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Illusion on 01 May 2022
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Pemalite said:

Protecting I.P is absolutely important.

You can embrace the fan community like Bethesda... Which pays off, or you can be protectionist like Nintendo which has also paid off.

It is what it is... I honestly love seeing these fan projects.

This Metroid one is interesting... But I need to ask... What would the gameplay have been like? Super Metroid is regarded as one of the best games of all time... And is certainly one of my favorite games of all time... So would it have been better to do another 2D title? Or rudimentary 3D that ages poorly? I would argue the N64 was lacking in quality 2D titles anyway...

You know, I think that there are ways to protect your IP without going the gestapo route with your fan community, especially folks that aren't making any money off of it and are well under the radar.  But whatever, I guess that we can agree to disagree.

I really don't think that the N64 would have had a 2D Metroid even though I completely agree with you that the N64 hardware is bested suited for 2.5D style games more than full 3D.  The problem is that the games were so bloody expensive back in the 90's and gamers were heavily demanding that practically everything be full 3D akin to Mario 64 to justify the cost.  In fact games like Mischief Makers got a lot of hate for looking like an SNES game back in 1997 with the main argument being "I am paying $60 US or more for a game, it had better look next gen."  There was just this expectation that everything be full 3D even though, ironically, the N64 games like Ogre Battle 64 and Yoshi Story today have aged so much better visually than even games like Ocarina of Time.  240p really just isn't enough for an enjoyable full 3D experience.

CaptainExplosion said:

People have done to this to me on this site so many times it feels personal, just like how I constantly get shit on in article comments. Oh, heaven forbid I say Bobby Kotick be punished in ANY WAY AT ALL for what he did at Activision, or that Nintendo STOP FUCKING OVER THEIR OWN FANS. This site REALLY knows how to make someone feel welcome.

You know what, I regularly take multi-month breaks from this site for my own sanity.  A lack of empathy and social skills is a real issue in the gaming community and I see that expressed so much here both the in the way people say stuff as well as what they are saying.  I scratch my head why people cheer on a mammoth company suing into oblivion some poor bloke that hosted a ROM site even though almost all of those same people have downloaded ROMs in the past, often from the very site that was taken down.  I don't know how people compartmentalize their own past behavior and then rejoice in the misery brought upon others.  It just seems so superficial and, frankly, cult-like.