He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Dragon Pearl of Destruction - Blu-ray Forum

mwynn · 08-19-2025, 10:22 PM

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/he.../1100-6534091/

Zivouhr · 08-20-2025, 12:37 AM

Saw this during the preview of Gamescon 2025, and it looks cool. I really hope there's a digital version for a smaller game like this as Limited Run Games are very unreliable for actually being able to secure a disc version from their very limited run of copies that are pre-orders sold out the second it goes live when I'm probably normally asleep during those hours. Pre orders should never sell out unless the factory can't handle that many by the release date. Then expand more copies after that.

heyadol · 08-20-2025, 01:36 AM

Bitmap Bureau, same company making Terminator 2D. Nice.

Zivouhr · 08-20-2025, 01:59 PM

"Coming soon" could be the end of 2025 is my guess. No release date shown.

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Originally Posted by heyadol

Bitmap Bureau, same company making Terminator 2D. Nice.

That's cool. The style of the art is exactly what I want to see for a Filimation style He-Man game. Skeletor will look like the cartoon and hopefully is the main boss at the end of the game.

This one appeared out of nowhere it seemed.

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This shot is right out of a Golden Axe game, where Tyris Flare uses her magic bottles to summon her fire Dragon to roast the enemies onscreen. Here, Teela, He-Man's sister, summons the dragon (from the animated series) and torches the screen.

He-Man Masters of the Universe Dragon Pearl could be the next Golden Axe beat 'em up game. Cool.

Dragon78 · 08-21-2025, 11:49 AM

I wasn't expecting this one, looks great, I hope a lot of more 80's(and 90's) cartoons get this kind of love.

Teela is not Adam/He-Man's sister, Adora/She-Ra is his twin sister.

heyadol · 08-21-2025, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Zivouhr

"Coming soon" could be the end of 2025 is my guess. No release date shown.

That's cool. The style of the art is exactly what I want to see for a Filimation style He-Man game. Skeletor will look like the cartoon and hopefully is the main boss at the end of the game.

This one appeared out of nowhere it seemed.

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This shot is right out of a Golden Axe game, where Tyris Flare uses her magic bottles to summon her fire Dragon to roast the enemies onscreen. Here, Teela, He-Man's sister, summons the dragon (from the animated series) and torches the screen.

He-Man Masters of the Universe Dragon Pearl could be the next Golden Axe beat 'em up game. Cool.

Nice catch, didn't even see that Golden Axe homage. Even riding Battle Cat reminds me of Golden Axe, I wonder if he turns into Cringer after a certain number of hits or something. And I'm sure we will have Skeletor w/ Panthor as a playable team, maybe after completing the game or something.

Also, anyone remember Golden Axe: Beast Rider? Not exactly a high point in the series...

Kid Ryan · 08-21-2025, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Zivouhr

"Coming soon" could be the end of 2025 is my guess. No release date shown.

Game is releasing in 2026, they just didn't show the release window in the trailer.

https://corporate.mattel.com/news/ma...of-destruction

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Originally Posted by Mattel

Unveiled during Opening Night Live (ONL) at Gamescom 2025, the world’s largest video game trade and consumer show, this all-new original title is set to launch in 2026, with physical pre-orders and digital release also coming early 2026.

Dragon78 · 08-21-2025, 08:10 PM

I would love to see stuff like Kidd Video, Galaxy High, Jaycee and The Wheeled Warriors, Pirates of Dark Water, She-Ra(80's), Silverhawkes, SWAT Kats, The Real Ghostbusters, Thundercats(classic and 2011), etc. get some (new) video games as well.

Zivouhr · 08-22-2025, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon78

I wasn't expecting this one, looks great, I hope a lot of more 80's(and 90's) cartoons get this kind of love.

Teela is not Adam/He-Man's sister, Adora/She-Ra is his twin sister.

Thanks. I was thinking Man At Arms is the father of Teela. But King Randor (spelling) is Prince Adam's Father. Teela is Adam's friend. You're right.

