THQ Nordic Is Reviving Its Nickelodeon Back Catalogue For Modern Systems

If it’s in a collection format would be worth a look - as single overpriced purchases - nothing to see here.

Hahaha I secretly loved the Tak and the power of juju trilogy on the Gamecube! Also, where is Sphinx and the cursed mummy?!

Nevermind that. I want to know what’s in the six gig patch on LA Noire

Oooh... Danny Phantom.
Okay, Fairly Odd Parents ?
Btw, why not Chalk Zone ?

Edit: I still curious with those games.
Are they HD Remaster from Gamecube / PS1 / PS2 era or Completely New games in HD ?

Battle for Bikini Bottom HD anyone?

Hopefully this won’t end up like Disney Afternoon Collection and the Switch get ignored even with a lot of these games being on a Nintendo console to start

What's this strange feeling in my heart? It's almost as if a million sweet explosions and kid-life joy that've once been laid dormant have been revived and culminated all at once......

Invader Zim game for the tv movie? PLEAAASSEEE?!

"Ren & Stimpy : Stimpy's invention" on the Sega Genesis is the only Nickelodian game I've played or liked.

"Avatar: The Last Airbender, Invader Zim, Rocko's Modern Life, Tak And The Power Of JUJU, The Ren & Stimpy Show"

YES. With THQ Nordics current track record, this is exciting. Here's hoping they don't skip Switch because reasons.

Tak, Spongebob, and Fairly Odd Parents might just tempt me, having played them at friends house's as a kid. I didn't even know most of the rest of these games existed.

@Whopper744 Nintendo apparently have blocked the Sega collection I wonder if the blocked the Disney one too??? Collections like that are perfect for the switch

@Stocksy "Nintendo apparently have blocked the Sega collection" Proof?

🎵Nick Nick, Nick, Nick, na Nick Nick Nick, Nick-El-O-De-On! (on, on, on)
Nin Nin, Nin, Nin, na Nin Nin Nin, Nin-ten-do-oh SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH!🎵

This might be pretty cool as a collection release.

SpongeBob for SMASH! (JK)

@Captain_Toad pretty sure It was on here the other day - either way it isn’t coming to the switch - and with other Sega titles on the switch it seems strange that Sega wouldn’t release on switch without another reason....

Is "revive" and "resurrected" Nintendo Life's words or theirs? Because in the quotes given, it sounds like they are making rereleases of old games rather than "reviving" a franchise as a new game. Not really interested in this UNLESS some of the original showrunners, creators or production teams or writers are involved. Input from Jhonen and the dude he had doing the most recent Zim comic would make that game something with actual appeal. If they did that sort of thing with these titles they'd gain a lot of momentum throughout their releases. AH! Real Monsters needs some love tho.

@Captain_Toad @Stocksy The "block" is just a theory thrown about by youtubers because reasons. People are thinking it's due to the VC coming and what Nintendo's plans are for it. But all the Mega Man games and SF games are coming so, I dunno about that theory at all. I know Sega has a bit of trouble when running emulation on a new platform (lookit the mobile mess, the retro consoles, etc), so I honestly think they just need more time to get that stuff running on Switch.

Just gimme those Brøderbund games, like the adventure game where Tommy's diaper held the inventory.

The hype is real!

Me & my wife have been enjoying some reruns of Nickelodeon shows on TV, so this is perfectly timed for us. Very cool announcement!!

"Tak And The Power Of JUJU" YES A GOOD GAME!

@Scrummer Would be an absolute dream come true. I've been hopeful something like this would happen in the wake of the Crash remaster and rumored Spyro remaster--properties both owned by Activison--as Activision has published the more recent, albeit mediocre, SpongeBob games. I adore Battle for Bikini Bottom and genuinely think it's a solid 3D platformer. I really hope an HD remaster is on the cards.

Please remaster Battle for Bikini Bottom for modern systems. It was a childhood favorite of mine and it still holds up in my opinion.

Battle for Bikini Bottom Remaster when?

Rugrats and Rugrats in Paris on PSOne got a lot of play time back in the day. I would take an HD remaster of them both.

The original Tak was a really good game. I played the other 2 but they weren't as interesting to me. I think overall they were simply overshadowed releasing around the same time as Jak and Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper on the PS2.

I'd probably buy a remastered Tak trilogy. The TV show was pretty good too, for what it was.

When I was little I had Rocket Power, Dragon Tails, and Powerpuff Girls on my Gameboy Color, and a Peter Pan game on my PlayStation. I think later on I got a Fairly Odd Parents game for Gameboy Advance.

I liked Spunky’s Dangerous Day on the snes enough (though was young), and some of the Danny Phantom games and Nicktoons Unite games looked moderately interesting.... but unless it’s a bulky collection I don’t see me going for it.

Very well might for a bulky collection.

Please make this for mature audiences.

I want some South Park profanity within the Rugrats universe. I want Ren & Stimpy as a film noir detective duo investigating heinous crimes while trying to juggle their own physiological demons.

I want the Rocket Power characters slinging dope in their skateboard wheels and Eliza Thornberry trying to escape from an asylum while trying to prove that her ability to talk to animals is perfectly normal.

Hi everyone by the way. I'm new here.

There was a campy charm to the Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt game on the N64. I get the same vibe from Search for Reptar on the PS1 though I’ve never played it. And of course there’s TamashiiHiroka’s review of the Totally Angelica game on the GBC.

