In case you missed this on Magic Box, legendary Japanese developer Irem (creator of R-Type, one of the best games ever made), has a new PS2 title coming out next spring named Bumpy Trot. Yes, that's right. Bumpy Trot. This is what Magic Box says about it:
"...you play as a young boy who lost his memory, he controls a walking robot named Trot vehicle, which is widely used in a peculiar fantasy world for transportation. You play the life of this young boy, go out to meet various people, fight against thieves, playing musical instruments and fall in love with a girl."
It's so enticing, but yet raises so many questions. How did the young boy come to suffer from amnesia? Where did he get the giant robot? How does he find time for love while fighting thieves and playing musical instruments? What drives him in his fight against petty crime?
We may never know the answers. Bumpy Trot is unlikely to score a European release. In this age of cynical crime romps, urban street racers and stealth battle stab-'em-ups, is there any room in the UK release schedules for a boy with no past and his faithful mechanical accomplice? Is there? I fear not.
