UPDATE: SPOnG just received the new artwork below and, since Happy Tree Friends has been tap-dancing on our brain since yesterday, we decided to bring it to you. You can also get a bit more of the taste of Happy Tree Friends with the clip below.
SEGA is making a PC and XBLA downloadable game based on the sick, violent and hugely funny Happy Tree Friends cartoons from Mondo Media.
Happy Tree Friends False Alarm is said to feature our favourite furry woodland creatures “in a host of dismembering and ill-fated calamities.”
The game itself is described as an action-puzzle game that enables players to control one of three characters - Flippy, the emotionally tattered war-torn bear; Lumpy, the dim-witted blue moose; or Handy, an amputee beaver carpenter always eager to lend a helping limb.
Using resources such as concrete, ice, and nitroglycerin to augment the dynamic 3D environments, the player’s goal is to save the Happy Tree Friends from hilarious disaster situations, and their own bad luck. Ten different levels include mine shafts, candy factories and a museum, “all of which are filled with outrageous outcomes and plenty of accidental mayhem!”
Gary Knight, European Marketing Director, SEGA Europe Ltd. Said, “The Happy Tree Friends have a unique and dark type of humour that has attracted many fans. We are excited to be working with Mondo Media creating a title that not only captures the essence of this type of comedy, but that will also appeal to gamers and followers of the show alike”
“SEGA is a perfect partner for us because of their rich tradition of creating compelling, character-based games, and true to form they’re developing a truly original game that we think our fans will love,” said Kenn Navarro, the creator of Happy Tree Friends.