It's now been 4 years since Tropical Freeze, do we expect Retro Studios at e3?

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

(4 years, 2 months exactly)

My main guess is that if Retro's new game is coming before like June 2019, it will get shown by e3. If it's not shown at e3... I'm guessing it will release later than June 2019.

So, do we expect this game at e3? Have we heard anything to suggest it is or is not coming soon? And how concerned should people be if this game misses e3? If this game misses e3, the absolute earliest release date is probably June or July 2019... A development cycle of 5.5 years. And that's the absolute earliest.

 

[Kouriozan]

It's gotta be this year, it has to be.
It'd guess a new IP to show off all their talents.

 

[Deleted member 1413]

If not at e3, it'll likely be 6 years between releases which is very troubling.
Hoping it's at e3

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

If not at e3, it'll likely be 6 years between releases which is very troubling.
Hoping it's at e3

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I mean, it could be 6 years.

But hey, maybe it would take 7 years.

 

[Platy]

What are you talking about ?
Tropical Freeze will be released soon ... and THEN they will be free to start something ;D

those new idles and added funkyness takes effort

 

[Iucidium]

Reeyibs!

 

[mr_nexus]

Donkey Kong Country: Polar Inferno

 

[Deleted member 3010]

I expect a new Retro DK to be announced at some point.

Jamais deux sans trois! ;)

 

[Zan]

Guys, it's going to be DKC: Animal Antics.

Stop setting yourselves up for anything different.

 

[Deleted member 18021]

It's a perfect place to show DKCR3, so sure.

The game comes when it comes, is my policy.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

DKC: Crankys Revenge

 

[Renna Hazel]

If it's another DKC game I don't think it will be announced so soon after Tropical Freeze releases. If they've been working on something else we'll probably see it at E3.

 

[louisacommie]

They lost the engine source code to tropical freeze so they had to recreate it from scratch thats why it took so Long

 

[kodax_shc]

I am certainly eager to see what they have been working on and I hope it is a new IP or at least a different property than Metroid or DK. If it happens to be another DKC I won't be sad.

 

[EinBear]

I really am going to struggle to hide my disappointment if it's just another DKC game.

Not that Returns/Tropical Freeze weren't great, but I just have 2D platformer fatigue from Nintendo as of late. Retro are one of the best devs in the industry, and it's time for something new.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Yes 100% their game will be shown at E3. I'll take any bet with anyone here.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I really am going to struggle to hide my disappointment if it's just another DKC game.

Not that Returns/Tropical Freeze weren't great, but I just have 2D platformer fatigue from Nintendo as of late. Retro are one of the best devs in the industry, and it's time for something new.

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I do feel that way too... But I also just hope that they eventually show a video game.

 

[Instro]

Presumably whatever it is, given the amount of time, it's not a sidescroller. I would guess new IP, just from comments we have seen from a lot of Nintendo execs and producers on the subject of creating new IP.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

If it isn't at E3, I will be concerned that there's something wrong going on at Retro.

 

[DarkSora]

I hope to be wrong but I do it think so. We always think it'll be this year and it doesn't happen. :(

 

[Deleted member 15538]

Too soon for labo 2.

 

[Xtortion]

The goty tbh

 

[sir_crocodile]

no show

 

[Mega Man Zero]

Seems like very year has to be the year.

 

[ClickyCal']

Presumably whatever it is, given the amount of time, it's not a sidescroller. I would guess new IP, just from comments we have seen from a lot of Nintendo execs and producers on the subject of creating new IP.

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Well to be fair, tropical freeze came out 4 years after Returns.

 

[Betty]

Donkey Konga Labo

 

[Uglier Rare Character]

Expecting one hell of a Zelda spinoff.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Too soon for labo 2.

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I know this is a decent joke post, but I'm very certain there will be more Labo kits released within the next 12 months.

 

[SirNinja]

Got a good feeling about this year.

I hope they're there, and I hope they have an original IP to show everyone. It's been too long for it to feasibly be anything else.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Well to be fair, tropical freeze came out 4 years after Returns.

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DKC Returns: November 2010
DKC Tropical Freeze: February 2014

... This is not 4 years.

 

[NeonStars]

I really am going to struggle to hide my disappointment if it's just another DKC game.

Not that Returns/Tropical Freeze weren't great, but I just have 2D platformer fatigue from Nintendo as of late. Retro are one of the best devs in the industry, and it's time for something new.

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How many 2D platformers has Nintendo even released in the past year? I can only think of Kirby but that's hardly even a platformer.

