Video: Check Out This ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove Gameplay From PAX East, Dudes

40ish - ✔️ 👴🏻
Married - ✖️ 😡(thanks 🇦🇺)
Kids - ✖️ 🎉
Mortgage - ✔️ 😤
Rapidly increasing waistline - ✖️ 💪🏻
ToeJam & Earl - ✔️✔️✔️

Takes me back to the times of Joe Bloggs baggy jeans, hideous £150 designer jumpers, Adidas Samba's, middle patterned hair, £3.50 for a bottle of Buckfast and hanging about up to no good outside fish and chip shops. Good times.

ToeJam & Earl was on SEGA so no I don't have a lot of memories about it. I knew of it of course back then alright. I was too busy playing Zelda, Super Metroid, Secret of Mana and the likes to care.

Bermuda shorts should make a comeback by the way. They were great.

Toe jam and earl was great the music, the co op play. I loved it.

This looks much better than the Kickstarter trailer. I'm glad they dropped the "papery" look.

I'll be 36 and married by the middle of May, already have two kids and the mortgage... no expanding belt as yet, I actually need to put on some weight. Never had a MegaDrive but yeah, I remember these guys very well! Good luck to them with this, hope it turns out well.

I am 27 and this was my go to game series. The first game will always be my favorite Sega Genesis title. The new game looks jammin'! I like the idea of stats boosting when leveling up.

I wonder how long it will take to arrive on The Switch...

I'm 32 and spent a lot of time with the Mega Drive games with my brother. They were one of the highlights of 2 player co-op games. Day one purchase for the new game. I like the look of it.

It certainly looks interesting, so I'll keep an eye on this one.
As for previous versions: the Sega Megadrive/Genesis games definitely weren't the only ones. There's also a third game, which was released on the original Xbox, and was also made for the Sega Dreamcast, although there, it never got past the beta stage.

Here's some footage of the Dreamcast version:

You can get that version here, and read the info on that page to see what the restrictions are. As it stands, the original creators allowed this version to be released to the community, long as nobody makes a profit off of it by pressing it to disc and reselling it, so you can take a copy for personal use without risking any repercussions.

If this is your type of game, then I'd say give this one a go, I certainly had fun playing it.

A small side note: after the 9th level, you may experience the occasional lockup of the game, due to it's beta nature, but I haven't had too much trouble with it so far.

The first Toejam and earl was great, loved the way it played. However, the sequel 'panic on funkotron' changed the formula too much. Never played the Xbox one.

Jammin! This is totally funkadelically rad!

Oh man I loved this series....most played game on my Genesis. Even the ugly red haired step child that was the sequel. Even TJ&E's tomato cannon game for the Sega Menacer (Yes, I had that, it sits next to the Virtual Boy...)

I've been waiting ages for a new proper TJ&E. That was a stunning, shocking treat to see it revealed on NL after the showcase...I somehow didn't see it in the actual showcase. This is one of my top 5 most anticipated Switch games, believe it or not. It sits just after Zelda and Mario, and SMTV, and possibly above XBC2 and FE2018.

Made by the original creator, too...this is just fantastic.

4 player co-op? This is gonna be so much fun!

I've never been able to understand the appeal of this game. I played it on Genesis back on the day but it was so boring to me. Just waking around a pretty lifeless world picking up presents? Yeah I don't get it.

@sketchturner It's a quasi-roguelike. It's a many-leveled "dungeon" that was randomly generated (a rare thing back then, an endlessly repayable game) where you have to reveal the map to locate the level exit (and can find presents for bonuses along the way.) You had to avoid enemies, or defeat them as you went.

It was like a more primitive version of Diablo 1 in a way, but without the loot grinding mechanic.

I was a backer of this game as I TJ&E was my favorite game. It's nice to see it shape up nicely. I'll be picking up the XB1 and Switch versions. They are giving me a pc version maybe I'll give it out to some one

Loving the retro-style games coming to Switch. I'm really digging the fighting games like Ultra Street Fighter 2 and King of Fighters '98.

Just one question: where are Battle Toads and Earth Worm Jim?

I'm only 30, not married, and no kids. But heck yeah I remember Toe Jam and Earl. Looking forward to this.

This guy on the left is such a fool, I hate when people pretend like they have loved something for years but know nothing about it, and is just full of crap. Claims he loved the first but acts like Swimming is a new mechanic, and has never seen icarus wings or the hot tub area. Get outta here you bum.

@Gunnerholic It was never out for xbox one. TJ&E3 was released for the original xbox and was actually just like the 1st only in 3d. Very under rated game, I loved it.

I never said it was I said I never played 'the Xbox one' as in the one on the Xbox!

"WOW YOU CAN SWIM NOW" -> How to spot a fake TJ&E fan.

Fake TJ&E fans suck

Meh

Toe Jam & Earl was one of the most wildly inventive games of the time and introduced me to procedurally generated levels. One of the crown jewels of the Sega Genesis.

@EternalDragonX That bugged the hell out of me. Swimming was in the very first Genesis game (and the second). He either should have known this via familiarizing himself with the series prior to interviewing the creator or simply not make such a scene out of something he clearly doesn't know anything about.

Well excited about this. Love ed the original game but never played any sequel's. Hope it holds up!?!

@bendomino it was cringe worthy

I'm under 40, I'm not married and I don't have kids, but I have played ToeJam & Earl! My special education teacher introduced it to me, and I've loved that game ever since, but the art style in this game is not radical. It just looks gross and crude... I don't know how to describe it.