Strong Bad gets WiiWare, PC date

By Robert Purchese Published 6 August, 2008

Animated series adapted by Telltale.

Telltale Games says the first episode of WiiWare and PC adventure series Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People will be available on 11th August.

Homestar Ruiner is the first of five planned instalments (one each month) based on the apparently funny Homestar Runner animated internet series. Confusing, but keep up.

Strong Bad, a boxer who wears a mask, confesses he is "charming", "suave", "muscular", and "awesome". His plan, in episode one, is to win a Race to the End of the Race - a scheme which gets messed up when an unwanted visitor comes to stay.

Telltale, of Sam & Max renown, is working closely with the Homestar Runner creators to make sure everything is accurate and hilarious.

PC pre-orders for the entire Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People are open on the Telltale website now. One episode is USD 8.95 (GBP 4.50), or the entire series can be snaffled up for USD 34.95 (GBP 17.50).

On WiiWare, each episode costs 1000 Wii Points (approx GBP 7.00 / EUR 10.00).

Head over to our brief first impressions of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode One - Homestar Ruiner to find out more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • the_dudefather #1 4 years ago

    £4.50 vs £7 (and limited storage space)

    looks like my wii will continue to accumulate dust

  • Gnort #2 4 years ago

    That pricing's a little bit harsh on Wii owners, isn't it? Most XBLA game that are also available on PC are about the same price, as far as I'm aware.

    Not an issue for me, as I don't have a Wii and this game will probably run happily on my very much not-gaming-grade laptop (which runs Sam & Max just fine), so I was always going to buy the PC version, but it doesn't seem right.

    Edit: Hang on, I've realized why there's a price difference, it's the whole "buy in Dollars on PC" vs "buy in Euros/Pounds on console" thing again. Apologies for being slow.
    Edited by 1 at 06/08/08 @ 10:53

  • Tomo #3 4 years ago

    What the hell?! Why would I pay more for it on my Wii than PC?

    That is fucking stupid. Probably because of added waggle-zomg!

  • Turambar #4 4 years ago

    I assume Nintendo wants a tasty licensing fee. PC doesn't have this problem.

  • gingerlink #5 4 years ago

    One episode is USD 8.95 (GBP 4.50)

    Notice it's in USD

    1000 wii points is 10 USD, so it's not that huge a mark-up...

    UNTIL you get to Europe...

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #6 4 years ago

    Also games are always cheaper on PC than consoles, take Orange Box for example.

    Don't know why, just seems to be.

  • Gnort #7 4 years ago

    Boxed retail games are cheaper on the PC because they don't have to pay a licensing fee to the platform owner like console titles do. I'd imagine this also applies to downloadable games, but for some reason these often end up selling for the same amount across all platforms (in Dollars, at least).

  • MattyD #8 4 years ago

    TROGDOOOOOOOOOR!

    Ahem.

    I have a US Wii so I'll probably buy it on that and laugh at everyone else for buying PAL Nintendo machines.

  • smelly #9 4 years ago

    Geesus.. you little babies..

    2 pounds fifty extra too much pocket money for some of you guys??!? Mommey wont let you spend that much?

    Sheesh.

    I'd pay that for the convenience of playing on my sofa on my tv thanks.. Hate sitting at my desk to play games!


  • smelly #10 4 years ago

    >Why would I pay more for it on my Wii than PC?

    You DO realise that ALL games are more expensive on the console than their pc counterparts dont you?

    Dumb-ass.

  • smelly #11 4 years ago

    Hang on..

    >One episode is USD 8.95 (GBP 4.50),

    You lot DO realise that there's tax to be paid on this right?