Remastered version of the classic DuckTales game coming out

[John Pannozzi]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/2 ... 33811.html

Pretty awesome.

[Sotiris]

That is pretty awesome. Too bad it's not going to be released on Nintendo DS.

[Elladorine]

I played the heck out of the old-school Gameboy version back in the day. I still love platform games and this looks amazing.

[PatrickvD]

LOVE IT.

I hope this is a sign that Disney could be showing Ducktales some love? I would love a new season of DuckTales. Hell they could do it in that new Mickey Mouse-flash animation for all I care.

[Elladorine]

LOVE IT.

I hope this is a sign that Disney could be showing Ducktales some love? I would love a new season of DuckTales. Hell they could do it in that new Mickey Mouse-flash animation for all I care.

After first seeing this I was secretly hoping that this will do well enough to make Disney realize they need to create new animated material for Scrooge. Of course, I was also hoping for the same when we got the Darkwing comic . . .

What I'd really love is for them to animate a mini-series based on Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

[PatrickvD]

I love Don Rosa's Scrooge comics. They were terrific and would make great movies or TV series.

[Elladorine]

I love Don Rosa's Scrooge comics. They were terrific and would make great movies or TV series.

I love that a lot of DuckTales was based of the Carl Barks stories, even if they felt they had to change a few things (like swapping out Donald for Launchpad). It was interesting growing up on the TV series and later discovering the comics. I think that, on the surface, the premise doesn't sound all that appealing. The richest duck in the world going off on adventures with his nephews and pilot? But it worked.

I've seen a few harsh critics of Don Rosa's work but I love how he ties all the Barks' stories together, and The Life and Times is my favorite comic book/series of all time, hands down.



In fact, I think I'm going to pull it off the shelf today and give it another read.

[Avaitor]

Amazing news, seriously. This was one of the best games on the NES, and this remake is looking to be just as strong.

[PatrickvD]

I've seen a few harsh critics of Don Rosa's work but I love how he ties all the Barks' stories together, and The Life and Times is my favorite comic book/series of all time, hands down.

Agreed. While I understand some of the criticism, I feel the comics have aged well. I think it's impossible to expect anyone to top Carl Barks, but Rosa's work is both a wonderful tribute to Barks and its own thing.

Damn, now I wanna dig out those old comics and re-read them all.

[tlc38tlc38]

I just wish they'd finish releasing the original series.

[SWillie!]

This is awesome! And it looks great. I never played the game as a kid, so I'll look forward to this. I wish it was coming for mobile though! It looks perfect for mobile gaming.

[milojthatch]

That is pretty awesome. Too bad it's not going to be released on Nintendo DS.

Or the classic Wii for that matter. Oh well, guess I have a reason to pick up a WiiU finally! (Or maybe an X-Box 360?)

Anyway, this is the best news that I have heard in sometime. I hope this furthers my believe that 2013 will be the year of the Disney Afternoon comeback! Next step, more DVD's!

[TsWade2]

AWESOME!

[disneyboy20022]

This will make me want to finally buy a powerline adapter to get my 20GB PS3 on the Internet

[DC Fan]

Wao.

Wasn´t expecting the game be THAT good looking.

It is just amazing.

[disneyboy20022]

Loved this game when I was a lad, and this re-release has me smiling ear to ear. Much like the song, it will never leave, IT WILL NEVER LEAVE...and what's wrong with that?

[milojthatch]

DuckTales Remastered easier for modern players, paves way for future Disney-Capcom games
By BRIAN CRECENTE on Mar 22, 2013 at 5:15p @crecenteb

When DuckTales Remastered comes to PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 it will bring with it a piece of nostalgic '80s gameplay modernized to be more appealing to a generation of gamers not as willing to work for their entertainment.

Yes, it will be easier, or at least it can be.

DuckTales Remastered will include a mix of new features designed to make the game more forgiving than the original. Players won't have to master the art of jumping, ducking and tapping a button to "pogo," for instance, instead they can simply jump and press a button. Maps with built-in guidance will be available in the game as well, and a particularly nasty level, which had to be played three times, has been reworked to require only one play through.

But that doesn't mean that those gamers looking for a difficult, more faithful recreation of the game won't be able to embrace their masochistic nature.

Almost all of those features can be removed through an options menu or difficulty setting, Rey Jimenez, the game's producer, told Polygon.

"If you want the pure experience we are reproducing that with the harder difficulties," he said.

Why include some of the hand-holding in the first place? Modern day gamers are to blame.

"Gamers are just different today," Jimenez said. "We had to make it significantly easier and more accessible."

When released this summer on the PlayStation Network, Wii U eShop and Xbox Live Arcade, DuckTales Remastered will include a complete overhaul of the game's visuals. The new game, developed for Capcom by WayForward Technologies, will feature an interesting blend of hand-drawn 2D art that is texture mapped onto 3D models. One of the layout artists who worked on the original afternoon cartoon helped with the game, Jimenez said. The team also worked to expand the original game's script, adding a new introduction and end of level scenes for each level.

That additional content required new voiceover work. The studio was able to grab some of the original show's cast to do that, including the people who voices Scrooge McDuck, Magica De Spell and Launchpad McQuack, Jimenez said.

The WayForward team also revisited some of the key art elements of the game to try and incorporate more of the art from the original TV show. One example Jimenez gave was that a generic bat found in one area of the original game has been replaced with a copy of the bat that appears in the introduction to the original television show.

The team also added a lot of new content, including galleries, the ability to unlock a rare full-length version of the TV show's theme song and even the ability to swim Scrooge around through the gold in his vault. Jimenez said that the amount of coins that Scrooge swims around in will be directly impacted by how many gems the player has discovered in the game.

The biggest change, aside from the visuals, is the addition of an entirely new level, the last in the game, as well as removing the need to visit, revisit and revisit again the Transylvania level. Now players will have to go through the level just once and then proceed to the new level.

The team also removed the ability to skip through the entire African Mines level by taking a treacherous shortcut. The shortcut is still there, Jimenez said, but now the reward is some items.

"For a remake of an NES game I'm surprised how much dedication they are putting into this," Jimenez said.

While nothing has been locked in, Jimenez said that the work Capcom put into getting approval from Disney to remaster the game could lead to future remastered releases of other classic Capcom-Disney projects. Those games include classics like Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck and Aladdin.

All of that will be dictated by how well this game is received though, Jimenez stressed.

What game would be next if Capcom were to do a second remastered release from their Disney days?

"In a purely hypothetical world," Jimenez said, "I think Chip n' Dale would be the next logical one. It makes sense because it's the next in the hierarchy."

http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/22/413681 ... ast-capcom

Botom line: we need to make sure this game does well if we want more. I dare say that if a number of Disney Afternoon related games do well like this, it might make it easier to make the case to Disney to release more of these shows on DVD! So buy this game, make sure others know it is coming out and let's hope for the best after that!

[sunhuntin]

glad to see itll be on PS3. i didnt have this game as a kid, but i had a similar one for the amiga [yep!] where scrooge and the crew flew around the world. webby took photos of animals [point and click, hehe] the boys had to sling a hook and climb a cliff face and there was a maze inside the cliff as well. you could select the country on a world map.

this one. o, the memories! LOL

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpxzH3e05A[/youtube]

[TheValentineBros]

I'm in for this game! HELL YEAH, CAPCOM!

[Pasta67]

I know that it was already semi-mentioned in the article quoted above, but both Alan Young AND June Foray (both currently in their mid-90s) have been specifically confirmed to be returning as Scrooge and Magica, respectively.

MASSIVE respect for those two.