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[staindgrey]

Current Prime 4 development is being scrapped and restarted with Retro assisting with development.

Wow.

How ****ing badly was it going that they needed to publicly announce they're starting over?

Also now I'm curious as hell what Retro's been doing for the last three years if they're just sitting around available to work on this.

 

[PsySmasher]

will we get a Pikmin 4 video?!

When they officially reveal Pikmin 4.

 

[Deleted member]

will we get a Pikmin 4 video?!

Miyamoto walks up to the camera, shrugs, and says:

"I don't know man, it's like, maybe in development? Anyways, NSMBU Deluxe is a pretty neato game."

 

[PLATINUM7]

Goes on to YouTube while getting ready for work.
Sees Metroid Prime 4 development update
Oh no, it' been cancelled hasn't it?
Sees like/dislike ratio
Hmm, maybe it's actually good news
Nintendo is all about quality
Oh **** it has been canned
We weren't happy with it's development
Oh **** oh **** oh ****
So we're restarting it's development with the original studio
...
Well at least we got updates on both MP4 and Retro.

One good thing from this, is that it indicates Nintendo still has faith in Retro. After rumours that they were in trouble, had a cancelled title and was just overall run poorly, seeing Nintendo get them for MP4 is a good sign. Still, I have to wonder how many of the orignal MP trilogy team will be returning.

 

[Knight Dude]

Metroid Federation Force was just poorly timed I think. Much like putting in Bad-Boxart Mega Man in Street Fighter X Tekken, had the series not been at a low point/lull at the time, no one would really bat an eye. It's not like either game was a complete trainwreck like Sonic 06/Superman 64, although they DID have seperate issues, it wasn't absolute garbage. Seeing it as a mostly quirky thing or some harmless spin-off. With the lack of any "substantial"/main content, obviously more people are gonna feel burned.

Picking an unfitting artstyle also didn't help. Metroid, unlike Zelda almost always had a more serious or grounded artstyle. Rather than jumping between that and more cartoony styles every few games. Seeing how Hunters on the OG DS looked good for what it was, I think they should have made a sequel to that game instead, or at the very least, offered similar aesthetics. And mind you, Wind Waker failing to impress, regardless of what you think of the game(I personally like it, and Twilight Princess the most for the 3D titles), was a hit the Gamecube never recovered from.

Not that people should get as salty as they got, sometimes you gotta be patient. But I'm not exactly gonna comfort a corporation either.

 

[staindgrey]

One good thing from this, is that it indicates Nintendo still has faith in Retro. After rumours that they were in trouble, had a cancelled title and was just overall run poorly, seeing Nintendo get them for MP4 is a good sign. Still, I have to wonder how many of the orignal MP trilogy team will be returning.

Something to note. Retro is being brought on to help. By how I understand it, they aren't leading the project.

Considering Nintendo made this announcement public-- a rarity for these sorts of projects-- announcing that Retro would be assisting is totally a PR move. And if they didn't have much faith in Retro's current management or staff, bringing them on as extra grunt work to speed up the process while severely limiting their creative input could be one way to best use the name brand to their advantage without actually putting the game in their hands.

I don't think there are many left on the team who had anything to do with the original trilogy. But I do love DKCR:TR. So I'll be content for now and wait to see more.

Side note, I wonder if that leaked MP Trilogy for Switch listing was a result of this decision, to placate thirsty Metroid fans for awhile. I wonder if that was Retro's most recent project: to port it over and familiarize their current team with the games inside and out.

Hm.

 

[The Prankster 16]

I feel like that Prime 4 update kinda shoots down the possibility of a Direct soon. I feel like this would have been saved for something like that, and announcing one soon after this announcement would be... Odd.

I don't think this brings down the chances for a direct at all, as this is a more serious topic, so it would not be fitting in a direct to go from "What wacky new people will you discover in Yo-Kai Watch 3?" to "I'm sorry to tell you that MP4 will not be coming out until 2024."

 

[Knight Dude]

Something to note. Retro is being brought on to help. By how i understand it, they arent leading the project.

Considering Nintendo made this announcement public-- a rarity for these sorts of projects-- announcing that Retro would be assisting is totally a PR move. And if they didn't have much faith in Retro's current management or staff, bringing them on as extra grunt work to speed up the process while severely limiting their creative input could be one way to best use the name brand to their advantage without actually putting the game in their hands.

I don't think there are many left on the team who had anything to do with the original trilogy. But I do love DKCR:TR. So I'll be content for now and wait to see more.

Side note, I wonder if that leaked MP Trilogy for Switch listing was a result of this decision, to placate thirsty Metroid fans for awhile. I wonder if that was Retro's most recent project: to port it over and familiarize their current team with the games inside and out.

Hm.

