There comes a time in every person's life where they get the inclination to lop off an arm, replace it with a kick-ass bionic one, and save the world. Luckily for the mothers of arm owners everywhere, Capcom has been providing a safer alternative to these desires in the form of the BionicCommando videogame series.
Beginning in the late 80s, and garnering sequels (sort of) and a very classy remake, the original BionicCommando has been in the gamer's eye for over twenty years. During that time, Capcom has kept the franchise strictly 2D, but they're about to reboot the series for this generation of consoles with an all-new 3D version of BionicCommando.
Destructoid is happy to bring fans of the series this first-ever look at the original concept art for the upcoming title. Keep in mind that this is the original concept art for the game, and not what the final product will look like. In case that concept is still a little too cloudy for you, I've included the official gameplay trailer for you after the jump, and you can check out even more BionicCommando goodness at the game's official Web site right here.
Thank god there's an option that lets you play with the BC Remake's costume. I loved that look compared to this one. This Spencer with the braids looks like terrible and screams "generic tough guy". It just doesn't seem like the same person. I hope they keep Spencer's cocky attitude from the remake too, it gave him alot of flare.
Bunch of cool-looking art to be seen. Despite how overly edgy and somewhat generic Spencer he is, his art still seems pretty nifty. I can't wait to put that arm into action.
Why did they choose to have dreadlocks on the bionic commando? It just looks so weird.
The header concept art is pretty cool though, love the laser sight under the arm. Although it looks just a bit too scifi-ish.
Considering how many different variations they worked on, I'm actually pretty happy with the character design they eventually decided on. I'm pretty surprised at how bad some of the arm concepts were though.
Is the pink hair character an actual design? The first thing I thought of was it being a joke at 'Heavenly Sword', especially with the hair completely obscuring what he can see and thus being physically impracticle.
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4:00 PM on 04.14.2009
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The header concept art is pretty cool though, love the laser sight under the arm. Although it looks just a bit too scifi-ish.