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April 27th a New Generation of Tecmo Bowl Fans Will Be Born

Tecmo Bowl Throwback’s gameplay was based on the 1991 SNES version of the game and allegedly gets released to Xbox Live and PSN 4/27!

Posted by Madaracs on April 13, 2010 at 12:34 pm
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8 Comments

  1. Zoyx Said, April 13, 2010 at 1:07 PM

    Why not the Wii. These throw back titles are a better fit for the Wii.

  2. Commander Tim Said, April 13, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    Because this kind of stuff sells better on XBLA and PSN.

  3. Madaracs Said, April 13, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    Is the Wii even capable of the textures and 3d effects that they put into the new Bionic Commando, Rush’n Attack and Tecmo Bowl?

  4. Madaracs Said, April 13, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    It’s also a little sad that the teams will not be NFL do to the exclusivity agreement EA has with the NFL. But it is fun to see the Vikings logo changed into the likes of a Viking axe.

  5. Zoyx Said, April 13, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    @Madaracs – Yep. Plenty of 3D games on the Wii. These games would look essentially the same on the Wii.

    @Commander Tim – I was thinking that it was the older folks with younger kids buying Wiis… so these casual titles would fit in better with their gaming style. I guess there is a stigma attached to making a Wii game. Fear of not being taken as seriously.

  6. Commander Tim Said, April 13, 2010 at 3:27 PM

    @Madaracs: No, the Wii wouldn’t be able to pull off direct ports of these games. But as developers have proven in the past, you can eek some nice visuals out of the hardware, but it’s still nowhere near the more powerful consoles. (check out The Conduit for a good example of this).

    @Zoyx: At this point, it’s everybody buying Wiis. The Virtual Console stuff does OK for Nintendo, as does WiiWare, but for pure volume of sales of downloadable games, the PS3 and XBLA demolish everything (with XBLA in a very solid 1st place). Same thing as the iPhone/Touch/Pad; the reason everyone deals with Apple’s totalitarian rules is because stuff sells on there.

  7. POI Said, April 15, 2010 at 5:38 AM

    I don’t think the Wii can do the needful.

  8. Commander Tim Said, April 16, 2010 at 2:41 PM

    The needful? Is that some new dance craze?