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Your most anticipated but cancelled Nintendo games?
- Thread starter drspeedy
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Banjotanooki
Member
Not gonna lie, I'm wondering why they changed many things about this trailer.
-No swimming
-No Giant
-Forests
-That Gohma boss
And also these Moblin's:
cireza
Member
Good pick.
Sonic Rift
Member
One of the main reasons I bought a 3DS at launch was because there was going to be a Mega Man Legends 3 demo out soon after...
DownGrader
Member
I remember some first-party Wii game that was basically Endless Ocean but on a space station. It was announced at the same time as Another Code: R, and we've only seen few heavily compressed seconds of it.
Can't remember its name, though. Cosmic... Cosmic Whatever. (EDIT: Googled it, it was called Cosmic Walker. https://youtube.com/watch?v=AYjhCxGg2Ew)
Also, what the hell happened to Project Giant Robot?
Can't remember its name, though. Cosmic... Cosmic Whatever. (EDIT: Googled it, it was called Cosmic Walker. https://youtube.com/watch?v=AYjhCxGg2Ew)
Also, what the hell happened to Project Giant Robot?
Zomba13
Member
I was always intrigued by Cosmic Walker, even though we basically knew nothing about it.
First time I'm hearing about this and I'm already intrigued by that one shot.
Is this real?Metroid 64
I believed it was never started.
edited, from wiki:
games: "This apprehension over 3D gaming, is that the reason there was never a Metroid 64?"
Sakamoto: "I was actually thinking about the possibility of making a Metroid game for N64 but I felt that I shouldn't be the one making the game. When I held the N64 controller in my hands I just couldn't imagine how it could be used to move Samus around. So for me it was just too early to personally make a 3D Metroid at that time. Also, I know this is isn't a direct answer to your question but Nintendo at that time approached another company and asked them if they would make an N64 version of Metroid and their response was that no, they could not. They turned it down, saying that unfortunately they didn't have the confidence to create an N64 Metroid game that could compare favourably with Super Metroid. That's something I take as a compliment to what we achieved with Super Metroid."
games: "Can you say who that company was?"
Sakamoto: "Sorry, I cannot."
DownGrader
Member
Yeah, I'm not so sure myself. This image has been around for a long time, so I've always assumed it was a prototype build of sorts. Nintendo wanted a Metroid game for N64, but Sakamoto couldn't figure out how to use the controller to move Samus in a 3D world. I even read that they tried to outsource the project to another studio, but they never disclosed who they had in mind.
Edit: Ahh, beaten!
Art.Menegatti
Member
boclfon479
Member
The 3D Kirby for the GCN
Banjotanooki
Member
Wow....takes me back to the Wii days, lol.
Was there ever any gameplay shown of it?
This this this. I remember when everyone was obsessing over that Dread reference in Prime 3.
That was an April Fools mockup.Metroid 64
Anyone else remember Dead Phoenix?
I was going to post this. Game looked really fun - love anything with flight. It was supposed to be part of the "Capcom 5" if I remember correctly.
pure vaporware, if i recall correctly
No, nothing.
I remember hearing they guy who made the artwork was like 14 years old.
The story goes that the original director was losing grip on the project and it was basically a mishmash of ideas. It required Aonuma to step in and basically take what worked and piece it together. That's why some mechanics (like picking up animals) are still in the game, but serve no real purpose.
there was oracles of seasons and oracles of ages and there was supposed to be a third game which name i forgot. i wonder how this amazing game would have turned out.
three complete campaigns and after finishing all of them, you can play another campaign...
i wonder what exactly and why it was scrapped.
actually there is so much misinformation on the internet, i have the mags in my parents basement, the game was canned early in dev because nintendo wanted to release all three at the same time. they canned the third one after realising that you cant use the link cable with more than 2 people connected together. thats what i remember.
three complete campaigns and after finishing all of them, you can play another campaign...
i wonder what exactly and why it was scrapped.
actually there is so much misinformation on the internet, i have the mags in my parents basement, the game was canned early in dev because nintendo wanted to release all three at the same time. they canned the third one after realising that you cant use the link cable with more than 2 people connected together. thats what i remember.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I was really looking forward to Disaster: Day of Crisis, bummed that didn't get a US release.
Also Captain Rainbow, while never announced for the US, is something I would have loved to play.
Also Captain Rainbow, while never announced for the US, is something I would have loved to play.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Star Fox 2
Disaster: Day of Crisis US release
Disaster: Day of Crisis US release
Banjotanooki
Member
I wanted to know more about Cosmic Walker...
Playing an astronaut exploring a space station seemed like it could be fun. Especially if it wasn't combat focused and didn't have weird aliens/zombies/whatever.
Playing an astronaut exploring a space station seemed like it could be fun. Especially if it wasn't combat focused and didn't have weird aliens/zombies/whatever.
Both are only mentioned once but I failed
I should have ctrl+f instead of trying to read to quickly in fact
drangleic tourism
Member
Since we're on the subject, I remember there being some evidence that Dread existed in some form at some point. But does anybody have the links or know exactly what the "evidence" was? I recall interview conversations where it was mentioned I think?
Hero of Legend
Member
I also forgot to mention Crash Twinsanity on GC. It was underway but canned for no reason. My theory is that it had to do with disc size. If it was due to poor sales of WoC and/or Nitro Kart, the GC wouldn't have gotten Tag Team Racing afterwards.
Raven Blade by Retro Studios. First party Nintendo western RPG?!?! I'll take 20.
Make 40 out of it!
darkstar0155
Member
if I remember correctly Matt C. previously of IGN posted a video of it at one point, although I could be confusing it with something else.
runnin_blue
Banned
This has been mentioned a few times already.
I'm pretty sure there is no video of Metroid Dread in existence, publically anyway. Would love to be proven wrong though.
darkstar0155
Member
man I could have sworn someone showed something. Maybe it was a Halo game for the DS though that im thinking about.
perfectchaos007
Member
The US version of Disasters Day of Crisis. It looked like a fun game but not enough to buy a PAL Wii just to play it
Not gonna lie, I'm wondering why they changed many things about this trailer.
-No swimming
-No Giant
-Forests
-That Gohma boss
And also these Moblin's:
As someone who has never gotten into TP, how much of this was removed? That trailer makes the game look a lot scarier than I feel my time with it has been.
MikeE21286
Member
Probably Super Mario 128
I know some of the parts of it were cannibalized into Pikmin and other Mario games. But 128 never came out
I know some of the parts of it were cannibalized into Pikmin and other Mario games. But 128 never came out
Pancakes R Us
Member
Metroid Dread.
Meh. I rented it. It wasn't very good.
TheMoon
Member
first post dude. first god damn post lol.
the other one is mentioned too.
is not a canceled game.
TheMoon
Member
You're confusing this with Halo DS. Which nobody has mentioned yet btw^^
Nothing. TBA. Was on ice, not canned.
Homebrew. It's so easy.
DeathSparks
Member
Yep, it looks quite interesting and more like an interesting take on Panzer Dragoon which looked pretty similar to this game.
darkstar0155
Member
lol, funny is I mentioned I may have been thinking of that (Halo DS) on follow up post. Good catch.