Battletoads Teaser Shown at Xbox Press Conference

In an extremely surprising teaser at the Xbox press conference, the long awaited series return of the Battletoads franchise looks to be landing sometime next year. Including “body morphing genre mashups, three player couch co-op, 4k hand drawn 2.5D graphics, and other “broad non-specific feature declarations””, the legendary hard as nails side scrolling beat ‘em up looks to break out once again onto the next generation.

Developed by DLaLa Studios, this will be the first time we’ve seen of anything new from the Battletoads universe since their inclusion as a DLC character for Killer Instinct. Previously Battletoads made its way onto the Xbox One as a part of the Rare Replay anthology, but outside of that we haven’t heard much on the franchise outside of its internet meme status for being unreasonably difficult to beat.

The trailer itself doesn’t show any gameplay footage, mainly consisting of an ominous voice over that proclaims that we, or possibly the playable characters, have become soft and complacent, and that it is time for the three characters to return. The cute reference to the turbo tunnel level shows that the humor is still intact, and we look forward to seeing if the maddeningly difficult gameplay is still present, just like the old games.

That’s all the details we have for now, until Microsoft either releases some gameplay footage, or someone leaks the news. For more on what else Microsoft had to showcase during their E3 2018 Xbox press conference, check out the latest news on the upcoming open world racing game Forza Horizon 4, with their new seasonal weather systems, here.