Battletoads coming to Shovel Knight on Xbox One
 

The Battletoads will be featured on Shovel Knight coming to Xbox One. Check out the teaser.

I don't understand. What exactly is their involvement? I have Shovel Knight for Wii-U, it's cool. Is this a new version or what?

Well isn't the Playstation version getting a mini level with Kratos? I'm guessing this is something similar.

I hate exclusive stuff like this where one version of the game can't have it all. And I wish they'd at least get something "Exclusive" for the Wii U version like a Mario level or whatnot but I guess Nintendo doesn't care since the game is already out on their system to pay for that content which is what MS and Sony certainly did to get this.

Well, Microsoft recently got the rights to Battletoads, So they are putting them in the game somehow.

If by "recently" you mean when they bought Rare in 2002, sure.

So this was the big Battle Toads comeback they were hinting at? LOL, what a waste.

I don't know whether I should be happy or confused? It's nice that they are making a comeback but I was expecting a new game. First Conker, now this? Is Microsoft afraid to do anything specific with them?

I am almost 100% this is just a tease for something to come. Don't be so sure lending the toads out to Yacht Club is "it".

I like BattleToads. They at least make the company $$$

It’s a possibility.

I’m not sure if this is true or not, but here it is: A former Microsoft employee claims there were serious talks of reboots for Rare’s characters in 2014. The first reboot was going to be a Conker game with Insomniac Games developing it. But Microsoft wanted the game rushed for a 2015 release and Insomniac wanted more development time so the project cancelled before it even began.

So even though Conker was cancelled, there’s still a possibility of Rare’s other characters getting a reboot.

Let's all not forget that, Battletoads was a result of TMNT being very popular back in the days. We had games that sort of copied the TMNT formula.

Who knows, This could lead to other crossovers, They did a Battletoads/Double Dragon crossover game on the SNES years ago.

Fully agreed. Phil Spencer didn't wear a Battletoads shirt on stage for this to be the extent of their plans to bring the series back. At the very least I'm expecting some re-releases and perhaps a new XBL game.

Multiple Xbox execs have gone on record about Rare IP revitalization being a focus. It's not a possibility, because it has already happened (KI) and will continue to happen going forward.

Would be nice to finally get a port of the arcade game.

If they really are making a comeback, then I'm all for it. I just hope this isn't all we're getting. I wouldn't be surprised if they attempt at a CGI cartoon to compete against the current TMNT.

Do you guys have a favorite Battletoad?

Battletoads is one of those early 90s TMNT inspired designs that may have a place in retro gaming but there are tons of other Rare IPs that deserve to be revived before Battletoads is. On other news Yact Club games tweeted that "they'd like to have something exclusive for Nintendo" as well and while that doesn't confirm anything and nothing may happen at least they acknowledged it.

I liked the look of the brown-tinted one, whatever his name was.

They have to start somewhere. Of the "classic" Rare IP Battletoads seems like the one that require the least amount of work and money. It's an arcade beat-em-up, not an extremely complex 3D action/platformer like most of their more beloved IP.

This crossover, Battletoads and Double Dragon, was on all popular consoles of the 90s, NES, Genesis and SNES. I think there was also a Game Boy version, but I maybe mistaking.

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Comparision of all three versions.

Yes, there is a gameboy version.

The larger brown-tinted Battletoad is Pimple. He isn't a playable character in the original game. Rash is the dark green one with the shades. My favorite was Zitz.

There was a short-lived cartoon series. And by short-lived I mean one pilot and that's it. The VHS is on ePay but it's also on Youtube for free, and it is balls.

five years ago, using WarioWare DIY, i made a cover version of the Turbo Tunnel song. you can listen here.

edit: you'll have to manually edit the URL to get it to work thanks to automated forum censorship.

Here you go!