Heaven forbid we let Splatterhouse hog the spotlight, it's only fair that we illuminate the revival of Earthworm Jim as well. With Interplay rising from the ashes, we knew that it wouldn't be long before the supersuited invertebrate would make his return, and today is the day that firm plans for franchise necromancy are revealed.
Jim's creator, Doug TenNapel will be teaming with Interplay as creative consultant on what is currently known as Earthworm Jim 4. In addition to the game, it has been revealed that a cartoon series and feature film are also in the works, with TenNapel's involvement. Just bring back Dan Castellaneta for the voice of Jim and I'm pretty much sold.
So far it's been a pretty good day for fans of irreverent retro sidescrollers, don't you think?
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7:04 PM on 04.22.2008
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But please, Mr. TenNapel, before you think of making any other movies.. finish the Neverhood movie first!
There is no discussing. It's just...Pure happiness...
O M F-ing G.
c'mon, somebodys gotta park these bricks.
You remember when you got the awesome like nuclear gun, and you could shoot it once and destroy almost everything in one hit? Well, once you got that powerup, you had to use it before going back to regular bullets, effectively forcing you to find other ways to kill enemies until you found a suitable enemy. In a lot of ways, EWJ is about trying to avoid damage than dish it out. And that's a fuckin' clever.
MONSTER! MONSTER!
Earthworm Jim is gonna be played by Bill Shatner.
P.S. they better have a launch cow sequence.
Dear sweet jesus, today, this day, all my dreams came true.
jeez hells mail room sucks
@mmmpek, if it was Shovelware, it was definitely the limousine of shovels compared to the other games you're mentioning there.
Jim is from Texas, courtesy of the creator, Doug TenNapel, hence his hilarious accent in the Genesis/Snes games.
I openly demand the return of that accent.
Has everyone forgotten?
My pants are ruined.
This should hopefully be awesommmeeeee!
Well, keep the game 2D, because the hand drawn graphics is one of the things that makes EJ so awesome.
My pocket rocket just blasted off and took my mini Elvis along with it.
Does anybody think this game really needs any new mechanics? I'd be content with nothing new.
wouldn't mind 3d. If they did it right...But I sort of need it to be a side scroller... hmmm...