Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time… Tembo the Badass Elephant is possibly one of the greatest names in the history of videogames. It instantly conveys everything you need to know about the game and perfectly en
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time…
Tembo the Badass Elephant is possibly one of the greatest names in the history of videogames. It instantly conveys everything you need to know about the game and perfectly encapsulates whether you’re going to like it or not. He’s Tembo. He’s an elephant. And he’s a BADASS. In my books, that’s a big trunks up.
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Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
We apologise for the launch issues on Steam with TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT and would like to reassure users that the game is now fully operational. It will relaunch on Steam today (22nd July, 2015) at 5pm BST/6pm CET/9am PST. The cause of the disruptions yesterday was due to a de
We apologise for the launch issues on Steam with TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT and would like to reassure users that the game is now fully operational. It will relaunch on Steam today (22nd July, 2015) at 5pm BST/6pm CET/9am PST.
The cause of the disruptions yesterday was due to a demo build being uploaded to Steam in error, rather than the full game build. This has now been rectified.
SEGA would like to apologise to any users who experienced difficulties yesterday. We take full responsibility for those issues but would like to reiterate that the problem has now been resolved.
We apologise for the launch issues on Steam with TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT and would like to reassure users that the game is now fully operational. It will relaunch on Steam today (22nd July, 2015) at 5pm BST/6pm CET/9am PST. The cause of the disruptions yesterday was due to a de
We apologise for the launch issues on Steam with TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT and would like to reassure users that the game is now fully operational. It will relaunch on Steam today (22nd July, 2015) at 5pm BST/6pm CET/9am PST.
The cause of the disruptions yesterday was due to a demo build being uploaded to Steam in error, rather than the full game build. This has now been rectified.
SEGA would like to apologise to any users who experienced difficulties yesterday. We take full responsibility for those issues but would like to reiterate that the problem has now been resolved.
Update: Ho ho, actually it’s not on sale right now – it was quickly pulled as they initially released the wrong version, but it should return real soon. I can only see Tembo the Badass Elephant as a gritty, bandana-wearing replacement for Sonic the Hedgehog. Watching videos of th
Update: Ho ho, actually it’s not on sale right now – it was quickly pulled as they initially released the wrong version, but it should return real soon.
I can only see Tembo the Badass Elephant [official site] as a gritty, bandana-wearing replacement for Sonic the Hedgehog. Watching videos of the new platformer from Game Freak (yes, the Pok mon lot), something went wrong and that’s all I see the character as. The game isn’t quite Sonic, though Sega are publishing and the mammal does charge up and zoom around and spin and collect shiny floating golden doodads and occasionally go into a giant pinball machine – it’s a fightier, stompier, smashier affair. Tembo is a heffing great elephant, after all.
You can see for yourself as it’s out now, as this launch trailer announces:
Update: The correct version of the game is now on Steam. I've just tested it, and it's working much better. Original story below. I was excited to try out Tembo The Badass Elephant this morning—a 2D sidescroller from the Pok mon developers is something I want to see, and the cons
Update: The correct version of the game is now on Steam. I've just tested it, and it's working much better. Original story below.
I was excited to try out Tembo The Badass Elephant this morning—a 2D sidescroller from the Pok mon developers is something I want to see, and the console version is getting some good reviews—but instead I've been giggling at how botched the Steam launch is. It's so botched that, the humor of it aside, I feel bad for Game Freak more than annoyed. The good news is that the problems might be easily fixed.
Here's what happened: After installing Tembo on Steam, I got a 'missing executable' error, so I went to the forums to see if I was the only one. Nope. A poster in this thread discovered that the executable installed is named 'Trumbo.exe'—it turns out the game used to be called Trumbo. Maybe Sega changed it after outfielder Mark Trumbo was traded to the Nintendo-owned Seattle Mariners? That's gotta be it.
Anyway, the helpful forum poster fixed the problem by renaming the executable "Tembo The Badass Elephant.exe" and renaming the data folder "Tembo The Badass Elephant_Data."
It worked! I later contacted Sega, who directed me to the official fix instructions, which are the same. So now I can launch Tembo (aka Trumbo) from Steam—nice. When I do launch it, however, things don't get better. I get the typical Unity engine launch screen, where I select the resolution and quality, but it launches in a window regardless of what I select, and that window is named "Trumbo," and it features the default Unity logo. And this:
It'll besure not to dothat.
Moving forward, I manage to change the resolution in the options menu (which has no mouse support, by the way), and hit Escape to back out to the main menu. The game closes. I try again, but no matter what I do, Escape closes the game, and I can't find another way to back out of the options menu. So, I guess I'm not changing the resolution.
I go back to the forums to try to figure out what's going on, where I see a few threads saying that the game only includes the first two levels. It all starts to make sense: a few Steam users have suggested that Sega may have accidentally released an old demo build, hence the old name. This wouldn't be the first time it's happened: the wrong version of Dead Island also ended up on Steam when it first launched.
If that's really the problem—and I don't know for sure—it shouldn't be any big thing to swap in the right files, I'd expect. It's a bit early in Japan at the time of writing, but Game Freak can hopefully sort out the mistake soon. In the meantime, I guess I'll be playing Trumbo.
We're really sorry that the Tembo launch hasn't gone to plan, we are working to fix this and expect a solution within a few hours. Again, we are sorry that you're not able to enjoy the game for now but we hope to have you all playing soon
We're really sorry that the Tembo launch hasn't gone to plan, we are working to fix this and expect a solution within a few hours. Again, we are sorry that you're not able to enjoy the game for now but we hope to have you all playing soon
TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT is Now Available on Steam! Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of PHANTOM. As the National Army struggle to contain the terrifying war machines, they call upon the only thing that stands b
TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT is Now Available on Steam!
Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of PHANTOM. As the National Army struggle to contain the terrifying war machines, they call upon the only thing that stands between Shell City’s obliteration and its salvation; the peanut chompin’, villain stompin’, TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT!
Tembo: The Badass Elephant is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off!* Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of PHANTOM. Terrifying war machines, emblazoned with skulls, tear through the city leaving
Tembo: The Badass Elephant is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off!*
Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of PHANTOM. Terrifying war machines, emblazoned with skulls, tear through the city leaving a trail of destruction in their wake! As the National Army struggle to contain PHANTOM, General Krenman sees the mammoth task at hand and calls upon the only thing that stands between Shell City’s obliteration and its salvation; the peanut chompin’, villain stompin’, PHANTOM romping BADASS Elephantidae TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT!
