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Nintendo Throws Out Metroid Prime 4 Work, Restarts With Retro Studios (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the patience-is-a-virtue dept.

Nintendo is essentially restarting development on the highly anticipated Metroid Prime 4, saying the game as it currently exists "has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series." Ars Technica reports: The surprise announcement comes from Nintendo General Manager for Development Shinya Takahashi. He said in a YouTube video posted this morning that current Metroid Prime 4 producer Kensuke Tanabe will begin "collaborating" on the game with Retro Studios, the studio responsible for the original Metroid Prime trilogy. Tanabe has previously worked as producer on multiple Retro-developed Metroid Prime titles.

"The current development status of the game is very challenged and we have made a very difficult decision as a development team," Takahashi said in the subtitled video. "We have decided to reexamine the development structure and change it." "This change will essentially mean restarting development from the beginning, so the completion of the game will be delayed from our initial internal plan," Takahashi continued. "It will be a long road until the next time we will be able to update you on the development progress, and development time will be extensive."

77 comments

  1. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    first

    1. Re: first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      First what? First loser? First rapper at a poetry slam?

    2. Re: first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes. Here is what I want to rap at the poetry slam. Is it too dorky?

      I close my eyes and I can see
      A world that's waiting up for me that I call my own
      Through the dark, through the door
      Through where no one's been before
      But it feels like home
      They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
      They can say, they can say I've lost my mind
      I don't care, I don't care, if they call me crazy
      We can live in a world that we design
      'Cause every night, I lie in bed
      The brightest colors fill my head
      A million dreams are keeping me awake
      I think of what the world could be
      A vision of the one I see
      A million dreams is all it's gonna take
      Oh, a million dreams for the world we're gonna make
      There's a house we can build
      Every room inside is filled with things from far away
      Special things I compile
      Each one there to make you smile on a rainy day
      They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
      They can say, they can say we've lost our minds
      See, I don't care, I don't care if they call us crazy
      Run away to a world that we design
      'Cause every night, I lie in bed
      The brightest colors fill my head
      A million dreams are keeping me awake
      I think of what the world could be
      A vision of the one I see
      A million dreams is all it's gonna take
      Oh, a million dreams for the world we're gonna make
      However big, however small
      Let me be part of it all
      Share your dreams with me
      We may be right, we may be wrong
      But I wanna bring you along to the world I see
      To the world we close our eyes to see
      We close our eyes to see
      Every night, I lie in bed
      The brightest colors fill my head
      A million dreams are keeping me awake
      I think of what the world could be
      A vision of the one I see
      A million dreams is all it's gonna take
      A million dreams for the world we're gonna make
      For the world we're gonna make

    3. Re: first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      First butthurt n1gger

    4. Re: first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      First loser, then.

  2. I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So really who cares?

    1. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Blasphemy

    2. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      (Thumb down)

    3. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      What rock have you been living under? Or are you just that young?

      Metroid Prime was the killer app of the Gamecube/X-Box/Playstation 2 generation. Metroid had much better single player gameplay than Halo, while Halo's gameplay lent itself better to multiplayer and actually had multiplayer. By the next console generation (Wii/360/PS3), it was all about the (online) multiplayer, and Samus all but vanished outside of Smash Bros.

      Metroid stars Samus Aran, who is part Lara Croft, part Boba Fett/Master Chief. Metroid Prime is part Tomb Raider, part Halo.

    4. Re:I never heard of Metroid by LordKronos · · Score: 2

      That's a really good question. Who DOES care whether or not you've heard of Metroid?

    5. Re:I never heard of Metroid by dstyle5 · · Score: 1

      I do. :) The first Metroid Prime was fantastic. Haven't played the 2nd one yet. Third one was a bit disappointing. Hoping Retro can get back MP 1's form. One of my fav games of all time.

    6. Re:I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Echoes was every bit as good as original Prime great. Give it a try.

    7. Re:I never heard of Metroid by mukinrestak · · Score: 1

      Two was about as good as One was, and is absolutely worth playing. I'd personally suggest playing the trilogy collection on Wii since the Wiimote controls were a big improvement over the Gamecube control scheme. You didn't have to lock on to strafe, and aiming felt perfect. It's a shame no other first person games on Wii quite got the controls as perfect as the Metroid Prime Trilogy did.

    8. Re: I never heard of Metroid by aliquis · · Score: 1

      Don't you guys have Nintendos?

