| thetonestarr said: *SLIGHT MP3: Corruption spoilers contained in following post* [SPOILERS] No, Metroid Prime is finished. That was only meant to be a trilogy, and it's finished now. Prime was the story of Phazon, and now Phazon no longer exists, as Samus destroyed Planet Phaaze. So, Metroid Prime is finished. [/SPOILERS] I didn't know Retro had completely decided to let Metroid be, though. Either way, what I'd said in my above post was really just example-material. It could be ANY company to be making Metroid Dread. The real point is that I doubt that statement means that Dread isn't on its way. Although, it'd make sense if Retro was the company making Dread, since they're the ones that claimed that Metroid project "Dread" is nearing completion... |
Retro Taking A Well-Earned Break From Metroid
Poor Retro. All these years, all these Metroid games, they must be sick of Samus. Sick to death of her pretty blonde hair and big orange suit and arms that are guns and suit that's a ball. The guys have done enough for the Nintendo faithful, and they deserve a break. And a break's what they're going to get.We are taking a break from the Metroid series and from Samus. I think that there will be other titles created. But as far as Retro Studos is concerned, we'll take a break for a little bit.
Take five lads. Go to some exotic Mediterranean resort, drink fruity drinks with umbrellas in them, have a discreet rendezvous with a bored Italian housewife. You've earned it.
Via Kotaku, via Yahoo Games, via Gamelife.
Retro has left the Metroid/Samus game for now. Many hold faith that Retro will be involved in the oft rumored, oft demanded Kid Icarus Wii title. Perhaps they are going back to RavenBlade. If they do go that route I hope that they start from scratch. While the game may have looked interesting for its time games like God of War and even Soul Reaver put it to shame. But whatever Retro does, they will do it right.
As far as Nintendo not working on a Metroid title...hmmm. How do I take this?
One thing I will point out is Nintendo's reputation. They are a company known for quality. So if someone asks them about a game I'm sure they always give vague answers or denials until they are proud of what they can show. They are not a company that says, "Hey, we're build the Taj Majal" and then show you a few pencil sketches, or even the foundation. They keep the whole thing covered until they are proud of the work that they have done.
For instance, Nintendo was toying with the idea of Metroid throughout the Nintendo 64's life, and yet we never saw anything. Certainly it could be said that a Metroid game was in production, since it was. But they never showed us anything because they weren't satisfied with the results. We didn't even get to see Prime until Shigeru changed it to 1st person.
So this quote can be taken any way. Nintendo is not bound by law to tell the truth. It could mean anoither company is working on it. It could mean it is in 2.5 or 3d. It could mean that they are just saving it to announce the first WiiWare game (That's where I'd like to see it).
Retro knew something, just as they did about the DS. Nintendo loves thhe hype machine and right now they are playing it like a finely tuned instrument. Or maybe we are the ones getting played. Only next years e3 may tell.
