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Metroid Prime Federation Force Announced (Next Level, 3DS, 4 Player, Mission Based)
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The game is going to bomb on release and Nintendo is going to wonder why people don't buy Metroid.
Supermanisdead
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The Codename S.T.E.A.M. of 2015.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Because you want them to???
Spring-Loaded
Member
I am screaming.
No, because it's going to bomb like the Bikini Atoll.
evilromero
Member
Metroid Blast was pretty cool. But if it's a stand-alone title it would need to abandon the Mii/chibi characters I think.
mysteriousmage09
Member
What is this shit?
schaft0620
Member
What did everyone think was going to happen this year jesus, they made it pretty clear that the Wii U has a year left.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
If we didn't get all the games that """""bombed""""", we'd be missing out on some great titles.
ArchedThunder
Banned
This game will wish it had the "success" of Codename STEAM.
Probably expecting a Metroid swan song for the Wii U.
Either that, or nothing and launch the next one with Metroid.
What nobody expected was this.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Why should they cancel what is very likely going to be a great game from NLG?
I get it. This shouldn't have been a Metroid game. I'm with you there. But it's going to be a fun game. Next Level makes great stuff with Nintendo. I have absolutely no doubt that this game will be worth playing.
schaft0620
Member
Doesn't mean the next console won't have a Metroid its first year.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
The one thing I thought Nintendo would definitely have and it's so disappointing. UGHHHH
LOL, like that's going to happen.
That would have been an infinitely better idea. It was the best Nintendoland game for sure. Could have expanded on the gameplay, added online multiplayer in both co-op and versus modes and more and sold it for 29.99.
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
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Regarding Other M:I was hyped for it, bought it on release, and played it all the way through. To say that the game is anything but horribly flawed (though fun at times) is plain wrong. The story was amazingly bad, and I WELCOMED more story in Metroid. I'm the kind of guy who loves long cutscenes and plot, but Other M did pretty much nothing right. It comically (if not maliciously) misunderstood Samus as a character in both design and personality, and even reduced Adam from the cool character he was in Fusion to garbage.
Yes the combat was occasionally fun, but one of the game's biggest selling points was its story and it failed in that department hilariously. And the rest of the gameplay outside of combat was pretty bad with tons of invisible walls and pixel hunts. Not to mention the terrible control scheme that was forced by Sakamoto for no reason at all.
I wanted to like Other M.
Regarding Federation Force: If they'd taken the base idea (playing as Galactic Federation Troopers), and made it a Wii U competitive shooter, it could've really been cool. Especially with all the stage potential from Metroid world and zones. But as this 3DS game? It looks awful. I have faith that it will be fun, but it's still something absolutely no one wanted and is lame visually.
Yes the combat was occasionally fun, but one of the game's biggest selling points was its story and it failed in that department hilariously. And the rest of the gameplay outside of combat was pretty bad with tons of invisible walls and pixel hunts. Not to mention the terrible control scheme that was forced by Sakamoto for no reason at all.
I wanted to like Other M.
Regarding Federation Force: If they'd taken the base idea (playing as Galactic Federation Troopers), and made it a Wii U competitive shooter, it could've really been cool. Especially with all the stage potential from Metroid world and zones. But as this 3DS game? It looks awful. I have faith that it will be fun, but it's still something absolutely no one wanted and is lame visually.
AzureTranquility95
Banned
The petition is somehow marketing the game better than Nintendo is.
But at the end of the day it will get released, it will sell a dozen copies, and then everybody will forget it exists.
Yeah, it was pretty obvious Blast Ball was related to Metroid in some way. Anyone who refused to see that had a pretty serious case of denial.
This is a spin-off of the Prime-style games but it could be fun. I guess it could be like a Metroid-based Monster Hunter. I'm going to give it a chance and wait to hear more.
This is a spin-off of the Prime-style games but it could be fun. I guess it could be like a Metroid-based Monster Hunter. I'm going to give it a chance and wait to hear more.
ElectricBlanketFire
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The signatures shot up by the hundreds once that thread was posted.
evilromero
Member
You know, I'd be totally into a new Hunters game if it added a little more "Metroid-ness" to the single player. The original game wasn't bad by any stretch, it just felt less and less like a Metroid game the further you got into it.
Ugh people's reaction to this is embarassing.
No it isn't a new mainline Metroid title. It isn't supposed to be.
It's being developed by a company with a very good track record in making great games with Nintendo properties. Yes, this time they're making a spinoff to Metroid, but it isn't exactly something people should be expecting to be of low quality or garbage.
I would've rather have had a new mainline Metroid too but come on. To outright say the game isn't worth anything just because it's a Metroid spinoff and shoveling all this hate on it for this very reason is asinine. I mean, do people really want Nintendo to develop another mainline Metroid after Other M? I'll take a chibi-fied, baby-fied spinoff where you play robot soccer over that shit.
No it isn't a new mainline Metroid title. It isn't supposed to be.
It's being developed by a company with a very good track record in making great games with Nintendo properties. Yes, this time they're making a spinoff to Metroid, but it isn't exactly something people should be expecting to be of low quality or garbage.
