earthworm jim can best be described as the most drug addled free thinking artists imagination ever captured in a videogame. Please go and research it and if you have a Wii download the original on VC, its worth it for the artistry of the game alone. The wacky script, bizarre characters and ridiculous narrative make it one of the best platformers of all time.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