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Originally Posted by Kid Ryan

Game is releasing in 2026, they just didn't show the release window in the trailer.

https://corporate.mattel.com/news/ma...of-destruction

Cool, thank you. 2026 then.

emailking · 08-22-2025, 01:16 AM

Looks like a turtles game reskinned.

Dragon78 · 08-22-2025, 03:26 AM

Looks like She-Ra will be the 4th playable character.

Dragon78 · 08-26-2025, 11:16 AM

I hope they use music and sound effects from the original TV series.

Zivouhr · 08-26-2025, 10:37 PM

Looks like it's accurate to the Filmation cartoon, so it would be even better if it uses the classic sound effects too, that are distinct to Filmation.

I KEEL YOU · 08-27-2025, 10:58 AM

Cool.
We now have modern, retro-style pixel beat 'em ups of:

He-Man
TMNT
Power Rangers
G.I. Joe
Karate Kid

Hopefully "Street Sharks of Rage" is next...

Zivouhr · 08-28-2025, 07:39 PM

Street Sharks would be fun.
There's one also for:
Toxic Avengers (new movie i9n theaters this weekend I see).
And even the horror film Terrifier with Art the Clown.

mwynn · 08-28-2025, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Street Sharks would be fun.
There's one also for:
Toxic Avengers (new movie i9n theaters this weekend I see).
And even the horror film Terrifier with Art the Clown.

Also Jay and Silent Bob.

Zivouhr · 08-29-2025, 02:18 AM

Good video with some interesting news about the Golden Axe style inspiration, including this is the developer of the game Final Vendetta. I will need to buy that game as it's been on my list of games to play.

Final Vendetta, prior game from this developer of Masters of the Universe.

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Also Jay and Silent Bob.

I haven't seen that one yet.
Karate Kid is another one too.

Akibiyori · 08-29-2025, 12:32 PM

How many more of these “Nostalgia Beat ‘em Ups” can they make? My brother and I tried the Power Rangers one last year and, although it’s not particularly bad, I haven’t felt any desire to play it again since we finished it on the first night. That GI Joe one doesn’t seem interesting in any way (doesn’t help that I’ve never cared much for GI Joe but still…) Shredder’s Revenge is the exception but most of them don’t seem to have any unique ideas or depth and they all have the same overdone pixel look.

What, are they going to do a Jem and The Holograms Beat ‘em Up next?

Zivouhr · 08-29-2025, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Akibiyori

How many more of these “Nostalgia Beat ‘em Ups” can they make? My brother and I tried the Power Rangers one last year and, although it’s not particularly bad, I haven’t felt any desire to play it again since we finished it on the first night.

That GI Joe one doesn’t seem interesting in any way (doesn’t help that I’ve never cared much for GI Joe but still…) Shredder’s Revenge is the exception but most of them don’t seem to have any unique ideas or depth and they all have the same overdone pixel look.

What, are they going to do a Jem and The Holograms Beat ‘em Up next?

I can hear what you're saying. GI Joe is one of those ideas that isn't a really good match for a beat 'em up game IMO, as it's primarily about vehicles and laser guns, rifles, which are hardly a factor in that game, as a big reason I haven't bought it yet after playing the okay demo.

I've been waiting for a Golden Axe style game, so this is the first one so far with Masters He-Man, which matches the theme well with swords and magic of Eternia characters. They also said this breaks away from those other games in that sense with a different paced combat.

What is also nice is they didn't turn the characters into something not consistent with the original style. These actually closely resemble the Filmation cartoon characters, which is great.
With GI Joe and Karate Kid, as well as that prior Double Dragon reboot, they turn the characters into cute cartoons instead of their original styles of the series/games.
Turtles, that looks good though and mostly consistent with the art.
Haven't tried Power Rangers and just learned about it this week. That got an update where they said it improved the game.

