Tecmo Bowl kicking off on DS

to NBA_Jammer I read story yesterday where the developers said that there will be no legends in the game, including Bo. http://kotaku.com/5007663/no-bo-in-new-tecmo-bowl

Its about time the best football game ever made got a sequel!

I LOVED the Tecmo Bowl games on NES and SNES. Now I'll have a kick-ass version for the DS. I still feel that gaming shouldn't be too technical nor serious. The Madden series sucks. Madden is too hung up on stats and rehashing. Tecmo Bowl is a much needed departure from all of that. Fun simple light-hearted stuff like this saves gaming. Thanks, Nintendo and Tecmo.

This would be the game to embarrass the hell out of EA for its' Madden Crap. Sorry Madden fans, but competition forced improvements on Madden games, not this recycled stuff we've been getting.

As long as it's still got Bo and Payton, then I'm all for it! (They can do legends if I remember and I know using them is pretty much cheating) Keep the awesome music too!

Wow...

Hmmm, Tecmo Bowl is still like one of the best football games ever.This could be something very good.

Wonderful news! Let's show some love for us PS2 folks too.

This is the best game announcement of 2008!

You can play tecmo super bowl online now! wITH UPDATED ROSTERS,HELMETS AND MORE!http://www.sois.com/tpc/faq.php

I still play Tecmo Super Bowl... (I still have my Genisis and my NES hooked up and own it for both). I can't wait to get my hands on this, NFL license or not.

OMG. ..... the return on a DS. outstanding. in a sony guy but once again the ds owns the psp.

Oh yeah!! Good old Tecmo Bowl!!

I have the original on my Wii, and if this is even half as fun as that, I will be picking this up without a doubt.

What are you talking about Drefullcircle??? Tecmobowl had an NFL License back then too. There were real players from the NFL. Sure it was always fun to make your own Characters but it was also fun to run and be untouchable with Bo Jackson, or to catch almost anything with Jerry Rice.

Petri87 Tecmo Bowl isnt football. Its American Football. Pretty sure real football was first and then americans stole the name. Shame on you! Never played Tecmo Bowl(and never will because i dont care about American Football) but for those who have and liked it im sure this is great news, since i have heard that its a great game.. ================================= So what's up this guys ass? lol Sorry to hear you are holding some kind of grudge about the origins of football..... WHO REALLY GIVES A DAMN? What country are you from? I'm guessing not the U.S. since you seem to be taking such offence to american "Football". Anyways, Unlike you,I'll actually make a comment that contributes to the story topic....... Tecmo bowl was the only football game back when I was a kid that I would REALLY get into playing..... We used to have play-off games and go through whole seasons against eachother. Man, the memories.... heh. As cheap as the graphics were/are it's a perfect example of a game where gameplay trumps everything else. Gonna have to get this one. Too bad it's not on XBLA though... Maybe someday?

gforce007_basic , you are so stupid it that it physically hurts to read your typed words. tecmo bowl has never relied on an nfl license, and blitz: the league prove that it was posssible to sell without familiar logos on the helmets. this game has so much potential, just off of the nostalgia the name invokes. add to that the ability to unluck both tecmo and super tecmo bowls, and DOA/NG players, and that would make the best football game since 2k5, licensed or not.

This game CAN succeed without the NFL license because its less complex than console football, and is fully customizable. Which means with little effort you can recreate all the NFL teams yourself. How hard is it to slap the name "Rams" on a custom team and give them blue & gold colors? If roster names are customizable you can even go that far too.

this brings back some great memories of sweetness, bo, and marcus allen jumping in the endzone for a high-five after a touchdown in those classic cutscenes.....anyone else?

Tecmo Bowl isnt football. Its American Football. Pretty sure real football was first and then americans stole the name. Shame on you! Never played Tecmo Bowl(and never will because i dont care about American Football) but for those who have and liked it im sure this is great news, since i have heard that its a great game..

@gforce007_basic looks like someone hasn't played the original....

@jmartin1016: I'll second that... Tecmo Bowl pwns all things football, and ALMOST all things bowl. ;)

Tecmo Bowl > Madden.

LMAO lolol, no NFL license? KTHXBAI. Where the hell was Tecmo with a new Tecmo Bowl when it was actually possible to have made a relevant football game with the NFL license, in the last generation? They wait till now to make a new Tecmo Bowl, a game that is destined to fail and meet the same fate that every other non-NFL licensed game has met. Massive PHAIL.

Hopefully this game receives great reviews. It would be nice to see a good SPORTS game on the DS.

Woot Woot!!!!Techmo Bowl!!!Love all the games they were so much fun!

Cool i love the old tecmo game

Hopefully it will have the same structure as Tecmo SuperBowl. Killer!

wow..memories

NOT TECMO BOWL! Talk about memories, man. The 100 yard touchdown, Montana to Rice. I'm liking how the customizing is going to go. I'll be picking this up, and I hope it is a success to show EA and the Madden drones. You DON'T need the NFL license to make a good football game. Even though I love my Seattle Seahawks (yeah, I'm a hawks fan =p) I refuse to pay EA $60+ for the same thing every year. Long live Tecmo Bowl!

i loved all the Tecmo Superbowls!! i can't wait for this!

This is awesome. I still have the original NES Tecmo Bowl and break it out from time to time. Hopefully this lives up to the fun of the first. This is definitely going on the tracked list.