Here's Your First Look At The Gex Trilogy For Nintendo Switch

Rewind and save anywhere, I’m in.

I really hope they include the UK and Australian voice tracks!

Wonder which versions these will be based on. Always been funny that Gex only namedrops Bowser in the Playstation version of whichever game that was.

Glad to see Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival finally make its way to the Switch!

Ahhh Gex, another anthropomorphic edgy character from the 90s. Not saying the games are bad because I haven't played them, but it was a sign of the times.

I'm unironically looking forward to these collections of infamously mediocre 90's platformers. Never played Bubsy or Gex, but as a platforming enthusiast, I feel like i have to buy them as an important piece of history. Important enough to spawn a wave of memes, anyways.

@Lizuka I'm guessing it's the PS1 versions they're using. Especially Gex (1995), since that one was also released on the Saturn.

Is that Dana Gould or a bad impersonation

Good God this looks terrible. I can make the game look better and play more smoothly on my phone.

How long have I waited for thee, oh jester of amphibious design?
As the years built within me, like a vineyard flushed with wine,

Against all hope, thine countenance, the thread of age unwinds,
Thine voice, the echo of a dream, Oh yeah, it is Tail Time,

Thine tongue emerges from the age of 32 bit glory,
On 3DO, that shining blade, thou set upon thine story,

Each step wouldst carry thee away, upon forgotten roads,
But now the lizard rises, 'tis time to lock and load,

All hail the leaping lizard, take heed the prophet says,
For light doth cast a shadow, and this one summons... REZ!

But we shall not be shaken, for Gex shall make his stand,
And all those who remember, wield joysticks in thine hands,

And seek ye out remote controls, and every babe in lace,
For it's about to get stranger than the 4th at Rick James' place.

Welcome back Gex. I've missed you.

@rvcolem1 Oh they're bad. But that's strangely part of their charm?

“It’s tail time!”

Gex in 2024. Have we learned nothing as a species?

This article obscures the advertising a little bit.

Tomba, fear effect, and now gex, I love that we're getting all this psone classic games. I'm more excited for psone remaster than most of new AAA games now 😃

Remember getting the game for 64. Took years to finally get a memory card to save the dam game lol

@CRB1984 Where’s Poochie?

AKA Dunkey approved collection

"Pardon my tongue darling" 🤣
"Forget about it"
"Oh no, I'm too young to have a second childhood"
"Plenty more where this came from"
"A little tongue now, a lot of tail later baby"
"Lickin my way to the top"
"Reminds me of Halloween at Rick Taylors"
"Judo chop Baby, yeahhhh"

(Gex Enter the Gecko Gecko) 🤣

@Zeebor15 The original voice actor was Dana Gould, but this sounds like Jon St. John aka Duke Nukem to me.

@Yousef- 😂😂😂

@rvcolem1 Oh no, you can say it! 😂🤣
These games were famously garbage running on their native software, let alone the butchered glitchy hell they released for the n64...

I had great fun with it, but mainly because I only borrowed or rented this one! 😂🤎

@CRB1984 haha one of the Simpsons episodes I actually remember

@garfreek so these go into the category: "oh I remember this being kinda cool" oh wait this actually sucked. Like "master of the universe" starting Dolph Lundgren.

God I think I played this on the 3DO almost 30 years ago

@rvcolem1 One of my favorite movies.

@rvcolem1 The first Gex was actually a top tier platformer. It had a level of polish that definitely set it above almost all other mascot platformers besides what Nintendo and Rare were putting out. Graphics were beautiful and controls and gameplay were solid, with some neat innovations like Gex being able to traverse ceilings and background walls. Voice acting in games was still relatively fresh and Dana Gould delivered an iconic performance.

By the time the sequel hit, which had transitioned to 3D, Nintendo and Rare had set the bar so high for quality in that new arena, that 3D platformers from other companies really suffered in comparison. Banjo Kazooie it is not, but that first sequel is still a very fun game. Especially the PSX version which I feel turned out a little better than the N64 game.

Part 3 was a little wonky and the gap between it and it's contemporaries had widened even further.

The legacy of the series still stands however, with the first game securing itself as the official mascot game for the 3DO system and the followups being very popular at the time.

Hopefully you'll give them a try and find some enjoyment from them!

@TenEighty it is one of the first movies my mom ever took me to as a child. It has a special place but it is still terrible.

SO emulators are not allowed and this is the best they can do for an official release? At least have an option for a higher resolution.

That said, I hope Pandemonium makes its way back one day. This reminds me a lot of that.

Makes me miss my 3DO. I remember this being one of the first games I got for it when it (The original Gex) came out. Never played any of the sequels, so not sure how they are. The 3d one looks kinda garbage though in the vid. Hopefully if this sells well enough, we can get a proper HD 2D Gex 4.

Note to self, do not ask about the price of nostalgia.
-Gex

@Elitepatriot I thought Gex 3 (the only one I had played on N64, till the battery in my third-party memory card got loose and started erasing my files) was among the PS1 games to have both memory card and password save features. Though I recall if it had passwords, they were kind of long and made it desirable to have a memory card to avoid it.

