Everyone's favorite vintage anime show about a teenage boy driving the world's most expensive car is set to become a movie in May of 2008. A movie that features Lost's Matthew Fox as Racer X, opening the door to Party of Mach V jokes.
As often happens with movie licenses, the Wachowski brothers' latest effort is getting thrown onto game consoles. Speed Racer is planned for release on Wii, DS, and PS2 in May. The bad news is that licensed games are already shaky ground, and a licensed game based on an "updated" version of a popular cartoon is potentially noxious. The good news is that there is no way the DS version of Speed Racer, or any other version, will be the worst licensed racing game ever made, because that honor belongs to Hooters Road Trip in perpetuity.
[Via Joystiq]
As often happens with movie licenses, the Wachowski brothers' latest effort is getting thrown onto game consoles. Speed Racer is planned for release on Wii, DS, and PS2 in May. The bad news is that licensed games are already shaky ground, and a licensed game based on an "updated" version of a popular cartoon is potentially noxious. The good news is that there is no way the DS version of Speed Racer, or any other version, will be the worst licensed racing game ever made, because that honor belongs to Hooters Road Trip in perpetuity.
[Via Joystiq]
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8-09-2007 @ 1:03PM
Blue_Falcon said...
Go, Speed Racer, Go!
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8-09-2007 @ 1:49PM
strider_mt2k said...
Rest assured.
'Twill suck.
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8-09-2007 @ 2:11PM
hvnlysoldr said...
My first English dubbed anime. Man I miss Anpanman.
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8-09-2007 @ 5:25PM
Ron said...
Speedracer is going to make a big comeback!
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8-09-2007 @ 11:27PM
strider_mt2k said...
"Speedracer is going to make a big comeback!"
Hopefully the originals will, because remakes are a hot or miss proposition.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go put on my driving gloves and slide the seat way back for some "steer and grunt" action!
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