After Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Another Konami Arcade Classic Is Getting A Spiritual Successor
After Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Another Konami Arcade Classic Is Getting A Spiritual Successor Nintendo Life "By Jupiter, by Teutates... These Gauls are crazy!" by Share: on It's fair to say that the world of gaming was pretty shaken up by the news that Tribute Games () and Dotemu () are teaming up to create , a spiritual successor to Konami's classic TMNT arcade machine and its sequel, . We've now got news about another 1990s Konami arcade brawler getting an unofficial "update". , when Konami was licencing pretty much any animated property it could lay its hands on, Asterix took René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's famous Gaul warriors and placed them in the same game engine as TMNT: The Arcade Game. That meant lots of side-scrolling scrapping action with some gorgeous 2D visuals and great audio. It may not have reached the same heights as the TMNT outing – perhaps due to the fact that Asterix and his portly pal Obelix weren't as popular at the time as the all-conquering Turtles – it was still a good time, and any effort to resurrect the concept is certain to find favour here at Nintendo Life Towers. And you know what? That's exactly what is happening, thanks to the efforts of publisher Microids and developer Mr Nutz Studio. is coming to Switch, PC, PS4 and Xbox One, in the fall of this year, and boasts some nice hand-drawn 2D artwork to go along with its "pretty straight forward" beat 'em up action. Here's some PR: Be prepared to prove your bravery! Asterix and Obelix: Slap them All! Is set in 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans and only one small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. Play as Asterix & Obelix and set sail to the most iconic places in the comic book series while battling Roman legionaries, pirates, brigands and even the dreaded Normans. Mr Nutz Studio is in charge of developing Asterix and Obelix: Slap them All! and making this adventure as respectful to the original material as possible. The developers chose to go with an artistic direction very close to the comic book where the characters, the scenery and also the animations are hand drawn. A real tribute to the 2D animated classics and a style that will surely appeal to fans and retro gamers alike. Unlike the magic potion, the gameplay recipe is pretty straight forward and holds no secrets. Think about the core mechanics defining the beat’em up genre and sprinkle with some local co-op! By Jupiter, by Teutates.. These Gauls are crazy! Asterix has starred in a fair few videos games during his time – the most recent being on Switch – and while they haven't always been as solid as Konami's coin-op effort, there's clearly a big audience for these characters. Let's hope that Slap Them All will be up to the standard these famous Gauls deserve. [source , via ] Share: About Damien has over a decade of professional writing experience under his belt, as well as a repulsively hairy belly. Rumours that he turned down a role in The Hobbit to work on Nintendo Life are, to the best of our knowledge, completely and utterly unfounded. Comments ) I was never that much of a fan of Asterix, but man do these sprites look good and animate well. Points for them. Not familiar with that title, but I hope they make a Simpsons Arcade spiritual successor Ah, good old asterix. May not be familiar to some, but in France, this guy is popular enough to have his own theme park. No really. Asterix land is a thing. If I was anywhere remotely close, I’d love to visit it. Looks lovely! Never played an Asterix game, but I do love the comics. Looking forward to this. Fabulous news, love the arcade game. Also loved the Asterix games on the Master System. Still play them to this day. Cool! Let's hope it turns out alright. Still waiting for the Switch release announcement of the TMNT game What a time to be alive. If you have the chance you should definitly go there once. It's been a while (like 20 years) ago that I've been there, but it was magical. Still no DDR on Switch ? That trailer sucks hard. Collisions look awful. Depth of field is inexistent. To quote what Digital Foundry's John Linneman said in his Streets of Rage 4 review : they have to get those things right to give the game a great feeling. If they don't, it will suck. Here in Europe Asterix is for us what SpongeBob is for the USA and Astro Boy is for Japan. Pretty much one of the biggest, if not the biggest comic book-character here. DDR sucks now, so if they did that they would have to reach back to at least 8th Mix Extreme when things were still good. Plus, they would need a VERY good metal pad otherwise it’s a waste. NINJA APPROVED Would have preferred a spiritual successor to the Master System Asterix platformer myself, but this does look pretty good. Hopefully the gameplay matches the standard set by the likes of SoR4 It has PAF in it! Instant buy!
(yes, I know paf is the French eqvilant to pow). Game play looks a bit ropy, but they've nailed the art style Played this one in the arcades back in the day... was good fun. But this article mainly reminds me of how much I loved Mr. Nutz on the SNES! How come these two mascots ain't in Smash Bros. yet? They were on almost every popular platforms ever made from NES, SMS, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, Amiga, Super NES, CD-i, PS1, PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and GBA all the way to today's systems like DS, 3DS, PSP, PS3, Wii, PS4, and now the Nintendo Switch and a majority of their games were impressive with animations similar to animated cartoons of the 90s.
