A Boy and His Blob Being Remade for the Wii

[Doctor Setebos]

http://image.colonyofgamers.com/news/boy-and-his-blob.jpg

It's been rumored for some time now, but a preview (http://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP240_TOCs.pdf) of an upcoming Nintendo Power issue finally confirms the rumors as true. Seminal NES game A Boy and His Blob will be making a comeback on the Wii in some form. We won't know if this will be a full retail game or a WiiWare title until the issue appears on newsstands in another week (It is confirmed as a full retail Wii title, and not a WiiWare download). It is, however, definitely confirmation that the game will be a proper "reinvention" and not simply a Virtual Console release.

A Beautiful Friendship
Remember A Boy and His Blob on NES? Then you’re old! But this reinvention of the property on Wii is simply stunning.

Source - GoNintendo (http://gonintendo.com/?p=74441)

[TheFlyingOrc]

This is pretty sweet.

[Wilkz07]

Is this the one where you fed jelly beans to the blob? I remember I liked that game long ago.

[Panthera]

Fantastic! I hope it's still as confusingly open-ended.

[Doctor Setebos]

Is this the one where you fed jelly beans to the blob? I remember I liked that game long ago.That's the one.

Depending on what color/flavor of jelly bean you fed the blob, he would turn into different, vaguely useful items to help solve puzzles.

This game was awesome. :D

[Panthera]

A great remix of the game's music can be found here: http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00881/

[Lekon]

Wow, I loved that game, it was so... insane and surreal. Root Beer Rocketships, bubblegum bubbles..

Glad its a whole new remake too.

[KSmitty]

This is the first thing I thought of when I saw The Maw. The premise has a lot of potential lets see what they do with it.

[MachEnergy]

I only ever beat that game once. After struggling for weeks, I finally blasted the hell out of that king dude with my vitamin gun. Man, that game was rough! I was teased with a DS remake that went nowhere, so I really hope this turns out well. Those of you who haven't played the original, it's time for you to Ketchup!:p

[Cyndair]

Wow, this is an unexpected surprise. There are a lot of neat things they could do gameplay and puzzle-wise with this property. Add in some well thought out motion control and it could be even better.

[total]

I will buy a Wii for this. Yes I am completely serious. Haven't heard a thing about this one yet.

[EternalGamer]

I love A Boy and His Blob, but I simply can't imagine it without those classic minimalist 2D graphics. For some reason the idea of seeing this in 3D breaks my heart.

[Widgetcraft]

Honestly, one of my least favorite games of all time. I know it has a cool atmosphere, and concept, but the game is a frustrating mess of poor control, bland level design, and trial-and-error puzzle solving. I think a lot of people look at it with rose-tinted glasses.

Frankomatic did a Lets Play (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DB1C2906B4AFBADA) of the whole thing, and it took less than fourty minutes to get through.

[Murtaug]

Okay, Nintendo just sold another Wii.

A Boy and His Blob is my favorite NES game ever, maybe tied with River City Ransom.

[KSmitty]

I love A Boy and His Blob, but I simply can't imagine it without those classic minimalist 2D graphics. For some reason the idea of seeing this in 3D breaks my heart.
I agree. I think a 2D sidescroller with the same art style as the news post would look great, or even 3D models in a 2D setting like Lost Winds on WiiWare.

[Zaro]

I love A Boy and His Blob, but I simply can't imagine it without those classic minimalist 2D graphics. For some reason the idea of seeing this in 3D breaks my heart.

The game is suppose to be 2D.

Quote from neogaf who quote from Nintendo Power:
"- A Boy and His Blob is getting a remake on Wii a la Klonoa, but to much greater extent. All the visuals are 2D, almost like a simpler, more cartoony Muramasa. The game is, needless to say, very pretty. It's being developed by WayForward, who just put out LIT on WiiWare."

[MachEnergy]

Honestly, one of my least favorite games of all time. I know it has a cool atmosphere, and concept, but the game is a frustrating mess of poor control, bland level design, and trial-and-error puzzle solving. I think a lot of people look at it with rose-tinted glasses.

Frankomatic did a Lets Play (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DB1C2906B4AFBADA) of the whole thing, and it took less than fourty minutes to get through.

Ok....you can beat Contra in 20 minutes. That doesn't mean it should suck. I can understand your other reasoning though. It is really easy to die in that game. It made me decide that if I ever befriended a blob, I would have to break it off immediately. There's no way I'd go down into a sewer with him after what I've seen!

[Primus]

Dude I was just thinking about this game and what it would be liek if they made a next gen interpretation!

[Ink Asylum]

Soooooo psyched about this. I hope it's more than just a straight remake with new graphics. I would love to see some new jelly beans and puzzles, while retaining the open exploration aspects of the original. The new art style looks like it has a lot of promise.

[Psykoboy2]

I remember getting a Nintendo Power that had a big fold-out map for this game.

It didn't really help me much though. Not till I grabbed the Game Genie and got unlimited amounts of all the jelly beans.

[AbeLincoln]

I remember playing this on an emulator a while back, thought it was a really cool concept but moved on after becoming stumped. I should play it again with a walkthrough or something... I'm optimistic for this one.

