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curl-6 on 04 January 2015
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atomicblue said:
curl-6 said:

DKTF was playing it safe; it was essentially a Wii game with a shiny coat of paint, and it took no risks.

I don't disagree that DKC:TF wasn't exactly a risky game to make, but I don't mind because it was probably just about the best 2D platformer I've ever played; significantly better than DKCR.

I wouldn't exactly call a new Metroid game risky, either. Doing another Metroid Prime would be a pretty safe choice. The main way Retro could actually take a risk would be by going with some sort of new IP.

Personally, I'd like to see another studio have a crack at Metroid and do something different with the franchise, and have Retro work on something new in a different genre than what they've done thus far (so not a first-person adventure or a platformer) followed by another DKC title, say, around 2017-18.

Depends on how they did it; if they essentially made a Metroid Prime tha same as the GCN/Wii ones just with graphics on the level of, say, Black Ops II, that would not be ambitious. However, if they made a fresh take that was as evocative, daring, and spared-no-expense as the original Prime was for its era, that would be.

I too would like to see them handle a new IP, but honestly, I expect that crummy Diddy Kong Racing rumour to be true. What a waste that would be.