The first details on Gameloft's reworked XBLA, PSN and Wii Earthworm Jim have appeared online.
iPhone version
The new 'Jim will be based on the Sega Mega Drive classic, sporting upgraded visuals, smoother animation, the implementation of difficulty levels and the excellent, original soundtrack by Tommy Tallarico, reveals Gamer Bytes.
In addition, leaderboards will be incorporated into the download remake - which is planned as a one month XBLA exclusive at the end of the year - tracking kills, time and other statistics.
Original heads Dave Perry and Doug Nepal are not involved, says Gameloft, but it promises it's aware of the chronology of Earthworm Jim and will even include the niche bonus level from the Mega CD version of the game.
The developer promises other "surprises" for its version to be revealed at a later date.
Smoother animation? Are you sure? The animation for these games, as were the majority of Shiny's games at that time fantastic. EWJ, Aladdin and Cool Spot all had excellent smooth animation with lots of frames drawn.
That's probably my favourite bit of EWJ music as well bagofbones, and I just loved the soundtrack overall. You know the PC versions of the EWJ games had upgraded CD quality soundtracks? I used to carry the game discs around in my CD player. Also it was on the soundtrack for Wild 9 on PlayStation.
Give this a listen, it's a remix of that track you linked. Bit strange, but I really like it. You'll hardly recognize it at first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8t9cOUH7Ps
still got the Mega Drive version (which has difficulty settings) and still can't do that underwater level, don't remember what difficulty I was on (knowing my luck it was "practice".
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