This post is about convention and how industry borrows formulas in a time where trends are reintroduced & relevant again.
Analyse why Nintendo would reintroduce Metroid 2 into a modern time and see if it would hold up. Now in these days hunting in video games is popular. Where Samous is a bounty hunter, I see her presence making sense again in 2017 and beyond. Prime 4 will most likely borrow a hunting mechanic being that they used an old game in the series to test the water on this style of play. If you are not familiar with that style, the objective in M2 is to hunt down a set number of Metroids that transform into stages during trimestorial mutations.
In the past, the trend was adding RPG lite elements into action games after Zelda 2 became the blueprint. We are seeing that expand into stronger RPG formulas as the player base learns the basics and then demands a Dark Souls style of play.
Now in 2017, hunting is the new thing with games like Monster Hunter, Player's Unknown, Evolve, Ark, Farcry... BOTW.
My prediction is that Metroid Prime 4 will play on the bounty hunter role of Samus far more than in previous Prime titles. You are getting a taste of hunting Metriod in 2. We are going to see ways to trap or kill Metroids in many phases like in Monster Hunter. This concept came to me when seeing amiibo costumes for Nintendo games appearing in third party IPs. Nintendo is looking for the next big thing and they are not trying to be strictly traditional to please only diehard fans.
Analyse why Nintendo would reintroduce Metroid 2 into a modern time and see if it would hold up. Now in these days hunting in video games is popular. Where Samous is a bounty hunter, I see her presence making sense again in 2017 and beyond. Prime 4 will most likely borrow a hunting mechanic being that they used an old game in the series to test the water on this style of play. If you are not familiar with that style, the objective in M2 is to hunt down a set number of Metroids that transform into stages during trimestorial mutations.
In the past, the trend was adding RPG lite elements into action games after Zelda 2 became the blueprint. We are seeing that expand into stronger RPG formulas as the player base learns the basics and then demands a Dark Souls style of play.
Now in 2017, hunting is the new thing with games like Monster Hunter, Player's Unknown, Evolve, Ark, Farcry... BOTW.
My prediction is that Metroid Prime 4 will play on the bounty hunter role of Samus far more than in previous Prime titles. You are getting a taste of hunting Metriod in 2. We are going to see ways to trap or kill Metroids in many phases like in Monster Hunter. This concept came to me when seeing amiibo costumes for Nintendo games appearing in third party IPs. Nintendo is looking for the next big thing and they are not trying to be strictly traditional to please only diehard fans.
