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Title: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men for Wii and DS
Post by: LassePalle on May 31, 2007, 08:14:02 AM
Don't expect Toad to make an appearance, though.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13553

 Gamecock Media Group And Red Fly Studio Bringing Mushroom Men Onto The WiiTM And Nintendo DS    


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Cockpit, Austin, Texas – May 30, 2007 – Today Gamecock Media Group has announced the fanatical fungi war of Red Fly Studio’s Mushroom Men will take place on the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. Mushroom Men utilizes all the unique control elements of both systems, allowing for amazing gameplay that draws players into an incredibly lush and treacherous stylized world.    


"From the minute we signed Mushroom Men, we've worked to bring it to the Wii and DS," said Rick Stults, Console Chief for Gamecock Media Group. "Both platforms are going to give Mushroom Men a life of their own as Red Fly Studio is building unique stories specific to each system."    


Mushroom Men gives players the opportunity to jump into the fantastic microcosm that is the backyard battlefield. Take control of the crusade, creating devastating weapons from everyday items and teaming up with other sentient plant forms that'll leave the enemy sliced and diced. Let the stylus be your rapier and the Wii Remote™ your bazooka as you cut down the multitude of household pests that threaten our very existence!

Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on May 31, 2007, 08:29:24 AM
"Gamecock"? You gotta be kidding me...
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: ShyGuy on May 31, 2007, 08:34:09 AM
It's run by the same guys who started G.O.D. games back in the day. They put out good games, but I'm not fond of their corporate conduct.
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 31, 2007, 10:20:10 AM
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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
"Gamecock"? You gotta be kidding me...

Eh?  What's so odd about that?
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Tansunn on May 31, 2007, 11:29:30 AM
So they named themselves after fighting roosters, so what?
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: ShyGuy on May 31, 2007, 11:34:48 AM
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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
"Gamecock"? You gotta be kidding me...

Eh?  What's so odd about that?


Feign your innocence Bill, Feign! Those probing slime covered tentacles so popular in the anime are nothing but probing slime covered tentacles, right?  
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: that Baby guy on May 31, 2007, 11:45:38 AM
Statement withdrawn.  See official website for details.
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: ShyGuy on May 31, 2007, 12:18:29 PM
The serious nature of their website makes me think it's a joke name, designed to draw attention. http://gamecockmedia.com/
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Kairon on May 31, 2007, 12:53:06 PM
Dude, all I've seen is concept art-trailer for this and I'm ALREADY HYPED HYPED HYPED!!!  
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Ian Sane on May 31, 2007, 12:55:44 PM
Calling your company Gamecock and using a rooster logo ain't fooling nobody.  What if I called my company Sweetpussy?  A pussy is a cat, right?  No harm there.  "Cock" has been mutated into a crude term and I think anyone intentionally using it outside of poultry related business obviously is trying to have a controversial name.

As a kid for years "Mushroom Man" was my name for Toad because I thought that was his name.  A friend of mine exclusively called him that while playing Super Mario Bros 2 and, having no NES of my own, I didn't know better.
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Kairon on May 31, 2007, 12:58:48 PM
Dudes, one of my childhood dreams... was to make an RTS... between Ants, Termites, and Bees.
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on May 31, 2007, 01:27:32 PM
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Originally posted by: Kairon
Dudes, one of my childhood dreams... was to make an RTS... between Ants, Termites, and Bees.


Which would get a Not Recommended, except for Kairon.
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: that Baby guy on May 31, 2007, 01:48:06 PM
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Calling your company Gamecock and using a rooster logo ain't fooling nobody.  What if I called my company Sweetpussy?  A pussy is a cat, right?  No harm there.  "Cock" has been mutated into a crude term and I think anyone intentionally using it outside of poultry related business obviously is trying to have a controversial name.

As a kid for years "Mushroom Man" was my name for Toad because I thought that was his name.  A friend of mine exclusively called him that while playing Super Mario Bros 2 and, having no NES of my own, I didn't know better.


The entire University of South Carolina disagrees with you.
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Kairon on May 31, 2007, 02:14:30 PM
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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
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Originally posted by: Kairon
Dudes, one of my childhood dreams... was to make an RTS... between Ants, Termites, and Bees.


Which would get a Not Recommended, except for Kairon.


That hurts. That really hurts you know.
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: that Baby guy on May 31, 2007, 02:24:40 PM
I call bees.  Air attacks FTW.  One queen could take on an entire army.  They sting and put the stingers back.

Not to mention bees have that whole temperature raising trick, in case the ants or termites hire wasps.
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: ShyGuy on May 31, 2007, 02:29:54 PM
Wasps are such mercenaries. They will work for anybody with enough pollen.
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: mantidor on May 31, 2007, 02:30:32 PM
As a non-native speaker, I was shocked to see the words "dick", "cock", and "pussy" as normal words, even used in people's name (like Andy Dick) and tv series (josie and the pussycats), I always thought they were exclusively curse words.

And there was an RTS called ants that was awesome, you managed your colony with queen, soldiers, the whole deal, and you could go inside and outdoors, too bad at the time my PC couldn't handle it and I could barely run the demo, so yes I support that RTS, although with bees it could get complicated, maybe with a 3D interface like homeworld it could work!
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: that Baby guy on May 31, 2007, 02:38:47 PM
I think in most cases, they were normal words first, and slowly integrated themselves as swears or curses over time.  The ants, I mean.  I have no idea about the words.
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Kairon on May 31, 2007, 07:55:01 PM
Oh yeah, I'm not exactly how I'd balance the Bees versus the ground ants and termites but...

I would also have mercenary wasps and hornets, mercenary spiders and scorpions and beetles, and moths and butterflies that act as flying transports... and even water bugs if I could find a role for them!
Title: RE: Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: that Baby guy on May 31, 2007, 08:05:03 PM
Well, most bees would die after one attack, what with loosing their stingers.  They are also capable of surrounding their opponent and raising the temperature a few degrees, where they can survive, but kills their opponent.  The queens are able to remove and replace their stingers, so they don't die, but other than that, once a bee loses its stinger, it dies.  I think nature provided the balance for you on that one.
Title: RE:Gamecock and Red Fly Studio Announce Mushroom Men
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 01, 2007, 01:00:56 AM
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Originally posted by: thatguy
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Calling your company Gamecock and using a rooster logo ain't fooling nobody.  What if I called my company Sweetpussy?  A pussy is a cat, right?  No harm there.  "Cock" has been mutated into a crude term and I think anyone intentionally using it outside of poultry related business obviously is trying to have a controversial name.

As a kid for years "Mushroom Man" was my name for Toad because I thought that was his name.  A friend of mine exclusively called him that while playing Super Mario Bros 2 and, having no NES of my own, I didn't know better.


The entire University of South Carolina disagrees with you.

Honestly... =|

(Yep, I just graduated from there...)