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Title: Rygar on Wii
Post by: cubist on May 11, 2007, 03:35:38 AM
Tecmo is bringing the love...

DS got the return of Ninja Gaiden...

and the Wii is getting Rygar.  The character art looks beautiful though.  Rygar was one of my favorite games growing up.  It was my Strider before Strider came out.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: KDR_11k on May 11, 2007, 04:34:37 AM
How much different is it from the PS2 version?
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Caliban on May 11, 2007, 04:42:54 AM
taken from ign-wii:

"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."
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: couchmonkey on May 11, 2007, 06:40:10 AM
I never played Rygar, but this is great news.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Louieturkey on May 11, 2007, 06:58:03 AM
NES Rygar on the VC for the win!!
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Pittbboi on May 11, 2007, 07:00:13 AM
Yes, more third party announcements to get excited about.

I liked the Rygar games, but I'm glad that Tecmo is going to try and take it in a different direction, as Rygar's place is currently held by God of War. Sure, GoW ripped off just about all its concepts from Rygar--right down to the "bladed weapon attached to chain" shtick, but it did so superbly, so I think it's smart that they aren't going to try to take it on directly and are instead trying a different approach.

Actually, now that I think about it...I wonder just HOW they're going to make a Rygar game without it being too much like God of War, the games are so similar in concept (well, other than the Rygar = good guy, Kratos = not-so-good guy). Oh well, I'm still really excited. The idea of controlling the diskarmor with the wiimote is actually....well, pretty awesome. The two actually could go very well together. The wiimote can handle throwing motions pretty accurately, and since the diskarmor is, well, a disk...the collision problems that would plague sword-play with the wiimote most likely wouldn't factor in as much.  
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 11, 2007, 07:43:22 AM
I take it that Rygar PS2 was practice for Ninja Gaiden Xbox?
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: vherub on May 11, 2007, 07:48:27 AM
rygar wii will live or die on the wiimote controls.
I found the early level designs and boss battle in rygar- especially the catacombs to be dreadful. Good to see games built from the ground up for wii.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Adrock on May 11, 2007, 08:06:03 AM
I don't know. I wouldn't call God of War a rip-off of Rygar. That's almost like saying Zelda is a rip-off of Adventure (Atari 2600).

Still, if God of War borrowed from the old Rygar games, maybe this new Rygar should borrow from God of War, because the PS2 version of Rygar, despite fairly good reviews, sucked while God of War was awesome. God of War is a perfect game to draw influences from.

And this is just personal preference, but I hope new Rygar doesn't bastardize Greek and Roman mythology as badly this time. For comparison's sake, God of War changed Greek mythology yet stayed fairly accurate and it worked. Rygar, on the other hand, had Icarus as a Titan for example. Again, personal preference. I just thought the story was generally poor in Rygar and taking so many liberties made it worse. On the other hand, Valkyrie Profile wrecked Norse mythology, but I liked the storyline. I guess it just comes down to execution and quality of writing.

But hey, this is great news. Wii is finally getting exclusives, which is better than ports or no exclusives at all. Like Soul Calibur Legends, I'll be looking out for this one.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Pittbboi on May 11, 2007, 08:49:38 AM
Quote


Still, if God of War borrowed from the old Rygar games, maybe this new Rygar should borrow from God of War, because the PS2 version of Rygar, despite fairly good reviews, sucked while God of War was awesome.

That's basically what I was getting at. God of War didn't rip off the entirety of the Rygar series, but it basically took everything the PS2 version of Rygar tried to do before it and did it....well, right.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 11, 2007, 09:24:43 AM
God of War had a whole heap of PS2 action games to build off of.  The objective was to avoid all their mistakes.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Dirk Temporo on May 13, 2007, 07:46:10 PM
What the hell is Rygar?
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 13, 2007, 07:48:45 PM
Nothing of consequence.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: ShyGuy on May 13, 2007, 07:56:10 PM
Rygar is action/platformer that has had three incarnations released so far.

