Comic Jumper Reveals Silver Age, Manga

Twisted Pixel revealed the last two genres yesterday for their latest game, Comic Jumper. Unemployed hero Captain Smiley and chest-mounted sidekick, Star, will first jump into the silver age of comics:

Captain Smiley and foul-mouthed Star face the ire of the Comics Obscenity Commission (C.O.C.), who constantly attempt to censor Captain Smiley and his chest-mounted sidekick. But with Silver Age heroes the Improbable Paper Pals out of commission, Captain Smiley is all that stands in the way of Mistress Ropes and her diabolical plan to grant women equal rights.

Following their brush with historically-accurate sexism, they’ll head overseas:

Nonsensical characters, plotlines, and levels that run right to left leave Smiley and Star longing for the American comic ideals of scantily-clad superwomen and problems solved with fists and violence. Stuck in the “shojo” (we don’t know what that means either) manga Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids, Smiley battles between completing his mission and just wanting to get the hell out of there.

Details are still scarce about Smiley’s Manga misadventures, but Twisted Pixel has posted an in-depth interview series about the silver age comic here. Additionally, the developer announced that Comic Jumper would continue its tradition of gameplay-unlockable gamerpics and a premium theme. New for this game, players will be able to unlock free DLC for Twisted Pixel’s last game, Splosion Man.

Huh. Unlockables that people actually want. What will they come up with next?