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Monkey Paw To Bring Tomba To PSN

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by Matt Helgeson on May 23, 2012 at 03:42 PM

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MonkeyPaw Games, which specializes in releasing classic games on digital platforms like PSN and XBLA, intends to port Sony's classic Tomba! to PlayStation Network.

In an interview with Joystiq, MonkeyPaw CEO John Greiner revealed that the company had purchased the rights to bring the game to the PSN Classics series from Sony and original developer Whoopee Camp. Sony originally published the game on the original PlayStation, and Whoopee Camp (founded by Ghosts 'n Goblins creator Tokuro Fujiwara) developed the game.

Greiner said the company would also consider bringing the game's sequel, Tomba! 2, to PSN, but all parties would wait to see how well Tomba! sells before making that decision.

Here's an anecdote for you: When I first started at Game Informer, myself and former editor Jay Fitzloff (who now works on Darksiders II at Vigil Games) had to do a last-minute Tomba! 2 strategy guide to fill the issue we were working on. We ended up working for 36 hour straight with no sleep. We drank a lot of Mountain Dew.

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by JakeBandicoot Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 03:52 PM

Man this is awesome! I've always wanted to play Tomba!ever since I played the demo on the Playstation Sampler Disk Vol 7. I can't wait.
by Brandon Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 03:55 PM

Oh man. I love Tomba.
by Teresa Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 03:57 PM

I love how they are bringing classics back. I've missed some good games (including this one) and it will be cool to experience them!
by Ian Richardson Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:00 PM

This is good news! I've been wanting to play Tomba again for a few years now.
by pariah Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:03 PM

I typed Tomba into the search on PSN like a week ago and now I'm reading this. Tomba is one of the most solid platformers of all time. I hope it sells.
by pariah Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:03 PM

I typed Tomba into the search on PSN like a week ago and now I'm reading this. Tomba is one of the most solid platformers of all time. I hope it sells.
by ZTribal Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:08 PM

YESSSSS! Best news all week!
by Data Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:12 PM

TOMBA REPLAY! NOW!
by xghost777 Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:17 PM

Tomba was the game Reiner was going to play if he won the Super Replay Showdown right?

I think I'm going to have to check this out.
by Ezio Auditore Da Firenze Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:18 PM

I don't remember Tomba as fondly as most here do, but I'll gladly revisit this classic. Speaking of classics I need to download Legends of the Dragoons. That game was one of my favorite rpgs.
by Mr.MudHole Man Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:18 PM

OH M F'N G.....TOMBA!!!! I NEED A REPLAY OF THIS GAME INFORMER I'VE SAID THAT 100 TIMES PLEASE!!!
by $H@i< Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:23 PM

Another Classic game revived this is really great news
by Zergling Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:24 PM

FINALLY
by Chaos is Beauty Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:37 PM

yes! TOMBA!
by Kflame210 Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:37 PM

Tomba is so great, PLEASE BRING IT TO PSN!!!
by CiscoKid Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:48 PM

I remember being about halfway through Tomba! when I lost the game during a move. Looked up the game on Amazon recently...$70 for used!

This is good news.
by trap_the_clap27 Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 05:24 PM

Finally, I can achieve true happiness!
by new traditionalist Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 05:37 PM

finally! i'm sick of offering my friend 50 bucks for it and being refused. she don't even play it.