Nintendojo: With a mixed bag of reviews for the controversial Other M, ranging from the blown away to the somewhat unimpressed, do we risk losing Samus to the depths of development hell again? I don’t know for sure but the mere idea fills with me with utter Dread.
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 think that if this game doesn't sell well, we'll have a few years with no Metroid, then Retro will get back on it, and take it to the next level again.
But the game is good, real good.
Great game.Just started it and its astonishing
I'm trying to remember where I read/heard it...it was either in Iwata Asks, the developer interview or one of the in-print interviews...but I think Sakamoto said he was trying to find in-house help to make Other M, but people at Nintendo didn't quite see eye-to-eye with him or understand exactly what he wanted. Then he met with Team Ninja, and he and Hayashi saw eye-to-eye almost immediately. Hence Project M.
I don't think it's animosity toward him within the company or anything. I mean, Retro and Team Ninja are world-class developers. But I think Nintendo doesn't mind being bold with Metroid. It doesn't have as big a fanbase as Mario or Zelda, so they're willing to take bigger chances with it.
Of course, I could be wrong...
This article is one of the dumbest things I've read.
Maybe consider the fact that allowing different studios to take on the development role of a Metroid game is part of the appeal of the franchise?
I doubt Nintendo would have taken Metroid out of 2-d sidescrolling the way retro did. New and creative ideas to move this particular franchise forward. It's not like they just hand the IP over to some shit dev.
Honestly, have we really had a lack of polished, stellar Metroid games in the last 5-10 years? Absolutly not, so who cares if its Nintendo developing them as long as they are quality?
I'd rather another studio develop Metroid and Nintendo develop Zelda or Mario, and ultimately receive a good Metroid game and a good Zelda game, instead of just one of the two in the same timeframe...