I believe Retro studios should never make a Donkey Kong game again!

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OneTwoThree said:

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OneTwoThree said:

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OneTwoThree said:
I think Retro are putting out real quality games - but there's a little bit missing to give me that original Nintendo feel. The games they develop in Japan are just a bit weirder and quirkier.

Thing is, Donkey Kong Country wasn't developed in Japan, and Metroid by Japan standards is very low on the quirkiness scale.

Errr... huh? You misunderstood my post. What I said was: I think Retro are good, but not as good as Nintendo's Japan based teams. 

That's fine. I'm just making the point that Retro hasn't given much of a chance to prove themselves yet.

They have not? I'd say working on 3 Metroid games and the DKC revival are very high profile opportunities. And they did well! But I wouldn't ever want to see them work on Mario or Zelda. I don't think Retro has the vision and innovative power of Nintendo of Japan's studios. On topic though, I have no problem with them making another DKC. I'm not sure if I'd buy it, but that's just me (bought DKCR and only played through it once, in a few days).

I mean that Retro cannot prove their ability to make an excellent Mario or Zelda game unless they actually make one. Now, Metroid and Donkey Kong have many similarities to Zelda and Mario, so I wouldn't doubt Retro's ability to make excellent action/adventure games or platformers. In fact, the first Metroid Prime alone is considered to be around the same level of quality as the best of Zelda, and DKCR is arguably better than Nintendo's recent 2D Mario efforts. From that point of view, how has Retro not proven itself as among Nintendo's finest? Whether or not they can pull of an excellent Zelda title will ultimately remain up in the air until Retro actually does make one, but given their track record, I will give them the benefit of the doubt.