Screen shot from the new bionic commando game
At CES2011 Capcom dominated the gaming opposition with a hole heap of remakes of Classic titles. But there was one that made me excited when I found it out more than anything, Bionic Commando 2. That’s right fokes, the NES classic will have a 21st century 2D remake for the PS3 and Xbox 360 with all new controls, characters and abilities.
Now I am a fan of the original, and even through I can’t get past level one is still a great 2D platformer. My only problem was that you can’t jump, you could not jump in this game as there weren’t enough buttons to allow it so it was cut out. Now through, YOU CAN! The game that was famous for it’s lack of jumping now allows you to jump over obstetrical, enemies and can give you a quick boost to reach higher platforms that you wouldn’t be able to reach without.
Another new ability is the scan mode where you can look for objects that you can pick up or use. Picking up objects allows you to throw them at enemies. Death from above has also been revived from the the 3D sequel that was released a couple of years ago.
Local Co-op has also been added to the game so you and a friend can play together locally. This doesn’t work online which may be disappointing to some of you but it was a good touch to add it locally.
The original Bionic Commando on the NES
I do have a little annoyance for this game through as it is only available on the Xbox and PS3 and is only available off the Playstation network or Xbox live. This is a good game which I would like to see on the Nintendo Wii as the pointer controls could work brilliantly for the grapple arm abilities, and if people didn’t fancy those controls they could use either the classic or Game Cube controller. It would also be played NES style and even through you wouldn’t be able to pull off most of the new moves, it would have brought allot of nostalgia to the game. Also I think it should be on a disk as this is a true sequel to an all time classic and for it not to be in you game disk collection is a bit disappointing.
Dispute this through, it looks like a great game and a true addition to the series.