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New Bionic Commando game: reach out and touch something photo

We have to give a whole bag of propers to the huge number of people who sent in tips regarding Gamespot's revelation of a new Bionic Commando title coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Hit the jump for words!

The original title was a highly underrated gem combining equal parts action, platforming and ingenious gimmicks, the most obvious of which is the commando's eponymous extendable arm. Using the mechanical arm allowed players to attach themselves to bits of scenery, swing around like some kind of 'spider man' and attain the lofty sex appeal once reserved for Col. Steve Austin. Unless you're too busy subscribing to Marxist theory, that description should put a lil' chub in those pants of yours. 

After years of fans crying out for Capcom to revive the series -- and them instead offering gamers more MegaMan titles -- Capcom has finally coalesced. Unfortunately, they seem to be taking the Prince of Persia angle with this series' resurrection, and the plot has been described thusly:

... the new game's storyline appears to carry a more cynical edge. After serving his country honorably in conflict with the Imperials, technologically enhanced agent Nathan Spencer is framed for a number of crimes by his superiors and sentenced for execution. Fate intervenes, as an experimental terrorist weapon is detonated in Ascension City on the day Spencer is to be executed. With the city in ruins and Spencer uniquely equipped to handle the many skyscrapers, monorails, and suspended roadways, the government reluctantly turns to its imprisoned bionic commando for help.

While that sort of description absolutely screams 'nürock', we're hoping Nate won't be sporting manscara as thick as a raccoon Pete Wentz'.

Capcom has yet to reveal anything beyond the above, but we'll let you know as soon as we get some release date info or some hands-on time with the title. 


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chronicus_prime's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:05
chronicus_prime
Sick! Bionic commando was the shit
UNDERSTAR's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:06
UNDERSTAR
They already killed the game!
Your moms new boyfriend's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:08
Your moms new boyfriend
Fucking awesome! God heard one of my prayers! Now if only he can give Paris Hilton herpes...

What? She has a prescription for Valtrex? Really?

There is a God, and he/she loves me!
HideousKojima's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:15
HideousKojima
Geez,does every SpaceMarine badass have to be in prison and sprung to do a mission only he can achieve?Didn't they do that with Marcus Phenix(Gears of War) and Bill Rizer(Contra Shattered Soldier)...Anyways,I hope the gameplay would be fresh and innovative as the original.
Upgrayedd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:21
Upgrayedd
DO WANT!
Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:21
Roryzilla
OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT, THIS'LL BE ALMOST AS AWESOME AS BOMBERMAN ACT ZERO LOL.


/snore.
kapshhh's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:25
kapshhh
WIN
ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:29
ZeroTolo
I believe it was ArrestedDeveloper who wrote a c-blog about this with a nice video from gamespot about it.

Here it is.
Danger Shark's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:32
Danger Shark
Bionic Commando remake = Win
Bionic Commando with dredlock ponytail = Fail
ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:37
ZeroTolo
Very true.

But who ever said using the ol' nature pump to produce a couple tablespoons of [tm]Man-Aise[/tm] wasn't fun?
ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:38
ZeroTolo
grrr.... DAMN YOU BBCode!
ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:38
ZeroTolo
Man-Aise[tm]
ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:41
ZeroTolo
oh fuck it.
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:47
bluemeep
The more I think about this, the more worried I get. I'm hoping "Nathan" Spencer is supposed to be a relation of ol' Radd and not a hip retooling, but I have little faith in the matter.

That aside, it bothers me that they're basing the story off of the craptacular localization of the NES game rather than the original story where you were, y'know, fighting Hitler. Yeah, Mr. Interviewer Superfan, I thought "The Badds" was a silly name too. That's why I just called them "Nazis" like they were supposed to be.
SourGr8pes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:48
SourGr8pes
This could either be legendarily epic, or legendarily bad. Also I think that...
Huh? OH SHI- I SHOT IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE!!
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 00:50
Justin Villasenor
Personally I never cared for the original very much. The inability to jump was rather confounding.
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 01:03
grrza
Holy Shitballs YEA!!!
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 01:24
Pepillou2
Is dat for realz? And not for Wii?? Then it sucks.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 01:24
Dexter345
We can only hope it will do the original justice.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 01:32
Wedge
What kind of crackheads came up with that character design? You're some kind of deformed reject Jamaican with no sunglasses?

