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[Father_Brain]

http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/538/538304p1.html

Anyone who speculated that It's Mr. Pants is a retooled DK: Coconut Crackers: Give yourself a cookie.

The game's charm is its carefree style and presentation. It's full of squigglevision animation, crayon-drawn backgrounds, and floating underpants wherever the game designers can fit it. The levels are just full of crazy, tripped out imagery and music, complete with Mr. Pants singing between levels. Yes, Mr. Pants SINGS!

 

[Kobun Heat]

Pretty ugly for an Xbox game.

 

[Prine]

haha, not bad.

 

[Mejilan]

Some of the imagery is hysterical and awesome. Then I look at the gameboard, and I cry it looks so fucking shitty.

 

[MassiveAttack]

It's a GBA title.

 

[Mejilan]

It's a GBA title.

He knows.

 

[Traumahound]

The art looks pretty good, but the game looks like Palm shareware.

 

[Littleberu]

The art looks pretty good

Ahahahahaha. You've got to be kidding.

 

[MoxManiac]

Haha, is that underwear in the last shot?

 

[Mr_Furious]

Butt-huggers suck

 

[DSN2K]

I still cant believe rare made a game out of Mr. Pants.....

 

[GDJustin]

Rare's other GBA games have been pretty solid. Looking foward to this one.

 

[Dan]

Wow, they completely redesigned the game... and for the worse I'd say.

 

[Traumahound]

Ahahahahaha. You've got to be kidding.

Nope. The backgrounds look like a weird version of Yoshi's Island. Or a colourized version of Happy Noodle Boy. I like how the colours go outside the lines.

But, the game boards and Rare logo look like absolute shit.

 

[amrum]

Viva le pants !

 

[Memles]

Wow, they completely redesigned the game... and for the worse I'd say.

Didn't DK:CC use to be isometric, and a bit more involved? Because this...looks really far too simple.

 

[LuckyBrand]

oh man this game is hilarious.. i am sure the gameplay will be solid, its always lookd good. but the fact they made an entire game out of "its mr pants" is just amazing.. cant believe MS allowed it; that definately shows how much maneuver room they give RARE.. at least the rare gba department..

cant definately see why THQ was having problems signing on to distribute this one...

 

[Dan]

Didn't DK:CC use to be isometric, and a bit more involved? Because this...looks really far too simple.

Yup.

 

[SKluck]

Oh my god, awesome. The barnyard animal noises during gameplay is just too much.

 

[AniHawk]

Pretty good for an Xbox game.

I agree.

 

[jarrod]

I like the change.

crude underwear drawings >>>>>>> plastic rendered DK

 

[Ranger X]

Creating a game for Mrs Pants = awesome!!
I like stuff like that.

 

[deadhorse32]

For how many years the game has been in dev ? 3/4 years

edit :

IT'S MR. PANTS
Filing Date November 9, 2001

DONKEY KONG COCONUT CRACKERS
Filing Date May 14, 2001

3+ years for a puzzle game on GBA.

 

[Mama Smurf]

The entire GBA team is only 10 people, so while it's been that long since they first showed it, I'm not sure if they've been working on it all that time. If they have, I doubt it's had much in the way of resources given to it when compared to Banjo-Kazooie, Sabrewulf and Banjo Pilot.

I prefer the new look. In terms of artwise and humour definitely, and I like my puzzle games to be as simple looking as possible. The easier it is to see what I'm doing, the better.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

I like the change.

crude underwear drawings >>>>>>> plastic rendered DK

Just about anything is better than plastic renders. Therefore I concur.

 

[Ghost]

hah, cant wait to hear mr pants sing.

 

[Soul4ger]

OMG Nintendo always makes RARE do teh kiddie stuff. If only they could get away from them, and make mature stuff like they want!

 

[Kon Tiki]

OMG Nintendo always makes RARE do teh kiddie stuff. If only they could get away from them, and make mature stuff like they want!

Ya I feel bad for them. Now they are stuck doing kiddie games for MS.

 

[shibbs]

Go Mr. Pants! Go!

 

[GDJustin]

I noticed in the vids that the game shares some sound effects with Sabrewulf, which isn't very kosher. With a team that small I suppose I can let it slide though.

 

[Greekboy]

This game is a surefire way to make your son gay.

 

[Mama Smurf]

...because of the hot guys?

 

[Kon Tiki]

This game is a surefire way to make your son gay.

Mr Pants is Greek?

 

[Greekboy]

Mr Pants is Greek?

Looks German:

 

[MrPing1000]

I can't believe Mr. Pants finally got his own game lol/ *remembers the teasing Rare did for years*

 

[FoneBone]

OMG Nintendo always makes RARE do teh kiddie stuff. If only they could get away from them, and make mature stuff like they want!

Believe it or not, right after the Rare/MS deal was announced, some Xbox fans on IGN were actually insisting that Joanna Dark now had a more "kiddie" look because Nintendo made them do it. Really.

 

[Comfort_Eagle]

I am so buying this.

 

[miyuru]

Man, Nintendo was so smart to sell Rare.

 

[lochnesssnowman]

I like it. Mr. Pants sales + 1

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

 

[MASB]

The style is okay I guess, but the gameplay itself would look better if they used the isometric view of the DK version. And it's amazing that 10 people have carried a company of 200-250 people for the past few years (GBTG doesn't count since it bombed by any definition of the word).

 

[cvxfreak]

That's how you make a game of the crayon style.

 

[Doogdogg]

million seller.

 

[jooey]

The style is okay I guess, but the gameplay itself would look better if they used the isometric view of the DK version.

look yes, play no

 

[MASB]

look yes, play no

Yeah, I guess you're right. But the gameplay field of the DK version does look better (whether it would actually play better or worse). The gameplay part of the Mr. Pants version, just looks a little dull. Like any other puzzle game you'd find.

And looking at that Yoshi's Island pic, it is neat to remember what EAD was able to accomplish with that game. Back in 1995 and it still looks pretty good today.

 

[MrCheez]

Mr. Pants is my hero

 

[Ranger X]

There is not many people here who seems to know the story of that Mr. Pants. And as a matter of fact, there is many people not licking the look of the game...

Someone care to tell the story? To me it makes this game being totally cool.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

There is not many people here who seems to know the story of that Mr. Pants. And as a matter of fact, there is many people not licking the look of the game...

Someone care to tell the story? To me it makes this game being totally cool.

I don't think there's a whole lot to it. Mr. Pants was just a silly stick figure creation wearing underpants that Rare has used on its website for years. In either Banjo-Kazooie or Banjo-Tooie he showed up on a TV screen, but I don't know if he's has any other game cameos.

But with the loss of Donkey Kong, the simple minor character has taken over!

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

It could be fun... but do they honestly expect anyone to fork over money for this if they saw it on the shelf?

 

[Ranger X]

I think it's more Rare is having fun. A character you create as a joke and then the trend continue, the joke get cameos and everything and then it end up being a real game? Totally cool and not casual. Thumbs up!