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Old 11-22-2008, 05:01 PM   #1
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Madballs In Babo:Invasion (XBLA/PC)


I don't know if anyone here remembers Madballs from the 80's (MEMORRIESSS), but even if you aren't familiar with them, you'll probably want to take a gander at this new title coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PC's this summer. Madballs in Babo: Invasion is a fast paced multi-player 3D action game featuring team play, 2-16 player online multi-player, and co-op.

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Playbrains partnered with American Greetings Properties, who recently re-launched the 80s classic Madballs toy and entertainment brand, to develop the game featuring the hilariously grotesque Madballs characters. In the game, two Madballs characters crash land on a planet in the middle of a civil war between the peaceful Babos and chaotic Scorched forces and join the fray. The game features a dozen characters, each with special abilities, fighting with many different weapons across multiple landscapes. There is a deep single-player campaign and many different co-op and multiplayer modes of gameplay.
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Old 11-22-2008, 05:02 PM   #2
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Old 11-22-2008, 06:04 PM   #3
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Wow, I had totally forgotten about these things.
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Old 11-22-2008, 06:28 PM   #4
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I wasn't sure what to expect, but that most certainly wasn't it. Looks interesting.
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Old 11-22-2008, 06:30 PM   #5
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I had quite a few of those but forgot they ever existed. Nostalgia!

Edit: as far as gameplay goes, it looks like a poor man's Assault Heroes

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Old 11-22-2008, 06:51 PM   #6
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We were just talking about Madballs in the Toys thread and now they're front page in a different story about their own game?

Is this the bizarro internets? I'm holding out for a Garbage Pail Kids MMO.
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Old 11-22-2008, 06:57 PM   #7
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OMG, I remember those!!!!

Damn... I'm old
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Old 11-22-2008, 06:59 PM   #8
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I loved Madballs, but this has got to be one of the most random tie-ins I've ever seen in a video game. EVER!
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Old 11-22-2008, 07:36 PM   #9
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We were just talking about Madballs in the Toys thread and now they're front page in a different story about their own game?

Is this the bizarro internets? I'm holding out for a Garbage Pail Kids MMO.
GPK MMO? I'm so there for that...wacky stickers too for the win..
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OMG, I remember those!!!!

Damn... I'm old
I bet i'm still older...so don't feel to bad...

I remember these toys...not sure if it's a game i'm going to need to play but...hell i'll try a demo just for kicks...
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Old 11-22-2008, 07:40 PM   #10
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Wow, I had forgotten all about those. I used to have several.

The game actually looks pretty good. Quite surprising.
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Old 11-22-2008, 09:44 PM   #11
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I also remember these.

Viva la 80s!

I almost wish this kind of thing wouldn't come back though. The memories are great, but everything brought back from my childhood has been completely bastardized.
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Old 11-22-2008, 10:02 PM   #12
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Very neat. Lets hope it turns out well.
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Back the fuck up, Madballs are being sold again? Why was I not told?
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Old 11-23-2008, 02:45 AM   #14
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Ah man, I loved Madballs; I had Horn Head, Dustbrain, and Oculus Orbus, and also head-launching bodies (with heads) for Horn Head and another (I think Dustbrain,) along with the motorcycle-like toy...

But I'm kinda with Mags... Leave some things alone for crying out loud. Next thing you know, we'll get a My Pet Monster game.
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Babo is a really, really bad ass game. Totally gonna rock on XBLA.
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Old 11-23-2008, 03:23 AM   #16
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Neat.

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Old 11-23-2008, 05:55 AM   #17
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Ah man, I loved Madballs; I had Horn Head, Dustbrain, and Oculus Orbus, and also head-launching bodies (with heads) for Horn Head and another (I think Dustbrain,) along with the motorcycle-like toy...

But I'm kinda with Mags... Leave some things alone for crying out loud. Next thing you know, we'll get a My Pet Monster game.
I had the head launching ones too. They were actually pretty awesome and packed quite the punch if you fired them at people.

Don't know if they ever made one, but I'd love an old school Battle Beast game.

Visionaries could also make a fairly fantastic action beat-em up as well.
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Battle Beasts' fire/water/wood mechanic could make for an absolutely excellent multiplayer game with serious cash behind it, imo. Three teams of eight in a 3d action game with the play speed of say, larger Halo 3 maps. Each team can dominate one other team, but be dominated by the third... Losing your base means your team no longer respawns, and to win you have to eradicate all of your opponents... That's it. I'm going to tap a programming pal and look into this.
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This actually looks about a thousand times more awesome than any tie in I could of imagined. I'm pretty tempted by this.
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We were just talking about Madballs in the Toys thread and now they're front page in a different story about their own game?

Is this the bizarro internets? I'm holding out for a Garbage Pail Kids MMO.
Definitely...my first thoughts when I saw this was the toys thread

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