‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Movie Tie-In Game Gets a Teaser Trailer

Posted on October 18, 2012

There are two known facts about The Flickcast’s gaming division (a.k.a. the Bitcast):

1. WallE and I love video games.

2. WallE and I cannot wait until Wreck-It Ralph hits theaters.

So it only makes sense that we would be following the news on the Wreck-It Ralph tie-in video game. Now while we all know that movie tie-in games run a high risk of not living up to expectations for the film, or for games in general, there is a shed of hope for Wreck-It Ralph. After all, it is a game… based off a movie… that is based off of gaming. What could possibly go wrong? Well, don’t answer that as we have seen many a project that should have been a layup go wrong.

In the new teaser trailer, we take a quick look at Wreck-It Ralph but don’t get the opportunity to see his gameplay so that is what leads us to speculate. What is Wreck-It Ralph going to be like? Players have already been given the opportunity to play browser based versions of Hero’s Duty and Sugar Rush on the Wreck-It Ralph movie site as well as a Fix-It Felix iOS game.

The Wii, DS and 3DS versions of Wreck-It Ralph will be side scrolling arcade style games that let players explore areas based on the different games featured in the film (including the above mentioned Hero’s Duty and Sugar Rush). It has also been announced that players will be able to play as Ralph and Felix, being able to destroy and repair various areas in the game’s levels.

What we are most wondering about though is the cameos. One of the things that got us most excited in the Wreck-It Ralph film trailers was spotting character cameos from throughout gaming history. From Bowser to Q-bert to Zangief, it wet our appetite for a video game movie (that wasn’t actually based off an existing video game) like no other had before. Considering Wreck-It Ralph will only be appearing on Nintendo consoles, it may be safe speculation that Nintendo owned characters might appear in the game as they do in the film. We’re looking at you Bowser.

Stay tuned for more on Wreck-It Ralph coming to the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS in November and the Wreck-It Ralph movie on October 30th and of course, check out the teaser trailer below.

John Carle

The Definition of “Geek Chic.” Comic books, sci-fi movies, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Lord of the Rings and more all rolled up in a Diesel wearing, club going socialite package. Having worked in both advertising and television, John is a lifetime writer always being a part of the creative process. John knows the television world between his experience on being involved with the production process of over two hundred episodes of prime time tv and being a self admitted media whore. Yes he has a weakness for trash tv, Michael Bay-esque action movies and the raunchy teen comedy as well. Never try to debate the Original Star Wars Trilogy versus Star Trek with him because the Holy Trilogy always comes out on top. Having partied with movie stars to Playboy centerfolds, John is somehow always able to find someone’s inner geek. The simplest rules that John lives by is to have fun and doing what makes him happy. There’s no shame in being a geek. Play Halo, read Spider-Man and proudly display the whole series of Neon Genesis: Evangelion on your DVD rack. And most importantly, make sure to read his weekly comic book pull list reviews at The Flickcast.