Yeah, after Naoki Maeda and other BEMANI artists left from Konami, DDR was not the same anymore.
But i have played DDR A, DDR A20 Arcade before pandemic.
I like some of Konami Original songs on DDR A and A20 than the Western licensed songs on DDR A and DDR A20.
But, DDR A20+ got TOHO Eurobeat licensed songs and DDR 2014 & A got some TOHO songs that also appeared on MaiMai by SEGA with exactly same video BGA.
I saw from Konami Twitter that they will provide DDR Metal pad again for DDR Ultimate mobile.(Yeah, Konami apparently really want mobile version of their BEMANI games with subscription payment for every upcoming songs) I never played the Asterix arcade game, but this looks like it could be fun. As a longtime fan of animation, I love the art style. My preference would have been for the new TMNT game to be like this and look like a cartoon. This even has comic book style visual sound effects. POW! (PAF!) Man that sucks. Bemani games are some of the best music games out there, sad to see the subscription model take over. I miss the good old days of DDR, what a great way to get cardio. The original material uses "Toutatis" though, PR. (16-bit Asterix bundle release, please, someone.) Day 1 purchase for me. I'm a huge sucker for anything in the French/Belgian École de Marcinelle-style comics, and for me Asterix is probably tied at #1 (together with Franquin's stint making Spirou). Currently re-reading all the comic-books with my youngest daughter. I remember seeing these characters a long time ago. I had no idea there was a Konami arcade game for this those though. The Asterix platformers for the Master System were fantastic. They need converting Wonderboy style. I'll buy this, only if in the mean time the heaven doesn't come crashing down on my head. Oh man! If only Konami cared about arcade games enough that they would give Microids a hand. I remember the original arcade that I played when my parents went to Felixstowe on holiday. Great to see this get remade! "Uderzo's famous Gaul warriors" Famous? I've never heard of it and I'm a Roman nut. I love the visuals on this modern one Whoa. That is some top notch animation! You've got my attention. Asterix didn't originate with video games; it's a French comic series which gained a lot of licensed media since its inception in the 50s. It'd be like asking Cerebus the Aardvark to get into Smash... minus all the licensed media. If only Bucky O' Hare wasn't such an obscure IP now; Konami made some killer games based on that which would be great to see modern uptakes of. Looks great! I love Asterix and I love 2.5D Beat 'em ups, so this is right up my alley!! Ok somebody do an X-men arcade game spiritual successor/sequel please? Yes famous, roughly 400 million comic-books sold. Translated to 90 languages. Multiple movies, games and a theme-park. that's crazy. How have I never heard of it before 2021? I guess you live in a part of the world where Asterix never became part of the popular culture. It’s kind of how “no-one” in Europe knows a single baseball player, apart from Babe Ruth (maybe). Wish the new TMNT were in this style. Could have looked like the cartoon. I love Asterix! Love Asterix, very interested in this. I didn't pick up the XXL games as I wasn't sure they were any good. But I notice there is a triple pack coming up for release. Still love playing the old master system Asterix game. And a visit to the theme park is on my bucket list! Cool! I love the hand-drawn nature of the game. Obelix is my homeboy. There is no depth of field effect... With animation quality that good, this game is a day one purchase for me. I would be curious to see sales figures across france Ooh! As one of like, maybe 6 Americans who love Asterix, I am very excited for this. Glad to see that, at least according to the release info here, that the US is getting this as well. Slim pickings for the niche of fans on my side of the pond for sure, unless I import a Region 4 set from Canada. with Tintin taking second place & Dredd in 3rd I'd say ^_^ René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo would be really proud of this...
I think Lucky Luke or the Smurfs are in third place. Wow, they did a fantastic job adapting the art style of the comics. Will defo pick this up. "perhaps due to the fact that Asterix and his portly pal Obelix weren't as popular at the time as the all-conquering Turtles"
Was this game even released in America? Asterix had no presence in North America that I'm aware of. (the only time I'd even heard of them is when the NES and SNES games were announced in magazines, and then canceled) Looks really well done and I’m a big fan of the Asterix comics. Looking forward to it. Oooooh, yes please. Great news. Dabbled in a bit of Asterix as a lad, lol Leave A Comment Hold on there, you need to to post a comment...
