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Rumor: Retro Studios' next game is a new "brand"
- Thread starter SteeloDMZ
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hot pink gun dlc or bust
Freezie KO
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god damn it you made me smile
Cute enough?
Freezie KO
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It's Kirby with an Uzi. He makes everyone smile.
Retro x HAL Labs Kirby FPS stealth confirmed
JasonUresti
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Oh man that sounds great. Maybe the lead will be a gruff, 30's something white male with brown hair and stubble. Oh oh, and he can have an ethnic, wise cracking sarcastic sidekick, and they are members of some elite military squad.
Why would you do that?
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Retro really is taking a long time to announce their next game.
From DKC: Return's announcement, we've had two Nintendo systems announced, released, and declared dead. One of them was revitalized, due in part to a game that Retro was asked to help out on. DKC: Returns was released, and a while later, a port of the game was announced and released.
This game had better be really awesome.
Also, I really hope their next game doesn't take this long...
From DKC: Return's announcement, we've had two Nintendo systems announced, released, and declared dead. One of them was revitalized, due in part to a game that Retro was asked to help out on. DKC: Returns was released, and a while later, a port of the game was announced and released.
This game had better be really awesome.
Also, I really hope their next game doesn't take this long...If I can't have Metroid, I would want something really moody and interesting, and different...
Maybe something with a "team Ico" vibe, or maybe a "Bio-Shock" vibe. Something smart and mature that still works as escapism. Something heavy on exploration.
edit// basically like Metroid, only (unfortunately) not Metroid.
Maybe something with a "team Ico" vibe, or maybe a "Bio-Shock" vibe. Something smart and mature that still works as escapism. Something heavy on exploration.
edit// basically like Metroid, only (unfortunately) not Metroid.
Retro really is taking a long time to announce their next game.
From DKC: Return's announcement, we've had two Nintendo systems announced, released, and declared dead. One of them was revitalized, due in part to a game that Retro was asked to help out on. DKC: Returns was released, and a while later, a port of the game was announced and released.
This game had better be really awesome.
I am sure they feel no pressure.
In the contest of the discussion, I think it just means that Retro is not working on Metroid nor DK.
Oh, really? I didn't listen to the chat, so I'll take your word for it.
A "new brand" is odd wording.
If it was something entirely new I'd of thought new IP was the obvious think to say.
New brand sounds like taking a known character/franchise and establishing them in a new genre. Something like Super Mario Bros to Mario Kart...or Metroid to Metroid Prime.
A new FPS using a known franchise perhaps. A Starfox FPS/squad based shooter wouldn't surprise me.
If it was something entirely new I'd of thought new IP was the obvious think to say.
New brand sounds like taking a known character/franchise and establishing them in a new genre. Something like Super Mario Bros to Mario Kart...or Metroid to Metroid Prime.
A new FPS using a known franchise perhaps. A Starfox FPS/squad based shooter wouldn't surprise me.
Oh, really? I didn't listen to the chat, so I'll take your word for it.
Basically they said they were wondering if retros game would be at e3. Some of the people wonder if it'll be a new metroid when Peer comments that he's heard rumors that Retros game is a new brand.
Freezie KO
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I want to get hyped up for a new game, but if it's a new IP in a genre I don't like, then I'm only setting myself up for disappointment. But that's the risk we take.
An existing franchise established in a new genre?
Ah, thanks for the clarification, Kard. Man, who knows what they're working on at this point, but I'll tell you one thing: I'm addicted to DKCR all over again with the 3DS re-release, and these guys know tight level design. I can't wait to see what they're cooking.
Balloon Fight reboot.
JasonUresti
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You wouldn't like a new IP from Nintendo? Why not? Retro Studios is Nintendo, whatever new IP they may or may not have come up with would have to be approved by Nintendo, which I doubt would greenlight a dudebro shooter (but on the negative side would be just as unlikely to give the go ahead to something like a Bioshock, Dishonored, or Dark Souls either)
Yeah DKCR is amazing and one of my favorite platformers. Honestly if their new game was another side scrolling platformer I wouldn't complain because I know it would be amazing.
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kittens
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Fuuuuuck I can't wait for this to be revealed.
Freezie KO
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Why would you assume everyone would want a Bioshock or Dark Souls?
JasonUresti
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Please show where I wrote that.
LiberaTeExInferis
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But what would the majority want?
For me Metroid, would be the best option, but those games mentioned have a similar aura, that in my eyes, Starfox for example does not have..
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kittens
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I don't really want Retro to return to Metroid. Honestly, I don't like most of their aesthetic choices for the franchise. I'd prefer to see someone else take it on, and for Retro to do something fresh.
Freezie KO
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Snippy. You wrote "on the negative side" Nintendo wouldn't greenlight an IP like that. And you wrote it in response to someone saying they might not like what Retro comes up with. Ergo, the insinuation is that you were assuming it would be a positive thing for the poster (whose tastes you don't know) if Nintendo greenlit an IP like BioShock or Dark Souls.
i think he's saying the opposite, those games are niche so they wouldn't be funded by nintendo
JasonUresti
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No, that doesn't really seem to follow. You seem to be trying to be rude and combative.
SkullplateMurray
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It better be a new "brand" like Metroid's Prime subseries.
can't blame him, most western-founded IPs are plain as hell.
Coldnoodle
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The_Intruder
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Hum I like that!
i can't figure out how a game like this would play. would it just be a metroid game with star fox flying in to for kill streaks bonuses
Star Falcon
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That's really cool!
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kittens
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People complain about the homogenation of the FPS genre after Halo. This is much worse to me, lol.
I wonder how X got green lighted in that scenario.
Well they are wrong. Look at all dem Halo Clones everywhere!
KillerTravis
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Peer probably knows as much as we do. These rumors may be in fact Neogaf rumors that may or may not come from Mr. Paul Gale.
It would be nice if Retro handle gameplay, and SPD cares of the artstyle, I personally liked OtherM artstyle better.
Star Tropics is the kind of title they could put to use to make more or less any game they wanted. Action adventure, tropical setting, space setting, new setting, whatever, first person, third person. Don't see the harm in that kind of reboot.
Freezie KO
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Agreed. Just look at how Sakurai handled Kid Icarus. Some fun throwbacks to the old games, but he not only created a world where there was barely one before, he also changed up the gameplay to be a railshooter/TPS hybrid.
Assassin's Sheik?An existing franchise established in a new genre?
Retro's biggest strength lies in the stuff they made the metroid games with. I would love them delving into that darker more serious stuff instead of me killing an octopus with a jojo.
Retro really is taking a long time to announce their next game.
From DKC: Return's announcement, we've had two Nintendo systems announced, released, and declared dead. One of them was revitalized, due in part to a game that Retro was asked to help out on. DKC: Returns was released, and a while later, a port of the game was announced and released.
This game had better be really awesome.
wow that's really REALLY exaggerating retro studios 'influence'.
the barely designed a single course in MK7.
had that stage not been included in the game, mk7 would still have gone off to sell just as much as it has today.
AFAIK they had nothing to do with DKCR3d. give credit to monster games for that one.
Look, they're a fantastic studio and their track record is 100% spotless, but come on.