Lemmings comming to Sony PSP

[Mike]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/18/news_6125409.html

Lemmings headed to PSP

SCEE announces that a PSP version of DMA Design's classic puzzle game will fall into European stores later this year.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has today announced that it plans to release a PlayStation Portable version of Lemmings toward the end of this year. The game, in case you're not familiar with any of the series' numerous incarnations dating back as far as 1991, challenges you to safeguard the lives of green-haired lemmings as they attempt to negotiate levels packed full of hazards. You'll do this by assigning different roles to individual lemmings, such as bridge builder, miner, parachutist, and blocker.
Currently in development at Team 17, the PSP version of Lemmings will feature both classic and all-new levels and will also let you create your own that can be shared with friends. Sony also plans to release its own downloadable content for the game, including new themes and levels.

We'll bring you more information on Lemmings as soon as it becomes available.

[Mike]

Team 17! &#A0;Grrr...

Some screen shots there too.... looks horrible.. &#A0;Each level looks like a pre-rendered thing.

Actually... the pipe style isn't bad... but the dirt+rock one sucks.

[drumnbach]

I think the dirt levels look really cool. They're a bit Wormsy which is no doubt down to Team 17, but it looks no where near horrible.

The various screen shots of the "Just Dig" level give the impression that you can zoom in and out, which would be brilliant for precision-based levels, especially when you consider the higher resolution of the PSP.

And the ability to create your own levels? I'll easy be buying a PSP for this.

(The character art for the Lemmings themselves look alarmingly phallic, though)

[Conway]

It looks so sweet! And the 3D graphics is something fairly new to lemmings. The character design does look slightly whimsical though . . . Too bad it's not for the PC

[Andi]

I thought of Team 17 like a good company... Til Worms 3D. This game sucks. I couldn't find any screenshots but I know how the new style of graphics is that Team 17 makes.
I just found some... Not sure what to think about it.
It has 2 aspects: The nostalgic aspect, and the aspect that stupid people don't even look at a game if the graphics don't need DirectX 10 and 2 VGA Adapters working at full power.
Unfortunately, the world is ruled by the second group of people...

My personal opinion: It has not the original Lemmings feeling to me.

[Shvegait]

Of course you're not going to have original Lemmings feel on an advanced piece of hardware. They have to make it look "new" in order for kids to buy it. At least this might broaden the exposure of Lemmings to new audiences. It looks pretty cool, and besides, it's hard to tell from just a few screenshots how good the game will actually play.

[guest]

I'm definitely glad that they have the sense to put in the ability to create your own levels.  Though it sounds like no "style editors" though.

[G3K]

I win for semi-true prophecy.

...Unless something really unrealistic happens along the lines of Sony saying "hey, I see we've got the licensing rights for some game called 'Lemmings', let's whore it ridiculously for the PS3"...

Anyway, judging by the screenshots, I'd say the game is still in very early alpha/beta stages - the PSP is capable of MUCH better graphics than that. However, if these are screenshots of a close-to-finished version... Team 17, gtfo my planet.

[Special_Gunpowder]

Urgh.

Actually it's not that bad. As has been said, very Worms-esque, which isn't a bad thing in itself, but what bothers me is that the designs are too clean. What I love about the original Lemmings games was the grungy feel of the terrains, that the worlds they inhabited were real grotty places with mould and trash everywhere. This new dirt style, however, looks like a background from an early Pixar short or a kid's funhouse. That dinosaur bone in particular looks like a Fisher Price job. Still, given Team 17's cartoon stylings it's hardly surprising, eh?

The trapdoor looks great, mind.

[DragonsLover]

Ooooohhh! Looks so sweeet!

Team 17? Well, I like this company because I like playing Worms games. So, I don't think it would be bad.

Hey! Do you recognize some levels in the screenshots? There's "Just dig!", "You need bashers this time" and "Going up....."

[Mindless]

It looks... interesting.  I think Lemmings for DS would work better (having a touch screen), but that'll never happen.

[Timballisto]

Woaaah!!!!  Sweet!  I love it!  That's awesome!  A NEW LEMMINGS GAME!  It's something new, and it's a LEMMINGS game!  This is ground breaking here!  Even if the game isn't the best thing ever, it's a start to what we've hoped might come in the future.  I hope that they continue to produce lemmings games after this one.

[guest]

Even if the game isn't the best thing ever, it's a start to what we've hoped might come in the future. &#A0;I hope that they continue to produce lemmings games after this one.

Well, you all can play a part in making this wish come true by buying this game and do word-of-mouth advertising to your friends and family.  

(No, I swear I'm not working for Team 17 and I'm not paid to say the above.  )

And so in fact here's the catch:  while it's okay in some ways that the game isn't the "best thing ever", if sales are not too encouraging they probably won't be producing additional lemming games after this.  It's a business after all.

It might also be a good time for us to think about why certain lemming games hasn't been selling as well as they might've hoped, especially the later ones.  Is it the quality of the puzzles?  The graphics?  The lack of advertising efforts?  An oversaturation of the series?  Being overshadowed by other genres of games?  The lack of support for user-created levels?  Changing demographics of game audiences?  etc.

[guest]

Come to think of it, one thing that could be really neat is if they remake several of the Lemming games, not just Lemmings 1.  Like having Lemmings 1, ONML, the Tribes and the Chronicles all included in this new remake, or something like that.  The levels are already designed so the effort should be relatively minimal.  And it might help generate additional interests to other lemming games out there, or really, just as a way to remind people what a long history the game has gone through.  I dunno, it seems like a good idea, especially for remakes.

Heck, it seems like most remakes do this:  Super Mario All Stars was the SNES remake of the NES Mario games, Final Fantasy Chronicles (or was it "Origins"?) was the PS remake of a few of the SNES/NES Final Fantasies, including one (Final Fantasy V) that was never released in the US.  It almost seems like to be a compelling release you should remake more than a single game in the series.

[Proxima]

Hey! Do you recognize some levels in the screenshots? There's "Just dig!", "You need bashers this time" and "Going up....."

And "This one should be a doddle". Not to mention a very interesting looking level in the "pipe" style that seems to be a new creation.