You bring up some good points.

I do hope the Trilogy does end up on Switch, if only because the only Prime game I didn't play was 3. So I want the chance to finish it.

 

[Deleted member]

Welp and here I thought MP4 was coming out late this year lmao

 

[Deleted member]

Screw your Metroid Prime 4 delays
Breath of the Wild's Development cycle be darned
AFTER 3 AND A HALF YEARS, SOPHIEGTV FINALLY UPLOADED LPS POPULAR #29
Edit: Oh ****, did I break the thread again?
Oh **** I broke the thread
aaaaah I'm sorry

 

[MetaGiga]

Screw your Metroid Prime 4 delays
Breath of the Wild's Development cycle be darned
AFTER 3 AND A HALF YEARS, SOPHIEGTV FINALLY UPLOADED LPS POPULAR #29
Edit: Oh ****, did I break the thread again?

You think that’s bad? Kingdom Hearts 2 came out when I was 7. I’m 21 now

 

[Momotsuki]

Y'know what would be a cool spirit battle? First, you fight a Green Zero Suit Samus in Omega Living room. When she's defeated, a giant Monochrome Kirby spawns in her place and must be fought.

 

[Deleted member]

You think that’s bad? Kingdom Hearts 2 came out when I was 7. I’m 21 now

Oh yeah
Well, you know what they say: you win a game that was in development for years, you lose a game to a delay.
That's totally how the saying goes, right?

 

[Pyra]

I hope FP season two has Shaggy Rojo in it.
The only Dragon Ball character that deserves to be in tbh

 

[MetaGiga]

Oh yeah
Well, you know what they say: you win a game that was in development for years, you lose a game to a delay.
That's totally how the saying goes, right?

Jokes aside, I’m happy it’s out. Even though I feel old now

 

[Deleted member]

Agh this reminds me that I have to wait like another 5 years before the next big 3D Zelda game oof

 

[KingofKoopas]

Meanwhile in Half-Life 3..

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

You think that’s bad? Kingdom Hearts 2 came out when I was 7. I’m 21 now

then we had to wait 14 years for 3
and probably another 14 for 4

 

[MetaGiga]

Agh this reminds me that I have to wait like another 5 years before the next big 3D Zelda game oof

Oof yeah. But they keep getting better at least! So, that’s a plus.
Unless they decide to remake CGI. Then I’d cry

 

[Wyoming]

Agh this reminds me that I have to wait like another 5 years before the next big 3D Zelda game oof

Oh yeah? I have been waiting 14 years for F-Zero and have no idea how long I have to wait!

 

[Deleted member]

Meanwhile in Half-Life 3..

The difference is, Half-Life 3 was NEVER a thing

 

[Gyrom8]

Agh this reminds me that I have to wait like another 5 years before the next big 3D Zelda game oof

I don't know why it should take them this long but it probably will: they'll decide to make it from scratch again when they could just pull another MM

And speaking of waiting times, lol@ Pikmin's completely erratic release schedule (3 year gap, 9 YEAR GAP, 5 year gap and counting)

 

[Yoshisaurus Rex]

Zinith here’s your boy!

🍄 Yoshi 🦖 pic.twitter.com/cjXvUM0Rdw

— Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) January 25, 2019

 

[Curious Villager]

Meanwhile Kid Icarus fans still have another 18 years left to wait until their next sequel from Uprising, which came out about 7 years ago....
RIP

 

[Deleted member]

Zinith here’s your boy!

🍄 Yoshi 🦖 pic.twitter.com/cjXvUM0Rdw

— Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) January 25, 2019

I'm not gonna lie.
I'm a little scared.

 

[MetaGiga]

Now I’m imagining these in a remake

 

[Pakky]

Zinith here’s your boy!

🍄 Yoshi 🦖 pic.twitter.com/cjXvUM0Rdw

— Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) January 25, 2019

Now that's the shape of a friend :D

 

[Deleted member]

Now I’m imagining these in a remake

OMG, this brings back so many YTP memories. Did you ever watch Dinner Blaster? That's a classic!

 

[MetaGiga]

OMG, this brings back so many YTP memories. Did you ever watch Dinner Blaster? That's a classic!

YTPs were my first videos on YouTube!

 

[ccllr]

Popular opinion but also not very spread:

Spanish dub in the game is absolutely horrendous. I haven't heard of a single mexican player (and maybe latin players in general) who play the game in spanish. The problem is that Nintendo often thinks the Spanish language of Spain works for all regions and they prefer to save a couple of bucks instead of working properly on their products localizations.

Spain's voice acting is horrible. You can look for it on social media or ask any hispanic friend about it. And I'm not even talking exclusively about Smash, but it's also garbage in TV Shows, movies, cartoons, etc.