    9. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      More like Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and Lora Croft

    10. Re: I never heard of Metroid by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      "Metroid Prime was the killer app of the Gamecube/X-Box/Playstation 2 generation."

      What? False by any measure. Halo outsold it, if it were so great then they would have sold a lot more GameCubes, the graphics looked antiquated from day one because the cube was slow, etc. And having played both, play control was vastly better in Halo. It didn't hurt Halo that GC controllers were garbage, either.

      "Metroid Prime is part Tomb Raider, part Halo."

      Metroid prime was part Duke nukem forever, part marathon 2, in that the graphics sucked and the gameplay was disappointing.

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    11. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Different AC but jesus christ lmao, you have to be trolling. I feel sorry for your parents if you aren't. :D

    12. Re:I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I will echo the other two comments (see what I did there) and recommend that you try MP2 if you want another experience like MP1. It's great, even better in some ways. It is definitely more difficult though, but for some that's actually a welcome treat.

    13. Re: I never heard of Metroid by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      Different AC but jesus christ lmao, you have to be trolling.

      I owned both consoles, and both games... I both win and lose :/

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    14. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The graphics were awesome for the time, and the console not slow as it had 60fps and 30fps games.
      It's long ago enough most people were probably still playing multiplayer/party games on the N64, and soccer games on the PS1.

      PC games ran at higher res than console games, better textures, bigger (but not always) levels or game worlds, high framerate if you had a great CPU.. but often had no special graphics effects as they ran on TNT2, Voodoo3, Geforce 2MX, Radeon 1 level hardware. (fixed function hardware). Games like Serious Sam, or those on Quake 3 engine.

      Gamecube had limited texture-based effects like fur and grass in Star Fox Adventures. PS2 had transparencies and blurs or perhaps was able to spam particle effects impractical on other hardware. PC did 1024x768 at 60 fps or more if you had the right hardware (there was no reason to be fixated on this specific number, until LCDs) and higher texture detail.

      -----

      I did not address the game Metroid Prime. Well, I liked it, though sometimes the difficulty was nice (one hard boss, and figuring out where you have to go), other times all too easy (regular enemies are push overs, you're too powerful from all the upgrades, exploration becomes too easy - you get an upgrade that allows to go in or near lava, so go to the area full of lava)

      I never got to play the sequel. The whole console was killed too early. My mom bought a Wii. There were Gamecube controller connectors on it, but I didn't even know it at the time, they're hidden behind a panel. I even thought DVD slot drives were unable to read 8cm CD/DVD. I was an expert on computer hardware (well, building and setting up and wiring up PCs and home networks etc.) but it wasn't obvious to me I could play the Gamecube library on the Wii. I probably did not care enough but I think Nintendo fucked this one up.

    15. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Spacelem · · Score: 1

      The graphics were good enough to do the job, and to my eye they still look perfectly decent. The GC may have been slower than contemporary consoles, but graphics are just one (IMO pretty minor) part in what makes a game good (e.g. Thief graphics are terrible by today's standards, and yet it's still a better game to play than a lot of modern AAA titles).

      And what do you mean "GC controllers were garbage"? It was one of the most comfortable and pleasant controllers ever released for a console, and I was pretty disappointed in the Wiimote in comparison.

    16. Re: I never heard of Metroid by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      "And what do you mean "GC controllers were garbage"? It was one of the most comfortable and pleasant controllers ever released for a console"

      It was too small and the angle at which you had to hold it was too narrow, and it had too few buttons and the buttons were both oddly shaped and weirdly placed. I have adult-sized hands though, so perhaps that's why I'm so emphatic about it. It seems like it was okay for children. Sadly, only Microsoft has ever made a controller for adults, and they discontinued it because they only wanted to make one controller at a time, and the smaller one takes up less shelf space. But regardless, most lists of the gaming industry's worst controllers include GameCube.

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      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    17. Re: I never heard of Metroid by Spacelem · · Score: 1

      I don't have large hands, but they're not tiny (23 cm handspan). I rate the GC controller as my favourite ever console controller (the wireless Wavebird is the best), and I'm genuinely surprised that they aren't highly rated.

      That said, a quick check of a few websites ranking console controllers shows that it's pretty subjective, and the GC doesn't seem to appear on any of the worst controller lists.

  3. Ouch. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Harsh-u desu neeee!

  4. So like... Metroid sequel without the wall? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Isn't that the EXACT deal Trump was faced with 35 days ago before he killed the US growth and put millions of Federal workers in food bank lines, causing evictions and job losses and massive dysfunction?