 

[jwhit28]

I'm expecting something like Tomb Raider and Uncharted and I think I'm gonna be disappointed. I can already get that sort of game elsewhere and it will probably be better and definitely look better. It's sort of like Sony trying to create an answer to Smash. I don't need an answer to Smash, I already have Smash. Do what you do best.

 

[jack_package_200]

Donkey Kong Country: K Rool Returns

 

[Instro]

Well to be fair, tropical freeze came out 4 years after Returns.

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Well 3 years and 3 months, however that was going from the Wii to the WiiU, a big leap in hardware power and visual complexity. Obviously with the difference between the WiiU and Switch being relatively small in comparison, it doesn't make a lot of sense that another sidescroller would take this long. Unless something went wrong at the studio, or a different project got canned.

 

[JarlRaven]

There is no 2 without 3.

 

[Barn]

We expect Retro Studios at every E3. Because we love to disappoint ourselves.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

We expect Retro Studios at every E3. Because we love to disappoint ourselves.

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I mean, at some point it should be expected from a AAA dev studio...

 

[Mega Man Zero]

Maybe Retro is just an asset factory for Nintendo and they're never making another game of their own.

 

[ChaosXVI]

DKC TF wrapped up in November 2013, it was only delayed for strategic reasons. So really whatever they've been making could already be about 4.5 years into development.

This E3 has to be the one where we finally see it.

 

[Molten_]

Presumably whatever it is, given the amount of time, it's not a sidescroller.

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What is with this misconception that 2d games somehow take less effort to make than 3D ones? Have you seen tropical freeze? The environments in that game are stunning and likely took way more effort to create than most 3D games. Tired of seeing this everywhere

 

[Neiteio]

May 2013: A port of Donkey Kong Country Returns releases on 3DS.
June 2013: A new game, Tropical Freeze, is announced at E3.

May 2018: A port of Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze releases on Switch.
June 2018: ???

 

[NeonStars]

DKC TF wrapped up in November 2013, it was only delayed for strategic reasons. So really whatever they've been making could already be about 4.5 years into development.

This E3 has to be the one where we finally see it.

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It could also already be done and they're just waiting to announce it.
Or they haven't announced it yet because they wanted to announce it the year it would come out.
Samus Returns was announced last E3 for the first time and came out only 2 months later.

 

[Deleted member 14377]

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[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Maybe Retro is just an asset factory for Nintendo and they're never making another game of their own.

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They've actually done no support work on any Nintendo games since 2011.

May 2013: A port of Donkey Kong Country Returns releases on 3DS.
June 2013: A new game, Tropical Freeze, is announced at E3.

May 2018: A port of Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze releases on Switch.
June 2018: ???

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That strategy worked terribly and was part of why people were so disappointed by Tropical Freeze's announcement! Tropical Freeze is being priced as a game for new players to buy and then to turn around and immediately announce DKC6...

I see Tropical Freeze releasing in May as evidence against DKC6 unless DKC6 is late 2019.

 

[NeonStars]

What is with this misconception that 2d games somehow take less effort to make than 3D ones? Have you seen tropical freeze? The environments in that game are stunning and likely took way more effort to create than most 3D games. Tired of seeing this everywhere

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Tropical Freeze is a 3D game. It's just in a 2D perspective. There are many parts in the game that shift to a 3-D camera angle.

 

[Dreamboum]

What is with this misconception that 2d games somehow take less effort to make than 3D ones? Have you seen tropical freeze? The environments in that game are stunning and likely took way more effort to create than most 3D games. Tired of seeing this everywhere

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It's even weirder that Nintendo fans are the one peddling this misinformation the most

 

[Deleted member 15538]

TF will be my first Retro game.

 

[StarPhlox]

Metroid and Donkey Kong are my two favorite Nintendo series thanks in large part to Retro but I'll be happy with literally anything they do, I'm sure. Whether it's DKCR3, a 3D DK, a series reboot (I think they could bring back Star Fox or Star Tropics from the brink), or a new IP entirely it's all welcome.

 

[Almighty_McSwagger]

I mean, at some point it should be expected from a AAA dev studio...

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Retro are AAA?

 

[NeonStars]

Metroid and Donkey Kong are my two favorite Nintendo series thanks in large part to Retro but I'll be happy with literally anything they do, I'm sure. Whether it's DKCR3, a 3D DK, a series reboot (I think they could bring back Star Fox or Star Tropics from the brink), or a new IP entirely it's all welcome.

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As if Starfox needs more reboots.