Earthworm Jim
video game series
Earthworm Jim is a series of platform games featuring an earthworm named Jim who wears a robotic suit and battles the forces of evil. The series is noted for its platforming and shooting gameplay, surreal humor, and edgy art style. Four games were released in the series: Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, Earthworm Jim 3D, and Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy, with the first game released in 1994. The series had lain dormant for almost a decade before Gameloft remade the original game in HD for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in 2010. Interplay announced Earthworm Jim 4 in 2008; little to no information surfaced until May 2019 and August 2020, and development was believed cancelled by the rights owners by 2023, as it had never left pre-planning stages.
Character
Jim is an ordinary earthworm who becomes a superhero after a robotic suit falls from the sky and lands on him. The suit gives him a humanlike body and superhuman powers, but outside it he remains a vulnerable worm. He carries a ray gun and uses his worm body as a whip to strike enemies and swing from hooks. He also travels through space on a small rocket called the Pocket Rocket.
Creator Doug TenNapel described Jim as foolish but good-hearted, with enough ability to become a hero despite his limited intelligence.
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