    Best kompromat ever! Putin got his fucking money's worth that's for sure. How else could the Russian President have shut down the US government for 35 days?

    Oh yeah and fuck Nintendo. DRM squatters at their 80's best. Go back to 8 bits where you made sense.

    1. Re:So like... Metroid sequel without the wall? by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      You're starting to reek of desperation.

    2. Re: So like... Metroid sequel without the wall? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When did you notice that?

    3. Re: So like... Metroid sequel without the wall? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Make Zebes great again!

    4. Re: So like... Metroid sequel without the wall? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      #NeverRidley

    5. Re:So like... Metroid sequel without the wall? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When Trump wins in 2020, please kill yourself.

  5. Worked for Capcom by rsilvergun · · Score: 1

    and Resident Evil 2

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    1. Re: Worked for Capcom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thatâ(TM)s because fans are hardcore dedicated to RE, they dont buy movie tickets to studios.

    2. Re:Worked for Capcom by mentil · · Score: 1

      Also Blizzard and Overwatch. It started out as an MMORPG called 'Titan' but the assets got reused for a completely different type of game. Blizzard and Nintendo have similar reputations for all of their games being extremely polished and high-quality. I'm sure Nintendo doesn't want another 'Other M', and would rather start over than run the franchise into the ground. It's already pretty coolly received in Japan, and noone at Nintendo wants to touch it since its creator Gunpei Yokoi died. Mercury Steam did a great job with Samus Returns, so maybe they would've been a better choice than Retro Studios for new ideas, although I don't fault Nintendo for not wanting to risk restarting development twice.

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    3. Re: Worked for Capcom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There was never a game called Other M. Just like there was no Last Airbender Movie nor a war in Ba Sing Se

  6. GAME OVER PLAYER TRUMP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    I'm sorry, do you think I'm the Donald? That's insulting AF but either way I assure you, I didn't just cave to Nancy Pelosio, I call her Nancy, nope. It was the no-armed "man" whose "full responsibility for the shutdown" is his epitaph.

    Continue your caterwauling. I expect much more vitriol for the stinging truth I bring to your tears. It's all my fault. I force you to consider that you backed a traitor who just admittedly killed the US economy by himself.

    And then caved. Oh, the tiki torchers and Lindsay are going to be tho upthet, wat wascally Donald has done to their beautiful trophy wall...

    It begs the question... how many times did Roger Stone suck Putin's cock, and was Trump's bigger or smaller? Seriously he won't testify, we'll never know.

    1. Re:GAME OVER PLAYER TRUMP by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      Do you even remember who you're trying to troll?

    2. Re: GAME OVER PLAYER TRUMP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I figure you scored in some low percentiles which meant you got accepted to farmers univ of central Kansas. Then flunked out and had to take a job welding scrap metal and selling meth. It is the only thing that explains your immature attitude. You probably voted for trump and now wish you had not.

  7. Hey Narcothide... you're a stable genius right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ever heard of the striessand 'ffect, bruh? Lol moron. See you in prison too someday bitch traitor.

    1. Re:Hey Narcothide... you're a stable genius right? by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      Oh, I'm a genius alright, but nothing even approaching stable. You'd best BTFO.

    2. Re:Hey Narcothide... you're a stable genius right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      You think you're a genius? Lol, too much fun! Like for rilly, like Trump thinks he's "best at military" and "knows more about technology than anybody"? Should we take your word? Maybe... some tests could prove that?

      Lol oh how I love where your undeserved pride in willful ignorance is taking you right now. You seem so... smart, that's the word.
         

    3. Re:Hey Narcothide... you're a stable genius right? by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      Yea, maybe you're right. Or, maybe I'm just bored and lonely, and by feeding me more attention you're playing right into my nefarious plot. But then, you wouldn't mind being my pawn. You like being a pawn of just any random person who comes walking by, don't you? So in this way we are actually helping each other out, comrade.

  8. Federal workers missing 2 paychecks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...saw the desperation. Finally, finally, 34 fucking days too late, common sense prevailed... either that or someone was plummeting in the polls and is now blamed 65% to 26% for the shutdown. Whichever plays better to the base.

    Go fuck yourself traitor, people were kicked out of their fucking homes, lost their jobs, kids fucking went hungry and rape kits piled up untested and the suspects went uninvestigated. GO FUCK YOURSELF TRAITOR APOLOGISTS.

    You deserve to share the gallows with the traitor.

