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Is Monster Games working on a new racing game?
- Thread starter Oddduck
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Loved excite truck thoughDICKS AHOY
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I'd love for it to be Diddy Kong Racing 2 but I'm pretty sure I remember Liam saying on Twitter that never existed recently, unless he was just kidding around.
Here's what Shocking Alberto (this is his twitter right?) said in September 2015.
https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/640726830291492864
An engine that could be scaled between their next home console, handheld and mobile and used by all their teams....certainly seems to be what they want going forward. Maybe Unity is going to be that engine. Nintendo were certainly keen to get Unity on Wii U and New 3DS.
Hero of Legend
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Oh yeah I remember that. Same logic went into that Wii Crush conversion of Project Hammer. I HIGHLY doubt that sort of thing would happen now. The fact they didn't make a new Wii-series on Wii U proves that phase is done, hell I'd even think they're done period since I don't think Wii Fit U, Wii Sports Club, nor Wii Party U did well at all.
Graphics Horse
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haha not heard that one, I think the things I read were older, if you search for Rumour: Diddy Kong Racing Became ExciteBots I think all the same stuff is covered there.
Don't know if true but the guy says it was scheduled for Wii U in 2015.
Hmm...this combined with Unity and everybody always saying that they're too small to make a game makes me think mobile.
I dunno...Wii U was pretty half-assed. It didn't seem to have much of anything.
A Mii Kart Racer is kinda dumb, though.
DICKS AHOY
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that sounds fucking horrible so it's probably true
It could be an eShop title. World Rally did well I think.
Also, the career and championship mode line is apparently gone now. So...
Excite bike Wii ware was amazing, why can't we get more of that
With al the respect in the world for Monster games, both Wave Race and FZero are a go big or go home games and are just going to be under too much scrunity for them to handle appropriately.
Spieler Eins
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They better be. They are such a waste for random Nintendo ports...
Monster Games is made up of less than 20 people, unless they're hiring a lot more people. So they were probably the best case scenario for them, as much as that sucks.
They did help co-develop Tropical Freeze, but yeah, I hope they aren't just a porting outlet for Nintendo. A new Excite game would be great.
OrbitalBeard
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They're a really small team. I can't imagine this being a huge project, unless they've greatly expanded or are co-developing with another studio, like Retro.
Their team size really hasn't super workable for large-scale projects. I'm not surprised at all that they became more of a support studio once Nintendo finally went HD.
Given the kind of experience they do have a result of those ports, though, I think it bodes well for them that they're better equipped to embark on something a bit more ambitious than they've done in the past. They may not have actually made DKCR or Xenoblade, but knowing how they work is a valuable asset for them, and it sounded like the bonus world they developed for DKCR3D was pretty well received.
wild wild rice
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F-Zero
What kind of mentality is this?
"This sounds bad, so it must be true."
Does that mean you think a rumor that sounds good must be false?
What?
Like I said in a previous thread, I feel Monster is handling the coding/programming of the game, while retro is lending out with track design and the art. This is what I assume Miyamoto meant when he said Retro was big enough for multiple projects; working on a major title and assisting on another.
Shikamaru Ninja
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I do believe Excitebike or ExciteTruck would make most sense given a "championship or career mode". Even then, I would suspect some other entity is helping them develop it.
I can definitely see it being co-developed by Retro since they have worked together with them in the past. The idea of Retro co-developing a racer may get some heat but Miyamoto did state that Retro is big enough to work on two projects at the same time.
Agreed:
- Unity's a poor choice for a F-Zero game due to the speed
- I don't think Wave Race would run well on Unity either
- Diddy Kong Racing wouldn't have a career mode, plus it's too close to Mario Kart.
Dark Cloud
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I'm reading their website...I can't believe somebody actually has a worse website than what Retro Studios used to have. lol
http://www.mgiracing.com/
Anyways looking at their past games it was a port and I think somewhere it said they did Xenoblade Chronicles 3D? Looks like they haven't done a console game (by themselves new game) since ExciteBots.
Makes me think they couldn't work on a F-Zero or Diddy Kong Racing 2. It's probably an Excite game for NX then.
I should add Retro Studios might be helping them (they worked on MK7) so it could be a bigger game.
Edit: Lets put the evidence together! Retro Studios worked on a racing game in Mario Kart 7. Retro Studios worked on DKCR and DKCTF. Monster games works on Excite series which are racing games. Monster games helped work on DKTF.
Retro and Monster games likes to work together and they each are rumored to be working on Diddy Kong Racing 2. The evidence shows they both have some expertise in "racing" and "DK" now. Retro + Monster Games = DK + Racing = Diddy Kong Racing 2
http://www.mgiracing.com/
Anyways looking at their past games it was a port and I think somewhere it said they did Xenoblade Chronicles 3D? Looks like they haven't done a console game (by themselves new game) since ExciteBots.
