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Project Rygar to be a Wii exclusive photo

Announced during Tecmo's recent "Nite Out" press event, Project Rygar is set to hit the stage as a Wii exclusive. Sadly, not much was released at this time, other than some character and concept art. From IGN:

Based on the classic NES/Arcade game (which also made a glorious stop on PS2), this game starts the franchise anew with new characters and settings. Kikuchi wants to make a game that people can easily get into through the Wiimote, and the Wiimote will be your main control device for Rygar's Diskarmor. He hopes to be able to show more of Rygar some time this year.

This just might be the type of good news that the Wii has been waiting for. While Square-Enix is the primary reason the press is in Japan this weekend, it's obvious that Tecmo is ready to tease us with potential "hits in the making" of their own.

Whether or not the game will deliver the goods is anybody's guess. Nonetheless, the thought of using the Wiimote to control the Diskarmor certainly sounds appealing.  


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PacoDG's Avatar
PacoDG at 05/11/2007 11:34
Bad ass, can't wait.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 05/11/2007 11:34
Nice.

Good to hear of a game that isn't porting controls for the Wii. I may pick this one up on that basis alone.
Joe Burling's Avatar
Joe Burling at 05/11/2007 11:38
This is the kind of thing the Wii needs. Will it deliver?
brad drac's Avatar
brad drac at 05/11/2007 11:41
Diskarmour + wiimote = much potential. I look forward to hearing more.
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 05/11/2007 11:44
Dittos. Hey, it's all the Wii fanboys (and Canadian)! I wonder when Aex or Azriel will show up to tell us that this game 5ux0rz.

BTW, Paco, have you ever played the drinking game that goes with the original batman movie?
PacoDG's Avatar
PacoDG at 05/11/2007 11:47
TheStripe: I have not, please fill me on how this is done?

(it better use only the old 60's batman series! and not the new flicks where you drink every time mr freeze says something that is a metaphor for being cold... damn the new movies sucked... sorry for the mini-rant)
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splotki at 05/11/2007 11:49
RYGAR???? Super. BTW, the best Rygar EVAR was on Atari Lynx.
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topgeargorilla at 05/11/2007 11:55
Look, so THAT'S where capitain america went. and i thought he died
perri's Avatar
perri at 05/11/2007 11:57
never heard of this game before, whats with disc armour? anybody care to explain?
monosylabik's Avatar
monosylabik at 05/11/2007 11:58
freakin awesome.
the ps2 rygar was one of my favourites.
cant wait to see what they do with this one.
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JamesSorensen at 05/11/2007 12:12
Poor Rygar,

at least Dante got a true Next-Gen outing
Todd Umbarger's Avatar
Todd Umbarger at 05/11/2007 12:13
Where's the Karnov remake? Ain't enough playable fatties these days.
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brad drac at 05/11/2007 12:20
-> Paco: I believe he means the (awesome) 60's batman film(what your avatar's from), but the tim burton batmans were pretty awesome, and begins was very surprisingly solid.

-> Stripe: "Fanboy" is inappropriately used on this occasion, and one that is used far, far too frequently. I'm no more a wii fanboy than I am a DS fanboy, a PC fanboy, or a ps2 fanboy(love the console, hate sony like poison). Fanboys posses blind loyalty to a fault, claim all faults levelled against their system of choice are completely wrong, and all the other systems suck dick. I don't think any wii fans here to which those criteria apply survived the great summa purges. For me personally, I just post defending the wii because I have a project that needs doing and exams coming up, and I'm a chronic procrastinator. Just try to use a less obnoxious word, is my point.
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Qalamari at 05/11/2007 12:21
@perri:

Rygar's been around since at LEAST the NES era, though I think it was an arcade title first. It started life as a side-scroller where you ran around bonking things with a shield on a chain. This was later named the "Diskarmor." There was a 3d PS2 version released a few years back that was sort of a reboot for the series. The story and graphics for the PS2 version set it in Greece... which is sort of unfortunate, as it's hard to avoid unfair comparisons to God of War. To be fair though, the newer version came out years before the first GoW did. It's a fun game, deeper than it seems at first. Definitely worth a rental at least.

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perri at 05/11/2007 12:29
Awesome Qalamari, sounds like a solid game, definitly going to try to get my hands on some version, thought the thought of any title built from the ground up on wii is enough to excite me.
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Phist at 05/11/2007 12:39
Rygar was dopeness in the arcade.
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DannyLove99 at 05/11/2007 12:42
Wow, that character design is the shit.
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Rockvillian at 05/11/2007 12:48
^ Amen.
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yamabushi at 05/11/2007 13:03
a game that people can easily get into through the Wiimote Translation: more youtube clips of 3 year olds finishing a Wii game
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AngelsDontBurn at 05/11/2007 13:12
RYGAR FTW! Rygar on NES = love.

Though the PS2 one really wasn't bad, I just had too many other games I'd rather be playing at the time. :)
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TheBrain at 05/11/2007 13:13
I also really dig the character design. We will ultimately get the God of War comparisons whether they are warranted or not, but I'd have to say this guy is at least cooler looking than Kratos.
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Necros at 05/11/2007 13:14
So...how about a free copy of the original game on the disc? Or do we have to wait for the inevitable VC version and pay extra for what would be a freebie 5 years ago?
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RJG at 05/11/2007 13:31
This is what Wii needs. Some action games. Mini games are fun, but there's nothing like wading into a horde of enemies with a razer sharp shield on a chain.

Also, please be difficult. In the good sense, not in the "can't get anywhere because the camera, AI and controls are broken" sense.

I want some meat on my Wii games.
DrRockso's Avatar
DrRockso at 05/11/2007 13:35
Oh. Wow.

This really could end up being the killer app. For realsies.
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BlindsideDork at 05/11/2007 13:52
Theone day i skipped out and what not is the day the announce RYGAR!!!

I want!!!!

sorry for no tips! haha
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fetusmilk at 05/11/2007 14:26
im a rygar fanboy. im gonna design my own diskarmor.
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 05/11/2007 14:44
@Paco - Just watch the original batman movie (the one with the bat shark repellent) and have a drink every time they say bat-something. If Robin says "Holy . . . . . Batman!" finish what you're holding.

@Brad - I'm taking fanboy back. According to some of the haters on this board, I can't be "hardcore" unless I'm a videophile, so I'm proud to be a fanboy. While I try to have valid arguments and not hate indiscriminatly, I'm tired of haters. If they want to call me a fanboy for defending the Wii, fine, I'm a fanboy.
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 05/11/2007 14:44
Heys, the stripe wants disc armor, too.
908peruvian's Avatar
908peruvian at 05/11/2007 15:53
Rygar for arcade and NES were great!

PS2 pretty much sucked.
grainy graphics. it was wayyyyy too easy.
no innovation.

Artadius's Avatar
Artadius at 05/11/2007 17:50
NES Rygar was the best.

Can't wait.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/11/2007 22:09
Loved the NES game. My friends and I could never beat the green lion emperor thing though. The PS2 game was really good, it was pretty much how the PS2 Castlevainia games should have played.
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questworld at 05/11/2007 23:15
I hope they do better than the PS2 game. The cinematics, for one, looked terrible (at least the ones I saw) and sound awful too.
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