A Boy and his Blob (Wii)

[Warbie]

Perty

http://evavhost.com/i/blob/?Qwd=.&Qif=blob1.jpg&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=M

Lost Winds, Braid, World of Goo - perhaps another 2d gem for this generation?

 

[Qhartb]

Seriously!? I loved A Boy and His Blob! Do we know if this is a remake or a sequel?

 

[Gemma]

Omg, I must have this, tis cuuuuute

 

[Sheepo]

Wow, that looks really cool. I still need to finish Lost Winds, got stuck for a little bit and have been too busy to go back to it.

 

[AmishSlayer]

ZOMG that game was F'ing impossible to beat if you so much as used ONE item incorrectly. Such a satisfying win when I finished it though

 

[Raziaar]

Whenever I hear "A Boy and his Blob" I always mistake it for Blaster Master.

 

[VictimOfScience]

Yeah, this looks awesome. This is what we need more of please. The art is pure win. :thumbs:

 

[Sloth]

Will have to borrow that when I get the chance, looks both cute and very fun...

 

[Musk]

 

[Gargantou]

BIG IMAGE HERE

Oh lawl'd!

 

[Darkside55]

Two weeks ago. Me, my friend Mike hanging out with our friend Fysh at the Gamestop he works at. Talking about old games.

Mike: "You know what they should remake for Wii? A Boy and His Blob."
Me: "Why? So a new generation of gamers can get mad about not knowing what Root Beer does? Seriously, what the fuck does it do?"
Mike: "That's just it--"
Me: "YOU DON'T KNOW! NOBODY FUCKING KNOWS! IT'S LIKE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY BEAT DUCKTALES, BUT YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T! NOBODY DID!"
Mike: "Listen, listen! They re-release A Boy and His Blob, and they don't tell you what Root Beer does. Again. And then like ten years later they'll release another one and tease you about finding out what Root Beer does."
Me: "THAT GODDAMNED JELLYBEAN. WHAT DOES IT DO?! IT'S USELESS! I USE IT, NOTHING HAPPENS. I WALK OFF THE SCREEN AND COME BACK, NOTHING HAPPENS!"

At this point I started foaming at the mouth and I don't really remember much afterward. But apparently we predicted the future.

Fuck Root Beer.

 

[Raziaar]

More like erotic asphyxiation before you die, am I right?

 

[Qhartb]

Two weeks ago. Me, my friend Mike hanging out with our friend Fysh at the Gamestop he works at. Talking about old games.

Mike: "You know what they should remake for Wii? A Boy and His Blob."
Me: "Why? So a new generation of gamers can get mad about not knowing what Root Beer does? Seriously, what the fuck does it do?"
Mike: "That's just it--"
Me: "YOU DON'T KNOW! NOBODY FUCKING KNOWS! IT'S LIKE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY BEAT DUCKTALES, BUT YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T! NOBODY DID!"
Mike: "Listen, listen! They re-release A Boy and His Blob, and they don't tell you what Root Beer does. Again. And then like ten years later they'll release another one and tease you about finding out what Root Beer does."
Me: "THAT GODDAMNED JELLYBEAN. WHAT DOES IT DO?! IT'S USELESS! I USE IT, NOTHING HAPPENS. I WALK OFF THE SCREEN AND COME BACK, NOTHING HAPPENS!"

At this point I started foaming at the mouth and I don't really remember much afterward. But apparently we predicted the future.

Fuck Root Beer.

If I remember right, it was "Root Beer Rocket," which has one of the most obvious effects in the game. It triggers a fairly lengthly cutscene of rocketing you between Earth and the Blobonia or whatever the blob planet was called.

 

[Darkside55]

LIES

it doesn't do anything at all. I'm telling you it just doesn't work. You might have heard things about what it's supposed to do, but I'll never believe it does anything. It's there to frustrate you.

 

[Qhartb]

LIES

it doesn't do anything at all. I'm telling you it just doesn't work. You might have heard things about what it's supposed to do, but I'll never believe it does anything. It's there to frustrate you.

No, I've beaten the game. It was a long time ago, though. There may have been something weird like it not working until a certain point in the game -- I don't remember that.

Spoiler

edit: I think I just remembered. You can't rocket from the underground, you have to be at the street. Feeding the blob rootbeer jellybeans while you're underground doesn't do anything. You have to work your way back up to the surface. I'm surprised I remembered that.

 

[Darkside55]

...

Sorry. I can't let this information get out. Going to have to kill you now to preserve my one of my longstanding NES anecdotes. It isn't personal.