in Rise of the TMNT has just announced he's the voice of Rash. He also voices other characters too.
https://twitter.com/bauzilla/status/1290381505097695232
https://twitter.com/bauzilla/status/1290391392716337152

[Sumac]

From the latest trailer it looks faster and have a lot of different genres mixed in, but, alas, designs are still ****ing atrocious.

I love Battletoads too much to give this piece of crap a chance. Unless it's like really really good piece of crap.

[The Deadman]

This comes out on the 20th of this month.

[Turo602]

Honestly, I think the game looks great. I love when video games look like you're playing a cartoon and the animations look really good. I'm okay with the designs too. I get the push back, but after all they've shown and said, I think there's a great vision here that really suits Battletoads. Kind of like how everyone hated Wind Waker until they played it. Besides, I'm not nearly as invested in the Battletoads as I am say, Ninja Turtles, because it's the f*cking Battletoads... They're hardly what I'd consider "cool" these days, so playing up the zaniness definitely seems like the way to go.

[shredder orokusaki]

It comes next week! cant wait for it it looks great!

[TigerClaw]

WxFFbmewfa0

[Sumac]

I never liked those grotesque Nikelodeon style of characters.
IMO, it doesn't suit any characters, much less ones who were initially made in different style.

[shredder orokusaki]

I have played 3 days so far and it is realy good and fun! I recomend it!

[Andrew NDB]

So did this even end up selling? 2 years later and I didn't hear anything about it after it came out. That said, do you guys really think Shredder's Revenge is going to make a bigger splash than this?

[Prowler]

So did this even end up selling? I didn't hear anything about it after it came out.

I hadn't even heard of this Battle Toads game until I read this thread.

Battle Toads is a NES classic and all, but was the property ever that big? Outside of fans of the series, it can't have sold that well. After all, I seriously doubt people who are aren't from the Battle Toads era have any connection to the franchise at all... many probably aren't even aware of it at all.

TMNT is a known name worldwide, even if it's nowhere near as big as many other famous properties out there. And Battle Toads has always been viewed as sort of a Ninia Turtles rip-off. So it's no wonder it's rather niche.

[Andrew NDB]

I mean, it was definitely popular for a while. There was an arcade game, NES game, a SNES game, a Gameboy game and a TV animated special. Action figures, too. Though Battletoads as a side-scrolling beat-em-up lasted only about as long as TMNT did. So they kind of came up and came down at the same time, so I'd say it's a fair comparison.

[Prowler]

Didn't know about the TV special. Was it any good?

Does Battle Toads have an interesting story or themes? Or is it a simple straight forward action series? I mean I don't think it comes from a comic book. It started out as a video game series. And back then, story in games was very limited. Especially in a beat em up game. No one was playing Battle Toads for its plot, that's for sure.

[Andrew NDB]

Didn't know about the TV special. Was it any good?

Does Battle Toads have an interesting story or themes? Or is it a simple straight forward action series? I mean I don't think it comes from a comic book. It started out as a video game series. And back then, story in games was very limited. Especially in a beat em up game. No one was playing Battle Toads for its plot, that's for sure.

I know you said you don't get Nintendo Power, but I implicitly remember a big Battletoads comic in there as well. That did flesh out the story. It wasn't particularly deep but it was engaging enough for me, at that age.

If I saw the special I have completely forgotten it.

[Prowler]

I know you said you don't get Nintendo Power, but I implicitly remember a big Battletoads comic in there as well. That did flesh out the story. It wasn't particularly deep but it was engaging enough for me, at that age.

If I saw the special I have completely forgotten it.

I see. Didn't know of it either.

Anyway seems like Battle Toads is a product of its time. Probably not much room for it in 2022 outside the retrogaming nostalgia scene.

[Andrew NDB]

Anyway seems like Battle Toads is a product of its time. Probably not much room for it in 2022 outside the retrogaming nostalgia scene.

Though so is the TMNT beat'em up. I doubt you're going to get kids coming off "Rise of the TMNT" going, "Ooh! A TMNT video game! I want it!" and, #1: saying that, or #2: ending up enjoying it.

"Shredder's Revenge" is only for nostalgists. They didn't even try to up-res the graphics or anything.

[Prowler]

Though so is the TMNT beat'em up. I doubt you're going to get kids coming off "Rise of the TMNT" going, "Ooh! A TMNT video game! I want it!" and, #1: saying that, or #2: ending up enjoying it.

"Shredder's Revenge" is only for nostalgists. They didn't even try to up-res the graphics or anything.

Oh definitely. Tbh the fact TMNT managed to get a revival in the early 2000s and even had a somewhat successful Nick cartoon later is rather surprising considering it's a franchise that seems to be all about nostalgia. Mention it to anybody and they'll shout Cowabunga and pizza.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I hadn't even heard of this Battle Toads game until I read this thread.

Battle Toads is a NES classic and all, but was the property ever that big? Outside of fans of the series, it can't have sold that well. After all, I seriously doubt people who are aren't from the Battle Toads era have any connection to the franchise at all... many probably aren't even aware of it at all.

TMNT is a known name worldwide, even if it's nowhere near as big as many other famous properties out there. And Battle Toads has always been viewed as sort of a Ninia Turtles rip-off. So it's no wonder it's rather niche.

It wasn't really that popular. People that played Battletoads back then were few. Younger gamers only heard of them through memes and the fact that Rare made the games.

[Prowler]

It wasn't popular. People that played Battletoads back then were few. Younger gamers only heard of them through memes and the fact that Rare made the games.

Tbh I have never seen a Battle Toads meme. I'm sure they exist but they cannot be that common.

[Turo602]

Yeah, TMNT is way more popular than Battletoads. I don't get why that's even a question. Battletoads wasn't even pushed by Microsoft and was basically released just to die with no Switch port, no online co-op, or even a physical release. Ninja Turtles has way more buzz and coverage and will surely reach a wider audience by name alone.

[Prowler]

Yeah, TMNT is way more popular than Battletoads. I don't get why that's even a question. Battletoads wasn't even pushed by Microsoft and was basically released just to die with no Switch port, no online co-op, or even a physical release. Ninja Turtles has way more buzz and coverage and will surely reach a wider audience by name alone.

Yeah there really is no debate.

TMNT was at one point the biggest cartoon series and action figure seller in the world. Battle Toads has never been anywhere near the highest selling video game series in the world at any point.

Ask anyone about TMNT and even if they have never watched it they most likely have heard of it. Battle Toads? Not a chance.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, TMNT is way more popular than Battletoads. I don't get why that's even a question.

Yeah there really is no debate.

Well no sh**, guys. I'm talking about the # of people who were into the Battletoads side-scrolling beat'em ups from the 90s are about the same # of people who were into TMNT side-scrolling beat'em ups from the 90s. The size of the fandom has nothing to do with it.

[Turo602]

Well no sh**, guys. I'm talking about the # of people who were into the Battletoads side-scrolling beat'em ups from the 90s are about the same # of people who were into TMNT side-scrolling beat'em ups from the 90s. The size of the fandom has nothing to do with it.

You asked if it would make a big enough splash as Battletoads did and proceeded to say that only 90s gamers are interested in these games which is a false equivalence. TMNT was always more popular and it's remained consistently relevant while Battletoads remained a nostalgic dead franchise. Kids, teenagers, and young adults have all had opportunities to get into Ninja Turtles since those arcade games. Why exactly would this not appeal to them?

[Sumac]

"Shredder's Revenge" is only for nostalgists. They didn't even try to up-res the graphics or anything.
I am sure, all of this effects and animations would have been possible on NES and SNES!! /sarcasm