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rocketpig on 06 June 2009
Jeremy092387 said:
Well the fact that Sakamoto, who has been involved with pretty much all(if not all) the 2-d Metroids, I don't really think there is anything to worry about. Besides with Nintendo still overseeing the project, I think the chances of disappointment are next to none.

Because it's not as if the Metroid franchise has moved on since its 2D days.




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mai on 06 June 2009

I'm myself not a big fan of Team Ninja, but previous efforts proves that Nintendo outsources and cooperates with other developers nicely. So I don't worry about Team Ninja spoiling Metroid gameplay\atmosphere etc.

//btw Metroid Prime was made by people who left Iguana Entertainment and some newcomers never involved in developing Metroid title before.



rocketpig on 06 June 2009
Tayne said:
rocketpig said:
Tayne said:
It never hurts for another developer to have a fresh take on a Nintendo franchise. We might get Square Enix making a Zelda title someday. I doubt Other M will disappoint.

Gee, I thought the "fresh take" was Retro itself.

Maybe they transitioned the franchise to 3D, created three Metroid games that kicked ass and then I missed it. Obviously, the next best move was to give the franchise to an action studio and see what they can do with it.

Yeah, that fresh take was like six years ago when the first Prime came out.  This is Nintendo we're talking about.  They're not going to have Retro pumping out Metroid FPS(or FPA) until the end of time.  The trilogy is over.  Time to move on to something different.

Really? You don't think Retro could do a good job with the franchise? Shit, they fucking saved Metroid after whats-his-face-who-created-the-VirtualBoy died and brought it back to relevance.

If you've been around this forum, you know that I don't like the modern Metroid. On the other hand, I respect what they've done with the franchise.

But Team Ninja? Cooooooooommmmmmmmmmmeeeeee onnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeee....

Again, my Michael Bay comment sticks.




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tuoyo on 06 June 2009

Well I think people were not too happy when Sega were given F Zero on Gamecube but that turned out to be an absolutely amazing game. Far far far far far far far better than the Nintendo made Gamecube racing games (Wave Race and Mario Kart).

I think this will work out well.



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Naum on 06 June 2009

I think they will do a great job, they do after all have Nintendo looking over their shoulders.



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gog85 on 06 June 2009

Yoshio Sakamoto (director) and his team have only worked on the 2d Metroid titles for handhelds. because of this he approached people who had development experience that could balance his teams weakness. later he found out that these people were members of Team Ninja.

Sakamoto and his team is still leading the development and what Team Ninja will do is create their vision in stunning 3d graphics while ramping up the action elements.

it's still going to have everything that makes the Metroid series (particularly 2d) but with better action and quality storytelling.



Stefan.De.Machtige on 06 June 2009
rocketpig said:
Tayne said:
rocketpig said:
Tayne said:
It never hurts for another developer to have a fresh take on a Nintendo franchise. We might get Square Enix making a Zelda title someday. I doubt Other M will disappoint.

Gee, I thought the "fresh take" was Retro itself.

Maybe they transitioned the franchise to 3D, created three Metroid games that kicked ass and then I missed it. Obviously, the next best move was to give the franchise to an action studio and see what they can do with it.

Yeah, that fresh take was like six years ago when the first Prime came out.  This is Nintendo we're talking about.  They're not going to have Retro pumping out Metroid FPS(or FPA) until the end of time.  The trilogy is over.  Time to move on to something different.

Really? You don't think Retro could do a good job with the franchise? Shit, they fucking saved Metroid after whats-his-face-who-created-the-VirtualBoy died and brought it back to relevance.

If you've been around this forum, you know that I don't like the modern Metroid. On the other hand, I respect what they've done with the franchise.

But Team Ninja? Cooooooooommmmmmmmmmmeeeeee onnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeee....

Again, my Michael Bay comment sticks.

Nintendo needed to revamp the series. The last one didn't sell that good. That's a difficult thing to do with the same team of three previous installments. They needed a fresh team with a new view on Metroid. It looks like metroid could be better than ever. 



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intro94 on 06 June 2009

prime were not the best selling nor the best metroids.The sales of the prime games were lowering.Call it lack of improvement from retro.They had to be changed.Is also good to see the series creator involved in his creation for once again. Retro took many features from metroid away.I waited for years to see Metroid back as it is, from Nintendos hands themselves, and if they wanted support from Ninja team, all for the better.



Soleron on 06 June 2009
intro94 said:
prime were not ... the best metroids.

I very much disagree with that. I love Metroid, Super Metroid and Fusion, but Prime 1 is the best. game. ever. according to me. So you can't just blanket say that.



Samus Aran on 06 June 2009

Actually metroid prime IS the best selling metroid. It's also one of THE best metroids made(I'm not going to say it's the best one bc that's totally subjective)

Metroid prime 3 is selling pretty good compared to other metroids with only metroid fusion and Metroid out sellin it.

But yes, they need to revamp the series because they need to sell over 2-3M copies... Metroid prime sold 2.83M copies... They need to top that with this new metroid. I hope it will sell 3M copies atleast.