  9. Cool. by RyanFenton · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As long as it's less like 'Other M', and more like any of the Prime games eventually - then great.

    It's somewhat odd - but when the original creator went back to the series, taking over after the prime series, he really made a mess out of the character and her motivations.

    It's nice to see that they seem to be learning that lesson, and putting it more in the hands of ILM, and less in the hands of 'Lucas' himself in this case.

    The whole point of Samus was she showed how little gender in a trained warrior should matter, kicking butt in power armor says all you need. Flashbacks to childhood and freezing before a critter you already killed like 5 times is NOT adding to that character, and not anywhere worth taking away gameplay control. And that's just like 1% of the things wrong that debacle.

    Ryan Fenton

    1. Re:Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's somewhat odd - but when the original creator went back to the series, taking over after the prime series, he really made a mess out of the character and her motivations.

      Are you talking about Makoto Kano or Hiroji Kiyotake. Oh, right, no, you're probably talking about Yoshio Sakamoto who was definitely a key game designer of Metroid but didn't really make Samus Aran--and for some reason this conversation has happened before. In any case, even when original creators are involved in a series, they often either don't know what was the original spark of the series or are too interested in making something new or different to focus on giving the audience what they want. For that, I have no problem if what they do is done well. That's why I'm very tolerant of Metroid Prime even though in many ways it's radically different than the 2D Metroid series. Metroid: Other M's biggest flaw to me was too much story and too much movie much more than how bad the story or movie was.

    2. Re:Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Fuck you cunt.

      It's the azn man's character. Not your anglo cunt ass'

    3. Re:Cool. by sexconker · · Score: 2

      The characterization in Other M was entirely in line with how the character was portrayed in the manga, which is canon.

      Samus has had pretty much no other characterization outside of that.
      In the first 3 games you don't get squat for characterization.
      You finally start to get something with Fusion.

      Metroid Prime is not canonical. Aggressively so, in fact. It was considered to not be a "real" Metroid series. Until it sold well, then they walked that line back a bit. It's now a "real" Metroid series in a different timeline/reality/whatever. In Japan, this is "gaiden" status. It's a spin-off and is not treated with the same respect or held in the same regard as the main thing. Perhaps today's video, which included a shameful "we had to give it to the Americans because we can't do it right" admission means their attitude is changing in that regard.

      I'm sure we don't need to get into Hunters or Pinball. Zero Mission was a remake of the original and Samus Returns was a remake of Metroid II.

      The only other things we had for characterization were Nintendo Power comics and the Captain N TV show.

      The worst thing about Other M was the combat (the dodging mechanic made it pointlessly easy) and "the baby". The "pixel hunt" portions were dumb but I didn't have a problem dealing with them. In terms of characterization, it's the most we've ever gotten for the character in any of the games, by far. It's totally in line with what's canonical for the character. There's no reason to think Samus can't be afraid of Ridley, or shocked to see Ridley again, or shocked to realize that the stupid little bird thing turned out to be Ridley / Ridley's clone / Super Mecha Cyborg Zombie Clone Ridley.

      But the Ridley reaction is the one concrete thing people go to all the time when they want to complain about the game. Because the complaint that they started out with - MISOGYNY - was too absurd to gain much traction. People literally complained that it was misogynistic that Samus, when working with a military unit, had to follow orders from her CO (a man) and not just unload with all her fucking weapons. It was a stupid plot device to prevent the use of her full arsenal at the start of the game, sure. But it's better than just starting her with the suit and no abilities (not even the fucking morph ball) every damned sequel. The characterization of her and Adam fits in with canon, and even ties into Fusion. Her reaction to Ridley fits, too.

      It all fits, whether you like it or not.

    4. Re:Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nobody gives a shit about the mangas.

    5. Re:Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Because the complaint that they started out with - MISOGYNY - was too absurd to gain much traction.

      Whether it's misogyny or not, there's plenty of elements about Other M that don't add up. From how short she is to how she so quickly turned to working with the military unit when she dislikes following orders. In fact, just about everything about Adam Malkovich in Other M comes across as whiny and the way he acts really doesn't jive with the person presented: "The real Adam would have said the same thing about that incident, but he would have softened the blow. He was relentless in his criticism, but he always cared... He was not a machine obsessed with duty. No such compassion could exist in that computer...". Yet in nearly every way, the computer in Metroid Fusion was the more caring and compassionate one than the real Adam in Other M.

