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This most definitely started out as Metroid Prime multiplayer prototype. Interested in seeing more.

 

[iosefe]

Rocket League with mechs :O

but slower

so hyped for that game.


anyway, i can see a lot of Potential with Blastball. might benefit more from a Wii U version in my opinion, but fun looking nevertheless


*edit* Clutch stuff in the stream

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

It looks cool, hopefully it isn't f2p like people here are suggesting, I want it to have some decent depth

Steel Diver: Sub Wars, which is still my reference point for this game, had a fairly interesting competitive multiplayer on about the same scale. Then again, I haven't touched it since they started tying the free-to-play model to 3DS Play Coins.

 

[thefro]

Looks like a NST-developed game to me

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Cool

 

[Ninja Scooter]

It's too lifeless. Splatoon has personality with the squids and kids. This doesn't have any of that.

Yeah this has all the personality and art design of your typical iOS shovelware.

 

[Penguin]

I don't know... as an eShop title

I could get down with this.

 

[sn00zer]

Looks like a poor version of Rocket League

 

[SporeCrawler]

looks great so far. ill love a wiiu version of that.

 

[SalvaPot]

BBall is going to be its official name from now on.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

Looks fun.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

Kinda wanna think this is Metroid related since the pilots are basically chibi Federation Troopers. But I dunno.

Looks okay though.

 

[WillyFive]

There are dozens of new Nintendo IP's like this on 3DS. It takes more than that to be interesting.

 

[Spieler Eins]

,,Guys, can we release an even bigger bomb than Codename Steam?''

 

[ickingfudiot]

Looks like a poor version of Rocket League

yup

 

[Leafhopper]

,,Guys, can we release an even bigger bomb than Codename Steam?''

I doubt this will be a retail game like that was though lol.

 

[Choomp]

Looks fun. I'd play that. Metroid ass Rocket League? Why not

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

If it plays well, I'm in.

 

[Gtagentleman]

Looks like a poor version of Rocket League

/thread

 

[me0wish]

Looks like those indie games on steam that you get from a 1$ bundle and forgetting about it forever.

The fact that its a multiplayer focused game on 3ds just makes things much worse.

 

[grandjedi6]

Yeah this has all the personality and art design of your typical iOS shovelware.

Speaking of which, there seems to be tons of "blast ball" games on Android and iOS so even the name is generic. I wonder if Nintendo will cease and desist them lol.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

,,Guys, can we release an even bigger bomb than Codename Steam?''

Are you an investor or employee at Nintendo???

 

[Majestad]

The logo, the font and the music, this is so Metroid like.

 

[Par Score]

Ok, so this got followed up with Super Metroid, it's obviously linked.

 

[CoconutTank]

Soo... maybe there'll be more weapons or mechs than what they're showing? The game as is doesn't strike me as something very compelling. Shoot the ball until it gets into the goal and maybe take it to the face a couple times to keep your progress and not let the ball go too far back. You respawn anyway if you get "disabled".

 

[OBias]

Could it actually be a multiplayer mode in a yet unannounced Metroid 3DS title? Nintendo Russia seems to imply it's "an unknown game" despite the Blastball name reveal: https://twitter.com/NintendoRU/status/610221892310564865

 

[grandjedi6]

That championship stream went straight from blast ball to Super Metroid. They aren't even trying to hide the inspirations.

 

[Chojin]

With that metroid music and motif, wouldn't it be cool if blastball was just the multiplayer portion of a new metroid game

 

[frankie_baby]

Looks so much fun

 

[Majestad]

#TeamMetroidrelated

 

[rokero]

I like what im seeing hope it has some sort of single player mode I'd buy it if it cost $6 or less

 

[Aaron Strife]

Could it actually be a multiplayer mode in a yet unannounced Metroid 3DS title? Nintendo Russia seems to imply it's "an unknown game" despite the Blastball name reveal: https://twitter.com/NintendoRU/status/610221892310564865

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. It's neat on its own as a little diversion but the similarities between this and Metroid are pretty big.

 

[watershed]

It looks like a proof of concept type demo or something made by a small studio like Renegade Kid.

 

[Castef]

It looks cool, hopefully it isn't f2p like people here are suggesting, I want it to have some decent depth

Side-note: being F2P and "having depth" are to unrelated things.
Really.

 

[Volotaire]

So updated with all the info I could write down, please link me to some more updates so I can update the OP. Crazy, out of nowhere.

 

[Rodin]

Eh i like it, looks fun. Not sure about the scope of the game, but don't really care especially if it's an eShop game.

Could it really be that Next Level Games is doing this? Artstyle kind of reminds me of those Metroid artworks.

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Looks like a re-invented Metroid Prime Hunters from Nintendo Software Technology and Kensuke Tanabe.

eShop probably.

 

[The Giant]

NST developed?

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. It's neat on its own as a little diversion but the similarities between this and Metroid are pretty big.

Same font, very similar logo, lock-on focused gunplay...

Followed immediately by Super Metroid...

Hmm...

HMM

 

[Jinfash]

It looked so, so bad. What a mistake to have it in the championship.

 

[JigglesBunny]

Two team focused online shooters from Nintendo first party studios in one year.

When the hell did I enter Bizarro world and how the hell do I make sure I never leave?

 

[Clov]

Huh, neat. Wonder if Nintendo Software Technology is handling this, since it vaguely reminds me of Metroid Prime Hunters.

 

[March of the Crabs]

This will be a cheap eShop title and it will be awesome. Sign me up.

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Huh, neat. Wonder if Nintendo Software Technology is handling this, since it vaguely reminds me of Metroid Prime Hunters.

I imagine they had that Hunters 2 engine being kicked around the office for the last 10 years.

 

[Hours Left]

Doesn't interest me personally, but I do like that Nintendo is reinventing these different shooter sub genres with some fresh ideas.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Please tell me this isn't from Retro. What if though that was the multiplayer part of a Metroid game? Who knows.

 

[BlackJace]

Yo, I could've sworn I saw a GFS helmet when someone got ejected from their mech,

The logo curvature is also like Other M's

 

[LDAF]

Looks like a NST-developed game to me

Yep, I was about to bring this up. I'm personally not seeing the Hunters comparisons that much, even though I would've killed for a sequel. Still looks fun, though.

 

[Gtagentleman]

Doesn't interest me personally, but I do like that Nintendo is reinventing these different shooter sub genres with some fresh ideas.

"Nintendo is reinventing these different shooter sub genres"

http://supraball.net/

http://rocketleague.psyonix.com/

 

[SoulUnison]

Even the logo is reminiscent of Metroid.

Yeah that's... That's not subtle.

This is weird.