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[Linkhero1]

This does not look good at all.

 

[Beelzebufo]

By the way you do realise that if this game bombs in sales, Nintendo is going to think

"Oh I guess no-one wanted a Metroid game despite asking for it"

Also people seem to forget this, Nintendo is also working on a 2D Metroid game. They stated this last year.

Maybe that would be for the best. More Donkey Kong that way.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

I would have been fine with this had the game been a less chibi, single player focused spin off revolving around the federation and their business. With a driven story.

That could have been cool.
Also as much as I like sakamoto, just drop the prime subtitle for anything metroid and unite the two universes together. Now we have two totally diferent federation suits and important secondary characters between one franchise and the other that would all work better in the same universe.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

You know, part of the reason they revived the Kid Icarus series was because of strong sales of the lack luster GBA port.

Just consider that when you hope this game bombs.

It really doesn't matter what anyone says.

Metroid is never a multimillion seller anyway, even at it's best.

This is metroid, apparently without either of the gameplays that people like, nor the character who is the face of the series.

This has "gonna bomb" written all over it.

 

[dmr87]

 

[freethoughtbubble]

Looks like a fun game. And yet I'm crushed that this is the only metroid related thing they showed. Retro is still in the business of making games right?

 

[Nia]

 

[Beelzebufo]

Holy shit

 

[Regiruler]

Hunters especially seems like significantly more effort went into it. That was one of the most technically impressive DS games.

Did you come to that conclusion on hunters by watching it blown up at 720p?
No?

Can we wait for hands-on impressions please?

The prime universe is cool. This is a good way to expand it without having to have samus jettisoned in for some bullshit reason.

 

[j.rob]

Wow. This hurts to see but at the same time I hope Nintendo see's this.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

Looks like a fun game. And yet I'm crushed that this is the only metroid related thing they showed. Retro is still in the business of making games right?

They released a game barely a year ago.

 

[TDLink]

I'm so sorry

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1063087

 

[Snkfanatic]

By the way you do realise that if this game bombs in sales, Nintendo is going to think

"Oh I guess no-one wanted a Metroid game despite asking for it"

Also people seem to forget this, Nintendo is also working on a 2D Metroid game. They stated this last year.

Idiotic GIF aside can you link to the source on this claim?

 

[AcademicSaucer]

I feel for NExt level games, I bet this game is fun as hell .

 

[hatchx]

I have faith in NL games to make a good game. It's probably going to be a fun game, but they musth ave expected branding it as a Metroid game. Really surprised they did that.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Well, it deserves it. Looks awful, by any standards, but then they slap the Metroid name on it. That's going to go over well with people who have been waiting 8 years for a decent game in the series.

 

[Duffman]

ouch

 

[Satch]

people like "lel if u want it to bomb its gonna kill the franchise how do you feel about that metroid fanboys?"

this is going to bomb no matter what creole voodoo we work on this game, have some common sense

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I have faith in NL games to make a good game. It's probably going to be a fun game, but they musth ave expected branding it as a Metroid game. Really surprised they did that.

If it was a new IP, it'd suffer STEAM fate.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Does any body even remember their names? I sure hell don't.

Weavel, Trace, Noxus, Samus, Kanden, Sylux, Spire

 

[KaneU]

What a waste of talent of Next Level... Couldn't they figure out something more appealing for them to work on...

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

I feel for NExt level games, I bet this game is fun as hell .

So do I. It's not their fault. But I'm glad people are sending the message to Nintendo that this is NOT what we wanted. Of course, they'll probably take it as no one being interested in Metroid. Sigh...

 

[Tathanen]

You guys dont understand how YouTube buffers the counter for new videos.

 

[suavelicious]

So what is Retro working on? And more importantly, when will we see it?

 

[Regiruler]

Please have circle pad pro support.

 

[Ashler]

As a Metroid fan this makes me sad... and angry and bitter.

 

[Sendou]

I feel for NExt level games, I bet this game is fun as hell .

Yup same here. Nintendo really did them no service by putting Metroid on the box.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

Even if this is a good game (it probably will be), I think we're seeing the death of the Metroid IP before our eyes. There is absolutely no way this game is a success sales-wise and Nintendo will simply let the franchise die. I'm really sad.

Again, does anyone pay attention to Nintendo? Metroid isn't done. A spinoff is a spin-off. I'm disappointed by the lack of a true metroid game but this spin-off means nothing for the future of the series unless this somehow becomes a big success.

 

[Struct09]

Not what I wanted out of Metroid, but since it's Next Level it will probably be a good game on its own. I'll do my exaggerated sigh now and see what it's like when it comes out.