      I could sort of accept that seeing Adam again she was flustered, but given that she left serving directly in the Federation under Adam precisely because she didn't like how things turned out being left under his command, it seems very confusing she'd be so quick to blindly follow him again. In fact, the very first part seems to indicate she wants to stay precisely because she realizes that she is capable in a way--say, overpowered--that leaves them rather defenseless. So, leaving it to Adam to eventually authorize usage or follow his direction on movements is precisely why so many people died and the whole situation played out yet again how it had in the past. How could she in Metroid Fusion continue to honor the man as some sort of "perfect military mind"?

      For Ridley, maybe that fits into the fear of yet more people dying and realizing that as powerful as she is, she hasn't yet to stop Ridley for good? Yet it's Anthony, not Adam, that comes to her rescue to knock her to her senses. And what does Adam do? Self-sacrifice by entering an area to kill the Metroids he presupposes are ice proof--yet the Metroids in Metroid Fusion are not, so it doesn't follow. Instead, it comes across almost as traitorous to debilitate Samus and simply suicide for no reason.

      Really, I encourage you to play through Other M and then play through Fusion. Do you simply see Samus growing up a bit (where oddly she seemed grown up in Metroid, Metroid 2, and Super Metroid)? Or do you see there being some gross disconnect in her reaction? You can say all you like the manga was canon, but for as much as the games had any story, it's clear the story in game has a very weird disconnect as if Other M occurred before Metroid even.

    6. Re:Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Flashbacks to childhood and freezing before a critter you already killed like 5 times is NOT adding to that character, and not anywhere worth taking away gameplay control.

      I remember how he whipped her in the beginning of the SNES game, so it fits.

      The whole point of Samus was she showed how little gender in a trained warrior should matter, kicking butt in power armor says all you need.

      The whole point of Samus was to cover her up with a robot suit so little boys didn’t get butthurt about playing a female character. Not that complicated.

      Alex Trebek

    7. Re:Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Canon" added 16 years later to try to justify the existence of the game in a market entirely indifferent to it, trying to push Fusion in Japan. It's notable that they never bothered to release the manga elsewhere. Changing the tone of the games to match the manga is a surefire way to kill the franchise in the West.

    8. Re:Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's a huge shame because the moment-to-moment gameplay was really fucking good. Some of the best in the series even. Samus felt amazing to control, both in combat and level traversal.

      But then they made the levels painfully linear, basically destroying the exploration aspect that Metroid was all about in the first place.

    9. Re: Cool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That must be why they gave all us little boys a run thru of the game with no helmet on showing us she was a girl. And that made us love the game more. So fuck off.

    10. Re:Cool. by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 1

      I remember how he whipped her in the beginning of the SNES game, so it fits.

      He tortured, murdered, and ate her parents in front of her when she was like six years old. While mocking her.

      On the other hand, she already killed him several times.

      Honestly, though, Ridley's entire species was wiped out by the GF because they were "too dangerous". He can regenerate from cells. I'm not surprised he's a vindictive sadist.

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  10. Troll? We're going to HANG you fucking traitors. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Do you even matter/lift, trait' bros? The government is open and Dick Stones are drowning in the river. Who cares what you think lol. Traitors will hang and there's nothing your deplorable punk traitor ass can do about it.

    Shut down again yabitch. Gallows gonna gallow, coal mines gonna close.

  11. Or maybe you're just a punk ass traitor bitch. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wow. That was as deep as I've ever heard a Trump defending traitor get, emotionally. I'm sure the boys at ADX are going to lend you a shoulder to cry on, cheer up. At least you won't be alone ever again.

    Not even shitting, not in the shower. Never ever. You've got it made for life now, Dick Stone.

    1. Re:Or maybe you're just a punk ass traitor bitch. by Shikaku · · Score: 1

      It's called a baitjob anon, learn what that means.

    2. Re:Or maybe you're just a punk ass traitor bitch. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So you HAVE heard of the Streissand effect, excellent. Then you know where he fucked up trying to make it all go away. Very nicely done.

    3. Re: Or maybe you're just a punk ass traitor bitch. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dance, monkey, dance!

  12. Re:Troll? We're going to HANG you fucking traitors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Waa Waa.. Poor basement dwellers (you) have no say so in the matter. Only rich important people have a say so. Understand?

  13. More like Metroid Prime 1 please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Varied environments/elements, a strong sense of isolation and mystery, exploration not the characters drove the story, limited cutscenes, decent pew-pews, solid visuals for the time...

    and THE ABILITY TO SCAN EVERY DAMN THING.