Makes me think they couldn't work on a F-Zero or Diddy Kong Racing 2. It's probably an Excite game for NX then.
I should add Retro Studios might be helping them (they worked on MK7) so it could be a bigger game.
Edit: Lets put the evidence together! Retro Studios worked on a racing game in Mario Kart 7. Retro Studios worked on DKCR and DKCTF. Monster games works on Excite series which are racing games. Monster games helped work on DKTF.
Retro and Monster games likes to work together and they each are rumored to be working on Diddy Kong Racing 2. The evidence shows they both have some expertise in "racing" and "DK" now. Retro + Monster Games = DK + Racing = Diddy Kong Racing 2
James Scott
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Maybe they're working on a Unity game while porting the engine?
NinjaCoachZ
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They co-developed Mario Kart 7 and that turned out pretty well.
Assuming it's not Retro, I wonder who would be helping them out. The developer scene in Minnesota is a bit limited these days, and I can't immediately think of any other developer Nintendo has worked with in the past that they can call upon to help them.
cooltrainer
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ExciteWave. You know you want it.
Shikamaru Ninja
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It really could be anyone. I know the Nintendo thought bubble is small "OMG it has to be Platinum or Retro", but it really could be anyone. Every generation we've seen Nintendo contract different western and Japanese studios for work. Anyway, anyone following my posts might notice how excited (no pun intended) I was pondering if Nintendo would go back to tradition and release a Nintendo IP racer at NX launch. Excite would definitely be a great accompanying launch title. The year of Nintendo dreams my friends.
Hero of Legend
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They could try to make DKR more "tricked out" with those terms meaning:
Career Mode = Adventure Mode
Championship Mode = Trophy Race
You never know.
It'd be cool if they made Diddy sort of that hardcore sport racer to differentiate him from Mario Kart which is more, well, Mario.
ARE YOU CHIMP ENOUGH?! RACE TO BE THE BEST, OR BE SECOND BANANA!!!
Career Mode = Adventure Mode
Championship Mode = Trophy Race
You never know.
It'd be cool if they made Diddy sort of that hardcore sport racer to differentiate him from Mario Kart which is more, well, Mario.
ARE YOU CHIMP ENOUGH?! RACE TO BE THE BEST, OR BE SECOND BANANA!!!
Shikamaru Ninja
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The Diddy Kong Racing 2 rumors made sense before Mario Kart 8 was conceived. Now that Mario Kart 9 will likely expand on the DLC/Amiibo all-star concept - there really isn't any place for Diddy Kong Racing 2 to exist. I mean, you remember it was basically supposed to be Diddy and a bunch of Kensuke Tanabe's mascots from a bunch of low selling games. So if the rumor was ever true, (i think it was a small prototype at best that turned into ExciteBots), it wouldn't make sense in 2017.
I never believed the rumor anyway because there is no way Nintendo was going to release Donky Kong Barrel Blast and then Diddy Kong Racing 2 on the Wii. People forget about the former.
I never believed the rumor anyway because there is no way Nintendo was going to release Donky Kong Barrel Blast and then Diddy Kong Racing 2 on the Wii. People forget about the former.
DidntKnowJack
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Didn't these guys work on the old Waverace and 1080 games or am I confusing them with someone else?
I think it's that most are willing to believe the most worst possible outcome to be true over anything good. There's no inbetweens just two extremes.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes. Did anyone link to the OG rumors??
Ohh. True. Hype...deflating. That was a fun thirty seconds though, haha. I still believe we'll see DKR2 one day. And perhaps career is shorthand for adventure mode here. Perhaps....
Dark Cloud
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My only thing is what if Nintendo wants their smaller characters represented in a racing game? Think of characters like Dillion or Malo from Pushmo. I don't see them ever getting Amiibo to be in a Mario Kart game nor do I want them there.
I like the idea of a DKR2. It has different modes and racing style from Mario Kart and it can be used to represent the smaller characters Nintendo has.
People would be PISSED
OrbitalBeard
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That was NST, the team that develops the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games these days. They worked on the GCN entries of those two franchises.
I see what you mean. Still, as Dark Cloud indicated above me, what DKR offers that Mario doesn't is the main Adventure Mode for SP. Until MK gets something similar, I'll continue clamoring for a new DKR. And if they could use the MK8 engine to make it, it could be put together more easily, no? And as Dark Cloud said, these are characters being bandied about who aren't as likely to get amiibo to begin with, plus the fact that MK only ended up getting tracks and amiibo for two non-Mario IP, though perhaps MK9 will go much further in that direction.
As the original rumor monger indicated, it's still noteworthy that Diddy wasn't in MK8.I realize I'm grasping at straws perhaps, but until I have more than that to grasp at, I'll keep hoping DKR2 or at least something like it does materialize. ☺