The dread that is Metroid

2010-06-12 07:03:23 pm

Coming to E3!

During my hacking tenure, I've gained some special friends, one of them gave me an early birthday present, just a small part that will be displayed at E3.

Gave me this nice file, and said Sylux will be explained.

Retro <3

Have fun this summer guys. :)

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Prime Hunter

2010-06-12 08:24:20 pm

I'll believe it when I see it next week. Otherwise, why would they make two Metroid Wii titles at the same time?

arkarian

2010-06-12 08:26:19 pm

red chamber dream

this isn't real lol

BioSpark

2010-06-12 08:38:16 pm

fake for sure.

arkarian

2010-06-12 08:42:34 pm

red chamber dream

the gritty photoshop filters are pretty cute though. nice done-by-an-eighth-grader touch, interdpth. only thing missing is a couple lens flares. ;)

tjp7154

2010-06-12 10:23:13 pm

Bananas GOOD, Kremlings BAD

You never know, they might actually use it for the cover!!!11!

nate

2010-06-12 10:34:16 pm

game covers used to be way worse than this. i'm sure even young people like tdk have seen the mega man 1 cover.

BioSpark

2010-06-12 11:03:34 pm

indeed i have.

also the text at the bottom sounds pretty retarded. especially for a metroid game.

arkarian

2010-06-12 11:06:56 pm

red chamber dream

i always liked "before evil can be destroyed ... it must be found" even though the visors weren't a huge part of prime.

nate

2010-06-12 11:09:36 pm

i always thought that referred to all the long trekking in the game. the huge map basically.

arkarian

2010-06-12 11:13:47 pm

red chamber dream

never thought of it like that. i guess because i remember seeing that text below an image of samus touching her glowing visor or something.

BioSpark

2010-06-12 11:14:12 pm

EVIL WAITS BELOW THE SURFACE...

SOMETHING SINISTER LURKS IN THE DEPTHS OF PLANET TALLON IV. INTERSTELLAR BOUNTY HUNTER SAMUS ARAN IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DESTROY THIS EVIL... BUT FIRST IT MUST BE FOUND.

sounds more like what nate said to me.

arkarian

2010-06-12 11:16:54 pm

red chamber dream

that's not what i was quoting. was quoting an ad for the game with a picture of samus touching her glowing visor with "before evil can be destroyed... it must be found." beneath.

BioSpark

2010-06-12 11:17:16 pm

k

tomatobob

2010-06-12 11:39:06 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Quote from arkarian:

nice done-by-an-eighth-grader touch, interdpth.

One might say it's dreadful.

KP9000

2010-06-13 02:19:03 am

Welcome to Hell.

You know, there's a huge difference when you post a work of art versus when you try to pass it off as "real" or "legit"... People are damn skeptical. And rightly so; especially when we're talking /Metroid/ here.

I posted this over at IGN too, but they were more forbearing than most of you were. But my posting it over there wasn't the point of trolling, it was really just to see if I can get some constructive criticism out of the deal, with skepticism in mind. People will tear shit apart given the chance and doubt, and this was my intent. Posting it as a work of art I believe will net me much less constructive criticism.

And it was fun trolling peeps too.

I'd have gone with the 3DS logo instead of the Wii one but... y'know... none exists. You could say this didn't stop me with this photoshop cop-out, but whatever. The slogan thingy could have been better... I did make a grammar mistake in it. It should have read "Embrace your fear, for it is your only ally" because "ally" is singular, and it's being referred to by a plural, "fears", thus making this another reason why one would think it's fake. Grammar mistakes never get published, especially when it's something as polished as something official from Nintendo.

So, mistakes aside, what do you think of the actual artwork? A few hours in photosop does this justice? I'm actually proud of it, and I will consider making at least one mockup of a game each year.

Thoughts?

You know, there's a huge difference when you post a work of art versus when you try to pass it off as "real" or "legit"... People are damn skeptical. And rightly so; especially when we're talking /Metroid/ here.

I posted this over at IGN too, but they were more forbearing than most of you were. But my posting it over there wasn't the point of trolling, it was really just to see if I can get some constructive criticism out of the deal, with skepticism in mind. People will tear shit apart given the chance and doubt, and this was my intent. Posting it as a work of art I believe will net me much less constructive criticism.

And it was fun trolling peeps too.

I'd have gone with the 3DS logo instead of the Wii one but... y'know... none exists. You could say this didn't stop me with this photoshop cop-out, but whatever. The slogan thingy could have been better... I did make a grammar mistake in it. It should have read "Embrace your fear, for it is your only ally" because "ally" is singular, and it's being referred to by a plural, "fears", thus making this another reason why one would think it's fake. Grammar mistakes never get published, especially when it's something as polished as something official from Nintendo.

So, mistakes aside, what do you think of the actual artwork? A few hours in photosop does this justice? I'm actually proud of it, and I will consider making at least one mockup of a game each year.

Thoughts?

interdpth

2010-06-13 02:36:41 am

I like how they thought I was artistic.

