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[Death]

The strategic relationship grants EA the exclusive worldwide rights to create digital games based upon a huge array of Hasbro’s intellectual properties, including Monopoly, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Nerf, Tonka and Littlest Pet Shop, to name a few. Inspired by these classic board games and toys, EA will develop interactive experiences for a mass audience to play across key platforms including mobile, online, handheld, PC and consoles. The first games are scheduled to launch in 2008.

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...let's just hope that any Nerf games developed are better than the old Nerf Arena Blast.

[Ubermensch]

Maybe they'll do an N-Strike based game, like the DVD.

[baghead]

Maybe they'll do an N-Strike based game, like the DVD.

Let's hope it's NOT too much like the DVD...

[Rambo]

Aren't there already a lot of Hasbro board games turned video game? Hopefully this will work out well, I'm not the biggest fan of EA, but they put some good series out.

[supercraft99]

Seems like a good chance of a Nerf game. EA has put out some pretty nice FPS games in the past, hopefully they don't screw up a Nerf game. The recent array of Dart Tag gear, which seems to be aimed at an age-level up from the N-strike series, would make an interesting basis for a FPS. Hasbro may even let EA take the game out of the colourful bouncy castles of Arena Blast into a more realistic environment. Too bad we won't see any "Fuckingpecan" unlocks or PETG barrel upgrades in any possible game.

[commander erik]

Maybe they'll do an N-Strike based game, like the DVD.

Let's hope it's NOT too much like the DVD...

What are you talking about? I would love to shoot at my laptop's screen with a giant titan missile. Then, of course, in true American tradition, I would sue hasbro/EA and get shitloads of free nerf guns and money.

Too bad we won't see any "Fuckingpecan" unlocks or PETG barrel upgrades in any possible game.

Yeah... but maybe this will be like Medal of Honor or Battlefield where it is very easy to incorporate a mod into the game.
I'm sure somebody would hear us out and create a "nerfhaven mod team" or something like that to mod the game to our standards.

Hell, we already modify real nerf guns, why not modify digital nerf guns if there is a nerf video game.

Then, of course, Hasbro puts warnings on guns for a reason. They may not allow a mod like that when they do not approve of it as a company.

(For your reference: Battlefield files and MoH files)

I'd also like to note that if EA makes a game, we will be guaranteed to have to download plenty of patches that do seemingly nothing except waste time and are around 500 MBs. Maybe that's only if they partner with DICE, though.



Wait a minute. What if this isn't a PC game? EA has been known to produce console games as well as computer games. This might be awsome on the wii, if they set up the controls properly.
I can see it now: nerf wars for the non-warry types! Now you don't have to leave the house to have a huge fucking nerf war!

Edited by commander erik, 13 August 2007 - 09:06 PM.

[b00m13]

Maybe they'll do an N-Strike based game, like the DVD.

Let's hope it's NOT too much like the DVD...

What are you talking about? I would love to shoot at my laptop's screen with a giant titan missile. Then, of course, in true American tradition, I would sue hasbro/EA and get shitloads of free nerf guns and money.

I don't think you can sue them for shooting a Titan missile at your screen, since in the booklet that came with the Titan, it says not to use the missile for the game.

On a related note, how did you guys get the DVD game? I always thought it was included with the Unity System, but when I opened her up, it was DVD-less.

[Thom]

While I hate to derail the thread, what exctly is the DVD game? Is it just a generic video game nerf-i-fied, or what?

[SHADOW HUNTER ALPHA]

The DVD game basically plays like a typical shooter, where you are a space soldier (generic and overused) and you're fighting the Shogun-looking guy from the Titan's box and his evil minions (generic) in space scenes like satellites and moon bases (generic). You have to shoot the screen with the Scout, Hornet, and a few other guns. It can be compared to games like "Duck Hunt," (which kicked ass) for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

While we're on the topic of games here, Hasbro was supplying Nerf foam as padding for controllers and portable gaming systems (Nintendo DS and PS2 controllers). Just thought that was kind of interesting.

b00m13, you have to learn to detect sarcasm.

Edited by SHADOW HUNTER ALPHA, 14 August 2007 - 04:29 AM.

[Thom]

Maybe I'm missing something, but how does hit detection work? Is there a light gun attachment or something?

[baseballnolan5]

I would like to add the fact that EA''s Playground for the nintendo wii will have a game in which you shoot people with a nerf gun and block darts with a shield. I think this is only the beggining. I can't find any pictures but I saw it last night on x-play.

[Ubermensch]

Awesome! I'm gonna get that game.

[Grenada]

Ok, before everyone starts seting aside money for these, you have to consider that NERF is not just guns. It is also footballs, basketballs, and soccerballs. There is a chance that EA just might tick with sports and chuck nerf guns out the window.

[supercraft99]

You really think so? Adding a Nerf ball to a generic football or basketball game would add little or no entertainment value to a game. But EA can make a shooter, platform, FPS, or whatever they want with Nerf, without the T rating, winning over the parents of 8-10 year olds across North America. It just seems like an opportunity EA would not likely turn down.

[Grenada]

Well, I guess your right. It would be a way to get more customers for thier fps games later on. It's just that hasbro only made the dvd game, and the arena blast, along with the half dozen sports games on thier website, it is not hard to guess they may not like ea making a shooter like battlefield or MoH. EA may want to do something like this, but hasbro may not want to be linked to a GOOD fps game, since that would link violence to hasbro, which already has enough trouble making nerf guns during the age of high school shootings.

Edited by Grenada, 19 August 2007 - 09:55 PM.

[Evil]

I just got off the phone with my agent. I will be an "unlockable" character.

[Grenada]

By the way you said unlockable, I'm guessing you mean a character that requires a cheat to get. And for you to be in would almost say that there's modding in it. That just sounds ubsurd, since hasbro would definetly not allow it. If your confused, so am I.

[TED]

By the way you said unlockable, I'm guessing you mean a character that requires a cheat to get. And for you to be in would almost say that there's modding in it. That just sounds ubsurd, since hasbro would definetly not allow it. If your confused, so am I.

What are you an idiot?

[CaptainSlug]

I'm going to pull out this line: "Speculation is a waste of time. Just wait and see what comes of this. If anything."

[shadowkid33]

Evil, that's great you are now added that hilarious quote to my signature, while playing with my butthole. I also hear you are having an action figure made of you, with special phrases! One of them is, "You, with the rototrack thingy, on my team."

Back on topic though, I think Slug has the most valid point. We should just wait and see what happens.

[Thom]

I'm going to pull out this line: "Speculation is a waste of time. Just wait and see what comes of this. If anything."

I bet you don't even look under the tree before Christmas day.

[Lynx]

Sadly, from what I have seen and read about, many parents of 8-10 year olds don't care about violence in the games their children play. This is sad because I am 14 and my parents still don't let me play some games that I've seen 10-year-olds playing.

Yeah my dad won't let me get Dead Rising but WILL let me get things like Halo 1/2 Call of Duty and more. Damn hypocrites!

[CaptainCC]

Wii.

[zaphodB]

What a useless fucking post.