Battletoads August 20th

Well, its seems like the game is still alive and a released date has been confirmed.

Probably should have shown this the other day. Then again, actual gameplay might have seemed out of place compared to all those “in engine” videos

Why didn't they reveal this during the show? Or at least the pre show?

Cause its Xbox.😂

Dear lord that should have just been quietly cancelled, the voice work doesn't help one bit either. Could still be fun gameplay wise, but everything just screams crap from the trailers.

At least it looks like they improved on the quality. Last time I saw this it was looking a bit rough.

4/10

I'm curious to see what the critics say. Like someone said, why didn't they put this in the showcase lol. Do they not have faith in it?

The first true AAAAA game. Incoming 4/10!

Whelp, that looks terrible

They should've shown this before Halo to lower expectations lol.

Not liking the art style but I'm going to give it a chance it shouldn't be hard to create a beat-em-up in 2020.

That seems pretty out of the blue. I wonder why they didn't show this at the showcase.

It's hard to get a feel for this game. Gut says its probably gonna be mediocre, but not completely convinced on that. Could actually be fun.

The beat em up gameplay, at least from the clips in this trailer, seems to read better than what they showed last year. Can't put my finger on exactly why. Could just be some nice choice clips, but it seems they may have added more emphases to hit stop and screen shake. Might have even tweaked the easing on their animations. Either way, just looks less chaotic and packs more oomph.

Game feel stuff aside, just hope they make the positioning game interesting. This game obviously isn't getting its depth through straight combat mechanics, but if the positioning stuff works (lanes, spacing, well designed hit/hurt boxes) then it could be good.

Could also see those shmup and rail platforming segments being fun enough, even if not up to par with dedicated genre games.

Think it's safe to say this won't stack up to SOR4 as a 2d beat em up lol.

I'll probably give it a go tho. Would be nice to see some uncut beat em up gameplay from their most recent build, hard to tell from this trailer.

Game looks to be on par with other Xbox exclusives - 3/10

Looks very fun. A lot of jealousy from Nintendo gamers that Microsoft owns rare IPs

😂

@landcrab: Oh boy another alt!!!

Thank goodness for Game Pass, as I don't think I'd be willing to ever spend money on this Battletoads version and to make matters worse, they completely turn the Dark Queen from badass to a Kim Possible wannabe style. Way to ruin the classic Battletoads.

Hell, at least the early 90's Battletoads cartoon version looks fun than that new game despite the cartoon was a pilot show.

Wait what!? Really, the guy who plans the events for Xbox should be replaced.

Better than anything Sony has to offer? Why...yes indeed

Don’t particularly care for the art style and the game just doesn’t look all that good in general. I’ll most likely be passing on this.

Yeah, that's looking basic as ****. I can tell why they kept it from the Xbox showcase. G-g-get it on GAME PASS!

@vfighter: "the voice work doesn't help one"

The voice for the toad in glasses is cringe worthy.

battletoads on nes looks better than this. just get rare replay its on that right ditch this one.

When they won't even show the game at their own show....yeah. Not a good sign.

Interesting take on the multiple genres, but I can't see any being deep enough to get overly excited about. I'll give it a try with GP, and if it stands up well enough, I may even give it a buy on Steam.

Still way too visually confusing. Just spamming the screen.

Battlechoads

i was never the biggest battletoad fan, but i did own the game on snes the artstyle is complete dogshit and why cant these idiots create 3d world beat em ups anymore?

Oh be reasonable. 6/10.

It seems really underwhelming to me, probably because of Streets of Rage 4 and Dragon's Crown.

Both MS and Sony probably held back showing everything there is to show in hopes of keeping stuff to hit back with when the other drops more content to hype their console. Sony has another event in a couple weeks and MS a week or so after that, so I expect exciting news from both.

Compare this to Streets of Rage 4. Honestly, they could make a really terrific Battletoads game, but this looks like Facebook games level.

That whiny voice acting sounds like woke liberal trash.. lol. Either way I'll probably get/play the game since I love the idea of Battletoads since the nostalgia comes knocking... even though it doesn't look that great and the art direction is cringe in my opinion... sigh... why.. just why..?

At least they nailed the pause music... so it has that going for it. They ruined the Battletoads like they ruined the Ninja Turtles in recent years (although Injustice 2 did a great job).

Looks like shit

Still looks terrible...

Yikes. Definitely looks like a low budget stinker.

And the graphics look like this game could’ve been made on a console from several generations ago.

I don't think it's going to be very good which sucks, not sure what they were thinking with that artstyle

looks better than I thought it would but I hate the fact that there isn't any online co-op..

online co-op is what truly made Streets of Rage 4 such a delightful experience for me.. being able to do some "couch co-op" with my buddies but without the couch (we all have busy schedules these days)..

a major missed opportunity in my book..

Thank you for keeping us in the loop with the current shitty state of xbox games Pedro!

I am glad I am always on your mind on your real and alt accounts.😎

Wow looks horrendous. I hate floaty/weightless combat and animations in general but this is particularly bad for a supposed Battletoads title, whose predecessors all had that "ooomph" whenever blows were landed. Perhaps it plays better but just from the trailer alone this is a butchering of the franchise.

good lord that animation is bad, and the voice work is even worse. it reminds me of that shitty Teen Titans GO cartoon

Where is the hype thread? This game looks off the chain awesome!!!

Oh they actually improved the gameplay like they told they will.

This game getting shoved aside and ignored in the July showcase doesnt inspire confidence especially when game like grounded which launched earlier gets a trailer.

Now this here folks is desperation at it's finest.

Nah. This looks horrible.