By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Frogger on 10 January 2015
Edit Thread
HylianSwordsman said:


I agree with some things. This could all be summed up, however, as "I want Metroid 5, not Metroid Prime 4." I understand the difference. Thing is, I want both. For the same reason Mario can be in a kart racer, a party game, multiple styles of RPG, and multiple styles of platformer, Samus can be in multiple styles of game as well. Her main series and the Prime series are just that. They're like the Mario 64 style and NSMB style of Mario, but with Samus. When 3D World came out, it confused people. People divided Mario into 2D and 3D, but 3D World is really the "2D style" of Mario finally translated into 3D. Some people were rightfully angry, because they already had NSMBU in that style on the Wii U, and wanted the 64 style, and 3D World was not that. Both styles were platformers, but 3D World had the spirit of the classic Mario platformer style. However, both styles very much deserve to be continued, and the classic style very much deserved its 3D evolution that 3D Land/World brought it! Problem is, what gamers needed was the Mario 64 style. In the same way, Super Metroid style Metroid and Prime style Metroid both deserve to be made, but Metroid 5 is loooooong overdue. Miyamoto has said both will be continued, and everything seeme to point to Metroid 5 being the next to come, and it will probably be on 3DS, whether that pleases you or not. I think it will be the 3D evolution of Super Metroid you're looking for. Might even be N3DS exclusive to take advantage of the better hardware. Prime 4 will come later, and be on home consoles, maybe Wii U, maybe the next console, maybe even cross gen.

BUT! I actually agree on the Retro thing. Metroid 5 should NEVER be made by Retro, but that's obvious and beside the point. I've been thinking this for a while, but afraid to say it. When the time comes for the next Prime style game, it 1) should definitely not be called Prime 4 or even be connected to that side story, but rather be a new story, and 2) while Retro making it would probably turn out okay and not be a disaster, I think Retro has lost their passion for Metroid, and that's why they made another Donkey Kong game, and they should be able to make whatever they want. That's why Nintendo games turn out so well, Nintendo gives the developers freedom. If Retro has moved on, it's in everyone's best interest to just accept that. Let the team at Retro make what they're passionate about, and give someone else a chance at Prime style Metroid. Not sure who that should be, actually, but it should only be Retro if that's what they want to make. That is how we'll get good games.

 

Also, you're right, the next 3D Donkey Kong NEEDS to happen, and Retro would be a great candidate, though I doubt that's what they're doing if they're hiring for boss enemy AI coding. I'm personally hoping for a new IP.


You sort of get it, but it the thing with Metroid 5 is that I think that should be a side scroller. This may sound blasphemous, but I wouldn't mind if the next 3D Metroid game was apart of its own canon. A reboot. As soon as they desided to... Well Metroid 2 spoilers... they pretty much wrote themselves into a corner and wrote Metroids out of the franchise.

I'm also not saying that I wouldn't be down for another Prime type game. Just not until there have been many Metroids with that "Metroid 5" atmosphere. And it doesn't even have to be Metroid 5 or a reboot. They could place it between Metroid 1 and 2. I just don't want another Prime-like, Retro Studios-made, cybernetic Metroid for a while.