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Man, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I apologize if I haven’t updated in a while. Just been in a slight funk, even though some really cool and big things are happening on my end.

That said, I gotta draw stuff that isn’t just CN and OCs - so here’s my favorite retro games! Well, maybe Kid Icarus Uprising isn’t retro…yet. I’m still holding out for a new Tin Star and Tempo, dammit!

Damn! I gotta break this down a bit.

First, I was not expecting concept art and storyboards! I liked the storyboard involving the Amoeba Boys bumbling about and torching an entire library, that was fairly amusing. I’m not surprised that it didn’t make it that far into production, given how a lot of dev studios I believe at the time were pitching video games based on cartoons and many of them not sticking. Ah, such is a volatile industry…

Second, I also didn’t know this was meant to be a GameCube title either. I can only hypothesize: I guess when I discovered it, Shock of Ages was also meant to be released on the PS2 much like Relish Rampage? Or be a proper multiplatform title like other cartoon video games (PS2, OG Xbox, GameCube, PC/Mac, GBA…you get the idea)?

Now, if it was a GameCube exclusive judging by how it was presented on Kieth Erickson’s portfolio, had it been released it’d probably would’ve been a collectors item by now. A GameCube exclusive based on a popular cartoon show? Way too many hardcore fans and retro game collectors would’ve ate that up!

As for publisher, the GameFAQs page mentioned THQ, which is a bit weird considering how they had the exclusive rights to Nicktoons games. Bam Entertainment had the Cartoon Network license and published most of the Powerpuff Girls games. Then they lost it, and the rights for other CN shows went to a ton of other studios like Midway, Sega, Crave, D3 and even Capcom (well, namely for that Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law game).

I wouldn’t be surprised if Bam lost the CN exclusivity at some point it caused the game to be scrapped or switched publishers, then scrapped. Hell, there was a Dexter’s Lab game - a mech fighting game akin to MechAssault that was being made at the same time and that was further in development also. Maybe that explains why that got cancelled too.

This is such a cool find. It’s a shame that there wasn’t design docs, if any, or whatever else behind it. One can dream.

Hey! Seeing that you’re the resident rare PPG merch blog, I need your perspective. I know that the PPG video games aren’t very good but this one intrigued me because of how…mysterious it is. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/917583-powerpuff-girls-shock-of-ages

I have no idea if it was a real game that got cancelled or somebody made it up. I couldn’t find any prerelease info on it, or an archived announcement from any site - let alone GaneFAQs. Seriously, what is this game?

super sorry for the super late answer!

first of all, "resident rare ppg merch blog"?! you flatter me!

as for your question, it seems this really was a cancelled game! ive found the portfolio of Keith Erickson, an animator who worked on the game as well as the gba game mojo-jojo a go-go:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050219234557/http://raccoonlad.topcities.com/portfolio/port00.html

prop/location concepts

plus some storyboards!

not a clue on what this game would've entailed though! i don't think this game got far enough in production to warrant to have a public announcement on news articles which is why it's so mysterious! thanks for the ask!

Awwww this is so cute!!

PPG doodle 🩷🩵💚

Just a heads up, there’s no Gang strip this week. I’m busy with uni and personal stuff. I’ll post a strip next week!

Hello hello hello! I’m Tony. I’m a university student studying climate science that has a hobby for drawing cartoons (well, that and video games, reading, cooking and baking, sports…). I’m going to make this Tumblr a place for my goofy art, original characters and comics, and I can’t wait to show off what I make!

Fun facts about me:

*I’m pescatarian, and I don’t drink or take drugs

*I adore classic Cartoon Network shows, which have influenced my art style greatly

*I have been properly drawing since 2017. I lost interest for a couple years and didn’t really get back into it until much much later

*I don’t watch a lot of TV or movies anymore, I mostly read and get inspiration from music, books, games and cartoons

*My all time favorite games are Mass Effect, Half-Life, Diablo, Sleeping Dogs and the Total War series, my favorite TV shows are It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, any of the Star Treks, The Simpsons, The X-Files and of course the Cartoon Cartoons - namely Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls and Courage the Cowardly Dog. Favorite movies are RoboCop and Iron Giant, and anime/manga are SpyXFamily, Chainsaw Man and One Piece.

*I listen to a lot of garage and psychedelic rock, metal and punk

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