| spemanig said:
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You just did "dignify" it by responding at all. And your attitude doesn't change the fact that I have a point.
People need to quit assuming they know exactly how the business runs, and how everything works. For all we know, considering there has been SUCH a long gap since an ACTUAL Star Fox game (and not experimental garbage) came out, that if done RIGHT, in HD, people would be very excited and eat it up. At least enough to make it a million seller. The 3DS remake of SF64, after all, sold over 700k. And logic would dictate that a NEW Star Fox, in the same exact mold of old, as it should be, in HD, with an epic new quest and a ton of all brand new content? Would probably do alright "in this day and age".
People assuming that any type of game wouldn't do well in the modern era "because reasons" is rather pointless. There's not actually any way of knowing how something would be received today until you try it. And the fact of the matter is, Star Fox is one of the more popular game franchises of all time, in spite of it only having really two stellar entries. And on that note, if sales are any indication, I would suggest that Nintendo experimenting/farming the series out, and having games that break far away from the traditional formula, is what made the series go downhill, in both quality and numbers.
I have heard it suggested that Nintendo should straight up turn SF into a Ratchet & Clank type of endeavor, with "maybe a few space flying shooter missions". Sorry, but that formula equaled the drizzling shits for Assault on GC. That is exactly why that game was so fucking awful, because quite frankly the TWO honestly to god SF levels in the game actually played really well. And even if that was "just Namco's fault", it's still honestly a terrible idea. There is an unlimited number of third person action/shooter games that have been released over the last two gens+ and counting. There have barely been any Star Fox type of games, IE 3D vehicle/space type shooters. So how could anyone predict how a WELL DONE HD Star Fox would do now? I seem to remember rumors of one being announced for Wii years ago being met with quite a lot of enthusiasm, and regardless, if Microsoft felt comfortable working with the original Panzer Dragoon creator on Crimson Dragon, the SAME exact type of game, minus the Dragoon name to cash in on, then Nintendo could certainly do well by the far more recognizable/popular Star Fox series.
But what would I know? Cheers.
