Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins (PSP)

[Cheebs]

I'll probably be alone on this, but the backgrounds just don't look anywhere near as good as the old 16 bit ones.

[marwan]

arthur animation is stiff and doesnt have enough frames, but im sure this game has a long way to go, afterall, it's not complete yet.

[warnpro]

How did I miss this?

I've been on the fringe of gaming for years (since the demise of the DC) and I've only cared about a new GnG (2D/2.5 D) coming out, and I guess it's finally in the making.

However, I'm not a fan of hand held gaming at all, and the PSP in particular. So I find myself in quite the dilemma.
But I guess I have time to decide what I want to do, as it's release date is June 30, 2006 for Japan.

With that said, I watched the trailer and outside of the somewhat clunky Arthur animation, it looked & sounded spectacular.

Great to see they included the ability for Arthur to shoot up, something that was missing from SG&G, but was present in GnG.

I will look forward to more screens & trailers as the months go by...

Wow! Truly wow, I never thought this day would come.
The news would be too good to be true, if it weren't for the fact that it's on a portable.
But still, I nearly feel like I did in the 16 bit days, when I anxiously awaited the release of SG&Gfor the SNES looking at screens in EGM.

[RoleTroll]

The Gamespot video looks amazing. That's exactly how I think a 2D game should be done with modern hardware.

[marwan]

here are new screens(magicbox hates image linking)...

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0601/game060117a.shtml

[Yoshi]

Is that polygonal? The original pictures didn't look like it, but these new ones sure do. What the fuck is wrong with hand-drawn art? Astal, Symphony of the Night, and their contemporaries will always look better than this polygonal bullshit.

I guess I'll have to get used to it. Even Mario is going 2D polygonal...

[Chux]

lawl, old nes games are getting redone polygonal. WHERE IS BIONIC COMMANDO

[JefmcC]

Kinda looks like Skeleton Warriors SA/PS1.

[StriderKyo]

I'll probably be alone on this, but the backgrounds just don't look anywhere near as good as the old 16 bit ones.

You are. But I think they only look marginally better - I really can't see why people are so excited over the visuals. They just don't look that special to me. I'll probably still buy it though.

Anyway, this looks awesome, and it's mindblowing that Capcom is actually going through with a good idea. It better not suck, and I want Strider 3 next. A decent one this time.

Strider 2 had incredible gameplay. Better than any of the G&G games.

Seriously.

[Gooch]

Strider 2 was the hotness.

GnG looks hotter than cayenne pepper. This will probably be my first non-launch PSP title.