The Chase captured on video
by JC Fletcher 
{ Nov 14th 2008 at 2:30PM }
Earlier this week, Atari unveiled their supremely bizarre The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity, a very cute romantic comedy platform action game. Now we can see it in motion, thanks to the debut trailer, which shows a fairly frenetic combination of traditional run-and-jump gameplay (which recalls early Sonic more than anything else), Kirby: Canvas Curse-style path scribbling, and even stretchy grappling hooks like the one found in Umihara Kawase.
All of this maneuvering is performed by two characters rushing to meet on time and avoid a giant storm that appears as a constantly-pushing wall of water. A grappling-based platformer with an off-kilter premise? Atari is doing their best to court the elusive "people writing this post" segment of the market.
Gallery: The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity
[Via press release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shoyz @ Nov 14th 2008 3:18PM
All my hope for this being good is gone.
I thought the D pad was good enough for platformers, no? Why the need to incorporate the stylus? How will that make the gameplay work? As far as I could tell, the characters move on their own. :/
Abscissa @ Nov 15th 2008 4:10PM
I love the DPad for side scrollers as well, but dude, have you ever even played Kirby Canvas Curse? That game was awesome.
Sally @ Nov 14th 2008 3:38PM
shoyz/ that's an arbitrary thing to say...
I mean, if you can make linerider entertaining, so could this.
I find it rather cute, personally.
Shoyz @ Nov 14th 2008 5:25PM
Wasn't line rider just making paths to ride on?
This is obstacle avoiding, platforming, etc. Also, it looks multi-directional (You wont just slide in a direction the entire way). Not the same.
TX2 @ Nov 14th 2008 7:34PM
I should probably get this. Looks like a worthy successor to Canvas Curse.
On another note: Someone should send this video to sega.
christel @ Nov 14th 2008 9:06PM
That's so cute!! But for some reason, I remember a game has a quite similar gameplay to this. (kirby canvas curse maybe?)
nyarla @ Nov 16th 2008 7:40AM
This looks excellent. I adore Yoshi Touch & Go and Kirby Canvas Curse.... The Chase looks a lot more frantic and arcadey than those.
More touchscreen based cute-em-ups can't be a bad thing. Especially ones with lots of collectable fruit. ^.^