Sam & Max Season 2 confirmed for Wii in '09!

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ATARI to Publish Sam & Max Season Two

ATARI and Telltale, Inc. today announced a new partnership to bring Sam & Max to retail stores worldwide with PC and Wii versions of the duo's most recent escapades, Sam & Max Season Two. Everyone’s favourite freelance police are back for more of the surreal stories and offbeat laughs that make the Sam & Max games series one-of-a-kind. Currently available as episodic downloads for PC only, publisher ATARI is bringing Sam & Max Season Two to retailers worldwide for PC and Wii in 2009.

Sam and Max are on the job again in the critically acclaimed Sam & Max Season Two brimming with crime-fighting adventure and chaos. Structured like a TV season, each of the five episodes has its own self-contained plot while together they form part of a season-long mystery. Like the best TV series, Sam & Max Season Two draws the player in with great characters and multiple intertwined plot lines, building to a high stakes climax in the season finale.

The crazed journey begins with a giant robot attack and never lets up, taking the crime-fighters on a series of wild missions boasting twisted storylines and engaging gameplay with their own unique brand of justice that takes them from frozen arctic regions to the fiery opposite end of the spectrum.

As with DVD box sets of popular TV series, bringing the game to retail lets its creators reach a new audience of gamers who otherwise might have led a life deprived of the joy only Sam & Max can bring. Sam & Max Season Two for Wii and PC is the first time this release has been localised, with full French and German versions available on the disk along with Spanish and Italian subtitles, so international fans can enjoy the fun in their mother tongue.

Created by Steve Purcell, Sam & Max first got their start in the indie comic book scene in the 1980’s and the duo have since become a well-loved phenomenon in both the comic scene and with the brilliantly addictive and entertaining videogames.

Wooooooooo!



I'm slowly picking at Season 1 on the Wii (midway through Episode 3, but since they're all contained episodes I don't mind leaving the game and coming back to it) and it's a great fit for the console. Can't wait for Season 2!

Vyolynce

YAUS. Just tell me when and I'm there.

Slicer

That's some good news, though I have no plans of buying it (but that's only because I already own the PC version, mind you).

I hope the sales do well enough that it convinces them to make a season 3, though.

Brainiac 8

Woo, that is great news.

Sam & Max....and Strongbad FTW! :^:

Lunker

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Woo, that is great news.

Sam & Max....and Strongbad FTW! :^:

I'm assuming that Strongbad sales are doing decently enough for Telltale, since for some reason I don't think Sam & Max Season 1 really lit up the charts. Barely anyone talked about it here, even though it's only $30. I need to get into Strongbad, and I will after I polish off all of Season 1.

I do hope that Season 2 gets some visual polish ... Season 1 looks a little blurry overall. Not that it really affects how I enjoy the game, but it would be nice.

Brainiac 8

Lunker wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Woo, that is great news.

Sam & Max....and Strongbad FTW! :^:

I'm assuming that Strongbad sales are doing decently enough for Telltale, since for some reason I don't think Sam & Max Season 1 really lit up the charts. Barely anyone talked about it here, even though it's only $30. I need to get into Strongbad, and I will after I polish off all of Season 1.

I do hope that Season 2 gets some visual polish ... Season 1 looks a little blurry overall. Not that it really affects how I enjoy the game, but it would be nice.

According to Telltale, Strong Bad on WiiWare has so far exceeded their PC sales. I'm hoping that it means we'll see a season two of SBCG4AP.

Sam & Max is an awesome series, as it originally was, so I was hoping season two found its way to Wii, and it is.

arod_77

I think what telltale discovered is that in can be hard to keep people interested in a micropayment based adventure series.

Its not that it wasn't funny or that it wasn't fun--I just couldn't be arsed to keep up with the episodes and would have preferred a single boxed product and consistent story (and I think this would have made them more money)

Lunker

arod_77 wrote: »

I think what telltale discovered is that in can be hard to keep people interested in a micropayment based adventure series.

Its not that it wasn't funny or that it wasn't fun--I just couldn't be arsed to keep up with the episodes and would have preferred a single boxed product and consistent story (and I think this would have made them more money)

I've never been a fan of episodic content for this exact reason. (It's also why I never regularly watch TV shows and love DVD box sets.) I'm still holding out hope that a retail disc of Strongbad will make its way to Wii.

JohnDoe

arod_77 wrote: »

I think what telltale discovered is that in can be hard to keep people interested in a micropayment based adventure series.

Its not that it wasn't funny or that it wasn't fun--I just couldn't be arsed to keep up with the episodes and would have preferred a single boxed product and consistent story (and I think this would have made them more money)

I like it that way. I pay for the season up front, and every month I get an email saying the new game is ready, and off I go to download. Quick and convenient.