Also, this is going to suck, because the world is just not a happy enough place for it to be good.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 01:45
Mxyzptlk
But will you be able to explode Hitler's head?
liqideos's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 02:42
liqideos
So wait...

...does the image reference Frisky Dingo...or is the sudden increase of Haggar slacks references just a coincidence?
pancakes mcgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 03:18
pancakes mcgee
for starters, capcom guy (who was the kid dying to be line leader in 3rd grade) says that for this next-gen version, they wanted to remain true to the original visual style. right, because that makes total sense.[/sarcasm] apparently remaining true to that style includes a main character who looks like the idiot cousin of my local meth dealer.

line leader (and definitely hall pass monitor) then goes on to imply that rad spencer isn't a badass name, and that nathan spencer is. and to any nathan spencers out there, at least your birth certificate doesn't say farty mchopscotch...though i'm sure you wish it did.

then ol' needs a shave claims to be the biggest bionic commando fan in the world. after having mentioned that he went with the focus group choice of a glowing blue arm, and when someone else mentioned it was pretty pathetic, he graciously allowed them to come up with something new in a 'very small time frame' or else they'd stick with the sh*t blue. someone needs to get their priorities straight and either make the f*ckin' kickass, mind-blowing game this could be, or suck on the nippling* teat of his japanese daddy.

this looks like it's going to disappoint more than aninfiniteamountofboobs.com...and i can only hope capcom proves me wrong. for this was THE entertainment item of my childhood, followed closely by the bmx movie rad, followed by nose picking. if the game is what it could be, i might just have to give aninfiniteamountofboobs.com another chance, as it will mean anything is possible.

*yeah, i don't know either.
winojesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 04:04
winojesus
greta, lost plannets stumble-em-up cameplay , with a new destroyed society skin, given a nostalgic title to ship a few more copies to fuckin idiots the world over.
saying that, i'm probably gonna buy the fucking thing.
Jim's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 04:18
Jim
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

Just yesterday I ranted on why BIONIC COMMANDO should be in all its "Head Explodey" glory on Virtual Console and now... WOOHOOOO!!
3r0t1c n3rd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 04:36
3r0t1c n3rd
WooHoo. That's what I whould say if I had ever played the original. But that never got released over here, thanks to the whole Nazi thing...
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 06:59
Tron Knotts
Capcom keeps screwing up.

First they let Capcom USA make Final Fight Streetwise. That sucked.

Then they put Resdient Evil on the DS, and it failed to sell because the RE demographic had bought the PSP.

Then they put Mega Man and Ghosts N Goblins on the PSP and they failed to sell, because their demographics had bought the DS.

Now they are putting both of those bad ideas together and letting Capcom USA make the new Bionic Commando game and their putting it on the 360 and the PS3 instead of the DS and the Wii.

And I'd waited so long for a new Bionic Commando game.

*Sighs*
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 07:43
Rockvillian
I'm with Tron on this one.

Boo on emo commando.
Mauer's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 08:17
Mauer
Those are some really big pants!
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 08:34
LarkOhiya
I wish my pants where that big.
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 08:39
Pangloss
Please, please let this be good. If it sucks, I'll probably lock myself in my room and cry for a few days. Otherwise, I'll lock myself in my room and play this for about three days straight, and then die of exhaustion and glee.
bluki's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 08:56
bluki
never played the original one............

care meter............................0
Variable Gear's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 09:41
Variable Gear
Make it for DS or PSN/XBLA or don't make it at all!
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 09:55
F Whipple
This should be on the wii
poonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 11:15
poonster
the dreads are lame.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 11:22
Rosseh
Holy shit! Awesome! Ever since I played Lost Planet I thought they should make a new bonic commando game. I'm kinda disappointed about the storyline though. I woulda loved to see this in HDs.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 12:16
Justice
I heard that it's a remake.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 16:51
Necros
Hopefully it'll be good. I wish they'd resurrect the NeoNazis, now that Nazis are allowed in games.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 17:15
Fading Star
The original Bionic Commando was awesome. Please don't suck.


We love you, Megaman.
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 18:27
braulio09
"Fate intervenes"

fate can't intervene...fate was always meant to be, so, actually, fate just continued to be

=D
boxhound's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2007 21:35
boxhound
Hmmrph...

"We are not amused."
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