Metroid Prime: Federation Force

Poision Envy

2015-06-18 05:10:05 am

Club 27 Goals

ahahaha

jesus christ this game

KennyMan666

2015-06-18 06:14:20 pm

Viking

Precursor

So who of you is this

As for myself, I don't really know. I'm not going to write this thing off instantly, but I see the point - naming it "Metroid Prime" carries with it a certain set of expectations and this is not that.

BioSpark

2015-06-18 06:22:23 pm

shouldn't this board be named metroid prime: blue balls?

arkarian

2015-06-18 06:28:25 pm

red chamber dream

there is no way that guy's not trolling lol

Serris

2015-06-18 06:37:01 pm

I'm not sure this outrage is about expectations if less than a second passed between the reveal of the name and the game itself. When you find out it's not an actual Metroid game, just stop caring if you're not interested. This is really just about the name. Does "Metroid Prime" carry different expectations than just "Metroid"? Neither Pinball nor Hunters are what you'd want from a "real" Metroid Prime game. For some people, only the first Metroid Prime met their expectations of a Metroid Prime game, which is a contradiction.

Can I sign a petition to stop making 3D Metroids somewhere? The platforming is always lame.

arkarian

2015-06-18 06:58:15 pm

red chamber dream

the name is important though. remember, this is only the second game named metroid in 8 years, and both of them were nothing like previous metroid games. that seems to suggest to nintendo's customers that this is what "metroid" has now become - a random title that they slap on to games in hopes of garnering more sales. i can understand people feeling upset/duped over that. people feel they have a relationship with nintendo.

arkarian

2015-06-18 06:59:39 pm

red chamber dream

basically i think the upset is more over what nintendo seems to be doing to the metroid series as a whole, not just this one game

Toozin

2015-06-18 07:07:00 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Not to mention what they revealed to be doing with some other franchises in the same direct. It gives everyone the overall impression that Nintendo has no interest in pleasing their fanbase in any way.

If FF was revealed on it's own in some random direct during the fall I'm willing to bet the backlash wouldn't be as severe.

Serris

2015-06-18 07:07:25 pm

I feel I'm the only person to understand and have a relationship with this awesome Nintendo dude, but what people are complaining about hasn't happened for the first time here, so there's really no surprise. I guess most people are just not aware Pinball even exists? Putting a Metroid skin on a co-op shooter is much more sensible than a Pinball game. I wonder if people would react completely differently if this had multicolored Samuses because the Federation cloned her for their superhuman army instead of faceless troopers.

arkarian

2015-06-18 07:08:58 pm

red chamber dream

read my post again lol

Toozin

2015-06-18 07:09:17 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Pinball was released during an avalanche of quality Metroid releases. Completely different situation.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-06-18 07:10:33 pm

2015-06-18 07:10:21 pm

red chamber dream

exactly, and same with hunters. those were obviously side games. it's not clear that mpff isn't the new direction nintendo is taking for metroid from now on

Toozin

2015-06-18 07:15:55 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

There's a very real possibility that Nintendo interprets Other M's failure on a lack of interest in "real" Metroid games, and wants to take the series in weird directions. Considering how time deaf they came across in the rest of the direct, it's not hard to see why people are concerned.

Serris

2015-06-18 07:34:20 pm

I see your point, I'm just going in a different direction with my drivel. Don't worry about it.

I wasn't particularly disappointed with Nintendo's E3, so I guess I'm having a hard time following the general mood. Going purely by new games: New Zelda, new Mario RPG. Add in some pleasing news about Star Fox and Yoshi and it's actually above average for me when it comes to number of Nintendo E3 news I care about.

Other M obviously didn't start a trend because FF is completely different, and if FF fails like Other M did, they will go in yet another direction. The only "danger" is FF being successful, which seems like a real possibility. Portable multiplayer shooter seems to fill a hole, and there are way more people who like multiplayer shooters than disgruntled Metroid fans. I would be concerned about this if Nintendo made decisions like a business instead of just doing whatever.

Hitaka

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Hitaka: 2015-06-18 07:43:47 pm

2015-06-18 07:42:45 pm

Phoenix

With Splatoon around I don't see why any multiplayer shooter fans would go for FF unless they don't have a Wii U. Splatoon is clearly way better. Heck if they wanted to make a 3DS multiplayer shooter they should have just made 3DS Splatoon, it has the touch screen for the map and gyro controls, and New 3DS has dual sticks. It would work just fine.

Toozin

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Toozin: 2015-06-18 07:50:00 pm

2015-06-18 07:43:47 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

There are more 3ds owners than wii u owners by a pretty wide margin.

Hitaka

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Hitaka: 2015-06-18 07:48:41 pm

Hitaka: 2015-06-18 07:48:24 pm

2015-06-18 07:45:21 pm

Phoenix

Of course maybe they were counting on Splatoon to sell Wii Us and specifically made it exclusive for that purpose. But who knows with Nintendo. They put Smash on 3DS too even though that would be a console seller.

Aruki

2015-06-18 07:49:44 pm

Hyrule Warriors was a console seller too and they're porting it to 3DS for whatever reason. So who knows.

Toozin

2015-06-18 07:51:08 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Because they haven't even sold 10 million wii u units yet and there's like 4x as many 3ds out there.

Aruki

2015-06-18 07:52:03 pm

It's just weird what they did this E3. They showed a bunch of franchises people wanted but not the way they wanted them. They showed Metroid, but it's a weird coop shooter. They showed Animal Crossing, but it's a board game spinoff. They showed Zelda, but it's a Four Swords-esque multiplayer game. They showed Paper Mario, but it's a crossover with M&L. (Granted I haven't heard many complaints about Paper Jam, but I'm sure there were people looking forward to a Paper Mario on Wii U.)

Hitaka

2015-06-18 07:52:28 pm

Phoenix

Hyrule Warriors is about what I would expect them to do. Make a game initially Wii U exclusive to try and sell consoles, then port it a year later to reach the 3DS market that didn't go for it on console.

Aruki

2015-06-18 07:52:30 pm

Quote from Toozin:

Because they haven't even sold 10 million wii u units yet and there's like 4x as many 3ds out there.

Well, porting all their exclusives to other platforms is a pretty good way to make sure they don't hit 10 million!

Toozin

2015-06-18 07:55:25 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I think they've given up hope on growing the Wii U audience significantly. Mario Kart and Smash couldn't do it so what can at this point? They're just focused on keeping current customers as happy as possible while they try to bail water out of the sinking canoe.

Aruki

2015-06-18 08:02:54 pm

What exactly is it that is keeping people from buying a Wii U even after all these major titles have released? You'd think a lot of people would've jumped on for Mario, Smash, Mario Kart, etc. I guess the awful launch they had just killed all their momentum right at the beginning.

Toozin

2015-06-18 08:05:52 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Bad launch combined with brand confusion, horrible advertising, general bad buzz around the gamepad, and being completely steamrolled by the PS4's momentum. Plus it's lacking key multiplats like Madden.