I would've rather have had a new mainline Metroid too but come on. To outright say the game isn't worth anything just because it's a Metroid spinoff and shoveling all this hate on it for this very reason is asinine. I mean, do people really want Nintendo to develop another mainline Metroid after Other M? I'll take a chibi-fied, baby-fied spinoff where you play robot soccer over that shit.
There's actually a lot you can do with a Metroid FPS spin-off:
- Horde mode (with one of the scenarios being the Ing attack from MP2)
- Federation soldiers vs Space Pirates versus modes
- Asymmetric multiplayer (Samus/Dark Samus vs Space Pirates/Federation troopers)
Throw all that shit into one game, release it alongside a proper Metroid game. It probably wouldn't sell but it'd be pretty cool.
GameGuru59
Banned
I was going to post this in the petition thread, but since that got closed...
People need to realize that this expands the potential Metroid fanbase. It's like being against Mario Tennis just because its not a mainline Mario game. I wonder what people would have said in 1993 when Mario Kart was about to come out. "Urrghh! Why are they wasting time with a stupid Kart Racer! Lets make a petition to get it cancelled!" Further, with respect to the Metroid franchise itself, I wonder what these people would have said if they heard that some 2nd party that wasn't Rare was making a first-person Metroid game. I suspect the reaction would have been just as stupid.
Calm down people. What if they game is actually good?
People need to realize that this expands the potential Metroid fanbase. It's like being against Mario Tennis just because its not a mainline Mario game. I wonder what people would have said in 1993 when Mario Kart was about to come out. "Urrghh! Why are they wasting time with a stupid Kart Racer! Lets make a petition to get it cancelled!" Further, with respect to the Metroid franchise itself, I wonder what these people would have said if they heard that some 2nd party that wasn't Rare was making a first-person Metroid game. I suspect the reaction would have been just as stupid.
Calm down people. What if they game is actually good?
Zoloft Sonic
Member
This has been fascinating to watch.
People are disappointed that this is the form that Metroid brand is taking. The game is however, literally the only FPS, co-op or otherwise on the 3DS; a system that nobody thought could support one. It's going to surprise people.
People are disappointed that this is the form that Metroid brand is taking. The game is however, literally the only FPS, co-op or otherwise on the 3DS; a system that nobody thought could support one. It's going to surprise people.
There is already a petition to try and cancel this: Link
EDIT: Aaaaand thread closed. It was a good run.
No it wasn't.
Anyone who supports this does not like video games. There are plenty of fucking games that I don't like, but to wish cancellation upon them is just absurd.
Everyone who signed should be ashamed of themselves. If you don't like the game, don't fucking buy it.
This isn't going to expand the Metroid fanbase. That would require it to sell.
It's not the only FPS on the 3DS. The reason there aren't many 3DS FPS games is that the system is terrible for playing FPS on.
literally false
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
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Certainly, I've never been against this type of thing. Though it'd probably work best as a multiplayer mode to a mainline Metroid game, to try and make it more of a "full package".
I've always thought that a logical next step in the timeline (with Samus disobeying GF HQ at the end of Fusion), that a new game could have us playing as GF troopers hunting down Samus. It would give a cool new point of view and could provide some awesome boss fights with the bounty hunter herself
GameGuru59
Banned
It might expand it slightly, and that's not nothing.
ErrorMacro
Member
Metroid Prime Hunters at least was an ambitious game. It really tried to push the DS, and IMO is still one of the best 3D graphics on that system. Most of its problems are strongly linked to hardware limitations, such as the small scope of the game, linearity and repetition.
GameGuru59
Banned
Also, it's probably important to keep in mind the game has about a year to go in dev time. The graphics might improve. The gameplay looks fun, but those graphics almost look like N64 levels of Vaseline smearing.
ElectricBlanketFire
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The difference is we get Mario games all the time.
March of the Crabs
Member
Then you have a pretty good life...
I'd really like to know nintendo's thought process when green lighting something like this.
"oh people WOULD really love to play as a bunch of super deformed nameless federation soldier in a shitty 4 player coop arena based fps more than a real Metroid"
I mean seriously. And all that amiibo talk in the digital event, this company just doesn't cater to me anymore.
"oh people WOULD really love to play as a bunch of super deformed nameless federation soldier in a shitty 4 player coop arena based fps more than a real Metroid"
I mean seriously. And all that amiibo talk in the digital event, this company just doesn't cater to me anymore.
I actually like Prime Hunters than Corruption, in that the game design didn't feel forced and there was a lot of isolation.
dehalcyone
Banned
The Metroid part is what's off putting, maybe if there's a campaign and if that's decent it can be saved for me. I'm looking forward to blast ball though.
Did anyone else notice that dash in the trailer? WTF
Did anyone else notice that dash in the trailer? WTF
Mysterious
Banned
I just realized this is probably going to be a $39.99 game isn't it?
GameGuru59
Banned
Not mainline ones.
Again context. If the last Mario game we got was Sunshine I'm sure people would be mad at the newest game being Tennis.
I think we can all agree the petition is really stupid.
A Link to the Past
Banned
It's the designs too. Being early in development shouldn't give us weird cartoon character designs.
keisuke999
Member
I sighed so hard when this came on.
