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Multiple people hinting at Metroid Prime 4 being at The Game Awards?
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Regarding Federation Force, I clearly remember that, in the golden age of Metroid releases (00s), people clearly expressed interest in a Federation game. It was a time when there was a steady flow of Metroid games, so people didn't mind a spin-off.
And if I am not mistaken FF, or the game it originally was, was slated to be released in later DS years or early 3DS. But, for some reason or another, got postponed and actual development didn't took on until the later years of 3DS and missed the timeframe.
Honestly, I would rather have Hunters 2 on 3DS. And yes, the chibi artyle was a horrible decision. It may covey more information on screen than Hunters, but, as far as the Metroid series is concerned, presentation may matter more in this case.
And if I am not mistaken FF, or the game it originally was, was slated to be released in later DS years or early 3DS. But, for some reason or another, got postponed and actual development didn't took on until the later years of 3DS and missed the timeframe.
Honestly, I would rather have Hunters 2 on 3DS. And yes, the chibi artyle was a horrible decision. It may covey more information on screen than Hunters, but, as far as the Metroid series is concerned, presentation may matter more in this case.
I think it's because those studios only do games for Nintendo. When it's a colab with a third party, especially a big one such as PlatinumGames or BandaiNamco, they tend to show the logo. The third party wants to be acknoledged as the dev, and Nintendo is proud to have this third party doing a first party game for them.
This is a good response that makes sense. I just wanted to highlight Nintendo doesn't always do it and technically Next Level Games and Good Feel are third party devs. Lots of Nintendo developers are third party.
Honestly, not sure. I hope so, but I wouldn't be too surprised if they take the chance to make the artstyle more palatable for general audiences.
Ah, alright then. Thanks for the info.
I don't know where you got the idea that the IP was attached to the game after the fact. Tanabe has been talking about a game about the Galactic Federation for years.
No, the ip does not have the necessary sales to have the necessary budget for it.
I do not see it possible to look better than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Agreed. From a marketing standpoint, it makes sense to do both.
By far my biggest concern is whether or not Bandai Namco can capture Retro's brilliance. Retro's artistry and vision for the Prime series was incredibly distinct, from the tones of textures to the layouts of locations, all three games ooze a style that is distinctly "Metroid Prime". It'd be a damn shame if Bandai Namco weren't able to capture this, or chose to change it.
But I guess that's the worry whenever a new developer takes on the duty of continuing an existing series. New artists will naturally bring across their own approach.
If Bandai is making it does that instill confidence in you?
Depends on which particular team.
Isn't Bandai huge???
Who knows??? I obviously don't.
Imma throw my hopes here, before Nintendo Nintendo's us:
Room turns black, in the projector there's an image of one of the game's environments, reminiscent of MP1's Tallon Surface. The camera is panning through the environment, it's raining, a familiar tune starts playing while the camera pans, until it enters through a crack into the dark and creepy belly of a crashed spaceship. The music becomes more onerous, sparks of failed electrical systems fly and light the darkness, suddenly a Metroid enters in view in a jumpscare, cut to black.
Cut to first person, gameplay view, Smaus walks around the same environment, transitions to a montage of different scenes with more upbeat music, OR to a real time gameplay demo.
After the trailer-demo ends, release date and title are shown. Late 2019.
Geoff and Reggie come on stage. They ask the audience, how are you gonna wait a whole year?
BAM Metroid Prime Trilogy, coming out in early 2019, show montage trailer.
I was replying that Smash Bros Ultimate is not Unreal Engine 4.
It is very likely that Metroid Prime 4 is Unreal Engine
Yes. This is what I'm going with. Nintendo and Retro making Star Fox the best looking game on Switch.
If Retro made MP4 it would be the same situation, are there even still people at Retro who worked on MP1-3?
Since it's the first mainline Metroid in ages, I don't think the budget will be on the lower end.
As far as focus is concerned, they're going to be super focused on making it a special game.
Their direction of focus will be the key for me though.
Depends. Technically or artistically? If they go with 60FPS a lot of eye candy must be sacrificed for this goal and it will look not impressive on still images at all.
The directors and leads are pretty much all gone but there's still a few in senior positions that worked on Tropical Freeze. Whether they're still at Retro, 8 years later... who knows?
This reminds me.
Would people be willing to give up 60fps for Metroid to look the best it can?
This. Odyssey looks amazing, don't see why Metroid can't be a looker even at 60fps.
MP4 will loose either way.
If its 60FPS some people will fill threads with post say that it looks like crap and that Wolfenstein or Doom looks better.
If its 30 FPS some other people will fill threads with posts that it plays like crap.
Pretty low. It wouldn't be Nintendo like to show two big games- Metroid Prime 4 and Retro's game at the same time here.
Obviously because the more realistic artstyle for Metroid is more demanding on a technical side.
"The best it can" is incredibly subjective. I'd argue that 60fps is a must for a Metroid Prime game and one of the many reasons why the games are so immersive and still hold up to this day in the first place. I've said it before but I'd accept a more stylized approach if it means they can keep 60fps. Even the original games didn't have an entirely realistic artstyle.
Sure, but Prime still looks great on GameCube and that's 60fps aswell.
I want Metroid Prime 4 to be closer to the realistic art style. We don't get that from Nintendo. Can we please allow one series to do that? Other Metroid games are more stylized and it's fine, but I don't want MP4 to change much.
I thought it was originally a different game, much like Star Fox Adventure. Might be wrong though!
Sure. 30 fps, lower resolution, none of these matter, as long as it's a god game. Dark Souls "only" has 30 fps and runs perfectly well, and I can still play games with literal 12 fps.
Good games are good regardless of arbitrary frame numbers.
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