Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? She'll Be On Switch In 2025

+1 to the staff for using the final verse of the Rockapella song.

I’m looking forward to playing this! The show was cute, and I’m glad we’re finally getting another game

And now the theme song is stuck in my head.

(also had no idea the series was rebooted. )

I am AWFUL with geography and was never able to play the videogames as a kid. The game show on PBS on the other hand, I would watch everyday. Did I learn anything about Geography from watching the show? Absolutely not. Did I learn the names of all the crooks? Absolutely yes. Patti Larseny, Double Trouble, Vic the Slick, Kneemoi, and the rest all have a permanent spot in my brain that is far less helpful than any actual geography would have been.

Mad props for mentioning the song

The new Carmen Sandiego cartoon is surprisingly delightful, and it's neat seeing a game centered around it. A detective game feels right at home for the IP, so I'm gonna keep an eye on this.

Mayor Pauline's secret life. That's the how, and why there were plenty of moons in New Donk.

That looks cool. Hopefully the gameplay is good too.

Going into this one cautiously optimistic because the team working on this is Gameloft. Their games usually aren’t my cup of tea, but I’ll still keep an eye on this.

Ah, Carmen Sandiego.
That world class female thief,
I knew her name since when I was kid.
There was the PS2 / GameCube / XBOX version in the past.
I hope the game will have PS5 version.

@JSC016 think again, the studio behind this game is not just any Gameloft studio: it is Gameloft Brisbane, the only studio in the group that makes games without micro-transactions and without mandatory connection, their last game, The Oregon Trail, was very qualitative and even won many awards !!

Really looking forward to playing it, the last game from the studio that developed it (Gameloft Brisbane) was the remake of The Oregon Trail which I loved!!

@Royge Ooooooh okay. I did not know that. Well, I’m feeling much more hopeful now.

This absolutely does not look like Carmen Sandiego. Where are the geography puzzles?

@Anti-Matter Yes it will also be released on ps5

At first I thought we were getting a Pauline game. But this is even better. I'd love it if the originals were thrown in as a bonus.

Going from the gameplay of Apple Arcade's Oregon Trail to this is going to be a massive undertaking.

Wish they got Microids to do a Syberia style game or make a Hitman-clone with knockouts being the only way of defeating enemies.

I rather be chasing Carmen than being her tbh (yes, I'm being nostalgic-whiney here).
In anycase, I give this a try.

I watched the Netflix version, and I quite enjoyed it. Depending on how this looks, I might consider getting it! I do wish the art style was more like the show…. Still looks fun nonetheless!

So you play as Carmen and she’s reformed. Interesting. The original story was she worked for ACME before turning to crime. Still, looks cool

Nice! I rather enjoyed this version of Carmen Sandiego, too.

And, like so many others here, the song is stuck in my head again. DO IT ROCKAPELLA!!

I've actually never played a Carmen Sandiego game to any length, though I think we had one or two on our primary school computers in the mid 90s. I'll reserve judgement and hold out for a physical release, but I'll keep my options open.

Not crazy about the chibi-ish character design though, which would have been fine on, say, the DS, but purely out of necessity. But why do devs keep opting for this on far superior hardware?

Dang I was hoping it was a geography game, or world history game. Where in the world, where in time, where in the USA is Carmen sandiego...

Is this a remake of the 30+ year old AMIGA game?

I was such a gigantic Carmen Sandiego fan back in the day. But I can't get behind these recent reboots where Carmen is the hero. It makes no sense to me. The fun of the story was that she was this incredibly brilliant criminal, the best in the world, and it was your challenge to take her down. A lot of modern remakes turn the villains into heroes and vice versa — I know writers are out of ideas but, I can't get into it.

Has anyone looked in New Donk City?

I hope they will keep the educational side of it.
I loved the old games, it was super fun trying to find out where to travel next.
I remember that on MegaDrive the game came with a - quite thick - booklet about facts of the countries and other information that was in the game so you could quickly consult it (if needed).

@rvcolem1 me too

@Ashfan2020 I get it I'm over 40 but almost all old computer games were educational. The first one I remember being a major deal was either lemmings or prince of persia...
Also favorite villian Just"in" Case