[Spigot]

Ketchup jellybeans FTW!

[Zaro]

Gonintendo have scan from NintendoPower, (http://gonintendo.com/?p=74512)

[MachEnergy]

The art looks fantastic! However, the blob-shaped boy is potential nightmare material. Creeeeeeepy!:eek:

[Ink Asylum]

Don't you mean the boy-shaped blob? :) Looks beautiful. It's great to see hand drawn backgrounds and characters on modern systems. I'm glad there will be new puzzles and new beans.

[Doctor Setebos]

Here's an image that Edge (http://www.edge-online.com/news/contra-4-dev-brings-boy-and-his-blob-wii) snagged from Nintendo Power. I'm trying to see if I can scrounge up more:

http://setebos.fathomthat.org/images/gaming/boy_blob_0.jpg

[Spigot]

I like it. I like it a lot.

[Doctor Setebos]

Oh, and apparently I missed the part where Nintendo Power mentioned the game will be a full Wii retail game, and not a WiiWare release.

[Wraith]

Gonintendo have scan from NintendoPower, (http://gonintendo.com/?p=74512)There's a full-size version of this. Linked from Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5163938/nintendo-power-lets-a-boy-and-his-blob-details-out-early), the image is on Nintendo Power's website.

http://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP240_BoyAndBlob.jpg

[Doctor Setebos]

There's a full-size version of this. Linked from Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5163938/nintendo-power-lets-a-boy-and-his-blob-details-out-early), the image is on Nintendo Power's websiteAwesome find, thanks!

EDIT: sorry, Zaro - I didn't notice that you had posted the exact same thing earlier. :o

http://setebos.fathomthat.org/images/gaming/boy_blob_1.jpg
This particular image makes me so freaking excited. :D

[MachEnergy]

Wow. Just wow. If this game animates anywhere near as smoothly as I think it will....

The art is just perfect!

[Psykoboy2]

My heart is all a flutter....or is it Twitter?

[Wraith]

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, more screenshots in the new news post (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=6345).

[TheKeck]

My heart is all a flutter....or is it Twitter?
Twutter .

[Evil Avnovice]

Fact sheet (http://gonintendo.com/?p=74572):

Publisher: Majesco Entertainment
Developer: WayForward
Platform: Wii
Genre: Platformer
Release Date: Holiday 2009
Price / Rating: TBD / RP

Story Overview:
When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil emperor, the blob comes to earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that’s terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.


Game Overview:
a boy and his blob returns with an all new game play experience! True to the NES version, playing the boy, you feed your Blob jelly beans and watch it transform into cool and useful objects to solve puzzles and escape danger. With its robust and emotionally driven story, challenging puzzles, and visually impressive art style, a boy and his blob is nothing short of a heartwarming experience.

Featurures
• Originally created for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989 by award-winning game designer David Crane (Pitfall!).

• Experience the charming story through an all-new, hand drawn and painted animated presentation designed exclusively for Wii.

• Teamwork is key. The boy has limited movement and range, so you must use your Blob friend to transform into useful objects to get to things or places the boy cannot access alone.

• 15 new Jelly Beans including Caramel Cannon and Bubble Gum Bubble and classic beans like the Licorice Ladder, Apple Jack, and Tangerine Trampoline transform the Blob into different tools including: a ladder, trampoline, parachute, cannon, shield and more!

• Travel through the Blobolonia Outskirts to the Emperor’s Citadel in four breathtaking worlds featuring 40 levels filled with hidden treasures!

• Battle the baddies and evil bosses that terrorize Blobolonia, including the Serpent, Quadruped Beast, and even the Blobolonian Emperor himself!

• Celebrate a boy and his blob’s 20th Anniversary with unlockable bonus content

[Spigot]

All I care about is the Ketchup bean.

[Generation ABXY]

Like I said in the other thread (the screenshots one, which I stumbled upon first), even though I never played the original, this looks like an absolute blast, especially after seeing some video of it. Can't wait!

With any luck, maybe we'll see that old NES game tossed up on the VC, that way those of us who missed out on the first one can see what we were missing (for better or worse).

[Ink Asylum]

Ok. Off the top of my head I'm going to try to recall all the old jelly beans. I'm not wiki-ing this. :)

Licorice - Ladder
Punch - Hole
Apple - Jack
Tangerine - Trampoline
Honey - Hummingbird
Coconut - Bowling Ball
Cinnamon - Blow Torch
Vanilla - Umbrella
Cola - Bubble
Strawberry - Bridge
Lime - Key
Ketchup - Catch Up
Orange - Vitamin Shooter

How'd I do?

[MachEnergy]

Like I said in the other thread (the screenshots one, which I stumbled upon first), even though I never played the original, this looks like an absolute blast, especially after seeing some video of it. Can't wait!

How dare you speak of a video and not provide a link!

:D

[Generation ABXY]

How dare you speak of a video and not provide a link!

:D

Oh, here you go:

OMGVIDEOS! (http://media.wii.ign.com/media/143/14326534/vids_1.html)

[MachEnergy]

Oh, here you go:

hey, thanks for doing the footwork for me! :D

about an hour after my post, i actually read the front page and noticed there was a new boy/blob thread. but still, thank you kindly.