http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sports/tecmobowl2008/news.html?sid=6170554



TOKYO--Here's a teaser for you, sports fans: Tecmo Bowl is coming back, and not as a port. That's the admittedly thrilling news coming from Tecmo's Tokyo press event; unfortunately, that's about all the news we know about the game at this point. Tecmo's John Inada gave the briefest of presentations during today's press conference showing a funny, if all too short, video teaser for the game that unfortunately included no footage or hard details about it. Still, it was amusing.

Evoking the memories of the old Tecmo Bowl series, the video showed a mullet-wigged football fan (complete with Guns 'N' Roses T-shirt) grabbing a few sodas, popping some popcorn, and hitting the couch to--what else?--play Tecmo Bowl. From there, we saw the familiar Tecmo Bowl logo.

The announcement of such a legendary title brings up far more questions than we have answers for at this point, but here's what we know: Tecmo has not given any word on which platform(s) this game will be released on, but has emphatically stated that this will not be a port of the older games. To this point, Tecmo general manager John Inada gave the slightest of clues to the assembled crowd of press--saying that the game was "not going to be on the platform that you're thinking of right now." So, how's that for a hint?

Of course, there's tons more that we want to know about Tecmo Bowl--namely, how the team behind the game will be dealing with the lack of an NFL license (which currently belongs to EA), as well as mechanics, graphics, multiplayer, and so much more. At this point, though, we'd just be happy to see a screenshot, and we hope to get a better idea of the game in the coming months.

Tecmo Bowl is currently slated for release in 2008 and we'll be keeping a close eye on this game's progress.

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5/24/2007 9:12:50 AM

I've been playing the shit out of Tecmo Super Bowl on my Moto Q.

5/24/2007 9:31:01 AM

How long does EA have the rights to use NFL names and players? I thought it was only 3 or 4 years.

5 years from 2004. So 2009 it will be open again. I would hope that Tecmo would not use non nfl names and players, I love Payton high fiving in the endzone when he scored. Also I think EA got really scared when ESPN came out with an overall good game for the ps2 so they spent way to much money. So I would hope the NFL would want more money from other companies and respect competition. Not saying tecmo bowl will be the hotest football sim out of the gate, but at least another option.

[Edited on May 24, 2007 at 11:01 AM. Reason : ...]

5/24/2007 10:57:19 AM

my recalling of tecmo bowl is that they were not real NFL teams in the game... But then I think I remember Bo Jackson...


hmmm..I'm confused.

5/24/2007 11:53:06 AM

NFL PA license (players) but not NFL teams (owners).

5/24/2007 11:54:42 AM

there better be a way to unlock the raiders with bo jackson

5/24/2007 12:59:24 PM

hell yeah. Very glad to hear about this, but extremely skeptical if they cant get real players and teams on it.... I think maybe there is misinformation going around because it just doesent make sense....

5/24/2007 1:14:17 PM

I would always use the giants cause that one dude could block every extra point. I cant remember if it was LT or someone else tho.

5/24/2007 2:50:13 PM