 

[Hockey123]

You guys dont understand how YouTube buffers the counter for new videos.

The like to dislike ratio.

 

[rekameohs]

Did you come to that conclusion on hunters by watching it blown up at 720p?
No?

Can we wait for hands-on impressions please?

Excuse me? All I said was that Hunters was a technically more impressive game. It was used as the tech demonstration for the DS launch, for crying out loud. It clearly had a lot of effort put into it. Compare that with the incredibly brief mention this year, and just compare the visuals to something like Hyrule Warriors, or NLG's last game, Luigi's Mansion. There's just frankly a clear decline in the Metroid IP's importance in Nintendo's eyes.

We've gone from the days where Hunters and Prime 3 were the first games shown on their respective console, to this.

 

[ThisOne]

Game looks like garbage. Why even bother calling it a Metroid game?

 

[DarkLegion]

You guys dont understand how YouTube buffers the counter for new videos.

I think they're looking at the likes and dislikes

 

[MLH]

Don't worry I'm sure they'll shoe-horn a Samus model into the game with Amiibo support lol

 

[SpaceHorror]

I'm so sorry

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1063087

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

people like "lel if u want it to bomb its gonna kill the franchise how do you feel about that metroid fanboys?"

this is going to bomb no matter what creole voodoo we work on this game, have some common sense

What kind of person thinks that a FPS is gonna sell on 3DS?

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

Somebody asked for this. Who the fuck asked for this? We will find you.

 

[Tathanen]

The like to dislike ratio.

Aha, nm.

 

[Thorakai]

Almost every new thing Nintendo showed had really, really underwhelming trailers. This one in particular should not have been shown off like this without some follow-up to properly explain what is going on.

 

[Emperor_Uriel]

Welp, at least Other M now looks better by comparison... Damn it, Nintendo

NO.

Other M killed Samus, Nintendo is too embarrassed to return to her character.

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

Weavel, Trace, Noxus, Samus, Kanden, Sylux, Spire

You actually remembered or did you LOOK it up? Come one be honest with me

 

[Ushojax]

Idiotic GIF aside can you link to the source on this claim?

Shinya Takahashi, Nintendo:

So it has been a while since we released the last one and we're having discussions internally about what we can do next. So at this point we have two different types of Metroid games. We have the Prime style of Metroid game and we have the more traditional style of Metroid game. We feel that we do need to take care of both of these styles of play. And the hope is that at some point in the near future we'll be able to share something about them.

 

[MagiusNecros]

You actually remembered or did you LOOK you it up? Come one be honest with me

Didn't have to look it up. I know everything about Metroid just like the back of my hand.

 

[Hale-XF11]

Really bizarre how they initially announced Blastball, but didn't even mention the Metroid name being attached to it. It's like they knew we'd hate it, but didn't want us to know just yet, so as not to spoil the rest of the show.

 

[Verger]

Yeah, I feel bad for Next Level Games. They got stuck with this and they're probably excited to have worked on it. But the reaction is going to be depressing to them.

 

[CamHostage]

I guess I'm not against the cutesy / superdeformed approach to a Metroid game, but the look of this seems really off for a game from Next Level Games. They did a good job on Luigi's Mansion, and the 3DS is a plenty capable machine even if it does have its limitations, so I just don't understand why this doesn't have any kind of visual artstyle goal that I can understand. Hopefully it comes across better on a real 3DS than this, but I'm at a loss...

{SCRATCH - I thought they did PilotWings 3DS too but I got my Next Level and my Monster Games mixed up. Still generally a capable developer.}

 

[NimbusD]

Well, it deserves it. Looks awful, by any standards, but then they slap the Metroid name on it. That's going to go over well with people who have been waiting 8 years for a decent game in the series.

Why does it look awful? I'm completely dumbstruck at the Metroid franchise involvement, but it looks like it could be fun.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Why does it look awful? I'm completely dumbstruck at the Metroid franchise involvement, but it looks like it could be fun.

I mean it actually looks awful, like art and graphics wise.

 

[Sgt. Garlic]

So what is Retro working on? And more importantly, when will we see it?

I'm assuming they're working on something for NX. So next year probably.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Shinya Takahashi, Nintendo:

So it has been a while since we released the last one and we're having discussions internally about what we can do next. So at this point we have two different types of Metroid games. We have the Prime style of Metroid game and we have the more traditional style of Metroid game. We feel that we do need to take care of both of these styles of play. And the hope is that at some point in the near future we'll be able to share something about them.

Oh dear, and this is what they consider taking care of "the prime style".

Lord knows what they plan to do to equally murder the 2d style. Actually, should we just take that as Another M confirmation? God help us.