Happy Musings Thursday my friends! Yes, it’s Thursday and as usual, I have some thoughts for you. This time around I thought I’d muse about Mr. Dirt, the latest premium character to hit our games during Game of Games. I’ve got some thoughts, so let’s get to ’em…
-Can I just say how fun it is that EA put a character in this game that’s not from the show but instead a villain in the original Simpsons Game? I think it’s pretty neat and a fun twist to this update.
-It’s also cool how Mr. Dirt is his own individual character instead of just a skin for Milhouse. Based on the game itself, once you defeat Mr. Dirt Mr. Sparkle “cleanses the world of Mr. Dirt”…and Mr. Dirt returns to regular old Milhouse. So they very easily could have said “ok, let’s just make him a skin for Milhouse”. But they didn’t and at 75 donuts, it’s priced just right.
-If you watched the Simpsons Game intro video I posted in the SIB post, you’ll see that Mr. Dirt is a big deal because, well, he’s big. Here’s the video again for those who missed it…
It’s awesome that in TSTO Mr. Dirt maintains his size and towers over the children of our pocket-sized towns. Here’s a comparison shot of Mr. Dirt and Milhouse for size…
It just makes me giggle that in TSTO it looks like Mr. Dirt could sit on little Milhouse.
-While I know many of you won’t get to see his tasks until you’ve finished the Week 3 prize track, let me tell you they’re hilarious. Mr. Dirt dropping his ice cream after one lick, then using his teleport powers to go back in time to replace it is about the most Milhouse thing you could do. Just makes me chuckle.
-On the topic of tasks, I really wish Mr. Dirt had a joint task with Mr. Sparkle. It would be hilarious to watch Mr. Sparkle “Cleanse” Mr. Dirt.
-Since Mr. Dirt is a character in the original Simpsons Game, also from EA, it would have been nice if they took the voices from that game and applied them to Mr. Dirt in TSTO. Even though it’s just Milhouse’s voice, it still would have been nice if they added it into the game.
-And finally, for those who want more Mr. Dirt. I found this YouTube video of some kid (I assume kid, for all I know he’s 50 years old) playing the Mr. Dirt level of the Game. I’ve queued it up to the final video of the level (where Mr. Sparkle cleanses the world of Mr. Dirt), but if you want to see how the whole level is played you can go back to the start. It’s about 18 total minutes…
On and just for one more fun throwback…here’s the original trailer for The Simpsons game…from wayyyy back in 2007
And that’s it guys. Just some random musings on Mr. Dirt. Just a fun throwback to a classic game. Oh and if you haven’t already done so, you should buy Mr. Dirt. Easily the best premium pickup of this event. And I said that knowing what’s coming during Week 4…
Thoughts? Care to share your own musings on Mr. Dirt? The Simpsons Game? Sound off below, you know we love hearing from you!