THQ’s de Blob gets a perfect score, “would have Miyamoto bowing in respect”
Friday, September 5th, 2008 at 3:09pm by Derek
The September issue of Australia’s Ultimate Nintendo magazine features the “world’s first review” of THQ’s upcoming Wii platformer de Blob.
Aside from giving the game a perfect 10/10 score, the magazine also proclaims it “would have Mr. Miyamoto bowing in awed respect.”
Praise seems to have become the Internet standard for de Blob, as well. IGN posted yesterday a detailed hands-on preview of the game’s first six worlds and hailed its polish, atypical for a Wii title:
“Now that we’ve bested all six worlds, we think Wii fans have an innovative platforming winner.
“You control a gelatinous ball able to spray a monochromatic world with different colors of paint. It’s a quirky game that reminds us of titles like Katamari Damacy, except that developer Blue Tongue has infused the experience with untypical polish, a fact that distinguishes the project as something that seems to take advantage of the Wii hardware and not just its controller.
“This sparkling attention to detail is present from the moment the game boots, as the gorgeous interface is preceded by a crisp pre-rendered cinematic that shows the invasion of Chroma City by the INKT Corporation, led by Comrade Black and his minion of INKY soldiers. Too often we see muddy, artifact-laced cut-scenes on Wii — a sign that developers couldn’t even be bothered to correctly compress a movie for the platform. Not so here, as all of the dozen or so cinematics we’ve seen so far not only look good, but feature excellent choreography and great comedy.”
de Blob is scheduled for a Sept. 22 release in North America. Our friends down under can purchase the game three days later.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Now I am interested!
September 5th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Wow, that’s surprising. I hope it continues to get good scores. we need more 3rd party games like this
September 5th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
This game was amazingly fun to play at PAX!
It’s just mind-blowingly simple to play, and fun to see the interaction with everything you do!
I got a chance to play for about 10 minutes or so; they had 3 Wiis set up with it (so I could have played longer) - but those 10 minutes were well spent.
I am so glad I pre-ordered this game now.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
this game is becoming mroe and more a must buy, and certainly knocking animal crossing off my list. nintendo we need more new stuff like this, not just GC animal crossing+ a city with the same shops as before.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Really? A perfect score? Miyamoto bowing? I played this game and it wasn’t THAT good. I mean, sure, it was just the original free downloadable one from a while ago, but could they really have improved the concept THAT much?
September 5th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
@Drahken:
When’d you get a chance to play a demo?
If it was a while back (way before August 30th), then it’s probably improved a lot more - I didn’t see any problems with the version that I played. It felt like a completed title.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I’ve been stoked for this one from the get-go. Definitely picking it up.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Yeah, this was prolly a year ago. Before they ever announced a console version, an actual product. I remember when they first announced this, I was like, “Oh hey. I played that maybe six months ago.” And it wasn’t even a demo. It was a full independently made game. A guess it got noticed enough to get picked up by the big leagues.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
oooOOOooohhh…. Hype time!
September 6th, 2008 at 1:27 am
It was a release date buy from the first video I saw!I haven’t even played it and I’d give it a 15 out of 10!
September 6th, 2008 at 2:35 am
ANOTHER obvious reason for all of yall to NOT waste your perfectly good money and time on Megaman 9 — the kinda of trash that has been left behind oh so long ago. Don’t say that you are not warned. I am trying so hard to save you from that hell, there is no glory in beating that game, now days.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:37 am
RoyalRook: Please stop being a troll.
Anyway, this game could be neat. I dunno, I guess it’s graphically nice and the concept is cool. I’ll have to get my hands on it first before I decide to buy it.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:02 am
MM9 owns royal rook’s soul and he’s upset about that.
De Blob looks really cool, and I’m tremendously glad that THQ is putting something out for the Wii that doesn’t star Spongebob Squarepants. God bless him, but his games are usually not the best. If this sells maybe they will publish more games with originality and quality behind them alongside their THQ-ish licensed-y rubbish games.
More evidence that 3rd party Wii games do not equal insta-fail, though.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
I’m looking forward to “de Blob” and “Megaman 9″.
September 7th, 2008 at 1:25 am
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