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JoeM86 · Jul 21, 2016

Well this came out of nowhere.

It's live on the European eShop as we speak and completely free...

1565 Blocks

Nirolak · Jul 21, 2016

Probably a reasonable way to try and promote Federation Force. I can't imagine that one is cruising for huge sales at the moment.

ramoisdead · Jul 21, 2016

Clearly the highlight of the Nintendo World Championship 2015.

Spades · Jul 21, 2016

Yeah, I'll check this puppy out.

Kouichi · Jul 21, 2016

Whoa what? Get this on NA, I want to play!

kuroneko0509 · Jul 21, 2016

looks like they tweeted it few seconds ago
https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/756142556874936320

Qurupeke · Jul 21, 2016

Surprising. It was like the most interesting aspect of Metroid Prime FF. lol

Effect · Jul 21, 2016

Nice. I agree a reasonable way to promote Federation Force. However also it's a game they have to get into the hands of people if they have any chance of fighting against the negative narrative that's built up around the game.

The demo is up on the NA eShop as well.

FloweryMarston · Jul 21, 2016

Miroku129 · Jul 21, 2016

NA when?

WiiredShawn · Jul 21, 2016

Watch this become the most successful Metroid game ever.

I'm crying already either way.

Pajamas · Jul 21, 2016

Its up right now on the US eshop

Diablohead · Jul 21, 2016

Guess it was a good idea to charge my 2DS the other day, what nice timing.

stan423321 · Jul 21, 2016

Play Count?

Crayolan · Jul 21, 2016

I bet this scores higher on Metacritic than the actual game.

Enforced · Jul 21, 2016

Unexpected. Will give a try later.

LewieP · Jul 21, 2016

But at what cost?

spindashing · Jul 21, 2016

excuse ME

DeathSparks · Jul 21, 2016

I guess I'll give this a try later, going in with the lowest of expectations

Buttonbasher · Jul 21, 2016

Weird! I'll check it out for sure.

DNAbro · Jul 21, 2016

wow. I guess that's one way to get people to play it.

JoeM86 · Jul 21, 2016

stan423321 said:
Play Count?

It's not a demo

LiamR · Jul 21, 2016

If it hasn't much changed since the first demo I played, you couldn't pay me to play this.

Plinko · Jul 21, 2016

Local multiplayer with my kids is going to be fun.

JoeM86 said:
It's not a demo

It actually explicitly states that it is a demo.

Brazil · Jul 21, 2016

The game needs to have done a 180º since last year's E3 for it to be worth the free download.

Åkami · Jul 21, 2016

On the NA eshop its listed as a demo.

Sgt. Kabukiman · Jul 21, 2016

Interesting that they would do this.
I'm a Metroid fan with zero interest in buying Federation Force but hey, I'll download a game for free!
I doubt that it will change my mind about buying the full game but it's probably the best thing they could do to promote it, certainly a lot more effective than the trailers have been.

Plinko · Jul 21, 2016

OP thread title needs to be changed. This is a demo.

Sterok · Jul 21, 2016

A brand new Metroid has finally come out and is in our hands. I expect to see monumental amounts of excitement from the fanbase.

JoeM86 · Jul 21, 2016

Plinko said:
It actually explicitly states that it is a demo.

It's not being treated as one. No play count. No limits in content.

Nintendo UK treat it like it's the full game: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Ni...etroidprimeblastball&utm_content=freedownload

Maybe it's another Nintendo America/Europe difference

VariantX · Jul 21, 2016

Ōkami;210830304 said:
On the NA eshop its listed as a demo.

Yep, specifically says the servers will be turned off at some point.

Pajamas · Jul 21, 2016

Guys, I just did the tutorial. Controls very similar to Metroid Prime. Actually felt kind of good.

foltzie1 · Jul 21, 2016

Link on NA site?

Hispanic! At the Disco · Jul 21, 2016

I thought this was the pinball game for a moment and got excited :/ oh well, i'll try it when im home, it looked fun to me!

Menitta · Jul 21, 2016

I'll download it. If it didn't have Metroid in the title I probably wouldn't.

Yukinari · Jul 21, 2016

Now if Federation Force was also free that would convince me to try it out. I have zero interest in Blast Ball, especially when its amiibo support is lazy as fuck.

Jazzem · Jul 21, 2016

Did terribly in my practice match ahah, definitely a learning curve to it.

I'm disappointed it's the first 30fps Metroid Prime, after every previous entry (even Hunters on DS!) being 60. High frame rate would benefit this kind of game.

Diablohead · Jul 21, 2016

For those who do not know this game is like a metroid prime version of rocket league, simply put.

Menitta · Jul 21, 2016

Jazzem said:
Did terribly in my practice match ahah, definitely a learning curve to it.

I'm disappointed it's the first 30fps Prime game, after every previous entry (even Hunters on DS!) being 60. High frame rate would benefit this kind of game.

Huh. I never realized Prime 1 was 60. For a game like that it needs to be 60.

Ridley327 · Jul 21, 2016

Menitta said:
Huh. I never realized Prime 1 was 60. For a game like that it needs to be 60.

It was pretty amazing to get a game that looked as good as Prime 1 running at 60 fps. It really didn't have a ton of competition out there at the time.

jorgejjvr · Jul 21, 2016

Available on NA yet?

Edit: nvm it is

Ridley327 · Jul 21, 2016

jorgejjvr said:
Available on NA yet?

Yep, I'm downloading it right now.

Neiteio · Jul 21, 2016

LewieP said:
But at what cost?

Your soul

Plinko · Jul 21, 2016

This isn't actually terrible. Rocket League is obviously better.

Magnalon · Jul 21, 2016

jorgejjvr said:
Available on NA yet?

It's available in NA.

Just got an email from Nintendo clarifying that the servers for this will be shut down in "early September" in favor of switching to the full game.

It's a demo, not the full game.

Plinko · Jul 21, 2016

I'm confused--is Europe getting the whole thing for free while US isn't? That's what the marketing appears to show.

The Elite · Jul 21, 2016

I thought Federation Force was Blast Ball. Shows how much I know about this game.

Snowybreak · Jul 21, 2016

Know what? I'm looking forward to federation force. Will try demo as soon as it finishes downloading, but I'm gonna go into this whole thing with an open mind.

JoeM86 · Jul 21, 2016

Plinko said:
I'm confused--is Europe getting the whole thing for free while US isn't? That's what the marketing appears to show.

Does seem to be how it appears

Aostia · Jul 21, 2016

this is a good move.
this moe is fun (I've tried it, just to be clear) and it would be a pity for it to be completely overshadowed by the Metroid Prime backfire.

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