A Boy and His Blob Is Coming Out Next Month
And you should totally buy it.
Everybody seems to remember A Boy and His Blob, and for good reason. It was clever, fun, creative, and also you could repeatedly punish a gentle, benign creature by throwing ketchup-flavored jellybeans at him. I’ve heard many people call for a sequel to it, and that’s certainly a movement I can get behind, but people tend to ignore that there already was a sequel to it, The Rescue of Princess Blobette. That’s probably because it wasn’t nearly as good. Also, as odd as this is for a relatively obscure, somewhat bizarre NES game, additionally sequels have been attempted twice, first for the GBA and then again for the DS, with both attempts failing because Majesco was unable to properly fund them. Fortunately, this time the sequel is done, marketed, and set for release on the Wii October 13th.
There isn’t a whole lot of information out yet, but I can say I’m already planning to buy the game. I didn’t really play the original game quite as much as others seem to have, but I enjoyed it, and moreover, even if I didn’t, the game is absolutely gorgeous, easily the best-looking 2D game I’ve seen in recent years. Just look at this trailer:
Now, let me get one thing straight: I hate people who are concerned at all with graphics. They simply don’t matter at all beyond simple aesthetic pleasure, and while great graphics can be the icing on the cake for a really fun game, they don’t have anything to do with making a game good. That said, I would almost buy this game based on the visual style and animation alone. Honestly, I wouldn’t even have to play it, I could just watch someone play it and get more enjoyment out of it than I did out of most games released last year combined. I get the same thrill out of it that I do out of watching a really well-animated film, like The Iron Giant or anything by Miyazaki. I’m incredibly impressed.
It also doesn’t hurt that the game looks really really fun. I think this is going to be a really, really special release, so everybody go buy it October 13th. Also, even though I am utterly opposed to the dumbass preorder system Gamestop profits so much off of, I am willing to completely violate my principles in order to get this:
Just seeing that warms even my black heart.
