Johnson to TJ&E Fans on ASR: DLC or Bust
Tristan Oliver | November 11, 2009
On Current Odds: “I’m Hopeful”
Greg Johnson, the creator of early 90s Sega icons ToeJam and Earl, confirmed in a forum post that the only way the duo will make it into Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing will be in an add-on form.
“It turns out that we are much too late in the process to insert TJ&E into the game,” Johnson said yesterday. “It’s in it’s final stages of debugging and at this point there is no adding new assets.”
But there is hope for fans. Though the disc product may be in finalization stages, there remains hope of a DLC option. Johnson said he inquired to Sega about such a venue, and will keep his eyes and ears peeled on what develops.
“I did ask about including TJ & E as downloadable content and the fellow from Sega told me that they’re not quite ready to make specific plans for that as they’re still focused on getting this one out the door, but he promised me that he’d give me a shout when they do get to that point,” Johnson continued. “I’m hopeful that we can get TJ&E into the game that way – but who knows.”
Related, Johnson did take time to address rumors that the original ToeJam and Earl could come to XBOX Live. Nothing is confirmed yet, in his words, but as with the above, there remains hope.
“I’m still talking with Sega,” Johnson said. “Hopefully we can work something out. I’d like to see the game on there.”
Filed Under Gaming News, Sega, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Sonic Scene
I’d like to see them, but they aren’t high on my ranks
I don`t even know who ToeJam & Earl are…
this is toe jam and earl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eJK8Lflkvc
In my lastest GM mag i purchaced (well my uncle lolz) It came with an awsome Art book! 3 HD sonic ones were in too! Remember this one? : http://hadouken.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/green_hill_zone_by_orioto.jpg
well they looked like this and are done oin Photoshop somehow… sigh ppl with their high tech PC stuff, and ppl like me with Pencil and paper… lol true skill is pencil and paper i think… ahh! Who cares! Digital art kicks ass!
@Sonicsmashkirby: Haha! They were awesome! So crazy and funny!
@blueblur: Yeah! Pencil and paper!
I have no photoshop so I have to use that and paint. 
WHY THE HELL do you guys keep posting comments that don’t relate to the article at all? And why the hell hasn’t TSSZ banned your IP addresses yet? Delinquents like you shouldn’t be allowed to post.
Anyway, Mr. Johnson also pitched ToeJam & Earl 4 for the Nintendo DS, but couldn’t find a developer to bite the idea.
[...] are urging the community to let Sega know that NiGHTS is wanted. As fans of ToeJam and Earl are fighting their own battle for a potential DLC slot, these fans have started a similar [...]
We’ve already seen NiGHTS in more than a few cameos, as a playable character, AND NiGHTS even got his own game for this generation of consoles.
What I want to see is TJ&E come back. And Mighty.