It’s time to scratch a Rash, pop a Pimple and burst a Zit. No, I haven’t been frequenting the Reddit popping thread again, but I have been dipping into some Battletoads nostalgia as of late. And it looks like that trip down memory lane was well timed, because Battletoads may be returning.
Well, according to a trademark that Microsoft filed, that is. As a former Rare property, Battletoads could be returning in the form of a high voltage reboot along the lines of that other well-received classic, Killer Instinct. Or it could be coming back as a higher-defined remake of the home console classic. Or as a set of costumes for your avatars. The point is, is that it’s not inconceivable to imagine the shape-shifting toads returning in some form within the next few years.
“Microsoft often acquires various trademarks as part of its ongoing business strategy, but beyond that we have no comment,” Microsoft told Polygon. Here’s an image of the actual trademark, from VGLeaks:
Battletoads was one of many potential rivals to the animation juggernaut that were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back in the early days of the 1990s. They got their first shot at the big time with a 1991 NES game, and a cartoon that was responsible rectal bleeding due to poor quality standards in an age that produced such nightmare fuel as Denver The Last Dinosaur and Widget The World Watcher. A number of games were released, but none of them can compare to the sado-masochistic turbo-tunnel from the very first game:
In other news, I’m getting in on this craze before it really kicks off and trademarking video games based on Street Sharks and Biker Mice From Mars.
Last Updated: November 11, 2014
Viking Of Divinity
November 11, 2014 at 09:35
Don’t Forget Dinosaucers….. need to trademark that shit, son.
Kromas, Guardian of Cenarius
November 11, 2014 at 09:40
I prefer Dino Riders. 🙂
Edit: Also Cadilacs and Dinosaurs.
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 09:43
It’s gonna be dumbed down so that the kiddies (whiners) can enjoy it, but it will be nice if the include a “Nintendo mode” for the hardcore fans.
RinceThis
November 11, 2014 at 09:43
GAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! The Horror! THE HORROR! This game almost killed me, and OvG. Man oh man. The stress this thing induced was legendary. Rince: “Jump OvG, JUMP” OvG” “Que?” Rince: “NOOOOOOOO! You trolling bastard!”
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 09:44
Check out AVGNs channel, he and Mike played that level recently.
RinceThis
November 11, 2014 at 09:48
I can’t man. If I do all those years of therapy would be a waste. Very few other games have made me want to murder a sibling.
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 09:48
This and the swimming level of TMNT
RinceThis
November 11, 2014 at 09:49
YES! You are spot on man!
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 09:50
Thank heavens they never made you swim on a turbo bike O_o
Thami540
November 11, 2014 at 09:47
My second favorite game of all time.
Guild
November 11, 2014 at 09:51
Such an awesome classic. Definitely one of my all time favourites
FoxOneZA
November 11, 2014 at 10:43
This and Samurai Pizza Cats!
Corrie
November 11, 2014 at 11:00
The series is set in the mechanical city of Little Tokyo, a mechanical city which fuses feudal Japanese culture with contemporary culture, and is populated by cybernetic anthropomorphic
animals. The city is notionally led by Emperor Fred, a doddering
eccentric. The city’s actual leadership lies in the hands of his
daughter Princess Violet and a city council. The council is headed by the ambitious prime minister
Seymour “The Big” Cheese, a rat, who constantly plots to overthrow the
Emperor. He is aided by his inept minions: trusted adviser Jerry Atric
and Bad Bird, the leader of an army of ninja crows.Unknown to the prime minister, council member “Big Al” Dente,
the commander of the Palace Guard, learns of his designs on leadership,
but is unable to prosecute him for treason because of the plausible deniability he maintains. Instead, Al Dente enlists the services of Speedy Ceviche, Polly Esther, and Guido Anchovy, three cyborg cat samurai
who work in the city’s pizzeria, along with their operator Francine.
Known collectively as the Samurai Pizza Cats, they are assigned to stop
Big Cheese and his evil henchmen’s plans to take over Little Tokyo
MUCH EPIC PLOT!!, seriously though never heard of this 0_o
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