Other M didn't kill the franchise, it was just another underperforming Metroid game. The truth is that Prime 2 and Prime 3 didn't sell very well either. Sure, still much better than Other M, but it was nevertheless kinda obvious that Nintendo wasn't satisfied with the Metroid franchise's performance on a whole.
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Robertson Rumor: Tanabe & Retro no longer on good terms, Sakamoto overseeing Retro
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Other M didn't kill the franchise, it was just another underperforming Metroid game. The truth is that Prime 2 and Prime 3 didn't sell very well either. Sure, still much better than Other M, but it was nevertheless kinda obvious that Nintendo wasn't satisfied with the Metroid franchise's performance on a whole.
I doubt the credibility of the source of this tale but it is a fact that
1)Tanabe said he doesn't know what Retro is working on now
2) He was the producer of all of Retro's output from Prime 1 to Tropical Freeze.
So something has changed in his relationship with Retro.
Humouring the idea that Sakamoto is now Retro's producer, I would be willing to give that collab a chance at a new Metroid. If Sakamoto wanted to do a 2D Metroid again, Retro would probably do a fine job. Team Ninja wanted to make a 3D action game (their expertise) and Sakamoto kept reigning them in which limited Other M. Retro, OTOH has a lot of experience creating 2D sidescrollers with a 3D presentation.
Some of the major people behind Prime have left Retro (working on Recore I think) but I would also love a new Prime one day. I think 2D and 3D Metroid show off different aspects of the franchise. Level design and progression can be really tight in 2D but immersive 3D can really bring out the atmosphere.
1)Tanabe said he doesn't know what Retro is working on now
2) He was the producer of all of Retro's output from Prime 1 to Tropical Freeze.
So something has changed in his relationship with Retro.
Humouring the idea that Sakamoto is now Retro's producer, I would be willing to give that collab a chance at a new Metroid. If Sakamoto wanted to do a 2D Metroid again, Retro would probably do a fine job. Team Ninja wanted to make a 3D action game (their expertise) and Sakamoto kept reigning them in which limited Other M. Retro, OTOH has a lot of experience creating 2D sidescrollers with a 3D presentation.
Some of the major people behind Prime have left Retro (working on Recore I think) but I would also love a new Prime one day. I think 2D and 3D Metroid show off different aspects of the franchise. Level design and progression can be really tight in 2D but immersive 3D can really bring out the atmosphere.
Spyder_Monkey
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George Lucas didn't direct Episode V though...
It's not even specifically Western devs. Take a look at Hitoshi Yamagami's list of projects:
http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Hitoshi_Yamagami
Sin & Punishment 2 (Treasure)
Bayonetta 2 and The Wonderful 101 (Platinum)
Xenoblade and X (Monolithsoft)
Pokemon X Y (Gamefreak)
Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates (Intelligent Systems)
The Last Story (Mistwalker/AQ Interactive)
The list goes on and on. It seems pretty standard for NCL to have a producer collaborating with teams outside of EAD (or w.e it's now called).
Boy Wander
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This Robertson guy expects people to PAY for rumours that may or may not be true?😅
Yep. Hillarious, ain't it? And kinda sad too.
Valjean Lafitte
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First off, let me say that George Lucas alone didn't kill Star Wars, the lack of a good writing partner did. The fact is that George tried to get Lawrence Kasdan on board for the prequels, but Kasdan wasn't interested. Combine the lack of involvement with any of the old Star Wars creative guard to the fact that George was surrounded by yes-men like Rick McCallum and you have a recipe for disaster: a great idea man who is a mediocre writer faced with the incredible task of making Star Wars films that live up to people's expectations while also telling the story he felt needed to be told.
THAT BEING SAID... allow me to poke a huge whole in your analogy.
Lucas directed three "bad" Star Wars films, but no one called him a psychopath after the first. Oh sure, people loathed Jar Jar and the film was generally a disappointment to longtime fans. But people didn't bitch about Lucas "ruining" Star Wars after only one bad film. Something something something of legacy outstanding work outweighing the first and only (at that time) mistake.
But Yoshio Sakamoto? Oh, fuck that guy. He made a bad Metroid game. Sakamoto is totally the George Lucas of the game world, brah. Totally.
I wonder who exactly is supporting his paetron.
Well they got new website so maybe that means more freedom?
I share this sentiment.
In regard to the OP, I do not believe any of it to be true.
Interesting. Yet people still say it must be fake. He definitely has some source within Nintendo as we have seen from the Devil's Third, Paper Mario, or Mario vs. DK: Amiibo game.
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