Earthworm Jim 4 announced

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 23rd April 2008
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Earthworm Jim 4 announced

Earthworm Jim is one of the few gaming characters who managed to achieve an iconic status.

Earthworm Jim – the name itself is enough to grab the total attention of pretty much an entire generation who became fascinated with the garden grub and his cosmic adventure. That entire generation then will be happy to know that Interplay, publisher of the original series of games, has just signed a deal to create a fourth game.

And a new cartoon series. And a feature-length movie.

Doug TenNapel, the original creator of the character, was in the spotlight particularly today as he signed a deal to take over the role of ‘Creative Consultant’ for future Earthworm Jim projects.

This isn’t the first time that an animated series based around the character has been developed though – in 1995 two seasons of the show ran on the WB! Network, with Dan Castellleneta voicing the titular character.

TenNapel himself, who also created the abstract cult favourite The Neverhood, has had a famously turbulent relationship with the Earthworm Jim franchise.

“They're supposed to pay me a minimum royalty on every Jim thing sold but Interplay's lawyers have loop-holed their way around having to pay me a cent," said TenNapel in an old interview. In fact, that interview is well worth a read and describes how credit for the gaming icon has been stripped from TenNapel over time as he was forced off the project.

Now that TenNapel is back on board in someway, could a revival of Earthworm Jim prove to be any good? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
Quote Baz 23rd April 2008, 12:29
I loved the original TV series, and still occasionally find myself humming the theme tune. If the game/show/movie can preserve the feeling of utter off the wall insanity of the original games and show, this can only be a good thing.
Quote Atomic 23rd April 2008, 13:09
Awesome! EWJ was such a good game.
Quote neillyb 23rd April 2008, 13:48
Groovy!
Quote gvblake22 23rd April 2008, 13:53
Oh man, I remember playing Earthworm Jim on the Super Nintendo. It was definitely a fun game and I sat up in my chair as soon as I read the title of the news bit. I hadn't read or heard that name in SO LONG, so I was surprised to find my mind immediately racing back to nostalgic memories of sitting on my livingroom floor with the SNES controller and playing Earthworm Jim with my brother for hours.
Quote Clocked 23rd April 2008, 16:02
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Originally Posted by neillyb
Groovy!

yay!
Quote Gunsmith 23rd April 2008, 16:16
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Originally Posted by neillyb
Groovy!

THIS,
Quote mikeuk2004 23rd April 2008, 16:28
I hope there are going to be cows in it :). I loved this back when it was on the megadrive, very good, fun game.
Quote Redbeaver 23rd April 2008, 22:08
EWJ!!!! :D

iconic indeed.
Quote r4tch3t 23rd April 2008, 23:47
This is good news, I played Jim back on the Megadrive.
Quote DougEdey 24th April 2008, 00:20
Earthworm Jim! We think he's mighty fine!
Quote Tyinsar 24th April 2008, 01:55
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Originally Posted by Baz
I loved the original TV series, and still occasionally find myself humming the theme tune. If the game/show/movie can preserve the feeling of utter off the wall insanity of the original games and show, this can only be a good thing.
^^ What he said. I'd love to find this on DVD somewhere.

.oO(but shouldn't that be "udder off the wall insanity"? :D)
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Originally Posted by neillyb
Groovy!
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Originally Posted by DougEdey
Earthworm Jim! We think he's mighty fine!
Hooray for Jim!


<Falling Cow> . . . . . . . . . . </Falling Cow>
Quote Bauul 24th April 2008, 09:57
The cartoon was genuinely very good, one of the few games to TV conversions that worked really well. I remember little about the sequals but the first game rocked hard. Even if the final boss was a total let down: one whip = dead.
Quote cyrilthefish 24th April 2008, 10:24
Earthworm jim!
i loved the Megadrive games!

I have one thing to say about this:

COW LAUNCHED!</blinking text>
Quote adamc 24th April 2008, 10:48
I played the first two games on the PC, they were great!
Quote Thacrudd 24th April 2008, 15:13
Ahhh cow launcher and puppy love. I can't frickin wait. Hopefully Tommy Tallarico will still be doing the soundtrack
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