Nintendo Switch: Smashy Smashy

[Oogie Boogie]

We'll see

 

[AfroThunder396]

Not really a surprise.

 

[Afino]

I dunno, I feel MP4 is going to be like BOTW and keep getting delayed.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Prime 4 is not being developed by Retro Studios, which is a huge bummer. It's going to be a brand new development team which IMO is VERY risky for a dead franchise they're trying to resurrect. Hopefully it works out.

Speaking of which, Retro hasn't made a game since DK Tropical Freeze even though they've apparently been working on one since 2014.

 

[Afino]

The team at Retro that developed MP1-3 doesn't even exist anymore. Everyone's moved on. It's been 10 years since Corruption

Listen, this game cannot be worse than Other M.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Prime 4 is not being developed by Retro Studios, which is a huge bummer. It's going to be a brand new development team which IMO is VERY risky for a dead franchise they're trying to resurrect. Hopefully it works out.

Speaking of which, Retro hasn't made a game since DK Tropical Freeze even though they've apparently been working on one since 2014.

It'll be fine.

I adored Metroid Prime but the second and third were quite the step down. Time for some new blood.

We still have no idea what Retro has been working on since Tropical Freeze. Looking forward to it for sure!

 

[Afino]

Do not talk **** about MP2 like that

If anything it's underrated.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Yeah most of the Prime staff are long gone.

Just be noted that no one knew who Retro even was when Prime came out and everyone thought it wasn't going to work.

I trust Nintendo to be able to make it work again with a new team. I am not holding my breath for 2018 though.

 

[Emperoreddy]

The early impressions on the Metroid 2 remake are positive as well.

Looks like it is doing well with preorders as well, so hopefully this and Prime selling well means more Metroid.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Do not talk **** about MP2 like that

If anything it's underrated.

I had a good time with it but got 100% completion on my first run without a guide and the whole "you get hurt by the atmosphere in the dark world" was pretty annoying.

It's nowhere near as good as the first Prime. Still good though.

 

[Afino]

Maybe it's just personal. I had more fun playing 2 than 1. Except the boost ball guardian. **** that guy.

 

[AfroThunder396]

I actually really enjoyed Prime 3. Proper voice acting, side characters I cared about, a flawless control scheme. It was a blast to play. The Pirate Homeworld and Elysium were beautiful worlds. Upgrading the ship and using it to solve puzzles was a great idea too.

Prime 1 was a masterpiece. Prime 2 was good but I don't remember being wowed by it. I do remember getting very annoyed with the difficulty so that may have something to do with it

Retro is one of my favorite studios and IMO they haven't made a bad game ever. I really want to know what they're working on. I get that a lot of people have moved on but it's still interesting to think about. I'm guessing it was a Wii U project before Nintendo pulled the plug.

 

[Unholy]

Isn't Retro working on 2 titles?

 

[Pilky01]

I love the idea of the Metroid Prime games, but don't think I ever played more than a couple hours of Prime 1. I hate retreading old ground and scanning **** over and over again with different visors.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I didn't even realize this metroid game was a Metroid 2 remake. Thats pretty funny. I'm guessing the development really picked up after AM2R.

And I'll be honest, AM2R looks much better than this graphically. I can't speak to the gameplay since I haven't played it, but this development studio hasn't exactly made any classics regardless so its hard to be super hyped.

 

[Afino]

I love the idea of the Metroid Prime games, but don't think I ever played more than a couple hours of Prime 1. I hate retreading old ground and scanning **** over and over again with different visors.

yeah that's one of the downfalls of especially Prime 2 where the scanning got even more annoying

 

[Pilky01]

My greatest memory of Metroid Prime is playing the into sequence demo kisok at my local Zellers before the game was actually released.

 

[RandV]

I love the idea of the Metroid Prime games, but don't think I ever played more than a couple hours of Prime 1. I hate retreading old ground and scanning **** over and over again with different visors.

I'd think you have to play more than a couple hours to get to that point?

But regardless yeah this is a crucial element to the Metroid series, but one that doesn't work for everyone. Halo is more crowd pleasing where you go from the start of the level to the end shooting bad guys and never go back, but in Metroid the games levels are all interconnected. To move forward you often have to move back, and you're rewarded for exploring all the nooks and crannies. Critics will call this a flaw, but it's actually a design feature (Skyward Sword had it too) and pretty tough to do well. It's probably much easier to throw out a bunch of start-finish levels than it is to design a single big interconnected map.

And of course starting with the Prime series an optional lore & story element was added in using the visor scanner. Prime was exceptional in this as it gave you a mix of the ancient lore, a backstory for the pirates, and their reaction and increasing alarm to your infiltration.

 

[disgruntleddave]

It took me a couple tries but once I got into it, absolutely loved Prime 1. I liked Echoes but not nearly as much. Despite the linearity, I really enjoyed prime 3 (may replay it in fact). Prime 4, unless they screw it up royally, is an instant buy.

Didn't care for splatoon or arms.

 

[Pilky01]

Starting to wonder if ARMS might be a commercial flop. Doesn't seem like anybody here bought it.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Starting to wonder if ARMS might be a commercial flop. Doesn't seem like anybody here bought it.

100K sold in first week in Japan so it started well in that market

 

[vippe]

Prime 4 is not being developed by Retro Studios, which is a huge bummer. It's going to be a brand new development team which IMO is VERY risky for a dead franchise they're trying to resurrect. Hopefully it works out.

Speaking of which, Retro hasn't made a game since DK Tropical Freeze even though they've apparently been working on one since 2014.

Metroid Prime development was a risky move. Retro Studios had exactly zero games under their belt and 4 cancelled ones. And look what happened there

I am not worried the slightest.

Isn't Retro working on 2 titles?

There was a rumor saying that, but there's been no talk what so ever. I am extremely interested in what they are doing. Tropical Freeze development was done in late 2013 so thats soon 4 years of not knowing what they are up to.

Starting to wonder if ARMS might be a commercial flop. Doesn't seem like anybody here bought it.

Really depends on what you mean with commercial frlop, It had a great start in Japan with 100k in 3 days. I think it's a slamdunk to hit 1 million units and more likely 1,5-2M lifetime worldwide.

 

[Chaels Arms]

Arms for $60 is just ridiculous.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Arms for $60 is just ridiculous.

Theres been a lot of really bad pricing on the switch with bomberman, street fighter, and 1-2 switch.

I'm not sure if ARMS is one of them I've have to know more about the single player but theres definitely been a lot of that.

 

[vippe]

Arms for $60 is just ridiculous.

Why is that? I mean, it has single player, it has online multiplayer, it has local multiplayer, it has replayability it has depth enough to get you to many hours of gameplay, tons of free content incoming and it's a new IP that hasnt really been done before. How is that not worthy of the price?

There has been some issues as mentioned with pricing though especially with the already mentioned USF2, Bomberman and 1-2 Switch. Those were very much overpriced. And it's really hard to argue otherwise, especially with SF and Bomberman.

With that said, the most ridiculous thing these days are entitled gamers.