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This is the Megadrive version apparently…I don’t know much more than that…my own Wii has yet to be unearthed from it’s dusty slumber under the Telly downstairs.

Fairly self explanatory. Still hoping more will happen to Earthworm Jim than re-releases…but have fun if you get it.
I’ll add it to the timeline later.

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Sections updated:

Cartoons and Comics
Earthworm Jim 3D, Menace to the franchise
Cancelled Sequels
Earthworm Jim Franchise Timeline
Shiny Entertainment
Tommy Tallarico’s Use of Classical songs in EWJ 1 & 2

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I had a look and came to the conclusion that Gog does a far better deal on the Earthworm Jim games. Gog isn’t too expensive, includes bonus content, and doesn’t force you to buy Earthworm Jim 3D – which is an awful game.
I cringe at the thought that Earthworm Jim should be represented by that particular episode in its history.

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Read the announcement thread to see videos and stuff.
I will write an article up for it on the main site when I have more time.

I also spent a little more time on the main layout art for Rocket Worm…it wasn’t actually 100% finished before. I’ve been a bit jumbled up this year. I think I may go back to my traditional art for a bit and concentrate on honing my drawing skills…digital painting is killing me it seems. I will be working on other things this month, but I’ll be updating the site in various ways up to Christmas when I can.

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It looks like the old game with slightly enhanced graphics for the IPhone. It appears that this has already been some time in the making.
That’s a relief in a way. A full remake without Doug TenNapel would have been pure insanity. I just hope Interplay knows this and doesn’t hurt the character by rushing into anything.
People’s early concerns are about the D-Pad controls, but as long as the original game isn’t impossible to play comfortably, they shouldn’t have too much trouble.

Source: Know Your Mobile

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It looks like Gameloft develop titles for Mobile phones and the like, so it may be a port of the game for that. If it’s possible to find out anything else, I will try. Lot’s of EWJ news all of a sudden. We can only hope that this is good news for a change. Anything bad would kill Earthworm Jim off. ._.
I’ll try to keep positive…

A little more info at Kotaku. They seem to know their stuff.

All this technical jargon causes my head to spin a bit…art is more my thing. I’m sure you can make sense of it though!

I’ll be getting my contact form and stuff back up later. I have been on a bit of a break from the site, but people have been hunting it out on my art site, so it clearly doesn’t do to hide.
Stay frosty. :gunho:

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Genesis Poll

Thanks to LoOk for the link.

Update:

With the latest announcement, EWJ was taken off the poll. It was in the lead by a large percentage.

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There is additional bonus content for Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 from Gog.com. It’s certainly worth getting a copy of these games from them if you haven’t already. You will get a lot of nice stuff bundled with them!

Hope everyone is having a good summer.

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Seriously though… “Earthworm Jim 4″? That means that we are counting Earthworm Jim 3D, if we call it that. Earthworm Jim 3D had nothing to do with Doug TenNapel or the original people that made the first two games. It’s almost like a slap in the face calling it “the fourth one”.

In April of 2008, a press release for a new Earthworm Jim Movie, game and cartoon series was released by Interplay. (Via Doug TenNapel’s blog.)
It’s very difficult to see this thing going anywhere soon what with the way the EWJ character has been treated in the past: not including the current economic state (which I will not even attempt to go into), so I have been quite cautious of drumming up hype for anything. It’s not like there’s anything to drum up…I can’t make stuff up. It seems nothing is happening at all, or someone is just being very quiet.
That doesn’t bother me – I’ve run this site for a decade now out of my liking of the characters. Rushing such a thing would be foolhardy anyway. :arrowhead:

The truth is that the last good thing that was made for Earthworm Jim was made back in the 90′s. So even if it “came back”…if it stayed exactly the same as it was back in 1995, it wouldn’t be right. Plus if it wasn’t spear-headed by Doug TenNapel then it would be another joke like the creator unapproved appearances in Clay Fighter, Menace 2 the Galaxy, Earthworm Jim 3D or the (happily canned) PSP game. I certainly wouldn’t take one bit of notice if that happened again. I considered closing this site down after the way Doug was treated in 2006. :zzz:

As seen on Interplay’s site

I don’t know whether the parties involved realise it or not, but EWJ needs to have some well deserved time with his creator before any movie, game of cartoon show deals could even be so much as drafted out. Too many bad sequels can really ruin characters credibility after a while. That worries me the most about the whole thing, not whether something will happen or not. I’d rather see nothing happen at all if it meant another “EWJ 3D”.

The best thing about the news was that Doug TenNapel finally seems to have his character back after years of seeing other people make a royal mess of it.

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