HOLY C*APF*CK! MEECHES OMG!
 

Finally...
From info@oddworld.com:
Also nice to see that they're hopeful of making a game with Meeches in, which seems to show they're going to try to make more games eventually and that they're still active 8D

Thats actually pretty interesting. So they are brown with reddish stripes, sounds pretty cool too me! Thanks Zerox for asking!

Wait a second. Did a mod take this out of the Q&A thread?

It's still in the Q&A, I just posted this thread as well, since it's not exactly a question, and no one asked for an answer, so...

Interesting! It's awesome that there might be a game with Meeches in them, although I haven't the faintest idea if and when it will come out.
However, they've got a lot of work trying to make up a decent story of how the Meeches came back. I mean, they are thought virtually extinct and suddenly start running around in packs.

But I also have a few qualms about the comeback, I mean, Meeches were really supposed to be the 'symbol' of the industrial world's disregard for the environment. I don't think a species supposedly being hunted to extinction would make such an impact if a few games later they were all over the place.
:fuzconf:

I don't like this new info line. Oh for the days when Alf would give a vague half-answer that would leave us guessing for ages!

Since when does Oddworld.com still answer fan questions? *confuzzled*

Alcar...

Exactly. Thats what I thought too... o_O

To explain them returning... hm... Abe gets sucked through a portal to the past or something? :P

Hey, Its one thing to imagin right? and another too see?
Check this out. ofcorse since I havent made it in 3D then renderd it side view it looks rather strange... but still. This is perhaps the closest u'l get to a meech in a platform oddworld game. :p (unless they release an offical shot..)

In game:
http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1183433927

Meech in colour:
http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1183433927

Nice!!! O_o

thats a good picture.

I always liked meeches, seem really interesting

Didn't you hear?
Oddworld is back in buisness ;)

Anyway many thanks for sharing this with us Zerox! :D

I don't see why anyone gives a shit about the colors, but the info on how they would act in the game is interesting.

I agree with used. I don't really care about the color. I want to know what they do.

I did not know that! That is awesome. What is their newest project?

what he said.

Are Meeches carnivores? I always wanted to see how they acted in game, and how they ran.

Don't double post, Ozymandias.

Quite interesting.
Nice images, SligStorm!
I agree with Nate. The days where Alf gave us shit (but somehow amusing) answers were far better.

Ah, interesting new information. Thanks for sharing, Zerox. Finally, some less infuriating answers from OWI. ;)

So Meeches were intended to appear in Abe’s Oddysee after all. This solidifies some vague hints Alf left us with. So Meechonia really does exist. Very interesting, even if it doesn’t particularly clarify how we will end up seeing Meeches.

I don't think it'll be time travel or anything. I think it will just be a game set in Oddworld's past. No Abe. No Munch. New characters.

Thats an interesting concept.

Meechonia could be infested with Meeches, but undiscovered. Though Scrabs were pretty much not present in Scrabania where they should be, there are a few in the deeper parts of the temple where it can't be accessed by the Industrialists.

And off course, Oddworld may not be worried about the Meeches being regarded as a symbol of the industrialists habits, they still are in a sense, and weren't originally intended to. And I suppose there are still Gabbits to represent the industrialists carelessness.

...those are some pretty damn accurate colours, Sligstorm. I was rather unsure how to interperet the shaded of the brown.
Two problems with screenie, though:
A. Since Meeches lived in packs (and particularly since Scrabs weren't meant to, and still shouldn't), I doubt they'd be that big.
B. Shouldn't Abe be running away by this point? :P That is, however he ended up with the Meech there in a secret area O.o It rolled in after him, lol.

Also, one thing that's interesting is how they allegedly 'appeared in packs'. Does this mean they were actually created in game, at least in a sprite/model form? I'll have to ask with some other questions somepoint :P Or someone else can, if they want to. Feel free, just don't forget to tell all of us.

Thanks for all your nice comments on my coloured picture of a meech :D

Check this out:
http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1183492354

I also made this:
http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1183492354

Let's see... Those are cave art pictures of Shrykull and a Meech? They are pretty darn good Sligstorm! :)

Those are rock art glyphs of a Paramite, a Scrab, and a Meech, Jordan. Only the Meech one doesn’t appear in the game. I do love your Meech colouring, MoxCo. It looks quite 3D!

hahaha xD thanks, you spelt my name wrong btw its SligStorm.

I imagine they would have been seen in an FMV flashback to show how oddworld used to be rather than in-game in the present. Similar to the FMVs when Abe first goes to Paramonia and Scrabania.

SligStorm, I apologise. I thought that ‘MoxCo’ was a perfectly acceptible alternative spelling. No idea why. *shame*

A lone paramite won't attack, yet two will. But meeches, as people have said, were going to be in HUGE packs. If anything, shouldn't the meech be running? :P

I'd think Meeches would be more aggressive than Paramites, I'm assuming they're rather bigger than a Paramite.
I'll verify that when I get a reply.

HOLY C*APF*CK! SERIOUSLY!
 

Yes, this is worthy of another thread. And now I have your attention...

Paramites come from queens, and Scrabs don't? Neat.

They liked my Meech pic? Awesome.

Oddworld movie!? And a game to go with it!? Hell yes!

This is pretty much some of the best news I've heard in a long while.

8DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

That is awesome! Now I know whether scrabs had queens or not. And with a Oddworld movie + game to go with the movie!? Thats awesome too! Nice one Zerox!

1. This belongs in oddworld emails topic
2. We allready know theres gonna be a oddworld movie after citizens ceige.
3. Atleast we know there scale now.

Wow, awesome. So much information, so little time :D

By the Great Worm Spirit whose loins sprouted the infinite universe!!!

Thats nice info right there, I was surprised by the fact that Paramites come from Queens. I assumed that they like all the other animals of Oddworld were not super species.

However this helps with my story...

Brilliant news Zerox! It would make sense for Paramites to have queens, seeing as all species of them travel in packs and wouldn't kill eachother.
And it also sounds great about the Oddworld movie and game, another Abe game! :)

BTW Zerox, how long does it normally take to get a reply from OWI?

I sent a message a couple minutes ago and am just curious as to how long I may have to wait.

Wow, this is some interesting info! Thanks for posting it!