(yes, I know paf is the French eqvilant to pow). Game play looks a bit ropy, but they've nailed the art style Played this one in the arcades back in the day... was good fun. But this article mainly reminds me of how much I loved Mr. Nutz on the SNES! How come these two mascots ain't in Smash Bros. yet? They were on almost every popular platforms ever made from NES, SMS, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, Amiga, Super NES, CD-i, PS1, PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and GBA all the way to today's systems like DS, 3DS, PSP, PS3, Wii, PS4, and now the Nintendo Switch and a majority of their games were impressive with animations similar to animated cartoons of the 90s.
Yeah, after Naoki Maeda and other BEMANI artists left from Konami, DDR was not the same anymore.
But i have played DDR A, DDR A20 Arcade before pandemic.
I like some of Konami Original songs on DDR A and A20 than the Western licensed songs on DDR A and DDR A20.
But, DDR A20+ got TOHO Eurobeat licensed songs and DDR 2014 & A got some TOHO songs that also appeared on MaiMai by SEGA with exactly same video BGA.
I saw from Konami Twitter that they will provide DDR Metal pad again for DDR Ultimate mobile.(Yeah, Konami apparently really want mobile version of their BEMANI games with subscription payment for every upcoming songs) I never played the Asterix arcade game, but this looks like it could be fun. As a longtime fan of animation, I love the art style. My preference would have been for the new TMNT game to be like this and look like a cartoon. This even has comic book style visual sound effects. POW! (PAF!) Man that sucks. Bemani games are some of the best music games out there, sad to see the subscription model take over. I miss the good old days of DDR, what a great way to get cardio. The original material uses "Toutatis" though, PR. (16-bit Asterix bundle release, please, someone.) Day 1 purchase for me. I'm a huge sucker for anything in the French/Belgian École de Marcinelle-style comics, and for me Asterix is probably tied at #1 (together with Franquin's stint making Spirou). Currently re-reading all the comic-books with my youngest daughter. I remember seeing these characters a long time ago. I had no idea there was a Konami arcade game for this those though. The Asterix platformers for the Master System were fantastic. They need converting Wonderboy style. I'll buy this, only if in the mean time the heaven doesn't come crashing down on my head. Oh man! If only Konami cared about arcade games enough that they would give Microids a hand. I remember the original arcade that I played when my parents went to Felixstowe on holiday. Great to see this get remade! "Uderzo's famous Gaul warriors" Famous? I've never heard of it and I'm a Roman nut. I love the visuals on this modern one Whoa. That is some top notch animation! You've got my attention. Asterix didn't originate with video games; it's a French comic series which gained a lot of licensed media since its inception in the 50s. It'd be like asking Cerebus the Aardvark to get into Smash... minus all the licensed media. If only Bucky O' Hare wasn't such an obscure IP now; Konami made some killer games based on that which would be great to see modern uptakes of. Looks great! I love Asterix and I love 2.5D Beat 'em ups, so this is right up my alley!! Ok somebody do an X-men arcade game spiritual successor/sequel please? Yes famous, roughly 400 million comic-books sold. Translated to 90 languages. Multiple movies, games and a theme-park. that's crazy. How have I never heard of it before 2021? I guess you live in a part of the world where Asterix never became part of the popular culture. It’s kind of how “no-one” in Europe knows a single baseball player, apart from Babe Ruth (maybe). Wish the new TMNT were in this style. Could have looked like the cartoon. I love Asterix! Love Asterix, very interested in this. I didn't pick up the XXL games as I wasn't sure they were any good. But I notice there is a triple pack coming up for release. Still love playing the old master system Asterix game. And a visit to the theme park is on my bucket list! Cool! I love the hand-drawn nature of the game. Obelix is my homeboy. There is no depth of field effect... With animation quality that good, this game is a day one purchase for me. I would be curious to see sales figures across france Ooh! As one of like, maybe 6 Americans who love Asterix, I am very excited for this. Glad to see that, at least according to the release info here, that the US is getting this as well. Slim pickings for the niche of fans on my side of the pond for sure, unless I import a Region 4 set from Canada. with Tintin taking second place & Dredd in 3rd I'd say ^_^ René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo would be really proud of this...
I think Lucky Luke or the Smurfs are in third place. Wow, they did a fantastic job adapting the art style of the comics. Will defo pick this up. "perhaps due to the fact that Asterix and his portly pal Obelix weren't as popular at the time as the all-conquering Turtles"
Was this game even released in America? Asterix had no presence in North America that I'm aware of. (the only time I'd even heard of them is when the NES and SNES games were announced in magazines, and then canceled) Looks really well done and I’m a big fan of the Asterix comics. Looking forward to it. Oooooh, yes please. Great news. Dabbled in a bit of Asterix as a lad, lol Leave A Comment Hold on there, you need to to post a comment...