Moments ago, the Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove Kickstarter ended and much to the delight of fans the campaign was a success and then some. With 8,873 backers pledging $508,637, $108,637 more than the $400,000 goal, fans can expect the full game as well as some stretch goal bonuses! Additional features include old school skins for Toejam and Earl, featuring their original designs seen on the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive games. Also returning from the 90s is the Hyperfunk Zone as seen in ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron. Minutes before the campaign ended, a third stretch goal was met, adding the female lead from the third game, Latisha, as well as Toejam’s cousin and Earl’s mom.
While the base game sounded great, these bonuses only sweeten the upcoming release by bringing in characters and concepts from the first three games for a true love letter to fans of the series. Congrats to Greg Johnson and his team, and good luck on the development of the game.
In case you missed it, we interviewed Greg earlier this month on our Swingin’ Report Show podcast – give it a listen if you haven’t already!
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Now the big question, will it be a Sega game?
I’m thinking not, but given that every single title release in the franchise was published by Sega with their full endorsement and funding, don’t they own the IP if nothing else?
If Sega has any involvement in this at all, in what capacity?
I doubt they will but if so, this will be the very first time in it’s entire history that it has had no Sega involvement.
Hey Gamma, SEGA has nothing to do with this game. Greg Johnson, the co-creater is part owner of the IP. We actually talked to him on our podcast where he talked about how it was developing the first games with SEGA and how they signed a contract to keep their IP.
Its a good listen if you have time:
http://segabits.com/blog/2015/03/06/swingin-report-show-77-interview-with-greg-johnson-co-creator-of-toejam-and-earl/
Thanks George, I’ll take a look.