Nope. Still not happening. And i have no idea why....
Banana trucks are converging on Austin specifically where Retro is located. You might ask, “Why does Retro need all those bananas?” Why, for this:
Above: This reminds me of a certain painting that has a certain boat in a storm.
People are looking at these beautiful shots and saying, “Man oh man, wouldn’t a 2d Metroid done by Retro be awesome!” It would! But there is something even MORE awesome than that.
I want you to imagine the successor to the Wii. Let us call it the Yii (who knows what Nintendo will call it). The Yii will be in HD, of course, and it will be significantly more powerful than the Wii. The launch game for Yii is Super Mario Brothers 6 (which will be named ‘New Super Mario World’ or something).
Imagine a new 2d Mario with that graphical splendor. Wouldn’t that make you want to rush out and immediately buy the Yii? Imagine if Mario 6 retains its four player mode and even includes Internet play. Imagine if Tanooki Mario returned.
People would cry.
I doubt Nintendo would ever allow an outside company to handle a Super Mario Brothers game. But just imagine that artistic wonderment on a new 2d Mario.
Nintendo MUST keep making games like 2d Mario (and 2d games in general). After Super Mario World, we were very excited to see Mario 5 in how it would push the SNES to its limits. We got DKC instead which was OK I guess. But when N64 came around, we couldn’t wait for the new 2d Mario. We had to wait 18 years to get it. Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a new 2d Mario game be a launch title of new Nintendo hardware?
Wouldn’t it be magical?
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
