RAINMAN
02-11-2005, 01:03 AM
February 10, 2005 - Comic book fans were abuzz yesterday after the popular entertainment site Newsarama (http://www.newsarama.com/) broke the silence on Electronic Arts' secretive fighting game based on a Marvel Comics line of characters known as Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects (http://cube.ign.com/objects/681/681939.html).
Originally titled Marvel vs. EA, Nemesis has been completely out of the public eye since being announced for the first time last May. But in Newsarama's Interview with comic book writer Greg Pak, the first few details related to the project managed to surface -- including info pertaining to the comic book series that is being spun-off from the videogame (http://cube.ign.com/articles/586/586898p1.html#).
"Yep, it's a super cool crossover miniseries which throws a team of classic Marvel characters against a team of brand new superheroes created by the brilliant folks at EA," remarked Pak. "The series will be published as a lead up to an EA videogame release this fall and involves an alien scientist who clashes with a series of Marvel heroes when he comes to Earth to create a team of technologically transformed super warriors. So for the past few months, I've been working with Marvel editor Mark Paniccia and the EA creative team to develop a story which'll be an exciting, compelling epic in its own right while introducing the characters and setting up the conflicts which'll be explored in the game."
Pak continued on to say, "The new EA characters are incredible, and I think folks are going to be blown away by their design and powers. And the comic book art by Renato Arlem is just tremendous. He's rendering these superheroes with a beautiful, gritty, fluid realism, which really makes the characters and story come to life. So you know there'll be eye-popping Sci-fi superhero action. But what's got me really excited is that we've found the emotional hook -- we're exploring that hidden core of doubt that may plague even the greatest heroes as the Marvel characters and the new EA heroes struggle with the temptation of "perfection" offered by the alien scientist's transformative technology. It's going to be a fun ride, with some real emotional consequences for new and classic characters alike."
http://cube.ign.com/articles/586/586898p1.html
Originally titled Marvel vs. EA, Nemesis has been completely out of the public eye since being announced for the first time last May. But in Newsarama's Interview with comic book writer Greg Pak, the first few details related to the project managed to surface -- including info pertaining to the comic book series that is being spun-off from the videogame (http://cube.ign.com/articles/586/586898p1.html#).
"Yep, it's a super cool crossover miniseries which throws a team of classic Marvel characters against a team of brand new superheroes created by the brilliant folks at EA," remarked Pak. "The series will be published as a lead up to an EA videogame release this fall and involves an alien scientist who clashes with a series of Marvel heroes when he comes to Earth to create a team of technologically transformed super warriors. So for the past few months, I've been working with Marvel editor Mark Paniccia and the EA creative team to develop a story which'll be an exciting, compelling epic in its own right while introducing the characters and setting up the conflicts which'll be explored in the game."
Pak continued on to say, "The new EA characters are incredible, and I think folks are going to be blown away by their design and powers. And the comic book art by Renato Arlem is just tremendous. He's rendering these superheroes with a beautiful, gritty, fluid realism, which really makes the characters and story come to life. So you know there'll be eye-popping Sci-fi superhero action. But what's got me really excited is that we've found the emotional hook -- we're exploring that hidden core of doubt that may plague even the greatest heroes as the Marvel characters and the new EA heroes struggle with the temptation of "perfection" offered by the alien scientist's transformative technology. It's going to be a fun ride, with some real emotional consequences for new and classic characters alike."
http://cube.ign.com/articles/586/586898p1.html