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    Earthworm Jim

    Game » consists of 25 releases. Released Oct 02, 1994

    Created by the twisted minds at Shiny Entertainment (led by Dave Perry and Doug TenNapel), Earthworm Jim is a nonsensical side-scrolling platform game that allows the player to venture through the galaxy as an earthworm trapped in a futuristic space-suit to rescue Princess What's-Her-Name.

    Earthworm Jim Has Avatar Awards

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    #1  Edited By YoungFrey

    Continuing the trend of lots of XBLA games having avatar awards, Earthworm Jim has them too.  You can get a Jim suit for beating a bonus level and a T-Shirt for beating the mid-level boss in the first world.  The suit is notable for making your avatar look like it has serious muscle definition. 

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    #2  Edited By Cloudleet

    That is incredibly awesome, thanks for the heads up!

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    #3  Edited By Scooper

    I've gone from "I'd rather play the SNES version, the sound is way better" to "I need an Earth Worm Jim Suit imediataly." Thanks!

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    #4  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

    Hey, thanks for the heads-up!  Definitely going to have to pick this game up.
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    #5  Edited By YoungFrey

    Word on the street is that one female avatars it also enhances other features.  No picture though.

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    #6  Edited By CharlesAlanRatliff

    My avatar is gonna get so much ass from wearing that suit!

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    #7  Edited By GunstarRed

    Agghhhh this game is toruring me!!!  everything about it is telling me I need to buy it right this second but I just cannot get past the new sound effects and the 800 points it costs. I loved, loved, loved it years ago but I just cannot bring myself to buy it. 
     
    Damn you Earthworm Jim suit.
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    #8  Edited By WhatTheDang

    It's pretty weird how the most compelling reason for buying some games has become "little virtual clothes for your avatar" as if Live has become Gaia Online. 

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    #9  Edited By YoungFrey
    @WhatTheDang said:
    " It's pretty weird how the most compelling reason for buying some games has become "little virtual clothes for your avatar" as if Live has become Gaia Online.  "
    I don't think it's really different than people playing shit games for the Gamerscore.  The only part I don't get is how the games aren't playing it up.  Somebody is paying to develop all these awards.  It shouldn't be news that a game has them, it should be right there in every press release.  At least right now when they are not yet the norm.  
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    #10  Edited By WhatTheDang
    @YoungFrey said:
    " @WhatTheDang said:
    " It's pretty weird how the most compelling reason for buying some games has become "little virtual clothes for your avatar" as if Live has become Gaia Online.  "
    I don't think it's really different than people playing shit games for the Gamerscore.  The only part I don't get is how the games aren't playing it up.  Somebody is paying to develop all these awards.  It shouldn't be news that a game has them, it should be right there in every press release.  At least right now when they are not yet the norm.   "
    Yeah, I agree with you there, and I won't deny there's something satisfying about acquiring something outside of the game for your efforts in the game. It's just a bit odd that that tiny thing is getting people to buy entire games. 
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    #11  Edited By George_Hukas
    @WhatTheDang said:
    " @YoungFrey said:
    " @WhatTheDang said:
    " It's pretty weird how the most compelling reason for buying some games has become "little virtual clothes for your avatar" as if Live has become Gaia Online.  "
    I don't think it's really different than people playing shit games for the Gamerscore.  The only part I don't get is how the games aren't playing it up.  Somebody is paying to develop all these awards.  It shouldn't be news that a game has them, it should be right there in every press release.  At least right now when they are not yet the norm.   "
    Yeah, I agree with you there, and I won't deny there's something satisfying about acquiring something outside of the game for your efforts in the game. It's just a bit odd that that tiny thing is getting people to buy entire games.  "
    I wouldn't say people are doing it for the awards alone, I would imagine those people were already on the fence about the purchase without the awards being involved
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    #12  Edited By cstrang

    My avatar is currently wearing the Earthworm Jim suit.  Has been for 2 days now.

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    #13  Edited By YoungFrey
    @cide: Well, it is the only reason I played the Reach Beta.  But in general I don't think a lot of people are buying games just for awards (I'm sure somebody is but probably not a statistically significant number).  However I am sure that the awards are the thing the gets people to pay for the game.  Like they might pay $5 for some game, but since it's $10 or $15, it's the avatar award that is selling them on it.  It rather blurs the line of  "I won't pay for costumes on the avatar marketplace" though.
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