Naughty Dog May Consider A Jak And Daxter Reunion
See Full ImageThere's little doubt that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be one of the best games of the generation. But despite all their accomplishments, some people are still saying, "hey Naughty Dog, where's my new Jak and Daxter?"
Well, we may have some good news for you. According to a recent EGTV interview with Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer, it seems that the developer may eventually bring back the awesome duo they have in their stable. Meyer was quick to point out how the developer has moved along with each new generation; they provided us with Crash Bandicoot on the PS1, Jak and Daxter on the PS2, and Uncharted on the PS3. And when asked if the team would ever revisit Jak and Daxter, Meyer said:
"We definitely hear a lot from our Jak and even Crash fans from a long time ago, um, and we really hear those things and you know we'd love to be able to be working on a new Jak for them at some point so, that might be in the cards but right now we're really sort of focused on working through this [Uncharted] franchise."
Evan Wells didn't really add much in the way of encouragement but still left us with a glimmer of possibility, when asked a similar question during a recent Examiner.com interview, where he replied:
"I think you know I can’t answer that question. But I will say that all of us here love the Jak and Daxter franchise and would love to play in the universe again. Right now most of the studio is on a much deserved vacation and with all of the hard work that went into finishing Uncharted 2, we haven’t even decided what we’ll be working on when they get back."
We get the feeling that a whole lot of you out there would like to see these two return in another game; Jak split off on his own last generation, and Daxter got his own adventure on the PSP. But they haven't been reunited since the original title first dropped nearly eight years ago, and this has been a sore spot for those who fell in love with that game. But hey, there's always hope!
10/1/2009 9:04:36 PM John Shepard
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b3mike
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:20:43 PM
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archs13
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 2:40:33 PM
zing!
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HeXeN
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 9:50:47 PM
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NoSmokingBandit
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 9:58:25 PM
Of course, one can never have too many great platformer games.
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HeXeN
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:54:21 PM
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JMO_INDY
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 9:59:27 PM
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LividFiction
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 2:13:44 AM
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LightShow
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:05:18 PM
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my lungs are going raw from screaming at you to bring my favorite dynamic duo back! I really dont care how long it takes, just DO IT!
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Alienange
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:23:50 PM
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Seeing as how ND is proving to be quite the perfectionists with this gen of games I'm sure they'd want to do the Jak series justice and not release any old thing with the Jak name on it.
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LegendaryWolfeh
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:25:54 PM
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Scarecrow
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:37:51 PM
But yes, a freaking Crash Bandicoot would soooo rule!
I don't think Universal (copyright holders) would refuse. They'd be making good money from this too.
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:36:50 PM
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Hezzron
Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 10:57:54 PM
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ArnoldK PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 12:04:09 AM
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HeXeN
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 10:27:50 AM
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___________
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 2:24:38 AM
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than i hope they work on another crash bandicoot game.
i finally got 1,2,3,CTR and crash bash in the mail today and have spent the whole day remembering good ol childhood memories.
i would love to see a crash bandicoot warped 2,
same level structure and everything.
than a new CTR and im set.
CTR is probably the best in the series because of its replayability it never gets boring.
than add a sequel to pandemonium and oddworld and im in heaven.
O and insomniac need to go back to the spyro series.
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Godslim
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 3:37:40 AM
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Ultimadream
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 4:02:47 AM
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hmmmm well if crash is anything to reference from that cant be good.
Though to be honest i didnt like J2&3 much, it was to sand box-ish and focused on shooting rather than being a platform game, but i do love the first game :D
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Diggity Dan
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 7:45:41 AM
If ND makes another one, I hope it's not another Jak Off effort.
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Scarecrow
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 2:08:50 PM
I got Jak 2 and wasn't into the open towns at first.
But after a while you realize how genius that was. It really makes things really fun.
In fact it references back to J&D where environments were open like that too. The only difference is that they added more town places.
Anyway, you gotta play all the way through, to REALLY appreciate how good Jak2 and 3 are.
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Diggity Dan
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 8:02:06 PM
Yes....I seem to remember it taking a long time too. By the time it was over, I was just relieved.
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tridon
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 5:55:55 AM
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Alienange
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 6:46:56 PM
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kevinater321
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 6:44:34 AM
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Imagi
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 8:26:24 AM
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Karosso
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 8:55:37 AM
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>Get under his desk afraid of the torrent of thumbs down coming<
They have not disappointed me with every new IP they created and in fact they seem to get better and better. Who knows what they would do next? what ever it is, it most likely will be amazing!
Just keep innovating ND don't ever look back!
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AshT
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 8:57:18 AM
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Foyboy
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 5:09:20 PM
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Great site you have there by the way...
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 9:48:03 PM
And if you're a representative of gamesthirstarticles, you should probably contact us directly about this kind of thing.
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xrams
Friday, October 02, 2009 @ 11:11:45 PM
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Edit.. I forgot to say.. the Jak and Daxter series was one for maybe 3 that I've actually played from start to fin.... I still haven't completed MGS4, GTA4 I could go on... not that the current gen gams or not good.. they're great.. but just toooo intense... I can only play about 20mins of killzone before I have to put it down... geezzz... I may just be to old....
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Lordnicon
Sunday, October 04, 2009 @ 10:45:43 AM
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Personally since i havent experienced the last 2, i think I would rather them stay closer to the physical fighting action of the original. I always thought that adding guns and such made it more similar to Ratchet and Clank which isnt bad but creates the possibility of making it not as unique. Im sure however they did it though would be fun.
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JoshBall
Sunday, October 04, 2009 @ 4:36:43 PM
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Crazeegamer
Monday, October 05, 2009 @ 12:00:45 AM
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SnipeySnake
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 @ 9:31:34 PM