“ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

It is the first new entry in the series since 2002's Mission to Earth, as well as the first entry that Sega had no involvement with.

Gameplay

The game plays most similarly to the original ToeJam & Earl game for the Sega Genesis.^[2] The game plays from a fixed, isometric viewpoint, and features the same basic gameplay of searching and exploring up a successive layer of floating islands.^[3] While it mostly does not play like the game's vastly different sequel, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, it implements some of the minor side aspects of it, such as the "Jam Out" rhythm-based mini-game.^[2] The game features nine different playable characters, and four-player cooperative gameplay, both online and locally.^[4]

Development

The game was developed by HumaNature Studios, the company founded by ToeJam and Earl series creator Greg Johnson.^[5] Work on the game's premise started shortly after the team's prior game release, Doki-Doki Universe, which released December 2013.^[5] After teasing that the team had been busy working on the game's premise in early 2015, the game was formally announced in March 2015.^[6] The game's original plan was to forgo securing a publisher, in favor of raising funds through crowd sourcing.^[6] The team ran a Kickstarter campaign throughout the month of March, with a goal of raising $400,000 to fund the game.^[7] The game's goal was met on March 25, two days before the campaign's end, and ended up at over $500,000 as the total amount, successfully funding the game, but failing to meet the stretch goals required to get the game released on traditional video game consoles, instead being relegated to the Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows.^[7] The team, at the time, consisted of just three people - Johnson, an engineer, and an artist.^[3]

Initially scheduled for a 2016 release, in August 2016, it was announced that Adult Swim Games had joined on to publish and give additional funding for the project.^[8] This allowed for the game's release on additional video game platforms, but did not specify which ones, and delayed the game into 2017.^[8] While Adult Swim Games was publishing the game, the deal did not involve the creation of any sort of animated cartoon for its Adult Swim television broadcast.^[4] On February 28, 2017, during a Nintendo Direct focused around indie and crowd-funded games coming to Nintendo platforms, the Nintendo Switch was revealed to be one of the platforms the game would be released on, with more to be announced.^[9]^[10] Versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were confirmed in April.^[11] In June 2018, it was announced that Adult Swim Games would no longer be publishing the game.^[12] It was ultimately self-published digitally by HumaNature Studios in early 2019. Limited Run Games published physical editions for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.^[13]

Reception

According to review aggregator Metacritic, ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove received "generally favorable reviews" on Nintendo Switch and PC, and "mixed or average reviews" on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

External links

1. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/2360915|title=Update 75: Release Date, Playstation.Blog, New Trailer, PS4 Pre-orders, and Platform Swapping · Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove|website=Kickstarter|accessdate=4 December 2018}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/25/toejam-and-earl-returns-with-new-kickstarter-project|title=ToeJam and Earl Returns With New Kickstarter Project|first=Mike|last=Mahardy|date=25 February 2015|publisher=|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2015/2/25/8107999/toejam-and-earl-kickstarter-reveal-feature-greg-johnson|title=The plan to resurrect ToeJam & Earl|first=Philip|last=Kollar|date=25 February 2015|website=Polygon|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
4. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove-partners-with-adult-swim-due-2017/|title=Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove partners with Adult Swim, due 2017|publisher=|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
5. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-05-toejam-and-earl-game-teased-by-doki-doki-universe-dev|title=ToeJam & Earl game teased by Doki-Doki Universe dev|first=Tom|last=Phillips|date=5 February 2015|publisher=|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
6. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-25-toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove-rocket-skates-to-kickstarter|title=Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove rocket skates to Kickstarter|first=Jeffrey|last=Matulef|date=26 March 2015|publisher=|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
7. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2015/3/25/8292449/toejam-and-earl-kickstarter-back-in-the-groove|title=New ToeJam & Earl game hits fundraising goal on Kickstarter|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|date=25 March 2015|website=Polygon|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
8. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2016/8/24/12624946/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove-gameplay-trailer-adult-swim-games|title=ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove coming 2017 from Adult Swim|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|date=24 August 2016|website=Polygon|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://wwg.com/2017/03/01/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove-coming-to-nintendo-switch/|title=ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove Coming to Nintendo Switch|website=WWG|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/1804747|title=Update 55: Back in the Groove coming for the Switch!! · Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove|website=Kickstarter|accessdate=5 June 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/1867915|title=Update 56: Almost there! · Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove|website=Kickstarter|accessdate=22 June 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/2219859|title=Update 63: Incoming Transmission from Funkotron! · Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove|website=Kickstarter|accessdate=20 October 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/2288669|title=Update 71: PAX Wrap-up, Limited Run, and MORE! · Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove|website=Kickstarter|accessdate=20 October 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove |title=ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove for PC Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=March 21, 2019}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove |title=ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove for PS4 Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=March 21, 2019}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove |title=ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove for Switch Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=March 21, 2019}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove |title=ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove for Xbox One Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=March 21, 2019]]