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Strong Bad Episode 1 Hits the WiiWare Shop
Posted by
ScuttleMonkey
on Mon Aug 11, 2008 06:37 PM
from the no-lightswitch-raves dept.
from the no-lightswitch-raves dept.
Nintendo has added a new title to their WiiWare shop, Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner from developer Telltale Games. The new title features the infamous boxing-glove-adorned character in the first of five installments of Telltale's "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People." "The point-and-click adventure game stars Strong Bad, the lucha libre mask-wearing character from web cartoon series Homestar Runner. Players can create 'Teen Girl Squad' comics, play a retro-styled minigame titled Snake Boxer 5, and send pictures and messages to their friends through the Wii's message board system." In addition to the new title, two classic titles have also been added for virtual console, Break In, and Star Parodier.
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Nintendo has rigged... (Score:3, Funny)
Message before explosion: (Score:5, Funny)
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Not Gloves! (Score:5, Informative)
They're not boxing gloves, they're his hands. How many times do we have to cover this?
-Peter
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Similarly, "this is not a [lucha-libre] mask, it's-a my face."
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They're not boxing gloves, they're his hands. How many times do we have to cover this?
Did you miss this part underneath the title?
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I think that answers that question.
Re:Not Gloves! (Score:5, Funny)
I was going to ask the same question about Marzipan and Homestar, except the question was "how do they type without them"?
Parent
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LOL
do you take your face and hands off every night before you go to bed?
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Finish the other one first! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Finish the other one first! (Score:5, Funny)
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Though Homestar Runner RPG had the blessing of The Bros. Chaps, it was being developed by a third party, a Mr. Paul Slocum. It doesn't seem that The Bros. Chaps had the same level of involvement, if any, that they have in Strong Bad's Cool Game. . . , so go and complain to Slocum. (Though that'd be a colossal dick move on your part.)
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Though that'd be a colossal dick move on your part
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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Re:Finish the other one first! (Score:5, Informative)
We still may release a H*R Atari 2600 game at some point -- we've talked about some other ideas that would be much more reasonable.
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Also availiable on PC (Score:5, Informative)
The System (Score:5, Funny)
Uninformed mods (Score:3, Informative)
This is a clear reference to the strongbad e-mail "Techno music".
On topic.
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Is Down
doo dee doo deeee dooooooo
doo dee doo deeee dooooooo
The cheat is grounded! [youtube.com]
Come on (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Come on (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.html [homestarrunner.com]
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Review (Score:2, Informative)
Star Parodier... (Score:2, Informative)
Dear Strong Bad... (Score:5, Funny)
How do you hold the Wii controller with your boxing gloves on?
Yours truly,
Chicago, Illinois
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You win two internets and an AOL.
Sorry about that last one.
Homestar RUINer? (Score:2, Funny)
Clearly, the person writing the article is typing with boxing gloves on.
/fhqwagads
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No typo, my friend, it's the name of the game. I believe that would be a pun.
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Personally I will wait for their up and coming hit, "Translate Server Error"...
Sounds cool. Brings back memories. . . (Score:5, Interesting)
Wow. A low comment count.
At first glance, I thought HSR had suffered from the ravages of time and a fickle public, but from the comments, it seems that there are some people who manged to avoid the mega-internet sensation which ripped through my town three years back.
A Strongbad point & click adventure from the Sam & Max guys?
Aside from the fact that content driven story adventures are today's Pong in the game world, it should be pretty impressive. I love their voice acting and comic timing, even if the HSR humor is cynical and mean-spirited.
I'd check it out if I didn't have to actually play it. Or own a Wii. I miss the days when I could kick back as my friends labored their way through silly games while I watched. I pretty much cannot stand the act of actually working through nearly any kind of video game myself, but for some reason, I really enjoy seeing my friends play them. --That way I don't have to muck around with annoying control pads or remember button combinations and I don't have to stress out over endless, repetitive hand-eye coordination challenges, whereas I DO get to see a story (of sorts) unfold before me and share in the camaraderie of cheering on friends as they confront challenges. It was generally far more fun than regular TV programming because I got to see people I cared about achieving their goals, (even if they were meaningless digital goals). --Then I grew up and no longer have time to blow on basement adventures and junk food.
