ToeJam & Earl creator says XBLA port not so certain; future games in franchise still a possibility Just because characters ToeJam & Earl were SEGA stars in the early 1990s, that doesnât mean theyâll be appearing courtesy of SEGA.
The game company recently polled fans, asking them which title should get the XBLA send-up, and ToeJam & Earl took top prize. Series developer Greg Johnson tells game site Joystiq that SEGA âgot ahead of themselves a little bitâ with that announcement âand didnât realize that they donât have the rights to the property.â Johnson does, and SEGA offered âvery little moneyâ to include the charaters in the upcoming Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing.
âTJ&E will not be includedâŠand the option for including them as downloadable content is still open,â Johnson said. âSega said theyâre not ready to talk about that yet because they havenât started making any definite plans, but they promised to give me a shout when they get there â so hopefully weâll be able to work something out.â Ditto for an XBLA port.
Johnson hasnât given up on ToeJam & Earl and even pitched around a DS version, which didnât garner much interest from publishers.
âRight now my studio is pretty busy with other stuff, but I plan to get back to seeing if I canât make TJ&E games in the future.â
Check out the concept art in the link below.
ToeJam & Earl creator says XBLA port not so certain; future games in franchise still a possibility [Joystiq]
