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Joy of Painting to be unleashed on the happy little DS

With all the excitement surrounding the announcement of an official Bob Ross Joy of Painting videogame for the Revolution, I completely overlooked the fact that the game is also slated to hit that handheld system with the canvas touch screen and the paintbrush stylus! Call it a "happy accident", if you will.

No, seriously. Bob Ross will presumably be teaching you how to paint devastatingly gorgeous masterpieces on your DS. Developed by the AGFRAG Entertainment Group, the game has every chance of doing for art what Elektroplankton did for music. It'll be weird, that's for sure, but who could possibly resist the charms of an inescapably cheery man with a head of hair that even dwarfs the mountains he so optimistically paints?

Now all we need is that Kirby / Bob Ross crossover platformer and we're set to unleash our inner artistes.

[Thanks Joey M!]

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1. I've already said this many times, but this will be the Best. Game. Ever. Period.

Posted at 4:58PM on Apr 5th 2006 by Sense 6 stars

2. I've been thinking about this game since the first day I read the press release. However, for the life of me, I can't even begin to imagine what they're going to do with it. Is it just going to turn out like paint by numbers with simulated brush tips and paint dynamics? How will they deal with the very small resolution of the DS? I love drawing and messing around with Corel Painter and stuff like that, and I'm really interested in the idea that they've come up with, but I'm worried that it's going to just be a lot of wasted excitement, kinda like "Snakes on a Plane". Fantastic title, but how on earth is that going to be a good movie?
Just my opinion ;)

Posted at 5:42PM on Apr 5th 2006 by RallyMK1 0 stars

3. >> I've already said this many times, but this will be the Best. Game. Ever. Period.

Seconded.

Please, please, please let this be done right. I would love to see some sort of online multiplayer paint-off competition option, all with Bob's gentle voice egging on the gladiators to victory.

Posted at 6:24PM on Apr 5th 2006 by Jez Lezbro 0 stars

4. Bit late for april fools day, no? Or did I miss the announcement? That sounds like some crazy sh!t...

Posted at 10:45PM on Apr 5th 2006 by David-o 0 stars

5. How about an EA "Street" version with gamebreakers and in-your-face trick moves?

http://homepage.mac.com/spudnuts/bobstreet.jpg

Posted at 5:08AM on Apr 6th 2006 by Jez Lezbro 0 stars

6. I've already considered a few titles for the game modes. It will be the world's first FPP.

First Person Painter

http://www.8bitninja.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=21

Posted at 9:27AM on Apr 6th 2006 by Sense 6 stars

7. I'm with you Jez: I can't wait but I just want to see this done right.
I want every detail of his style, voice, and look to come through the ds. I want to smell the patchouli and weed emanating from my ds.

Posted at 2:20PM on Apr 6th 2006 by Gonzo 0 stars

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