DuckTales Quackshots: The Game That Could’ve Been
Years before the DuckTales TV series got a legitimate remake, a recreation of the NES game based on it came out for PC, Playstation 3 and Wii U. DuckTales Remastered earned critical praise for its faithful handling of the 1987 series. At the time, all the original voice actors were alive — Alan Young and June Foray were still able, in their 90s, to voice the characters of Scrooge and Magica. Now we have a new DuckTales series, with a new cast…how about a new game? That’s what dev studio FDG Entertainment was thinking. Early this morning they tweeted out images from what appeared to be a remake of Donald Duck’s Quackshot for the Sega Genesis, only reborn as a DuckTales game using the new designs. Surprise! We’re happy to announce our new game project #DuckTales QuackShots together with our #MonsterBoyGame development partner Game Atelier! pic.twitter.com/iQfmnwLcPH — FDG Entertainment (@FDG_Games) April 1, 2020 Some people were instantly excited, but others noted the date on the calendar. Eventually, FDG came clean: