Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff

Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff

The Entertainment Software Rating Board has confirmed that a new Tecmo Bowl game called Tecmo Bowl Throwback is coming to the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in the near future.

Despite the latest troubles facing developer and publisher Tecmo, the company looks to make a showing that it is still alive, bringing three games to this year's E3 Media & Business Summit.

The first game in the lineup is one mostly everyone should be familiar with: Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff for the DS, the latest game in the company's American football series. The game will not use the NFL or NFLPA licenses, due to EA holding exclusive rights to both. However, the game will sport 32 original...

"Earlier this year, third-party publisher Tecmo revealed that a DS version of the classic football franchise Tecmo Bowl is in development. The company has been supporting the DS effort with a plethora of screenshots and video updates in recent weeks.

In a mailer sent to press today, Tecmo confirmed that a Wii build of Tecmo Bowl is also in development.

"Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff is scheduled for release this September [on DS]," Tecmo wrote. "A Wii version of Tecmo Bowl is in development and sc..."

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  • Customizable teams: players can select color, emblem, player names, city and abilities
  • Super abilities: some players will have special abilities that allow them to pull off big plays
  • Wi-Fi and local multiplayer: oh yeah, you can play a friend in the same room or somebody across the country
  • Stylus control: no other details on this one, yet
  • Over 32 different teams
  • Cut scenes: huh?
  • Customizable playbook: no idea on how much you can customize it,

but it's a nice feature"