King Kong Switch Game Announced Following Amazon Spain Leak

Heart attack reading this in the morning as Donkey Kong

I don't like that franchise, but to realize Game Mills, Microids, Outright Games, Merge Games, Team 17 are the publishers who still willing to relive the old franchises during 2000's era.

Interesting...for a moment there I thought it was based on the Monsterverse Kong. But I guess not.

Not that it bothers me. Last time I've owned a King Kong game was Peter Jackson's King kong: The Game. But...I don't think I'll get this tho...

GameMill is publishing? In that case I'll take a hard pass. They're a low-tier publisher. The only exception has been Cruis'n Blast.

I think I’ll stick to Peter Jackson’s King Kong game on GBA

Meh, I prefer Godzilla.

After the goblin now this

Based on the kids cartoon then

God dang it for a split second I thought it was the movie tie in getting a remaster.

This the same place that leaked P3 remake for Switch?

"Donkey has competition"? Dood Donkey has barely been in the game for the last 10 years, I'd say at this point he's more chilling on the bench than getting in the ring.

@AcridSkull @DanijoEX As soon as I read the headline, despite the cool looking Kong pic, I assumed it was associated with the Netflix show “Skull Island” which recently released (in the US at least) b/c of course it is.

Though in fairness my kid signed us up for Netflix 2 days ago so we could watch “The Witcher” season 3 and “Skull Island”, which I’ve read a lot of good things about and nothing bad, so it was first and foremost on my mind.😁

BTW if you haven’t heard they were supposed to be showing off next years “Godzilla x Kong” monsterverse movie at San Diego Comic Con this weekend but they pulled it b/c of the ongoing strikes.😢

@rjejr Though the announcement was pulled, DC still showcased its "Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong" miniseries. It seemed way out of left field, but hearing that there was supposed to be a GvsK announcement makes the comic seem way less random.

Never been big on King Kong, but I'm a pretty big Godzilla fan.

Donkey Kong would need to release a new game for there actually to be competition 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Mauzuri Isn't the Nintendo Switch their best selling console?

King Kong 2005 Collection with the console/PSP/DS/GBA games incoming?

Extremely unlikely, but I would be almost tempted if that were the case, even though I have little to no interest in the source material.

While I seem to recall hearing terrible things about the games back in the day, I do miss the days when it was worth getting more than one version of a multiplatform release as the handheld iterations were usually completely different to the console games (and even from each other considering the vast technical differences between PSP/DS/GBA) with only the title/IP in common.

If you really liked the IP, it meant you got multiple games releasing simultaneously (though this could easily add up, cost-wise).

I would love to see the Harry Potter games re-released in this way, complete with the best presentation of the PC/console games plus any handheld adaptations (though the DS games may need to be reworked for a single screen). I can't see this happening in the form of one massive collection, but I don't think that releasing them on a per-movie basis is unreasonable either.

Plus, I just really want those early GBC games on modern hardware. I thought they far surpassed the GBA adaptations, despite the technically superior A/V presentation.

@Magician

are you thinking of Raw Thrills? or am i missing something?

great! cant wait to read about what a 4 this game is.

@Sisilly_G

"I do miss the days when it was worth getting more than one version of a multiplatform release as the handheld iterations were usually completely different to the console games."

ME TOO! as much as ive enjoyed mine, it was the switch that killed off handheld gaming, ironically.

what we end up with are games that dont quite run at console-level expectation on the TV, but also arent always well optimized for handheld.

I dont understand why games cant change up the UI or even graphical style, filters, or gameplay(!) for docked/handheld mode respectively.

@-wc- : They could, in theory, but third parties already tend to ignore the Switch's unique features as it is (especially the touch screen, and occasionally motion controls, including situations where a prior release has had it on Wii/Wii U; Resident Evil 4 to name an example), and so I definitely can't see them tailoring games specifically between docked/handheld modes apart from adjusting the resolution (and perhaps improving performance in parts).

Exploring around Skull Island and fighting monsters as Kong is definitely a solid premise for a game, I guess we'll see how it pans out.

@-wc-

https://gamemill.com/games/cruisinblast/

This looks like the spiritual successor to Gollum.

For a movie licensed game this looks surprisingly low budget. There is really nothing in this trailer that sparks my interest of this being fun.

