Jokes on you when Metroid 5 gets announced just before it
*Cries in Chozo*
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We can all dream. But Pikmin 4 is a real dream announcement.
If not this year then next year, or the year after, or the year after,...
I am believing
Imran on KindaFunny said that Nintendo was disappointed with the sales. He's considered one of the most trustworthy Nintendo insiders out there.
i now expect a new picross 3D game to be announced in the jan/feb direct and will be tremendously disappointed if it doesn't happen.
Well that doesn't mean there still can't be updates or content added to improve those sales.
I hope they don't go that route. Need a break between those games.
Their game was cancelled. Some kind of RPG involving singing as the main mechanic. Spent three years on it, but could never figure out where to go with it. Nintendo got frustrated and pulled the plug and put them on Prime 4.
Oh wow the first real insider info. I figured it was a new IP. That sucks they couldn't figure it out. Singing was the main mechanic though? Sounds interesting...
That lines up with one of their members on LinkedIn profile who said he worked on a game for several years before moving on to another game. Do you know what the second game is and if it's still alive?
How do you know that ? Is it inside knowlegde cause I never heard about this.
Thanks ! :)
He is from Austin, Texas where Retro is at. So he probably knows someone or something.
This sucks so much. Everything lead me to believe Retro was trying their own thing and Nintendo let them do it and they couldn't create a new IP on their own. That sucks.
All those crazy speculations threads, and you just... dropped the bomb.. on a random Sunday.
But something doesn't add up because the gap between December 2013 and late 2018/January 2019 isn't 3 years. That's 5 years? Wasn't it rumored that they drop a game back in 2016 (which would add up to the 3 years part)? That would mean they would have had to have done something since 2016 -late 2018
I live in Austin, and know people from an animation studio who know the Retro people. Was told this over a few beers. As far as I know, there is no second game. Just Prime 4. I would think concept art will come out at some point. The singing mechanic involved using songs to manipulate the environment.
Edit: Nvm then.
Tbh I'm not sure how I feel about this "singing mechanic" to manipulate environments. I guess it would've have to be something I saw to see if I liked. Kind of like Wind Waker you can change the direction of the wind. If it's short bit tunes like that or how. It's probably something we'll never know the details about.
Can't believe we just got the skinny on Retro's elusive secret project on a random Sunday lol
Lmao for real. All these years of investigation only to have this drop on a random Sunday.
This is some next level "My uncle who works at Nintendo"
This would be the second cancelled IP with music as a main mechanic. Using music as a gameplay mechanic seems hard to execute. Wandersong did it well imo, but that game had a relatively small scope. I'd imagine that the singing mechanics were extremely hard to execute on a AAA level.
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That actually looks so bad it's good thoughmusic to manipulate the environment?
couldn't be this bad at least
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Have I been playing so much LM3 that I actually turned into a ghost?
Well I'm glad that mechanic doesn't sound interesting to me. Helps me look towards the future.
So.. I been out of the loop, where do we stand?, a Direct on Wednesday would be wonderful as I got to start working on Thursday.
Who leaked what?, how are we calling this leak?, a year ago it was the Grinch. what are we betting? Please link me in, I dont see threadmarks!
Who leaked what?, how are we calling this leak?, a year ago it was the Grinch. what are we betting? Please link me in, I dont see threadmarks!
considering it's lineage, it was an affront to god
mediocre as fuck at best otherwise
No more Direct for this year. Terry could drop any time, the 7-11 stuff doesn't mean anything. Someone from Austin made some claims about Retro's cancelled pre-MP4 project. I checked through their post history, and I doubt they're trying to troll.
Which franchise is it from
I think there's still a second game, but they might've not known about it since they wouldn't want to talk about active games they were working on with outsiders.
If this Retro Studios Song RPG was true then I would have actually prefered Star Fox Grand Prix.
Are the NSMBU sales considered disappointing as well? Considering how much the series sold on the DS, Wii and 3DS.
I hate to say it, but there's a reason nintendo usually has a heavy hand when it comes to development. So far Retro has worked with IP's Nintendo created and you hear this singing idea and it doesn't sound so good. This is with Nintendo letting them do what they want. Now they're back to Metroid Prime 4.
At least Next Level Games came up with a new IP in Mario Strikers, which was great.
At least Next Level Games came up with a new IP in Mario Strikers, which was great.
If the idea can be made fun, Nintendo has no problems with letting one of their partners venture off on their own like Grezzo with Ever Oasis or Intelligent Systems with Codename STEAM or Pushmo. Nintendo tends to cancel or pass on games that the developers struggle to turn into an engaging and fun concept. This sounds like this was the case. Retro came up with a fun idea Nintendo liked, but they spent years struggling to turn it into something people would actually want to play.
I imagine this is also why they turned down a lot of the concepts MonolithSoft presented them, there didn't really seem to be a way to make them fun. It's also why Project HAMMER was cancelled as the developers couldn't settle on a way to make the game fun (That, and the incompetent management at the studio).
Nintendo should have never let Monster Games go, they could have easily made the final entry in the Returns trilogy considering how much they contributed to previous releases.
Monster Games wanted to leave, so they could work on Nascar games. They probably wouldn't have wanted to work on DK.
Also, I don't know why everyone seems to believe this whole singing thing. Seems sketchy to me.
That would most certainly be released on Switch 2. NLG are not really a quick studio.
Eh, things could have worked out better.
It doesn't seem sketchy. Someone from Austin with only 11 posts makes it more believable
I think they could still manage one more late Switch release.
This doesn't make it believable at all. Anyone can make an account and say they're from Austin. More importantly, it doesn't even matter if they're from Austin or not! Just because someone's from the same city as Retro doesn't give them inside info on them.
I prefer Retro to do it. I want Next Level to make a game of another old series we haven't had in a while.
Who's this? Fun speculation
Nintendo Switch Lineup for the first half of 2020 will be
- Brain Training Switch
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions
- Metroid Prime Trilogy HD
- Animal Crossing New Horizons
- New Style Boutique 4 (probably renamed for Nintendo Switch)
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe
- Xenoblade Chronicles D.E
A New Donkey Kong Country will be one of the bigger games for Nintendo Switch next year. This time Retro Studios is not behind.
And Finally there is also another Metroid game that is coming late in 2020, a 2D Metroid. The plan is to make this franchise relevant again and secure good sales for Metroid Prime 4 (2021 at the earliest) releasing this and Prime Trilogy HD next year.
If you wonder what's going to happen to the Starfox franchise, if Captain Toad is gonna have a sequel, where is Wario Ware or what's next itineration on the Kirby's franchise...ask me after E3 2020.
Nintendo Switch Lineup for the first half of 2020 will be
- Brain Training Switch
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions
- Metroid Prime Trilogy HD
- Animal Crossing New Horizons
- New Style Boutique 4 (probably renamed for Nintendo Switch)
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe
- Xenoblade Chronicles D.E
A New Donkey Kong Country will be one of the bigger games for Nintendo Switch next year. This time Retro Studios is not behind.
And Finally there is also another Metroid game that is coming late in 2020, a 2D Metroid. The plan is to make this franchise relevant again and secure good sales for Metroid Prime 4 (2021 at the earliest) releasing this and Prime Trilogy HD next year.
If you wonder what's going to happen to the Starfox franchise, if Captain Toad is gonna have a sequel, where is Wario Ware or what's next itineration on the Kirby's franchise...ask me after E3 2020.
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Calling Fake.
IS making 2 3DS games is a stretch already, yeah they could make someone else do the Paper Mario remake. But I think IS would make 2 Fire emblem games instead of combining both of them. They didn't put Marth games together and those are direct sequels.
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