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Forums - Nintendo - Rumourtroid: NoA 'pretty bummed' that Kid Icarus wasnt ready for 2008

damkira on 13 January 2009

but... (assuming any of this is true)

Would Nintendo bail out Factor 5 after being so disappointed with them. If this is true and Kid Icarus was pulled, Nintendo might not have suffered the overwhelmingly negative reaction to their E3 presentation. I'm pretty sure Nintendo would have cut ties with Factor 5 for failing to deliver.



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megaman79 on 13 January 2009

So why arn't any of Factor 5's fired employees talking right now?



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Max King of the Wild on 13 January 2009

^because ey dont wanbesued for breaking the NDA...



irstupid on 13 January 2009

and ha yea like if the game was so close to completion that it could be out for christmas that Nintendo would just be like "oh Factor 5 is in tourble, well sucks for them"

sometimes I wonder who is dumb enough to believe these rumors enough to post it online at all. If I heard someone say it, even Reggie I would laugh thinking wow good joke reggie



frybread on 13 January 2009

After Lair, maybe we should be thankful Factor 5 didn't release this.



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woopah on 14 January 2009

i dont see how a company can just seem to dissapear. i mean surely someone must know whats going on with factor 5. wasnt ign the source that told us factor 5 was clsoing down?



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Words Of Wisdom on 14 January 2009

Here's a better question:

Why hasn't Factor 5 issued a "No, everything is fine. We're not shutting down" press release?



richardhutnik on 14 January 2009

Kid Icarus as Nintendo's answer to God of War?



Darc Requiem on 14 January 2009

Good question WoW. Kid Icarus aside, if nothing else Nintendo should pick up Factor 5 purely for their technical ability. F5 could make software tools and a game engine that actually makes use of the Wii hardware. The technical demo of the Wii's version of the Lair engine was impressive. Nintendo could license out that game engine to third parties to make back the money from their investment.