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InnocentSin on 26 June 2015

It seems that Reggie is just covering up for NoJ's miscalculations. I do genuinely believe Reggie knows what's up and what the fans want but I can't say the same for NoJ.



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Ultrashroomz on 26 June 2015

OMG

Reggie, first Zelda, now this?

I'm getting sick of these excuses.



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Pavolink on 26 June 2015
InnocentSin said:
It seems that Reggie is just covering up for NoJ's miscalculations. I do genuinely believe Reggie knows what's up and what the fans want but I can't say the same for NoJ.


It could be. He has to cover his boss, like many of us.



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Samus Aran on 26 June 2015
InnocentSin said:
It seems that Reggie is just covering up for NoJ's miscalculations. I do genuinely believe Reggie knows what's up and what the fans want but I can't say the same for NoJ.

Metroid: FF is made by Canadians...



InnocentSin on 26 June 2015
Samus Aran said:
InnocentSin said:
It seems that Reggie is just covering up for NoJ's miscalculations. I do genuinely believe Reggie knows what's up and what the fans want but I can't say the same for NoJ.

Metroid: FF is made by Canadians...


WHATTTTTT?!

I did not know this. Alas, despite that, the concept was conceived and greenlit by NoJ.



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KLAMarine on 26 June 2015
DonFerrari said:
KLAMarine said:
For those who did not click the link, here's the entirety of the quote:

"In terms of opportunities for improvement… there are games where you need to have hands-on time to really appreciate. Certainly, Metroid Prime: Federation Force is one of those types of games. We anticipated that consumers would say “Where’s Samus?” and “Where’s my traditional Metroid Prime game?” We anticipated that. As I walked the floor and talked to people who were playing Blast Ball, they’re loving it. They’re excited about it, they’re excited about the controls. One of our challenges at Nintendo, always, is how do we communicate the charm and appeal of a game to people who don’t get a chance to play it? It’s always a challenge. I say with Federation Force, we may have fallen a little short in communicating what the charm is of that game. Good news: we’ll have lots of other opportunities to address that and get people to experience it hands-on. We think they’re gonna come away in the end feeling like it’s a lot of fun."

What he's saying is 'give the game a chance'. I agree, give the game a chance. Every game deserves a chance.

Hope to see you saying it to all games bashed here in vgc.

Well if I come across a game getting bashed out of hand, I'll likely say something.



DonFerrari on 26 June 2015
Pavolink said:
InnocentSin said:
It seems that Reggie is just covering up for NoJ's miscalculations. I do genuinely believe Reggie knows what's up and what the fans want but I can't say the same for NoJ.


It could be. He has to cover his boss, like many of us.

Others preffer to expose the boss and take his place. Maybe Phill Spencer changed the charts and made Don Matrick read those words and be sacked.



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Salnax on 26 June 2015
JGarret said:
So why make the game at all?


Maybe it was sort of an evolving process?

Next Level Games might have been given the project being told something along the lines of "Make a 3DS counterpart for Metroid Prime Hunters for the 3DS" and started with the multiplayer. After all, they did a good job with multiplayer in Luigi's Mansion 2. But if they started with a multiplayer focus, that might have sabotaged the single player component. Mechanics for a team-based shooter are going to be different from those for a lonely Metroid title.

If that were the case, Next Level would have a few choices. They could start from scratch, wasting time and resources, they could include an inferior single player mode, which would distract from the multiplayer without being very high quality, or they could scrap the traditional Metroid experience and go full-spinoff.

And since Nintendo is not using Metroid much at the moment, letting the series experiment a bit would not do much harm.



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zelmusario on 26 June 2015

Sounds doubtful, Reg. This game would've been more readily accepted in a Direct.



It'll be awhile before I figure out how to do one of these. :P 

jonathanalis on 26 June 2015

so, why you showed it on biggest game event?
you should have put it on a direct, and showed SMTxFE for the first time on E3.