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[Agent_Carnage]

Dispite some questionable devs making it please give the game a chance and buy it. Give it a chance.

If no one buys this Nintendo will shelve Metroid again.

 

[Icolin]

This is looking good. WTF are people complaining about?

The developers behind it, and personally the art style looks kinda bad.

 

[moeman]

The art direction looks pretty bad.

It's actually pretty good for the 3DS. They probably had to keep the limitations of the system in mind with the art direction. Considering the lords of shadow games had great art direction I think mercury steam is capable of more.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Trailer for the OP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOx-FpEAQk

Jesus that is one ugly looking game.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

But GAF told me the 3DS was dead!! Switch is its successor!!

Well, 3DS isn't dead yet.

But considering the next core Pokemon game is being developed for Switch, I'd say it's pretty obviously its successor.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Mirror of Fate was just bland platforming with an interesting cast. No offense they can make a game and everything, but they spent too much time trying to make a game look like Castlevania than feel like Castlevania. The backtracking and the level design were clean cuts of blatant objects put together in a linear fashion.

I'm excited, but also worried. I don't want to sound bad, but I'd rather give this to a Japanese development house.

 

[broncobuster]

Metroid: Samus Returns

YES!

Mercury Stream

noooo!

Metroid II Remake

uh

for Nintendo 3DS

dammit

Well, maybe it'll look better in the treehouse stream...

 

[Merc_]

Im super pissed right now, f*** you nintendo. Why does this not come to switch ? bullshit wow
I really cant express how upset I am

They aren't going to immediately abandon a large install base for a small new one right off the bat. What don't you understand about that?

 

[TheDinoman]

But GAF told me the 3DS was dead!! Switch is its successor!!

They just announced a mainline Pokemon game for Switch.

 

[DeuceGamer]

The art direction looks pretty bad.

I always think 3DS games look bad on a big screen. Will look better on a small screen. I do wish it would have been 2D sprites though.

 

[mazpratim]

Can people stop port begging for every 3DS game? It's really obnoxious

 

[topramen]

man i just sold my 3ds on eBay.


was going to ship today


Guess someone is getting a refund.......
(unless we think this eventually comes to switch)

 

[Joqu]

This is looking good. WTF are people complaining about?

Seriously. I'm not that worried, I know people are skeptical about Mercury Steam but I trust in Nintendo's oversight.

 

[fhqwhgads]

I can't believe Nintendo has the nerve to not put all their eggs in one basket and actually provide games for a proven successful system and not abandon 3DS owners just because a new console came out.

THE NERVE OF THEM!

 

[Servbot24]

Looks... okay. I don't really feel the need to buy another 3DS after selling it earlier.

 

[Aldric]

Honestly, this isn't ideal but no one who likes the franchise should complain right now. Metroid was thought dead yesterday and they come up with a two hit combo like it's 2003 again. l'm so happy.

 

[Ray Down]

I think they've learned from that and Federation Force.

Let's wait and see, how about that.

This just looks kind of ok/average right now.

 

[MrSaturn99]

So...what's so bad about Mercury Steam?

 

[Pancakes R Us]

What the freak!! Woohoo!! I prefer the pixel art of the Another Metroid 2 remake but I'll take this one also.

Give me my Metroid right in my veins.

I love Metroid always and forever.

 

[Beartruck]

So I guess they sent out a c&d on am2r because THEY WERE working on a remake of metroid 2.

Yup. Guess we know that at least they were doing it for a valid reason now.

 

[Tain]

MercurySteam ehhhhh

 

[Got]

this dumbass 3ds/switch bifurcation sucks

 

[LincolnSixEcho]

Plug it into my veeeiiinnnssss!

Seriously, I'm fucking hyped

 

[Father_Brain]

lol Mercury Steam. I was thinking it reminded me a bit of Mirror of Fate during the trailer.

I enjoyed that game for what it was, and coincidentally just replayed it on Steam, but seriously...

WHY MERCURY STEAM

WHY THE FUCK IS THIS NOT ON SWITCH

seriously, I'd settle for a straight 60fps/HD port of this with no other graphical improvements

 

[Colonel Mustard]

We're getting a new console Prime and a new 2D game. Why are some complaining?

 

[Kolibri]

Really ugly style.

Was expecting pixel art

 

[Guess Who]

This was handled in house by Nintendo directly by the creator of Metroid.

... who also directed and wrote Other M.

 

[border]

Nintendo isn't going to give their game to somebody and key it turn out bad

Other M was a masterpiece.

 

[boiled goose]

This was handled in house by Nintendo directly by the creator of Metroid.

Story, writing directors and producers were all Nintendo.

Umm team ninja

 

[Branduil]

I can only assume the reason there isn't a Switch version is because Nintendo has no faith in this actually being good.

 

[Lom1lo]

Because you'll be getting Metroid Prime 4? This is like Matroid Prime + Metroid Fusion like the GameCube days.

In 4 years, great. Unlike the gamecube days switch is both, portable and a home console. There is zero reason not to release this on switch

 

[Malyse]

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/874674920453685249

 

[UnemployedVillain]

They just announced a mainline Pokemon game for Switch.

And a new Metroid Prime for the Switch

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

WHY WAS THIS NOT IN THE SPOTLIGHT?

Because it's on 3DS.
The spotlight was focused solely on Switch titles, which is okay.

Nintendo said beforehand to be ready for surprises during the Treehouse event.

 

[PixyJunket]

Everything was Metroid.

*cries*

 

[dankir]

Trailer for the OP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOx-FpEAQk

That looks great!

 

[hank_tree]

lol get out, Lords Of Shadow is awesome

I'm talking about the 3ds game. I love the original Lords of Shadow.

 

[atbigelow]

This is actually looking pretty great. Lots of new updates and the art looks slick.

 

[Omega Kirby]

HOLY SHIT, Metroid is back

 

[Izuna]

What is Metroid 2?

 

[NotLiquid]

MercurySteam isn't the most exciting dev but if Sakamoto is involved I trust this remake. I'd like to think he still has his eye for 2D Metroid design.

 

[Trojita]

No it's because they weren't showing 3DS games in the spotlight.

You guys are insane. They said the Spotlight was only for Switch titles yet here you are, asking my a 3DS title wasn't in it. For fucks sake

The latter part of my post was a joke.

 

[trixx]

I guess I have to buy this

 

[Toxi]

Well have a look what they did to Castlevania.

Hype dead.

Yeah, but that was under Konami

Maybe we'll see them actually make a good game. Sakamoto being involved is a good thing for a 2D Metroid, so long as they don't go crazy with the story.

 

[Randam]

Why no Switch? Please don't do this Nintendo..

Awesome it's getting remade but come on..

Haha.
Nintendo is just awesome.

 

[oatmeal]

Even as a huge Metroid fan, will not buy on 3dS.

 

[linkboy]

Looks like it def is more of a reimagining than a straight remake

It pretty much has to be, there's really not a lot to Metroid 2.

 

[blame space]

.

 

[KingSnake]

This looks ugly though.

 

[Pinky]

Trailer looks good to me. Yeah, it's 3DS, but still.