Rygar Arcade:


Rygar NES


Rygar PS2
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Spak-Spang on May 14, 2007, 02:47:39 AM
Rygar Arcade looks better than Rygar PS2.

For some reason back in the day I remember Rygar nes being compared to Ninja Gaiden and people were supported on or the other.

Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Adrock on May 14, 2007, 08:58:52 AM
This is a little off-topic, but after looking at a close-up of the art, I hate that crustache Rygar has. I thought only guys on the Style network had facial hair like that.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: The Omen on May 14, 2007, 10:49:04 AM
Rygar is a great NES game.    
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: cubist on May 15, 2007, 04:49:53 PM
I hope Tecmo's Wii incarnation of Rygar kicks ass and takes names.  

I never thought I'd hear God of War comparisons to the PS2 version of the game.  I hope they put some time to develop a storyline for the game.  I'm not expecting Silicon Knights territory with the story development, but a nice solid one...comparable to Metal Gear.  
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 15, 2007, 05:30:38 PM
Did tecmo bother with a storyline for Ninja Gaiden Xbox?
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on May 16, 2007, 09:01:16 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: Professional 666
Did tecmo bother with a storyline for Ninja Gaiden Xbox?


They bothered, but not much.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Kairon on July 11, 2007, 03:13:42 PM
Disappointment for fanbois? Is this just a wiimake?

Quote

...
Project Rygar is, according to the latest issue of Famitsu, just an updated version of the PlayStation 2 Rygar game.

Of course, Tecmo is adding some updates to the game.
...


Le sigh. At least I never played Rygar on the PS2...
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on July 11, 2007, 06:44:03 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Kairon
Disappointment for fanbois? Is this just a wiimake?

Quote

...
Project Rygar is, according to the latest issue of Famitsu, just an updated version of the PlayStation 2 Rygar game.

Of course, Tecmo is adding some updates to the game.
...


Le sigh. At least I never played Rygar on the PS2...


Booo thank you for spoiling everything! Well maybe it will be polished up and have great Wiimote controls to where it seems fresh again. I'd love to see Rygar get another chance, the series is great (well except for the arcade one which I found to be terrible).
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on July 11, 2007, 06:44:03 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Kairon
Disappointment for fanbois? Is this just a wiimake?

Quote

...
Project Rygar is, according to the latest issue of Famitsu, just an updated version of the PlayStation 2 Rygar game.

Of course, Tecmo is adding some updates to the game.
...


Le sigh. At least I never played Rygar on the PS2...


Booo thank you for spoiling everything! Well maybe it will be polished up and have great Wiimote controls to where it seems fresh again. I'd love to see Rygar get another chance, the series is great (well except for the arcade one which I found to be terrible).
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Adrock on July 11, 2007, 06:52:56 PM
What the hell is the point of that? I can see using the franchise, but why remake a game that wasn't that popularor even good? That's seriously like if Nintendo remade Yoshi's Safari.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on July 11, 2007, 06:54:48 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Adrock
What the hell is the point of that? I can see using the franchise, but why remake a game that wasn't that popularor even good? That's seriously like if Nintendo remade Yoshi's Safari.


I hear Yoshi's Safari is a fun game though!
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 11, 2007, 06:57:57 PM
Excellent!  I won't support Tecmoo anytime soon then.  Back to the bin with ye!
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: ShyGuy on July 11, 2007, 07:35:21 PM
Well that would be just stupid. Are they just giving the main character a new skin then? Why don't they really dig deep and starting porting old PS1 games to the Wii?
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Kairon on July 11, 2007, 07:51:56 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
Quote

Originally posted by: Adrock
What the hell is the point of that? I can see using the franchise, but why remake a game that wasn't that popularor even good? That's seriously like if Nintendo remade Yoshi's Safari.


I hear Yoshi's Safari is a fun game though!


