So, this video is the “Exclusive Debut Trailer” for the new Tecmo Bowl: Throwback game, set to be released this spring on XBox and Playstation. From Gametrailers.com:
Call me a grumpy old man, but this just feels like yet another bastardization of my childhood memories in an effort to make a quick buck. Like every idea in Hollywood these days (see Where The Wild Things Are, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, etc.), this just reeks of a desperate attempt to forgo actual imagination and originality by slapping together a remake of something that worked 20+ years ago.
I mean, don’t get me wrong … we LOVE Tecmo Bowl here at RnR. It’s how we cut our video game teeth. But the novelty of that old style of game play will likely wear off in about 12 minutes, and it doesn’t look like the 3-D version is going to be winning over any folks who are accustomed to the Madden series of games. Especially since Madden (unlike Tecmo) is actually licensed by the NFL, so you can use real players, instead of generic guys like Brooke, Simmons and Thacker.
Hopefully they can at least license the names of retired guys like Bo Jackson and Lawrence Taylor, so we can re-live their Tecmo days of glory.
