style92 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} style92) wrote,@ 2007-10-11 22:14:00 |
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Oh. My. God.
It has come to my attention that a video game version of the Classic Looney Tune "Duck Amuck" not only exists, but is shipping to stores as we speak on the Nintendo DS.
Now, you may be tempted to say "Meh" but hold on one second.
It's on the Nintendo DS, and that's what makes the critical difference.
For you see, the Nintendo DS has a touch screen, that basically allows you to draw on the game screen. You starting to see the potential here? the Duck Amuck cartoon was entirely based around an unseen animator tormenting Daffy by drawing or erasing things on or around him.
The DS game puts you in the role of the animator. Erase Daffy's beak and redraw it. turn his voice off. and torment him to your heart's content. Ah, the age we live in.
I rebought a DS a couple of weeks ago. I had one at the beginning, in 2004, back when they didn't know what to do with it. in the intervening years however, it seems they've gotten more creative. Sure, I bought a Zelda game which is totally awesome, but even more mind-shattering is another new game I got, called Drawn to Life, which basically let's you draw your own video game character and play the game with it. This has, literally, been a dream of mine since a kid. Put my own guy in the game. The game itself is engaging, but I spending most of my time redrawing and critiquing my character's look, to make it the best character possible.
It has come to my attention that a video game version of the Classic Looney Tune "Duck Amuck" not only exists, but is shipping to stores as we speak on the Nintendo DS.
Now, you may be tempted to say "Meh" but hold on one second.
It's on the Nintendo DS, and that's what makes the critical difference.
For you see, the Nintendo DS has a touch screen, that basically allows you to draw on the game screen. You starting to see the potential here? the Duck Amuck cartoon was entirely based around an unseen animator tormenting Daffy by drawing or erasing things on or around him.
The DS game puts you in the role of the animator. Erase Daffy's beak and redraw it. turn his voice off. and torment him to your heart's content. Ah, the age we live in.
I rebought a DS a couple of weeks ago. I had one at the beginning, in 2004, back when they didn't know what to do with it. in the intervening years however, it seems they've gotten more creative. Sure, I bought a Zelda game which is totally awesome, but even more mind-shattering is another new game I got, called Drawn to Life, which basically let's you draw your own video game character and play the game with it. This has, literally, been a dream of mine since a kid. Put my own guy in the game. The game itself is engaging, but I spending most of my time redrawing and critiquing my character's look, to make it the best character possible.