It seems to be rereleases instead of new games, which is a bit unfortunate. Avatar could use a quality fighting game set in its universe.

@TF-Warrior: Lol, that'd be bizarre if that really happened.

@F1ugPlatz: Hello, & welcome to NintendoLife! Nice to meet ya!

@Everyone_Else: While I am glad THQ Nordic is thinking of doing something with their old licenses, or rather licensed games, I really want Nintendo, & THQ Nordic to work out the details of rereleasing Pilotwings 64, either as a stand-alone VC title, or as part of an N64 Classic Mini. Paradigm studio, who co-created PW64, was swallowed by THQ, who in turn, were swallowed by Nordic games, when they went bankrupt years ago.

Rugrats in Paris please.

@Dang69 My personal theory is that Sega 100% plans on releasing a Switch version, and they could have had that version ready to launch side by side with the others. But they know if they wait to announce the Switch version a few months after the other consoles gain some sales, they will get people double dipping for a Switch portable Switch version.

Rocko and Ren & Stimpy ftw. I still have Ren and Stimpy veediots on SNES and while it may not be that great, I still have nostalgia for it.

Yoooooo!!! Battle for Bikini Bottom Remastered would sell like crazy!!!!

I know THQ was the publisher not the dev, but imagine an N64 style wrestling game with all those characters.

Didn't the original T.H.Q. go out of business due to the massive debt from their Nickelodeon licensing deal (among other things)?I'm assuming T.H.Q. Nordic learned from that if they are going into this area again.

Ok.....so can I hold out hope that THQ can find a way to revive the old WWE N64 games..........I'd take a No Mercy HD remake

@TJF588 I thought I was the only person who remembered that game! I played it over and over - I loved how it was such a faithful representation of going through the Rugrats' house!

@Gerbwmu The WWE License belongs to 2K Sports. Even if they were to okay such a thing, you need to remove wrestlers like Chris Benoit and any wrestlers that want royalties.

@Elvie Didnt THQ also had a lot riding on that UDraw tablet for Wii that bombed horribly that not even PS360 versions could save it?

So this can go many ways;

1. HD Compilations- a good value way of revisiting these games if they were part of your childhood.
2. Digital releases- Okay, not as good as option 1 but when the digital stores have sales they'll be good enough. And hell, if Nintendo ever gets that Virtual Console going, maybe we can see games as far back as the Ren and Stimpy SNES trilogy or that Rugrats N64 Mario Party knock off.
3. Plug and Play systems- Not for everyone, but you could have one shaped like the Nick "N" or a Spongebob themed one that keeps the kids happy for awhile....

@TJF588 Whoa! What a flashback!

@F1ugPlatz Welcome! That was one heck of an intro comment you wrote! 😁

@Scrummer right on for Battle of Bikini bottom HD.

I remember playing those Ren and Stimpy games on SNES. I liked the one on Genesis. Been years since I played em.

I would love to see a rerelease of some of the Spongebob games.

Ugh, I don't think these games got great reviews even back in the day.

Rocko!

BATTLE
FOR
BIKINI
BOTTOM

PLEASE

I'm almost positive THQ never published a Rocko's Modern Life, and I'm actually kind of thankful for that.

Yes, I know there was the SNES game. But that was not published by THQ, but Viacom themselves (in their short lived days as a video game publisher. From what I read, Viacom New Media was effectively the last days of ICOM, known better for the MacVenture games.) I had it as a kid, and while I enjoyed it, it was the game that made me, even as a kid, be like "my parents spent $55 for this?". It was a good game but just far too short and easy.
Let's keep that the only Rocko game.

I am really hoping something good comes out of this, especially with Avatar and Danny Phantom being listed!

The vast majority of these games were the very definition of shovelware when they were released. But it's better now, because now they are RETRO shovelware!

I'm happy to see all the love for SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

Back when it was released, I worked for a little Nintendo site, and I always got the review copies for Nickelodeon games. Jimmy Neutron: Jet Fusion and Spongebob: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman were fine...but Battle for Bikini Bottom was such a breath of fresh air. It was funny and it had great level design & goals (TBH it felt like they put SpongeBob on top of Jak & Daxter's mission structure, which was fine by me.)

A remake/remaster of Battle for Bikini Bottom would be legendary. Heck, even the Spongebob Movie game was good.

Rugrats Royal Ransom is a severely underrated game.

I remember playing it because it was the only game I had for a while and was surprised to find well thought levels that were expansive enough and fun to explore.

Why would anyone want any of these games? The "former" THQ belittled Nintendo system owners (namely, those that own a GameCube) back in the day for not buying this crap in droves, thou they were marketing them to their "core fan base"... but that's none of my business...

Now, how about Nickelodeon and Konami sit down and talk about the TMNT games released on NES, SNES and arcade...

I wonder if they'll rerelease their Game Boy back catalogue as well...

SpongeBob SquarePants the movie game on the GC was one of my favorites, hopefully, we can see something like that or even a remaster of that game I would replay.

@Gamecubed The movie game was actually my favorite and i hope to see any of the spongebob games remastered

Doug game or bust.

@Angelic_Lapras_King
Yeah,you're right about that.It was one of the ''other things'' I was referring to in T.H.Q.'s downfall.

@Tim_Vreeland Makes sense. Yeah I bet that's what's going on.