Please help. I've played in english since Brawl. At least Ultimate gave me the option to change only the language of the game instead of changing the language of the whole console.

I wanted to open a thread to ask for support of other latin smashers, but I know that is not going to work. I just wanted to get it out of my chest.

 

[Deleted member]

Popular opinion but also not very spread:

Spanish dub in the game is absolutely horrendous. I haven't heard of a single mexican player (and maybe latin players in general) who play the game in spanish. The problem is that Nintendo often thinks the Spanish language of Spain works for all regions and they prefer to save a couple of bucks instead of working properly on their products localizations.

Spain's voice acting is horrible. You can look for it on social media or ask any hispanic friend about it. And I'm not even talking exclusively about Smash, but it's also garbage in TV Shows, movies, cartoons, etc.

Please help. I've played in english since Brawl. At least Ultimate gave me the option to change only the language of the game instead of changing the language of the whole console.

I wanted to open a thread to ask for support of other latin smashers, but I know that is not going to work. I just wanted to get it out of my chest.

I'm really sorry about that...

 

[TMNTSSB4]

But the question is, are the Plant Gang really heroes?

Of course they are

Meanwhile in Half-Life 3..

Still has a better chance in getting a 3rd game than getting any new games

Zinith here’s your boy!

🍄 Yoshi 🦖 pic.twitter.com/cjXvUM0Rdw

— Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) January 25, 2019

not realistic and actually cute

Meanwhile Kid Icarus fans still have another 18 years left to wait until their next sequel from Uprising, which came out about 7 years ago....
RIP

Smash is the long term epilogue for Kid Icarus, so Smash is now kind of a Kid Icarus spin-off (using both the og game and Brawl to connect with Uprising and then connecting Uprising to Sm4sh and Ultimate adds more lore in)...so there shall be no RIP to

when Sakurai is keeping them alive and relevant without a sequel and had Uprising as a finale to the series while making new lore to the canon that also expands the series (RIP to and most of the that died a decade ago).

 

[RyuhoFox]

Meanwhile with the delay of MP4 we now have about as much info on that as we do on Bayonetta 3. Btw where is my Bayonetta 3 info Nintendo? NINTENDO? NINTENDO?!!

 

[Deleted member]

Zinith here’s your boy!

🍄 Yoshi 🦖 pic.twitter.com/cjXvUM0Rdw

— Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) January 25, 2019

That actually looks really good.

...I am both intrigued and scared by what Inkling would look like in this style.

 

[ccllr]

Popular opinion but also not very spread:

Spanish dub in the game is absolutely horrendous. I haven't heard of a single mexican player (and maybe latin players in general) who play the game in spanish. The problem is that Nintendo often thinks the Spanish language of Spain works for all regions and they prefer to save a couple of bucks instead of working properly on their products localizations.

Spain's voice acting is horrible. You can look for it on social media or ask any hispanic friend about it. And I'm not even talking exclusively about Smash, but it's also garbage in TV Shows, movies, cartoons, etc.

Please help. I've played in english since Brawl. At least Ultimate gave me the option to change only the language of the game instead of changing the language of the whole console.

I wanted to open a thread to ask for support of other latin smashers, but I know that is not going to work. I just wanted to get it out of my chest.

Forgot to add: The sad and frustrating part is that when Nintendo/Namco sees the game's stats (assuming they are smart enough to track that kind of data from their games) they are going to see that very little latin players play the game in spanish and they are going to say: UHH!!! SO THEY DON'T LIKE OUR POOR LOCALIZATION! SO NO MORE SPANISH, ATTEMPTS TO LOCALIZE OR EVENTS IN THOSE REGIONS AT ALL! or some twisted **** like that. It makes me so mad.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Meanwhile with the delay of MP4 we now have about as much info on that as we do on Bayonetta 3. Btw where is my Bayonetta 3 info Nintendo? NINTENDO? NINTENDO?!!

Hopefully Nintendo/Sega/Platinum give us some updated info once there’s the first direct of 2019 or at worst E3

 

[Deleted member]

Hmm...Potentially interesting stuff on MP4.

If true, that definitely explains why development was going poorly. A game this big needs to be kept under one house and supervised heavily so that quality control can be maintained. Very happy Nintendo made the decisions they did if this is what legit went down.

 

[Masked Marshmallow]

Zinith here’s your boy!

🍄 Yoshi 🦖 pic.twitter.com/cjXvUM0Rdw

— Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) January 25, 2019

This is way better than what I expected, and actually cute.

 

[Deleted member]

This is way better than what I expected, and actually cute.

That actually looks really good.

...I am both intrigued and scared by what Inkling would look like in this style.

not realistic and actually cute

Am I the only one who's scared

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Am I the only one who's scared

Guess you are...can assume Zinith womt be intimidated