@Runex2121 I do remember Gex: Enter the Gecko being praised when it was released. But maybe that's because it was relatively soon after Super Mario 64 was out (like early 1998) and PS1 owners were looking for something at least halfway decent to compare it to.
I know PS1 got some nice full-movement 3D platformers but I think it too some time for them to arrive.
Those early days when they had like Blasto, Bubsy 3D and Rascal to play with.
(Crash 1 and 2 were out, but Crash was more two-dimensional in gameplay.)

@Rooty No need to be upset

Scott the woz is gonna lose his crap

Nice John Wick reference!

@PinderSchloss ...while this uses that dreaded emulation itself, but delivering a worse experience than the likes of Duckstation. It is disappointing that they're making it look identical to the original. 1080p rendering would be a no-brainer when it comes to matching the experience we already get on other emulators, and widescreen and 60fps (if possible) would make this worth buying for those of us who already have these games on other platforms.

This issue comes up a lot with ports/emulations/remasters: a straight copy is fine for making the games available to those who missed them. But definitive releases are very rare, outside of Nightdive's catalogue. If I'm going to buy these games again, they need to justify it somehow.

I imagine they'll make their money back just from Dunkey fans. It's probably because of his channel that LR hit up Crystal Dynamics or Square or whomever and said this would sell.

@mikegamer I jest.

Sort of.

Road Rash, Street Fighter, Sam. Sho, Way of the Warrior, Gex, Need for Speed, Immercenary, Return Fire, Wing Commander HotT and Shockwave ... can we just get a nice 3DO compilation to bring back the feels. I know they are all from diff. publishers and I know that Way of the Warrior was really bad, I still played it, and I'm proud of it.

Limited run, the switch 2 may be out before we ever see it

@JohnnyMind @Not_Soos
i remember enjoying the second Gex though replaying it the camera is definitely of its time and can have a mind of its own, the third one did feel like it improved on that aspect.

on the subject of 90s platformers i wonder if the croc games are in any kind of licencing nightmare, replayed them relatively not that long ago and aside from the expected psone jank i did still enjoy them.

@Cipher36 Right on! So many gems in the 3DO library. So many that would look beautiful uprezzed to HD or 4K. I would love to see more love for the system, which has always been one of my favorites.

This year has been pretty special for 3DO fans though, with PO'ed and Killing Time getting remastered and now Gex upcoming. Never expected to see any of those.

Imagine a Wing Commander anthology with all of the games brought to console in HD. Also, 3DO Road Rash and Need For Speed would be amazing!

What’s going on with that awful voice….that’s not the original voice

@Cipher36 loved way of the warrior. White zombie doing the sound track was immense. Road rash had sound garden on the sound track too. The 3DO was a pretty good system.

Crash and burn was another game I played a lot of

I second your vote for 3DO and salute your brilliant taste in games… I played almost all of your list A LOT

I remember my 7th birthday. My dad took me to buy an N64 game of my choice. Among all of the games that were on the shelves, I was undecided between two games. One was Gex and the second was Ocarina of Time. Eventually I chose Ocarina of Time.
Now it will be a good time to finally try Gex

@Thomystic I mean, Scott the Woz fans will probably also want a copy

@AG_Awesome save anywhere, fine. But rewinding is ruining the experience in a way. It makes games too easy. You can say "oh, but you can ignore it and never use it". The sole fact that the option exists makes it tempting to use it and difficult to resist under pressure though. I'd say NO for rewinding.

@beartown Then I'd say develop stronger will power to resist. 🤷‍♂️ Reminds me of the whole super guide online freak out meltdown, from its debut with Super Mario Bros Wii. Turns out it didn't ruin gaming after all, since it was optional. What a shock... 🙄

@EVIL-C no, no, no and no.

@beartown Yes, it was optional.

@EVIL-C I don't like it when people glorify "developing a strong will". It does ruin fun! It's like having these pay-to-win games. The fact that you CAN do it makes playing less fun, period. Don't pretend it's a matter of a strong will or whatever. It takes away a reward of the challenge if you know that people can finish this game in easier way.

I will probably pick this up but man these were not the best 3D platforms. PTSD just remembering the camera! 😅

Scott the Woz bouta havhave field day with this one

@beartown I don't worry about what other people are doing. I just play the games that look fun to me and try to enjoy them. Play how you want to play.

Were those any good though?
Tomba and Spyro and Croc and stuff like that I can get behind those but this. I'm not trying to be mean or anything but I genuinely can't remember these be any good.

I remember playing the first one on the Panasonic 3DO!

Loved those games as a kid.

@rvcolem1 Dolphin Lundgen himself too probably! 😂

But yhea. Usually these were impressive graphically or technically...at the time. And half of those aged like milk.

I think the only exceptions are the more cartoony games with high polish like Mario golf, Banjo Kazooie and Iggy's werking balls....Oh no that's a milk situation again!

@Grail_Quest Bravo 👏

@mlt They are awesome.

@Emacster yup same here

@KingMike i love Blasto.

We can rebuild him make him faster and stronger.
Do you know what this reference is? I do 😆 🤣