advertisement

Wii Rygar, new Tecmo Bowl, Monster Rancher DS revealed

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 11, 2007 10:46 am PT

Tecmo takes the wraps off upcoming installments in popular franchises at its Japanese press conference.

Traditionally taking place during the second week of May, this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo was moved to July. But judging by the wealth of game announcements from the likes of Electronic Arts, Square Enix, Sega, THQ, and Activision in recent days, not everybody received the memo.

The latest evidence of that comes from Tecmo, which held a press event in Tokyo last night. The publisher used the event to announce three new installments in some of its most familiar franchises: Rygar, Tecmo Bowl, and Monster Rancher.

After hitting it big in the mid-'80s in the arcades and on the NES, Rygar went dark until 2002's PlayStation 2 revival, Rygar: The Legendary Adventure. After five years, Rygar is once again returning from the sidelines, this time with a new adventure on the Wii. Tentatively titled Project Rygar, the next game will see the series' shield-tossing gameplay adapted to take advantage of the Wii Remote.

Tecmo showed Project Rygar with nothing but a few slides of concept art, but it gave even less information about its resurrection of Tecmo Bowl. The publisher confirmed that it was working on a brand new Tecmo Bowl game for 2008, but it wouldn't even name a platform for which the game would appear. A company representative would tell the assembled media only that the game was "not going to be on the platform that you're thinking of right now."

It wasn't all far-off promises and vague hints, however. Tecmo actually showed an introductory video for Monster Rancher DS. While the series has been known for letting players generate their own monsters based on CDs, DVDs, and whatever other discs they have lying around, the DS game will use different creation mechanics.

First of all, players will be able to create new monsters by drawing patterns on the DS touch screen. While the video didn't make it absolutely clear, speaking into the system's microphone will also allow players to expand their monster farms somehow. Additionally, the game will let players generate monsters from Game Boy Advance cartridges, as well as combine monsters to create new offspring.

Monster Rancher DS is set for a July launch in Japan, with no word yet on a North American release. For more on all of these games, check out GameSpot's on-location coverage of Project Rygar, Tecmo Bowl, and Monster Rancher DS.

88 Comments

  • Shadow_Fire41

    Posted Mar 18, 2008 9:55 pm PT

    hmm, interesting

  • svetzenlether

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 3:39 pm PT

    A new Tecmo Bowl's all fine and good, but with no NFL licence, is it worth it?

  • Dualmask

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 11:36 am PT

    I just hope the new Rygar game doesn't just involve wagging the remote and for the love of mercy more variety in regular enemies please.

    And given that the Wii is stronger than the Xbox graphically, let's hope the developers at least try to make the game look that way.

    Here's hoping.

  • LordAndrew

    Posted May 19, 2007 1:54 pm PT

    komdosina wrote:

    Because Rygar will look atleast as good in not better then Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox. Also the Wiimote and Rygars weapon are made for each other. Seriously Wii bashers you're 360 and PS3 can't be that much fun if you come here to bash an unreleased Wii game and call it crap, losers.

    But you can make BS claims that it will look as good as or better than Ninja Gaiden? Can you prove this?

  • dybbuk

    Posted May 13, 2007 7:07 pm PT

    I remember the first Tecmo Bowl. That game rocked. Hope they can recapture the great gameplay

  • theokguy

    Posted May 12, 2007 10:32 pm PT

    Hey yuko iam fanboy for all classic consoles at heart. So u call me fanboy it dont bother me one bit.

  • konradak

    Posted May 12, 2007 8:09 pm PT

    Can't wait for the Monster Rancher DS I remember #2 on the PS1, that was a great game.. I hope there is multiplayer!! BTW bring it to the States!!

  • YukoAsho

    Posted May 12, 2007 7:43 pm PT

    okguy - Obsessed fanboy much?

  • theokguy

    Posted May 12, 2007 7:17 pm PT

    Finaly were the real games realy belong on the nintendo system. And fanboys of the 90 these games are from the nintendo era back in the 80.
    So quit yyour crying because the rebirth of nintendo will be back again.

  • komdosina

    Posted May 12, 2007 5:39 pm PT

    Because Rygar will look atleast as good in not better then Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox. Also the Wiimote and Rygars weapon are made for each other. Seriously Wii bashers you're 360 and PS3 can't be that much fun if you come here to bash an unreleased Wii game and call it crap, losers.

  • Dr_Corndog

    Posted May 12, 2007 8:00 am PT

    A new Tecmo Bowl. That's funny.

  • natebayne

    Posted May 12, 2007 7:59 am PT

    To the guy who said tecmo bowl will do better on the other systems... why dont you back that up instead of spouting out words like that. Quite frankly the Wii is selling like hotcakes... it will do best on the system that is selling.

  • Rayze78

    Posted May 12, 2007 7:09 am PT

    Cool, I will be tracking all 3 of these.

  • krimla

    Posted May 12, 2007 12:23 am PT

    Well, since the new Tecmo Super Bowl will be on a powerful next-gen system, they need to call it Tecmo Super Duper Bowl.

  • Sandman80_basic

    Posted May 12, 2007 12:07 am PT

    A new Rygar game for the Wii? Sweet!

  • Sonicgod

    Posted May 11, 2007 11:07 pm PT

    Rygar on NES wad good. Rygar on ps2 was also one of the game i enjoyed more for that ps2 thingy. Flinging his what I have called the "YOYO of doom" with the wii motion stuff is one of the things I was thinking about using wii for before this was even annouced...

    Tecmo Bowl, and Monster Rancher DS couldnt care less... with out making monster from CD thing I dont care..

    Tecmo Bowl football games bore me.

  • lew_0911

    Posted May 11, 2007 9:50 pm PT

    I missed Monster Rancher on my Playstation. Here's to hoping it's a good 'un.

  • Kakua_Omari

    Posted May 11, 2007 9:19 pm PT

    What would be interesting is to see monster rancher on the wii and see how that would play out.

  • Poedon

    Posted May 11, 2007 8:47 pm PT

    Hell Yeah! I'm all for a new Tecmo Bowl!!!!!!

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 11, 2007 7:30 pm PT

    Monster Rancher doesn't sound like it will do too well.

Rygar: The Battle of Argus Quick Links

Summary | Reviews | News | Previews & Features | Images | Videos | Answers | Hints & Cheats | Forum | Check Prices

Check Prices: $21.97 – 38.99

Amazon.com $21.97 SHOP ›
Deep Discount.com $38.99 SHOP ›
eBay $38.99 SHOP ›
advertisement
advertisement
Click Here
Rygar: The Battle of Argus Boxshot Enlarge the boxshot
Rygar: The Battle of Argus

Game Stats

  • Rank:
    2,385 of 79,010
    (up by 793)
    WII Rank:
    275 of 2,053
    Highest Rank:
    19 in 2009
    Tracking:
    324 Track It»
    Wishlists:
    194 Wish It»
  • Player Reviews:
    3
    Player Ratings:
    80
    Users Now Playing:
    13
  • Game Universe:
  • Number of Players:

    1 Player

  • Top 5 User Tags:
    1. rygar
    2. tecmo
    3. action
    4. adventure
    5. fantasy
  • Teen Rating Description

    Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language. Learn more

Full Game Details »Close

Games you may like…

Users who looked at content for this game also looked at these games.

See More Similar Games
advertisement