Still, good for the Strongbad creators. They've worked long and hard and they have lots of talent. I hope this project does well for them!
-FL
Epic Fail... (Score:5, Funny)
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Vaingloriously? While that is an excellent word, I believe that the one for which you are searching is fangoriously. And... um... Linebacker.
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Oooooo.. Burn(inated)!
We need a cool sound effect for this...
*DWAYNE*!
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How many nerd points do I loose?
Some things are better than nerd points.
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Only a non-nerd would say that.
Let's get 'im boys!
Re:WTF? Translation, anyone? (Score:5, Informative)
Strong Bad is a character featured on the popular animation web site homestarrunner.com [homestarrunner.com].
The write-up concerns a downloadable game written for the Nintendo Wii gaming console that uses Strong Bad and other characters developed by homestarrunner.
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homestar runner is the name of one of the characters. to say he developed strong bad would be weird.
it was developed by two brothers - Mike and Matt Chapman.
Re:WTF? Translation, anyone? (Score:5, Informative)
I think the other replies pretty much sum up the answer to the nerd points question, but I'll try to sum up what this is about.
Strong Bad is a fictional character created by The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner [homestarrunner.com], a very popular Flash cartoon series.
While the name would suggest that the toons are about Homestar, the majority of them come from a section of the site called "Strong Bad Emails", in which Strong Bad answers e-mails sent to "his" e-mail address (strongbad [at] homestarrunner [dot] com) by the readership.
TFA is about the first episode in a video game starring Strong Bad. As a side note, in case you didn't know, Telltale Games are the good folks who gave us the (modern) adventures of Sam & Max. Great stuff.
--- Mr. DOS
Parent
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www.homestarrunner.com a website of varied flash cartoons featuring the aforementioned Strong Bad. All the humor is clean, and yet the site is quite popular with adults. Check it out.
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However many nerd points you loose, you gain nerd points for not following the link to RTFA in the slashdot article from a couple days ago with the Internet Meme timeline.
http://www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes [dipity.com]
You'll find homestar runner at june 30, 2001, at the first level of zoom!
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Let's see...for inability to use Wiki, you lose half of all nerd points and for inability to use Google, you lose the rest.
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How many nerd points do I loose?
Since you misspelled "lose", you get a credit of one nerd point and come out even.
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Given that you can't (officially) use a Wiimote on a Windows box, I would hazard a guess that it's probably better on the Wii. Thus the discount for the crappier platform.
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It is a bluetooth controller. People them on Windows boxes all the time. And frankly, I find selecting items on the screen rather a pain-in-the-ass with the Wiimote. For an adventure game, a mouse would likely be better.
Re:How do you type with boxing gloves on your hand (Score:5, Insightful)
You know, for all the years of their unique brand of humor, WITHOUT ads, without a subscription, and without resorting to having strongbad basically beg you to buy his merchandise, think of it as a $10 donation to the chaps bros.
Seriously, all that animation must take an assload of work, it's always the same quality, there are only occasional long lapses in updates. Pay the $10 or at least nominate them for internet sainthood.
Parent
Re:How do you type with boxing gloves on your hand (Score:5, Insightful)
"The games they have on the site look like something that you would have played on a Commodore 64 or an Atari."
Uh, you do realize that's exactly the point of them don't you?
Parent
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Yeah, but you get them "cheap as free!"
It took me a while to realize you were making a joke, by the way, I was about to chide you about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Re:How do you type with boxing gloves on your hand (Score:5, Insightful)
Bullshit. How much a month do you spend on coffee? Eating out? Other crap?
$10 for a game like this makes me feel like I'm ripping them off, seriously.
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Re:Trogdor. (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogdor.html [homestarrunner.com]
Like this game?
Parent