The Wonderful 101

A new title from Platinum Games, for the Wii U.

First impressions here: it's like Pikmin meets Pokemon Ranger and Green Lantern with the gonzo superhero style of Viewtiful Joe. I am so very hyped for this game. It seems that the guys who made up Platinum Games retained that spark of crazy genius that Clover Stuidos had.

edited 5th Jun '12 11:48:06 AM by Enlong

This looks awesome. I have no clue why it's getting so many dislikes on youtube.

Nothing quite says teamwork like a bunch of heroes transforming into a giant fist or Sword for another hero to kick ass with.

Nothing.

I love how all the recruited civilians immediately get domino masks.

Recruit me! Recruit meeeeee!

The game looks like hella fun is all i'm gonna say.

I must be Recruited!

See, Capcom? If you had kept Clover Studios around and let more creativity happen, this could of been a game you could of published, but no.

edited 5th Jun '12 12:11:44 PM by Demongodofchaos2

That doesn't change the fact that Capcom only disbanded Clover Studios because no one bought their wonderfully creative games, which then proceeded to flop. If anyone's to blame, it's partially on Capcom for not advertising enough and eventually getting rid of the development studios, but it also falls on the consumers for not supporting the titles. I did my fair share with VJ and Okami, but my efforts alone didn't help.

If you don't want the same to happen to Platinum, I think you know what to do.

edited 5th Jun '12 12:28:14 PM by X2X

In other words...

edited 5th Jun '12 12:30:23 PM by ShirowShirow

Yes, that.

... I have no idea what that trailer was about, but it looked cool.

It was about kicking metal ass.

And yeah, I'll buy this so hard to support Platinum.

...man, I bought all the Viewtiful Joe games, aside from Red Hot Rumble. I just wish we could have had a game about the evil castle before they got nixed.

edited 5th Jun '12 12:37:00 PM by Enlong

Nintendo's E3 website elaborates a bit further:

Dibs on Bonsai Man.

Man, Bonsai Man doesn't have shit on Toilet Bowl Man.

I call Door Man.

Vending Machine Man is the logical choice. He's 100% self-sufficient.

He dispenses JUSTICE.

You know what'd be really awesome? If you could recruit enough heroes to become your own giant robot!

That will be the 11th-Hour Superpower for the final boss

Henshin-a-robo, baby!

Also, here's some◊ character◊ art◊.

edited 5th Jun '12 2:13:05 PM by Beorc

That red guy looks like Viewtiful Duke. Second guy is like a superhero Sephiroth.

As for the third guy?

~Who can take a robot / pummel it to dust? / Cover it in gravel / and let the pieces rust? / The Candy Man! / The Candy Man can!~

edited 5th Jun '12 2:15:27 PM by Enlong

Honestly, I don't see much of a resemblance to Duke.

He looks more like if Batman, Char, and Viewtiful Joe were put into a blender and then was given Super Saiyan hair.

edited 5th Jun '12 2:15:48 PM by X2X

With Gohan's SS 2 hair.

This would explain why humanity is The Ghost in Pikmin, too tied down in fights against giant aliens to care about the tiny ones too much.

Platinum games loves Shout-Out and Crossover Tropes. If not Pikmin what else? Chibi-Robo?