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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
chronicus_prime at 10/16/2007 00:05
Sick! Bionic commando was the shit
UNDERSTAR's Avatar
UNDERSTAR at 10/16/2007 00:06
They already killed the game!
Your moms new boyfriend's Avatar
Your moms new boyfriend at 10/16/2007 00:08
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
HideousKojima at 10/16/2007 00:15
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
Upgrayedd at 10/16/2007 00:21
DO WANT!
Roryzilla's Avatar
Roryzilla at 10/16/2007 00:21
OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT, THIS'LL BE ALMOST AS AWESOME AS BOMBERMAN ACT ZERO LOL.


/snore.
kapshhh's Avatar
kapshhh at 10/16/2007 00:25
WIN
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 10/16/2007 00:29
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
Danger Shark at 10/16/2007 00:32
Bionic Commando remake = Win
Bionic Commando with dredlock ponytail = Fail
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 10/16/2007 00:37
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
ZeroTolo at 10/16/2007 00:38
grrr.... DAMN YOU BBCode!
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 10/16/2007 00:38
Man-Aise[tm]
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 10/16/2007 00:41
oh fuck it.
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bluemeep at 10/16/2007 00:47
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.
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SourGr8pes at 10/16/2007 00:48
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
Justin Villasenor at 10/16/2007 00:50
Personally I never cared for the original very much. The inability to jump was rather confounding.
grrza's Avatar
grrza at 10/16/2007 01:03
Holy Shitballs YEA!!!
Pepillou2's Avatar
Pepillou2 at 10/16/2007 01:24
Is dat for realz? And not for Wii?? Then it sucks.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 10/16/2007 01:24
We can only hope it will do the original justice.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 10/16/2007 01:32
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
Mxyzptlk at 10/16/2007 01:45
But will you be able to explode Hitler's head?
liqideos's Avatar
liqideos at 10/16/2007 02:42
So wait...

...does the image reference Frisky Dingo...or is the sudden increase of Haggar slacks references just a coincidence?
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pancakes mcgee at 10/16/2007 03:18
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.
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winojesus at 10/16/2007 04:04
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
Jim at 10/16/2007 04:18
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
3r0t1c n3rd at 10/16/2007 04:36
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
Tron Knotts at 10/16/2007 06:59
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
Rockvillian at 10/16/2007 07:43
I'm with Tron on this one.

Boo on emo commando.
Mauer's Avatar
Mauer at 10/16/2007 08:17
Those are some really big pants!
LarkOhiya's Avatar
LarkOhiya at 10/16/2007 08:34
I wish my pants where that big.
Pangloss's Avatar
Pangloss at 10/16/2007 08:39
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
bluki at 10/16/2007 08:56
never played the original one............

care meter............................0
Variable Gear's Avatar
Variable Gear at 10/16/2007 09:41
Make it for DS or PSN/XBLA or don't make it at all!
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 10/16/2007 09:55
This should be on the wii
poonster's Avatar
poonster at 10/16/2007 11:15
the dreads are lame.
Rosseh's Avatar
Rosseh at 10/16/2007 11:22
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
Justice at 10/16/2007 12:16
I heard that it's a remake.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/16/2007 16:51
Hopefully it'll be good. I wish they'd resurrect the NeoNazis, now that Nazis are allowed in games.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 10/16/2007 17:15
The original Bionic Commando was awesome. Please don't suck.


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

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

=D
boxhound's Avatar
boxhound at 10/16/2007 21:35
Hmmrph...

"We are not amused."
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