SquareEnix to revive Rad Racer series, capitalize on 3D/Radness trend resurgences

3D is the future of Television and video games, right? That's what companies have been hinging on lately, and SquareEnix is no exception. They recently announced that they were bringing back their Rad Racer franchise in order to capitalize on the growing 3D trend.

"You know how, when a major movie remake like King Kong or Clash of the Titans comes out in theaters, the companies that own the originals will quickly rerelease it to store shelves? Well, this is kind of like that." said SquareEnix President and CEO, Yoichi Wada. "We aren't going to be changing much. It'll actually be pretty much the exact same game. We found about a hundred giant boxes of those 3D glasses in the basement, and we figured we might as well use them."


Some of you may remember when Rad Racer was featured in the movie The Wizard, and the film's antagonist uses a Power Glove to play through the first level. Well, Squenix remembers this as well, and largely credits the scene for making the game so popular. They're planning a series of viral videos for YouTube which will recreate the movie scene using the various pointless controllers of today.

The Wiimote, Playstation Move, Project Natal, and even Sony's Sixaxis motion controls will all get featured in a meticulous recreation of that, now infamous, scene. "We want people to be completely convinced that the game will work incredibly well with each of these means of control. Then, once they find out later that it is complete garbage, we'll already have their money." laughed Wada.

The reboot will be called 'Rad Racer: Radder Than the Rest', and is set to release this fall.