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[madstarr12]

Give them a "real" Metroid game first, otherwise this "online" stuff would be severely limited in sales. Look at Prime Chibi-Feds, it's probably gonna Bomb. First give them what they want, and then what they don't know they want.

 

[KTO]

The best one could hope for from a Metroid online would be fake destiny. God forbid it releases as broken as destiny because honestly I don't trust them to fix it.

 

[Leafhopper]

presumably metroid prime hunters style multiplayer

Then no.

 

[Regulus Tera]

I thought the complaint with Federation Force was that it wasn't a Samus-only game where she's isolated in an alien world. Making an Online Metroid would surely go against that.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I guess a well designed asymmetric multiplayer game where one player is Samus and there rest play as a space pirate strike team *might* work if Nintendo cared to pursue such a thing, but really? Metroid Online? We barely get good proper Metroid games as it is.

edit: to expand on this, it would be mission/objective-based, where you as Samus have to infiltrate/steal things from a Space Pirate station/base, etc.

But again, why? Why would anybody want that instead of a proper exploration focused Metroid game?

 

[MikeyB]

I'm still convinced that their next console should come out next year, be about the size of a deck of cards and essentially be a digital only box with access to an expanded online store with everything from the Wii back offered at lower prices. Do it up in a NES, SNES, and GameCube colour and design scheme. Focus on one great controller plus obligatory Wii stuff.

That will pull in the market that has forgotten Nintendo to at least invest in nostalgia and explore that library. An online shooter that waters down 30 year old IP is not going to be competitive with Battlefront, the next Destiny and so on. Thinking it will is the path to ruin. Once Nintendo is back in houses at a cheap price point, then try to sell them on another highly priced piece of hardware.

 

[ZiZ]

No. Metroid is a game about isolation.

Agreed.

 

[Olengie]

I dont want that.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

What about Metroid makes people think it would benefit from being online?

This. Any, and every one of their franchises are more appropriate for online than Metroid. Why would the Splatoon team waste their time making "Metroid Online" when they are assuredly full steam ahead on Spla2n right now.

 

[nkarafo]

No. Metroid is a game about isolation.

This.

I think most people forget why we loved the franchise in the first place. But, dur, lets make Metroid the SAME game like all mainstream games. Lets make it online, not because a Metroid game needs it or because it will improve it or anything, but only because its popular.

Fuck that.

While not online, there was a Multiplayer mode in Metroid Prime 2.

It sucked.

Exactly. Because it was forced. Because, presumably, all games had to have a multiplayer. So they made one, even though nobody asked for it. That's exactly what this OP is asking now. Make Metroid something that it's not, because this way it might blend with all the other mainstream games. Who cares about the whole design thing, it's philosophy and style? Making everything the same is where it's at.

 

[Mista Koo]

What is metroid online?

Halo.

 

[mindsale]

Nintendo will answer your prayers. Retro to release Donkey Kong-line with next Country game.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Can I play As Ridley?

 

[BGBW]

Error Code: 3372013

The last Metroid is in captivity.

Release Ridley and try again.

 

[KiraV]

I wouldn't mind this at all. We've already seen that Metroid can do pretty well as a multiplayer title. Hunters, Nintendoland, and even Prime 2 have shown how Metroid can be adapted to make an interesting experience-- elements like the morph ball, grapple beam, etc can shake up FPS ganeplay-- and Federation Force may end up lending its own ideas to the mix as well with Blast Ball and mechs. If given a modest budget and reusable assets from a main game, I think a multiplayer mode could turn into a great value add and attract new players to the franchise.

 

[Ultima_5]

Is t this what the 3ds game is that everyone wants cancelled

 

[Marow]

I loved the multiplayer in Metroid Prime: Hunters and wouldn't mind seeing it again, to be perfectly honest. At the same time, it'll have to compete in a rather difficult climate today. At the same time, it's not really what many seem to expect from Metroid judging by this thread, which is understandable.

Still, I felt Hunters did a rather confident job in expanding the Metroid universe. I'm still very curious learning about the other hunters and their planets. At least it seems Sylux might appear again in the future, judging from interviews. I honestly wonder if Federation Force will manage to do the same, as from what's available so far it doesn't seem to share the same atmosphere as the other games.