Dragon78 · 08-29-2025, 04:29 PM

I am glad the beat'em ups are making a comeback. Though I would like to see more game variety with 80's and 90's cartoon based games. He-Man, Thundercats, Silverhawkes, She-Ra work as beat'um ups. Though G.I. Joe and SWAT Kats would work better as 2D shooters or 2D platformers. Also some RPGs would be awesome.

08-20-2025, 12:37 AM	#2
Zivouhr Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Dec 2011 Location:USA 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:127	Saw this during the preview of Gamescon 2025, and it looks cool. I really hope there's a digital version for a smaller game like this as Limited Run Games are very unreliable for actually being able to secure a disc version from their very limited run of copies that are pre-orders sold out the second it goes live when I'm probably normally asleep during those hours. Pre orders should never sell out unless the factory can't handle that many by the release date. Then expand more copies after that.

08-20-2025, 01:36 AM	#3
heyadol Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2014 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:75 DVD collection:3 MA collection:37 Digital collection:77 iTunes collection:1473 Prime collection:2 Trading Score:11	Bitmap Bureau, same company making Terminator 2D. Nice.

08-21-2025, 11:49 AM	#5
Dragon78 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2019	I wasn't expecting this one, looks great, I hope a lot of more 80's(and 90's) cartoons get this kind of love. Teela is not Adam/He-Man's sister, Adora/She-Ra is his twin sister.

08-21-2025, 08:10 PM	#8
Dragon78 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2019	I would love to see stuff like Kidd Video, Galaxy High, Jaycee and The Wheeled Warriors, Pirates of Dark Water, She-Ra(80's), Silverhawkes, SWAT Kats, The Real Ghostbusters, Thundercats(classic and 2011), etc. get some (new) video games as well.

08-22-2025, 01:16 AM	#10
emailking Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2015	Looks like a turtles game reskinned.

08-22-2025, 03:26 AM	#11
Dragon78 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2019	Looks like She-Ra will be the 4th playable character.

08-26-2025, 11:16 AM	#12
Dragon78 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2019	I hope they use music and sound effects from the original TV series.

08-26-2025, 10:37 PM	#13
Zivouhr Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Dec 2011 Location:USA 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:127	Looks like it's accurate to the Filmation cartoon, so it would be even better if it uses the classic sound effects too, that are distinct to Filmation.

08-27-2025, 10:58 AM	#14
I KEEL YOU Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:May 2011 4K collection:67 Blu-ray collection:458 DVD collection:42	Cool. We now have modern, retro-style pixel beat 'em ups of: He-Man TMNT Power Rangers G.I. Joe Karate Kid Hopefully "Street Sharks of Rage" is next...

08-28-2025, 07:39 PM	#15
Zivouhr Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Dec 2011 Location:USA 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:127	Street Sharks would be fun. There's one also for: Toxic Avengers (new movie i9n theaters this weekend I see). And even the horror film Terrifier with Art the Clown.

08-29-2025, 12:32 PM	#18
Akibiyori Special Member Member since:Nov 2014	How many more of these “Nostalgia Beat ‘em Ups” can they make? My brother and I tried the Power Rangers one last year and, although it’s not particularly bad, I haven’t felt any desire to play it again since we finished it on the first night. That GI Joe one doesn’t seem interesting in any way (doesn’t help that I’ve never cared much for GI Joe but still…) Shredder’s Revenge is the exception but most of them don’t seem to have any unique ideas or depth and they all have the same overdone pixel look. What, are they going to do a Jem and The Holograms Beat ‘em Up next?

08-29-2025, 04:29 PM	#20
Dragon78 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2019	I am glad the beat'em ups are making a comeback. Though I would like to see more game variety with 80's and 90's cartoon based games. He-Man, Thundercats, Silverhawkes, She-Ra work as beat'um ups. Though G.I. Joe and SWAT Kats would work better as 2D shooters or 2D platformers. Also some RPGs would be awesome.

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