@Magician Agreed. Still think it’s a shame Nintendo themselves didn’t publish it given the IP is theirs anyway, could have given them the extra funding to get online modes in too

Doesn't look that promising...

@JokerCK play Gollum yourself before talking like that.

The gameplay in the trailer to me was like seeing what happens when you combine the gameplay of Donkey Kong 64 with the 2005 game The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction.

@Magician

interesting. maybe this is a regional difference?
i can find very little besides the link you just posted that says anything but "developed and published by raw thrills," and definitely my copy indicates raw thrills as publisher.

anyway, im glad in this case because even the name GameMill is a huge red flag. 👍

@Nintendo4Sonic I did. It was a much better game than Zelda.

Unimaginative game behind a huge ip. A story as old as time.

@JokerCK I don't get if this is supposed to be sarcasm or not.
But I'm around 70% completion of Gollum on Series X and I have to say that I'm enjoying this game way more than I expected. So far I'd give it a 7/10. It's not a perfect game, but also it's definitely not as bad as the critics said.

@Desrever SDCC is really weird this year w/ the movies and tv shows pulling out but the comic book stuff still going on. There was just a Godzilla vs Power Rangers comic book series so I guess I'm not as surprised by the JL crossover as most people on social media seem to be. 🤷‍♂️

https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._The_Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers

This game looks super rough. Jesus.

Could be alright

Anyone remember that game primal rage? Man I loved that game when I was a kid, I got primal rage vibes from the trailer so I'll probably give it a go unless it gets truly awful reviews

Why do the graphics suck so bad?

Might be fun. Kind of looks like butt though.

@-wc- the back of the case has GameMill's logo.

Here's hoping we'll also get a new Godzilla tournament fighter game, or at least a remaster of Destroy All Monsters Melee from the GameCube.

I'd love to pit the various versions of Godzilla against each other: Showa Era, Heisei Era, Millennium Era, and Reiwa Era (especially Shin Godzilla). I'd even include the American versions, including the Hanna-Barbera cartoon version, the 1998 TriStar version (i.e., Zilla), and the 2014 Legendary Pictures version.

The game looks somewhat interesting but the character models just do not do it for me.

@Magician @Sambuc

well I'll be damned. 😳

still, the publisher's logo goes on the spine. it says Raw Thrills there. The wiki says "developed and published by raw thrills." in the game, it says Raw Thrills, copyright nintendo. nothing about Game Mill.

obviously the game mill logo is on the back of the case, and they list the game on their website. but by all other accounts (the normal ones, i e the spine and the intro splash of the game) this game is published by raw thrills.

i guess the answer is probably "there are two publishers," but why then is game mill nowhere mentioned in the game or on the spine or front cover? why two publishers unless its for different regions?

anyway thanks for pointing it out 👍

This game looks like a$$...

@Flashlink99 Actually quite a cool-looking game! Thanks for the recommendation; i now have another hidden GBA gem to check out.

Not a fan of the art direction at all but I’m curious to see more. The faces are giving me Gollum vibes.

@Chlocean it’s a nice little movie-based game. It’s not the masterpiece that is on home consoles and PC, but a neat Zelda-clone. Also, it is one of the few weird occasions where a GBA game trumps its Nintendo DS counterpart

@Flashlink99 Sims 2 Pets fits a similar role in that niche for me. Sims 3 was also better on DS than 3DS. As far as King King goes I've also heard great things about the PS360 games at the time, like they were also weirdly amibitous. Wonder what it was about that IP in particular...

@Chlocean I have no idea of other King Kong games, but at the time I remember the great reception Peter Jackson’s movie received (I also loved it) and that Michel Ancel of Ubisoft Montpellier lead the development of the game. For the time, it was a really good adventure game with tidbits of horror like the 2005 movie and felt great, no matter if you were playing it on PS2, GameCube, Xbox 360 or PC. The portable versions are quite interesting, each having its quirks. PSP and DS tried to replicate the FPS aspect of the console & PC ports, to different degrees of success, but the GBA version wins it for being the most unique of the big three and plays well to the limitations of the platform. I recommend it to anyone who loves Kong and Zelda clones (with nice Kong beat-em-up segments, including a neat NYC level which the DS ommits)