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Post by lurker on Jun 7, 2024 17:45:43 GMT -5
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Post by chronotigger65 on Jun 7, 2024 20:29:41 GMT -5
Never was much a Power Ranger fan in the day but did watch the original series until it became Zeo Rangers. I also never played any of the games back then. I was in my early teens when it came out. Still I might get the games which makes two games I'm really interested in on Steam though hope both will come to Switch. The other one is called Kingmakers.
Probably DLC will include the Green Ranger and Lord Zed. I saw a green cart in the roller coaster shooter section of the trailer so it possibly hints on the Green Ranger.
Finally seeing the first person Megazord fight reminds me of something similar in the Mystical Ninja games. Can't remember what the giant robot was called in that series.
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Post by excelsior on Jun 8, 2024 3:37:46 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm not sold. It looks like a lot of inspiration was taken from Turtles games and I'm not seeing great use of the license here. It probably doesn't help that Shredder's Revenge fell short of ny expectations, I guess.
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Post by dsparil on Jun 8, 2024 5:27:13 GMT -5
I'm definitely excited for the Power Rangers game despite that. I have more nostalgia for Power Rangers than TMNT despite having more their toys and merchandise.
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Post by Woody Alien 2 on Jun 8, 2024 5:43:58 GMT -5
Speaking of retro pixelated brawlers based upon 80/90s properties, what about the Toxic Crusaders beat-em-up?
It should come out later this year. No idea why they chose such an obscure license unless they're trying to make Toxie relevant again, like someone did with the Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
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Post by excelsior on Jun 8, 2024 6:32:59 GMT -5
I know there is a modern toy line for Toxic Crusaders, but tbh, that's the only way I've heard of the IP at all. I don't know if this was a popular franchise back in the day. Clearly, very few are going to be as enduring as Turtles or Power Rangers. As for the game, it much more resembles a 90's beat-em-up to my eyes, which is welcome. I do think interest in the license is pretty key in these games, though.
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Post by retr0gamer on Jun 8, 2024 6:36:56 GMT -5
The 90s toxic crusaders animated series was pretty good.
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Post by JDarkside on Jun 8, 2024 6:52:13 GMT -5
It should come out later this year. No idea why they chose such an obscure license unless they're trying to make Toxie relevant again, like someone did with the Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Throwing a wide net with cheap projects to get boomer horror fan money. I'm just grateful that Toxie got to have a game that ISN'T yet another asymmetric multiplayer horror game. They're actually doing this to Evil Dead, of all things, and it makes me so tired. People already have Dead by Daylight, which is already adding literally every horror property to it! Nobody is asking for more Dead by Daylight but with only one licensed property!
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Post by lurker on Jun 8, 2024 8:37:31 GMT -5
It should come out later this year. No idea why they chose such an obscure license unless they're trying to make Toxie relevant again, like someone did with the Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Throwing a wide net with cheap projects to get boomer horror fan money. I'm just grateful that Toxie got to have a game that ISN'T yet another asymmetric multiplayer horror game. They're actually doing this to Evil Dead, of all things, and it makes me so tired. People already have Dead by Daylight, which is already adding literally every horror property to it! Nobody is asking for more Dead by Daylight but with only one licensed property! Though Toxie is more Gen X fans. At least it’s based on the cartoon version.
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Post by shelverton on Jun 9, 2024 6:08:58 GMT -5
So now that Terry and Mai are coming to Street Fighter 6, I feel like we’re probably getting, say, Ryu and Chun-Li in Fatal Fury: City of the wolves? It screams marketing deal between Capcom and SNK.
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Post by JDarkside on Jun 9, 2024 7:11:50 GMT -5
Does that one Saudi prince still own SNK? Because if he does still own SNK, it's really hard for me to be excited.
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Post by spanky on Jun 9, 2024 8:45:38 GMT -5
Late to the party on this discussion (was on a trip) but the retro licensed beat-em-up trend is already played out. I played Shredder's Revenge a lot but it's one of those things that on paper I should absolutely love because it's so hyperfocused to my tastes and personal nostalgia...but I didn't and I can't figure out why. My kids can play the game for hours without getting tired of it though. The Power Rangers one actually looks like the best of these thanks to the super-scaler esque shooter and vehicle levels. I thought the Toxic Crusaders one looked sort of lazy and cheap but the GI Joe game in the works, looks much worse, at least at this point. I'm always curious to see what the bottom is on these sorts of fads. Will we get a VR Troopers pixel beat-em-up? A "Red Sky Seasons" DLC for TMNT? Maybe just a massive crossover game featuring various B-licensed characters like Biker Mice, Street Sharks and the Extreme Dinosaurs?
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Post by excelsior on Jun 9, 2024 10:03:08 GMT -5
spanky - Sorry but I'm going to disagree with you pretty strongly here. I think you're overstating how many games we've seen in any sort of licensed beat-em-up revival. Realistically, in terms of releases, we've had Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Streets of Rage 4 (if you're considering that a license) and some ports. Those two have every reason to perform the best out since they were genre leaders back in the height of the genre, but there's really nothing to suggest further entries can't find success, nor invigorate the market. New announcements now can certainly lack the novelty value of predecessors but it's way too early to call this a fad or suggest there was ever a trend to begin with. Besides which, beat-em-ups being able to carve their own niche in the market is welcome in itself.
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Post by dsparil on Jun 9, 2024 13:29:45 GMT -5
Maybe just a massive crossover game featuring various B-licensed characters like Biker Mice, Street Sharks and the Extreme Dinosaurs? Someone needs to get on this!
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Post by Woody Alien 2 on Jun 9, 2024 17:18:11 GMT -5
The 90s toxic crusaders animated series was pretty good. It was never released where I live so I had no idea that it existed until some time ago. And I did watch the first two Toxic Avenger movies! I wonder if someone actually made a Toxie scrolling brawler in the 1990s as opposed to the 2020s, maybe it could have been based on the films instead of the cartoons and had Toxie actually maim and kill the opponents? Since that was the decade of "dark" and "edgy" adaptations... though it's also true that in the 80s and 90s we had several grownup films turned into kid-friendly cartoons such as Rambo, RoboCop, Police Academy and so on, so who knows really.
Oh and speaking of recently released brawlers, anyone remember the 2020 Battletoads remake? I had forgotten about it, and I bet most people did anyway... guess that memes can only get you so far and the 3 toads were more remembered as a joke and for their unnecessary difficult NES game than being a good franchise.
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