It is. I don't know WHAT Adrock is talking about. Yoshi's Safari and the Battle Clash games are ALL on my VC dream list.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Adrock on July 11, 2007, 07:58:34 PM
My point is that Tecmo should just make a NEW game. Don't focus too much on the Yoshi's Safari reference, I needed to use a commercially unsuccessful game for comparison's sake.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Kairon on July 11, 2007, 08:02:16 PM
Oh, ok.Yeah, I pretty much have a burning hatred for Tecmo if this turns out the way it's turning out. I might give the game a try since I haven't played it before, but ... *BURNING HATRED*
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: ShyGuy on July 12, 2007, 08:02:09 AM
GoNintendo has scans that show a different game. http://gonintendo.com/?p=21162

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY PEOPLE

edit: MAYBE NOT.

Destructoid is saying PS2 port with extras. No official source though, so who knows? http://www.destructoid.com/rygar-on-the-wii-a-souped-up-ps2-port--35049.phtml#comments
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 12, 2007, 08:41:07 AM
This is all Twilight Princess' fault.

Nintendo showed it was OK,
Capcom followed suit with RE4,
now Tecmo is set for $$$$$$$$$$$$$ SUCCESSSS
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Caliban on July 12, 2007, 09:03:14 AM
If the game turns out to look good and play fine, I don't see what the problem is, I will get for sure.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: anubis6789 on July 12, 2007, 11:36:02 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: Caliban
If the game turns out to look good and play fine, I don't see what the problem is, I will get for sure.


My thoughts exactly. If the game is good; play it, if the game is bad; do not play it. I loved RE4 Wii, and that was just a port of GCN/PS2 game. If you all hate the idea of a port so bad then do not buy them and maybe it will send a message of no more ports.

By the way, while I feel Yoshi's Safari was just kind of meh, BattleClash and Metal Combat are awesome games. Mike Anderson and/or the ST Falcon for Brawl (as  either characters or ATs)!
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Ian Sane on July 12, 2007, 11:42:48 AM
"What the hell is the point of that? I can see using the franchise, but why remake a game that wasn't that popularor even good? That's seriously like if Nintendo remade Yoshi's Safari."

Because, silly, everyone knows that the Wii is for third parties to dump lazy crap.  You didn't think the Wii was going to get REAL third party support, did you?

I can never tell if Pro666 is being sarcastic or not but Nintendo did start the trend.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: ShyGuy on July 12, 2007, 11:49:57 AM
I wouldn't mind except I already played Rygar on PS2 and it was okay-ish. A weaker Devil may cry.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Pittbboi on July 12, 2007, 01:07:42 PM
I liked Rygar. I played it a lot. But that's the point: I PLAYED IT A LOT ALREADY.

Seriously, we can't keep justifying ports with "Well, the original was GOOD". That just tells developers to KEEP making them. Good or not, the Wii needs to stop getting so many ports.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Mashiro on July 12, 2007, 01:08:53 PM
As long as they price their ports like RE:4 I wont mind as much.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Mashiro on July 12, 2007, 01:08:54 PM
Stupid double posts.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: ShyGuy on August 28, 2007, 03:12:58 PM
New ingame pics at IGN

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/905/905253/imgs_1.html

Yea or Nea?
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 28, 2007, 03:54:20 PM
Looks fantastic...for a 3 year old PS2 game.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: vherub on August 30, 2007, 09:43:10 AM
The idea of rygar wii is full of promise. But it needs to be built from the ground up for the wii, maye even turned into a 1st person perspective.
These screens are ugly, rygar doesn't have to look as good as ninja gaiden ps3, but it should look at least as good as ninja giaden xbox. I can't help but think it will tank, wich is a shame because rygar could be really, really great.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Kairon on August 30, 2007, 09:45:41 AM
My tears are bitter, salty, and full of RAGING HATE.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Terranigma Freak on August 30, 2007, 10:21:03 AM
What the heck did you guys expect from Tecmo? I'm happy we even got Pangya on Wii. Pangya 2 doesn't come with online... To hell with Tecmo I say.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 30, 2007, 12:52:26 PM
I like how the Wii is indirectly killing 3rd party publishers.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 21, 2007, 12:38:07 PM
1up did an interview with the developer. To sum it up: Most of the development went toward perfecting the Wii controls, they've also fixed some issues with the types of enemies that people had with the original, the developer says he would love to do a full sequel for the Wii if this is successful.  
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 21, 2007, 01:04:08 PM
In other words, they weren't allowed the budget for a brand new game.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on September 21, 2007, 04:11:08 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Professional 666
In other words, they weren't allowed the budget for a brand new game.