Opium

2010-06-13 03:03:41 am

I don't necessarily think that is grammatically incorrect. Though 'fears' is plural, it can be referred to as a singular because it is ONE group. For example: 'Embrace the Chinese, for they are your only ally.' The chinese is/are plural in the billions, but they are ONE group (as denoted by using 'is/are' - either would work.) Yes, I am high.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2010-06-13 03:06:14 am

2010-06-13 03:05:28 am

red chamber dream

'they' is referring to 'fears' not 'ally'. the sentence in the image is grammatically correct. also, fears is plural. so is they.

Mista_Smegheneghan

2010-06-13 08:11:31 am

Ready to internet!

Quote from KP9000:

You know, there's a huge difference when you post a work of art versus when you try to pass it off as "real" or "legit"... People are damn skeptical. And rightly so; especially when we're talking /Metroid/ here.

I posted this over at IGN too, but they were more forbearing than most of you were. But my posting it over there wasn't the point of trolling, it was really just to see if I can get some constructive criticism out of the deal, with skepticism in mind. People will tear shit apart given the chance and doubt, and this was my intent. Posting it as a work of art I believe will net me much less constructive criticism.

And it was fun trolling peeps too.

I'd have gone with the 3DS logo instead of the Wii one but... y'know... none exists. You could say this didn't stop me with this photoshop cop-out, but whatever. The slogan thingy could have been better... I did make a grammar mistake in it. It should have read "Embrace your fear, for it is your only ally" because "ally" is singular, and it's being referred to by a plural, "fears", thus making this another reason why one would think it's fake. Grammar mistakes never get published, especially when it's something as polished as something official from Nintendo.

So, mistakes aside, what do you think of the actual artwork? A few hours in photosop does this justice? I'm actually proud of it, and I will consider making at least one mockup of a game each year.

Thoughts?

~~YOU STOLE MY AVATAR ASDGFGJEHW~~

You did this picture? If you did, it does look good. The TC's a bit of a spaz though, if he thinks it actually was real title art. We've already got Metroid Other ~~Boobs~~M on the way to the Wii, and I doubt Nintendo would release a high-profile game on WiiWare. The DSi or 3DS, maybe, but not Wiiware (yay jumping to conclusions)

What's funny is that the TC saw this on IGN and posted it here, probably not expecting you to turn up. And from what I remember, Retro Studios only worked on the Prime series, didn't they?

[quote="KP9000"]You know, there's a huge difference when you post a work of art versus when you try to pass it off as "real" or "legit"... People are damn skeptical. And rightly so; especially when we're talking /Metroid/ here.

I posted this over at IGN too, but they were more forbearing than most of you were. But my posting it over there wasn't the point of trolling, it was really just to see if I can get some constructive criticism out of the deal, with skepticism in mind. People will tear shit apart given the chance and doubt, and this was my intent. Posting it as a work of art I believe will net me much less constructive criticism.

And it was fun trolling peeps too.

I'd have gone with the 3DS logo instead of the Wii one but... y'know... none exists. You could say this didn't stop me with this photoshop cop-out, but whatever. The slogan thingy could have been better... I did make a grammar mistake in it. It should have read "Embrace your fear, for it is your only ally" because "ally" is singular, and it's being referred to by a plural, "fears", thus making this another reason why one would think it's fake. Grammar mistakes never get published, especially when it's something as polished as something official from Nintendo.

So, mistakes aside, what do you think of the actual artwork? A few hours in photosop does this justice? I'm actually proud of it, and I will consider making at least one mockup of a game each year.

Thoughts?[/quote]
[s]YOU STOLE MY AVATAR ASDGFGJEHW[/s]

You did this picture? If you did, it does look good. The TC's a bit of a spaz though, if he thinks it actually was real title art. We've already got Metroid Other [s]Boobs[/s]M on the way to the Wii, and I doubt Nintendo would release a high-profile game on WiiWare. The DSi or 3DS, maybe, but not Wiiware (yay jumping to conclusions)

What's funny is that the TC saw this on IGN and posted it here, probably not expecting you to turn up. And from what I remember, Retro Studios only worked on the Prime series, didn't they?

interdpth

2010-06-13 02:59:16 pm

I'm assuming TC is Topic Creator?

Anyway, no I did not get that from IGN, I got it from KP who wanted to have fun. :)

Mista_Smegheneghan

2010-06-13 05:06:05 pm

Ready to internet!

Yes, TC=Topic Creator.

And that's me jumping to another conclusion. If I do that again, feel free to snap my legs.

KP9000

2010-06-13 05:33:32 pm

lol, holy shit, what are the chanced w/ that avatar... bwaahaha

Anyway, yeah, the whole Wii thing made this unbelievable. To make it believable, here's another version.

TheGreenManalishi

2010-06-13 05:35:52 pm

I bet Rare would've made a Metroid game if Nintendo hadn't whored them out. It'd probably be both 2D and awesome, like the Donkey Kong Country games.

tomatobob

2010-06-13 06:59:06 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

A Rare made Metroid game would be awful beyond belief.