1UP:
Ten years ago, Nintendo's Metroid series returned to action after a nearly decade-long sabbatical. The series had helped define the NES, Game Boy, and Super NES with its uncharacteristic (for a Nintendo first-party title) blend of serious sci-fi aesthetics, exploratory game play, and twitch-based shooting action. Yet on the Nintendo 64 console, it was conspicuous in its absence; while the company brilliantly reinvented Metroid's fellow NES-era peers (Mario, Zelda) for a new generation of games, Metroid appeared to have been relegated to a footnote in history.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
I would love to see a Retro-made Legend of Zelda and/or a Retro-made Super Mario Bros (a 2d one, not a 3d one). They've proven their ability with the Metroid Prime series (and Nintendo is incompetent after making Metroid: Other M), and they proved their ability again with Donkey Kong Country Returns (and Nitendo is incompetent after wasting the Donkey Kong name on dozens of Jungle Beat, kart racing, and Mini Mario Donkey Kong games).
I think a Zelda or 2D Mario by Retro would only further show how out of touch Nintendo is with their own franchises.
Metroid Fusion was an epic game. Metroid Zero Mission wasn't as good, mostly based on the fact I completed it in about 2 hours gameplay =/
Retro Studio didn't out-Nintendo Nintendo, it turned further westernized Metroid into an FPS all while keeping it's Nintendo charm. The made it so it appeals to western gamers. I thought the first game was dead boring, but the other ones were pretty good (except for the 3's final boss battle).
I still wonder why people complain about Metroid: Other M. Prime too had pretty awkward controls when it first came out. Other M also tried to give Samus more of a personality and IMO, DOES NOT DEGRADE WOMEN. If people played through the game, they'd see clearly that she obeys him as a high officer (most likely out of old habit too). To have Samus be afraid and show human emotion against Ridley was also a good thing. Afraid or not, you still had to kill him off. So it's not like she just stood there and got herself killed out of fear. Emotion makes a character better rounded and not just be a walking death machine.
Metroid is a strong franchise over here and I do hope they continue making more games, either it be like Ninja Gaiden or like prime. Though, I'm guessing the next re-invention of Metroid will be in the 3rd person shooter cover system genre. If they mixed that with the ninja gaiden slick moves...it would be amazing. Best of both worlds.
Still waiting for a 2D Metroid for the current Generation. I doesn't even need to be "Metroid Dread", just a side-scrolling Metroid many people have come to know and love. 10 years since the last "original" 2D Metroid is far too long (8 for Zero Mission).