Confirmed their going to syphon all the profits earned by ports and monster rancher games to feed the Itagaki machine.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Kairon on September 21, 2007, 05:11:41 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Kairon
My tears are bitter, salty, and full of RAGING HATE.


Well, after watching the Trailer... I guess I'll give this game a chance.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 21, 2007, 05:18:38 PM
If they had the nice budget, it'd be a PS3 game.

If this sells well, it'll fund a nice PS3 game.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Kairon on September 21, 2007, 06:05:10 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Professional 666
If they had the nice budget, it'd be a PS3 game.

If this sells well, it'll fund a nice PS3 game.


... I CAN'T WIN!!!!!!
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: KDR_11k on September 21, 2007, 07:00:49 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: Professional 666
If they had the nice budget, it'd be a PS3 game.

If this sells well, it'll fund a nice PS3 game.


And the PS3 game will fail to sell much and their next game will be for the Wii again.
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Adrock on September 21, 2007, 07:49:22 PM
No 16x9 widescreen support. Jeez, is it really that hard to put in?
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 21, 2007, 09:13:01 PM
Sorry, not in the budget.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: EasyCure on September 23, 2007, 09:38:15 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Quote

Originally posted by: Professional 666
If they had the nice budget, it'd be a PS3 game.

If this sells well, it'll fund a nice PS3 game.


And the PS3 game will fail to sell much and their next game will be for the Wii again.


the circle of life
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on September 23, 2007, 12:51:07 PM
Tecmo needs monies for the Itagaki machine!
Title: RE: Rygar on Wii
Post by: ShyGuy on January 30, 2008, 06:29:08 AM
So whatever happened to this title?

Tecmo delayed it to give it tons of original content and polish up the graphics, right?
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on January 30, 2008, 06:30:54 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: ShyGuy
So whatever happened to this title?



Tecmo delayed it to give it tons of original content and polish up the graphics, right?


Hopefully there are no clones.
Title: RE:Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 30, 2008, 09:50:15 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: ShyGuy
So whatever happened to this title?



Tecmo delayed it to give it tons of original content and polish up the graphics, right?


ahahahhahahhahaha wrong
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 03, 2008, 03:48:37 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: ShyGuy
So whatever happened to this title?



Tecmo delayed it to give it tons of original content and polish up the graphics, right?


ahahahhahahhahaha wrong

ahahahahhahahah right (http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20080903/tecmo.htm)
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 03, 2008, 04:15:19 PM
It looks great.
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: DAaaMan64 on September 03, 2008, 04:18:09 PM
It didn't look to bad to me either. Could be fun.
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 03, 2008, 04:30:46 PM
It's apparent they're sticking to the confines of the PS2 game's style with subtle touch-ups.  Same backgrounds, enemies, textures, but without going overboard on the new main guy model details so he's not entirely out of place (CV: Judgement guys, like Ninja Gaiden Ryu, would be going to far).

Another change is the dude's beard from the dev-artwork is now gone.
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: KDR_11k on September 04, 2008, 08:04:37 AM
I bet if it hadn't been released on the PS2 and had gone straight to the Wii 8with the same graphics) people would laud it as one of the prettiest games on the system...
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 04, 2008, 11:42:45 AM
ahaha yup, better than okami.
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Caliban on September 04, 2008, 12:33:11 PM
ahaha yup, better than okami.

We shall see.
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: DAaaMan64 on September 04, 2008, 05:54:09 PM
ahaha yup, better than okami.

We shall see.

Pro was being sarcastic a-cause of the nature of Okami's Wii graphics are questionable to some. Including me.
Title: Re: Rygar on Wii
Post by: Caliban on September 04, 2008, 06:12:35 PM
Oh. I see.