Next, Tecmo Bowl...

 

7:23: Seriously, Tecmo Bowl? People at the press conference cheer. Mr. Inaga, Vice President of Tecmo Inc, takes the stage. Inada takes the stage and jokes that the title of the game wasn't supposed to ahve been revealed until the end. "Just pretend like you don't know that it says Tecmo Bowl here" (pointing to the logo on the screen) "Instead of telling you about it, we're going to s how you a video that is very memorable."

 

The video begins. The video shows Tecmo employees (including Inada himself) playing SNES Tecmo Bowl. Jumps to a trailer for the full game. Set for release in 2008. But, no footage of the game itself ... just a logo. And no platform announcement, intentionally. "I can't tell you what platform we're making it for. But I can tell you that it's probably not going to be on the platform that you're expecting... if that makes any sense." This 2008 game will not be a port. It's a band new game for one of the new systems. But which one?!? "That's one thing I can tell you for sure. This is going to be a brand new game for one of the new systems ... We're confident that the new Tecmo Bowl is going to be the talk of the town in 2008."

 

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/787/787604p1.html

A company representative would tell the assembled media only that the game was "not going to be on the platform that you're thinking of right now."

 

 

If that is the case, you can probably expect it to come out to one of the handhelds, more likely the DS considering the userbase.

madden will blow the competition out of the water in 08...people will just have excuse the mistakes 06 and 07 were

madden will blow the competition out of the water in 08...people will just have excuse the mistakes 06 and 07 were

 

 

When you are the only game in town, you have a tendency to get lazy. EA has ALWAYS been lazy, now its just magnified because there is no competition for them. I'm sure the NFL is kicking themselves for allowing EA to have exclusive rights for the next several years.