    Plus, it was one of the first games (and still one of the best) that used death animations + ragdolls (e.g., you shoot an enemy, he does his cool scripted death animation, and as he's falling to the ground at the end of the animation, it switches to ragdoll physics -- very effective implementation with little processing power needed).

  14. Man Nintendo... by skam240 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Man Nintendo, I love you. Rather than release a pile of crap on us you've chosen to lose in the short term to keep the franchise strong in the long term. Not only is it proper business sense (if you can afford to just scrap a half way done game of course) but it's showing proper respect for your fan base. Sure, it'd been better if the Metroid they've been developing was actually good and we had a more timely release but at least they have the integrity to not feed us garbage.

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    1. Re:Man Nintendo... by sexconker · · Score: 2

      Rather than release a pile of crap on us you've chosen to lose in the short term to keep the franchise strong in the long term.

      Keep in mind they released fucking Metroid Prime: Federation Farce. They can't care too much.

    2. Re:Man Nintendo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They do read reviews and listen to their fans and do change over time. They can't afford to screw up Metroid again, it's a big money maker for them.

    3. Re:Man Nintendo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      MP:FF was a spin-off. Retro, who's developing Metroid 4 now, was the original Metroid Prime developer (1-3). This is the best news possible for this situation. The reason they were passed over before was because they were developing other titles. But now that this situation occured, the timing is right.

    4. Re:Man Nintendo... by _merlin · · Score: 1

      But do they still have the team that developed the original Metroid Prime trilogy? Game developers are highly mobile, and the studio may have lost the talent that made the Prime trilogy what it was.

    5. Re:Man Nintendo... by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      Not only is it proper business sense (if you can afford to just scrap a half way done game of course) but it's showing proper respect for your fan base.

      I don't understand. Why not just say it's the greatest game ever and publish it.
      - Todd Howard.

    6. Re:Man Nintendo... by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      Quite a bit of the original talent has indeed moved on since the Wii days when the third installment was released.

  15. Re:Troll? We're going to HANG you fucking traitors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What's he going to spend it on but prison cantina snacks? They don't even have hamberders in ADX Florence. Prison is going to SUCK for a germaphobe traitor used to having his way, including fucking his daughter.

    In prison? HE'S the Ivanka. The inmates are going to put their swollen black, mexican and Islamic cocks into Trump the traitor's asshole in prison, along with his bitch beta traitor sons. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND LOL.

    Don't drop the soap, Roger. You're set for LIFE bitch traitor lol.

  16. Hey EA! by ArhcAngel · · Score: 1

    Hey EA and Ubisoft! THIS IS HOW A QUALITY COMPANY DOES THINGS. Please take note. Oh who am I kidding? EA is the Beelzebub of game companies.

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    "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
    1. Re:Hey EA! by mentil · · Score: 1

      Not true. Beelzebub gives you something you want when you sell him your soul.

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      Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
    2. Re:Hey EA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Exactly.

      I'm starting to get a Jurassic Park vibe from Metroid. Oh, wait, the dinosaurs are back for the eighth time because we didn't learn our lesson the previous 7 times. I wasn't sure whether I'd hop on the Metroid train again. However, this behavior needs to be rewarded.

      Anyone remember Assassin's Creed: Unity?

    3. Re:Hey EA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I posted a link to the wrong video. Meant to link to this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZDs1AR9qh8.

  17. At least by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm pretty sure Nintendo didn't want to make another metroid, but fans rule and Nintendo do deliver... sometimes... mostly with half-assed products but is a company that values it's fan base... sometimes. (Even if is crap I'll buy it).

  18. Re: Troll? We're going to HANG you fucking traito by aliquis · · Score: 1

    I agree we the story just not who's who.

  19. Nintendo = Seal of quality VS Valve = Sewage pool by aliquis · · Score: 0

    Yet Valve will push the "empowering users" story or whatever.
    I don't want ideological censorship but I don't know if it's a great idea to let all garbage in. Sure one can advertise it less and no one is forced to buy it but the market has failed once before ...

  20. H1b's at it again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So apparently Nintendo has their crop of H1b's too, like EMC, Oracle, IBM, etc.
    Good for them!

    Just doing the needful!

  21. No Love by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I get it that people like prime, but why no legacy love for Metroid like Mario got? Seriously, look how well Samus Returns sold (and was received). We're so hungry, we'll take old maps and storylines with new cut scenes and graphics.

    While we're at it, Hey Konami, where's Castlevania?