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Congratulations Mama Robotnik, you're internet famous.

 

[apana]

Now I really wan't a cel shaded metroid. Not like Wind Waker, just the normal character models of the metroid universe except it looks like an animated movie.

 

[beelzebozo]

Now I really wan't a cel shaded metroid. Not like Wind Waker, just the normal character models of the metroid universe except it looks like an animated movie.

i think a comic bookish style for metroid could be really incredible. i see it in my head and it's really stunning.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Now I really wan't a cel shaded metroid. Not like Wind Waker, just the normal character models of the metroid universe except it looks like an animated movie.

i think a comic bookish style for metroid could be really incredible. i see it in my head and it's really stunning.

I think it would be awesome just as long as it keeps the metroid identity and "color palette" (for lack of a better way of putting it). I.e. if it looks more like Borderlands than Wind Waker, or more like Viewtiful Joe than Okami.

I'm not saying metroid shouldn't have colors though. I'm just not quite sure how to express my thoughts on a cel shaded Metroid. I'd like to see it done

 

[Gummb]

The problem with a "comic book" style is that a flashy, more quick-paced gameplay style is usually implemented to show off the range of effects that the console can perform with its remaining "power" (for lack of a better term).

I do not want a flashy metroid... just give me some brooding, dense, awe inspired, rich, textured metroid style with the same adjectives applied to its gameplay.

 

[The Technomancer]

Did u play it?
It is most definitely a metroid game.
If it isnt, fusion isnt a metroid game either. Other M was just slightly more more linear.

The biggest flaws were not the core gameplay, but rather the writing, the story, and some bizarre design decisions.

And this is not coming from a big Other M fan

Yup. Remove the terrible story and the actual game was a lot of fun for me. I choose to remember how much I actually liked the Wii-remote only controls, and forget "confession time" and authorizations.

 

[EmSeta]

Amazing stuff. I need a new Metroid game, and this man should be involved once again.

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team ninja can suck it

 

[Chris FOM]

So? There's room for both, provided Retro wants to work on Metroid again.

As much as I hate to say this, they don't. I've gotten to know a few people at Retro and they're done with Metroid for the foreseeable future.

 

[_Alkaline_]

Awesome. So, so awesome, Mama. Thank you!

I still prefer the Space Pirate models shown in Metroid Prime above the ones shown in Echoes and Corruption. They looked somewhat... I don't know how to put it. Feline? I don't know why but their heads made me think of Pumas or Panthers. The ones in Echoes (albeit exceptionally detailed and magnificent in their own right) were a bit too insect-like for my tastes. Though they still felt pretty menacing.

Space Pirate Omega <3

The Echoes versions were more akin to the traditional Pirate design though.

I was ok with Retro making an original design for Prime, but they could've at least given them the lobster claws.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

i think a comic bookish style for metroid could be really incredible. i see it in my head and it's really stunning.

So like Zero Mission.

We couldnt see it in the small sprites, but background and all concept art from Zero Mission was comic book style.

 

[LiK]

Amazing stuff

 

[beelzebozo]

So like Zero Mission.

We couldnt see it in the small sprites, but background and all concept art from Zero Mission was comic book style.

to clarify:

a comic bookish style for a first person/3d metroid could be stunning. i see XIII and KILLER 7 as starting points, but with a lot more detail; the way things explode in WIND WAKER keeps coming into my head, and the things a modified version of that look could do for animation in metroid make me say omg.

 

[JohnTinker]

As much as I hate to say this, they don't. I've gotten to know a few people at Retro and they're done with Metroid for the foreseeable future.

That's a bit disappointing, but when development for the next console begins I'd love to see them make the next one.

For now it would be cool to see them create a new IP. Maybe revisit the car combat concept from the project dolphin days.

 

[kirbutashi]

To be fair, it isn't like we missed out on more awesome concept art because Retro did Donkey Kong

http://i.imgur.com/SgclR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5w7SM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VM3yO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eqOwq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WkZRs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/mFWKm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DUEhx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XEWPt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5ZKI2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/W8Xw7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RCjho.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PiQJO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SPwrP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UMDDX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EGNnV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YARpg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WHBKa.jpg

 

[Scrow]

To be fair, it isn't like we missed out on more awesome concept art because Retro did Donkey Kong

http://i.imgur.com/4iXVc.jpg[img]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/SgclR.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/5w7SM.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/VM3yO.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/eqOwq.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/WkZRs.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/mFWKm.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/DUEhx.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/XEWPt.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/5ZKI2.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/W8Xw7.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/RCjho.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/PiQJO.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/SPwrP.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/UMDDX.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/EGNnV.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/YARpg.jpg[/url]
[url]http://i.imgur.com/WHBKa.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]
seriously, retro blow my fucking mind. dkcr is [b]soooo[/b] good. best platformer since....

yeah, no. it's the best platformer to date.

[spoiler]jungle beat a close second or tie.[/spoiler]