Rub your eyes: Sadness 'footage' emerges, disappears again [Update 1]
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Aug 21st 2008 at 10:30PM }
Go Nintendo's RawMeatCowboy recently received an email from an anonymous, shadowy figure calling themselves "rabbits can't be sad." That's pretty weird, but stranger still, the email contained something we almost never expected to see: footage of Nibris' "vaporware" title, Sadness. Despite the unconventional method of its delivery, it definitely looked like the real deal.
We say "looked" because now it's gone, pulled down by RawMeatCowboy, who (we're guessing) was asked to remove the footage. In his amended post, RMC simply writes: "Sorry for the inconvenience, but I unfortunately have to remove this post. That is all I can say at this time."
So after being relentlessly mocked (not least by us), has Nibris actually been making a game all along? Really, really slowly?
[Update 1: Some enterprising soul grabbed the footage before it was pulled, and added it to YouTube -- thanks, DaisukeKiriyama!]
Gallery: Sadness
[Via Go Nintendo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Highlar @ Aug 21st 2008 10:46PM
Darn...and the clip couldn't be snagged in time to spread it far and wide. *cries* I keep hoping every day that this game is still for real out there, somewhere, in the hazy world of development. This and Disaster Day of Crisis.
nicolas @ Aug 21st 2008 11:41PM
its on youtube
nicolas @ Aug 21st 2008 11:41PM
its on youtube
nicolas @ Aug 21st 2008 11:46PM
eek sorry for the double post.
Brendon @ Aug 21st 2008 11:53PM
"Sadness", indeed.
In a way, I hope this IS vaporware. How can any title live up to the buzz this alleged game has generated? Die young, stay pretty.
DaisukeKiriyama @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:18AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZaMlWjjE7Q
There's the link.
Don't know what to think of it.
Matthew @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:04AM
2009, the year of the Wii. I'm so stoked at all these titles coming out, and there are others not yet announced and they will blow our socks off. How can I say that? Easy, developers are now actually working to produce something worthwhile rather than regurgitate the same BS, clearly there is a abundance of great games releasing that I can only assume will sell well and with that anyone that wants to make money is going to take a different and correct approach. Watching what E.A has done in response to RES 08, so fantastic... the bar is finally being risen.
Highlar @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:11AM
Thanks DaisukeKiriyama and nicolas!! I agree, not really sure what to think of it, because you really can't SEE much...but I sure as heck DID see the big SADNESS introduction screen. So, I'll take it with a smile and feeling that the game IS still being made...quietly...behind the scenes...ready to be sprung on the Wii community when we least expect it. :-)
Highlar @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:12AM
OH...and speaking of footage...did anyone else catch the Cursed Mountain footage from GC??? I think its looking really good, and the music is GREAT. Can't wait for that one, either!
Mr Khan @ Aug 22nd 2008 11:59AM
Looks legit enough, but the third-person footage means we can't scrutinize it further
I mean, unless there are other games that look very, very similar to what we just saw, but the only thing i can think of is ico, and they were both kids, and the guy led the girl around in that
Adam @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:04PM
i'd like to think that nibris never stopped production. How many times have you played a game that could have been ten times better with proper testing? How many times have you been pissed off because a high profile game was delayed 4 times? Maybe, just maybe, nibris has learned from others mistakes and alotted the proper amount of time for a game that could very well be ground breaking. But then again, maybe not. I guess any group letting productivity rates drop to improve quality is a bit far fetched. Did anyone else play alone in the dark or read about fatal frame 4? yeah...