THQ and World Event Productions (WEP) have announced that Voltron is set to make his way into the video game world, with a series of titles planned in a deal between the two companies. The original 1984 animated television series - Voltron: Defender of the Universe - starred the titular robot hero, with five mech lions combining to form one giant robot warrior.
The Voltron video games will be arriving at exactly the right time too, with new Voltron toy lines planned for later in 2011 and 2012 from Mattel, as well as a 2D/CGI animated Voltron Force series in the offing, which is set to launch in the US on Nicktoons later this year.
Apparently, the video games will build upon the original epic 1984 adventure, which transformed Voltron into a pop culture icon known the world over. THQ has yet to confirm platforms for the Voltron titles, but given the character’s appeal, it doesn’t seem too far-fetched to imagine that the games will make their way to high-end consoles.
“The video games relationship with THQ, along with our master toy relationship with Mattel, signals the exciting future ahead for Voltron,” said Robert Koplar, Vice President at World Events Productions. “With its signature robot lion action and titanic-scale battles, our Voltron games and toys along with our new series are sure to have enormous appeal to fans of all ages around the world.”
THQ’s Voltron video games are expected to debut in autumn 2011.
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Voltron was one of the best toys and shows back in the day. I am excited to here about his new game. It really has the potential to be something great. I hope it isn’t a big let down. Any idea on who is developing the game? That could play a major factor in whether it turns out to be something special or not.
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Still no love for the Vehicle Voltron, I see. Somehow I always thought that show was better. Just seemed to be better with overall story progression and had more complex characters. Both shows though were hatchet jobs when compared to the originals.
I hate to sound like some kind of Anime snob, but really, I prefer the original shows they were based on, GoLion and Dairugger. With the American versions having to cut around anyone dying or anything else that would have been found objectionable, the original Japanese versions somehow felt…I don’t know…more honest, I guess. Granted, the majority of GoLion’s episodes were just as much stand-alone as they were in Voltron. But when it came to the story threads dealing with Princess Amue and Prince Falor, they did a better job of handling it than on Voltron. And that you actually saw people dying helped to convey just how menacing and dangerous the villains really were and what was at stake.
Likewise with Dairugger, while some of the political aspects still came through in Voltron, it was much more complex in the Japanese version, and I liked that. In that respect, it was much more along the lines of Anime like Star Blazers or the live action American show Babylon 5. The only difference being Dairugger just happened to have a giant robot in it.
