Mynintendonews:
Nintendo fans love Retro Studios so it comes as no surprise that a few were disappointed in the news that Retro is developing another Donkey Kong Country game, rather than a new entry in the Metroid franchise. Miyamoto says that Nintendo really wants to leverage the capabilities of the esteemed developer, as he says that they are a very capable studio.
Currently, the original developers are credited via a generic slate.
It's safe to say that it's the original developers who conceptualised and built these games in such a way that they're worthy of a remaster or remake today. Even if they had nothing to do with the new iteration, the dev team behind a remaster would be nowhere without the original vision – and so, the original dev team deserves a place in the credits of a remaster. That's exactly how former Retro studios engineer Zoid Kirsch feels.
Depending on how long the credits are for the current team, I can see why it would be decided not to essentially double that.
How long or short credits are is irrelevant. Every man or woman who put their time into the creation of anything (tv, movies, animation etc too) should have their names stamped on it, no excuses.
Noone realistically sits and reads every name and actually thanks them, but it's important to the people involved to have it there for what small validation or thanks it brings them. A little thing they can show their friends and family for years to come and feel proud to have contributed to. Kind of like seeing your face for 1 frame in the crowd on TV at a football match and having your own little stamp to show you were there.
Without those original devs, there is no beloved game to remaster and put new names on. Disappointing Nintendo, do the right thing and patch it in.
The developer of Metroid Prime 4 has added some talent from Sony Santa Monica who spent over seven years with the company.
Retro Studios has hired more employees to work on Metroid Prime 4. These include VFX artists from Borderlands, Tomb Raider, and Battlefield V
Wait. I bought a Switch two years ago based on this announcement, and they are still hiring artists. FML. That is what I get for buying hardware based on hype.
"The new hires at Retro Studios have worked on some high profile stuff, so let’s take a look! Nicholas Wilson’s ArtStation account shows off some of his VFX work..."
"Since its first announcement back in 2017, Metroid Prime 4 has undergone an interesting development process to say the least. In January 2019, Nintendo decided to scrap work on the game in favor of handing over the project to Retro Studios. Obviously, we have received no words from either Nintendo or Retro Studios in regards to the game’s progression, but reports of the ever-growing all-star team surely brings hope."
Looks to me that this game is a minimum of two to three years of development away. They're still working on preliminary visuals. That puts it at around the 5 year mark for the system's age which is at or around the system life time. /SMH
who said this? You know they can bring people in for any stage of development right? Relax there.
@iQuasar - yep, and nowhere does it mention about the game being 2 - 3 years away from release. Literally it says that some people joined up to help with visual effects. You know the stuff that can be added towards the end of the development cycle.. just saying. Usually the worlds and assets are made before you worry about things like lighting or particle effects are worried about.
I'm not saying that it's releasing tomorrow, but I don't know where you got that estimate from.
I am getting that estimation from the fact that is known that development RESET in 2019. Given that AAA games are a minimum of 2 years development time. its safe to say with these announcements that the game is still a ways off from completion. 2-3 years with only 1 year into fresh development is a no-brainer.
@iQuasar - fair enough, I can accept that. I honestly hope they can just give us the Metroid Prime Trilogy remastered to tide us over with maybe a new 2D Metroid next year or something.
I just can't see this game meeting expectations, don't get me wrong it'll still be a good game just one a phenomenal one like the 3 previous games were.
Would love if Ninty could just remaster the first 3 for Switch.
Interesting to hear him say "as we've seen from the Metroid games" given that it's been announced they are working on Donkey Kong, and their last game was Donkey Kong.
I love Retro though, and look forward to whatever they are working on.
What that's a code wording for saying they want to buy Retro?
Give StarFox to Retro. I bet they'll give the series the comeback it needs.
They own Retro Studio's there 2nd party m8,like moonlith,and a few others.
It's interesting because when Retro first started out they were working on 3 or so games of no real specialty. Then Nintendo told them to stop all production, consolidate, and makes MPrime. Nintendo most likely didn't want to force Retro into doing something this turn around, to keep their relationship healthy.
A part of me wishes they made Metroid or a new IP, and the other part respects their decision and is glad DK is getting love near the beginning of the console. NIntendo EAD could've done it instead, but nothing will bring the past back.