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super_etecoon on 25 January 2019
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zorg1000 said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

What track record of this do they have prior to 2014? It honestly seems like a stretch to get all of this out of a few years, especially if they were working on more than one game.

I dont think they do

Metroid Prime-Nov 2002

Metroid Prime 2-Nov 2004

Metroid Prime 3-Aug 2007

DKC Returns-Nov 2010

DKC Tropical Freeze-Feb 2014

They had a rather consistent release schedule.

Thanks for posting this.  It's so true.  I understand that their last 5 years don't have anything to show...but all being said they're allowed at least one mulligan.  Each of those titles is a 9.2-9.8 level game, with some people gibing Prime and Tropical Freeze 10s.  Not too shabby for a developer that has gone through all the changes they have.

Until we get firm confirmation that Retro's last 5 years have been for nought I will continue to consider them one of the finest developers making games today.  Their reattachment to a series they helped create (Metroid Prime) fills me with such joy.  More than anything I'm glad that Nintendo still feels they are to be trusted.  They truly know something we don't know, and I'm sure if their studio was imploding or bogged down in multiple failed projects that they wouldn't have put this series back in their hands.  I'm an optomist and I think this does mean that their previous project will soon see the light of day and will be worth the wait.