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Eurogamer: Leaks suggest Retro Studios making Star Fox racing spin-off (also heard by EG's sources)
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I'm hoping the adventure mode is oddly beefy for a racing game. I would have loved for them to reboot the series or make Assault 2. Maybe they can kinda sorta still do that.
I was going to read this thread but you all somehow managed to get to page 53 already. Anyway, this is a weird idea and would be better as a F-Zero game, but I will wait and see.
Star Fox adventures is just a weird Zelda clone. No need for that when you have Zelda
Nintendo takes its only western first party studio to make a game some c Japanese 3rd party could make. If this was a action adventure Star Fox game I could understand but a racing game no thanks.
Racing games being considered a third class or not "serious" genre around here is disappointing. But your manbaby meltdowns just make Retro stronger. Day 1 for me.
I imagine their games would be no where near as special or polished if that were the case. The games they release are damn good. I'd rather they work hard on releasing nearly perfect products than create tons of flawed experiences.
poor retro, always the bridesmaid
why not just make a new fzero, it would freak out the faithful... its so bizarre they would do this with starfox that its probably true... and if true starfox is pretty DOA for nintendo to do the spin off reboot they like to go for as the final "test" (RIP chibi robo)
why not just make a new fzero, it would freak out the faithful... its so bizarre they would do this with starfox that its probably true... and if true starfox is pretty DOA for nintendo to do the spin off reboot they like to go for as the final "test" (RIP chibi robo)
Why is the perception always that "studio X" is better off spending their talent on "game Y" just because you want it? Unless we later find out that they didn't want the project, chances are that they picked it themselves. Creative projects are generally better when made by choice rather than demand. With the series and genre at play here, it's highly unlikely that Nintendo was the one demanding the game be made.
The series hasn't had an entry in 15 years. Why would anyone be expecting one now?
I can only imagine it's because they see things on very strict terms and aren't great at the divergent thinking game. Kinda like how some people live their lives off of platitudes that they never stop to deconstruct or consider any nuance to.
Like, I get if it's not your thing. Nothing wrong with having different preferences. But some folks are acting personally affronted because they think being fans of something entitles them to tell the actual creators what they can or should do with their own IP, or that an IP/studio in general should only cater to their strict terms just because they're fans.
So they pitch Space Racer X with garbage unlikeable characters and no selling capacity. Or Big Ape Platformer, a 2D sidescroller featuring Biggy the Ape. Or Prime Troid, an FPS adventure.
It's possible that Retro doesn't have a whole lot of great unique IP ideas lying around. Maybe their strength is working within the confines of an existing IP. Or maybe they are developing something new on the side but it's taking a long time (as brand new IPs can). We don't know. It's pretty silly to just assume they can come up with a new, fresh, system selling blockbuster IP on the dot. And with all the great IPs Nintendo has, unless Retro truly has something magnificent why not let them do for other IPs what they did with Metroid?
I remember most of F-Zero's cast, and like 75% of them are unappealing.
Fat Mario Android, Offensively Gay Black Dude, Whatever Gomar & Shioh are, Bruce Willis and his obese fanboy alien friend, a Scientist with a beer gut, Samurai Goroh Clone, Samurai Goroh Jr., Morbidly Obese Mafia Boss...
Fat Mario Android, Offensively Gay Black Dude, Whatever Gomar & Shioh are, Bruce Willis and his obese fanboy alien friend, a Scientist with a beer gut, Samurai Goroh Clone, Samurai Goroh Jr., Morbidly Obese Mafia Boss...
Another key element is the number of racers participating. I hope for 30 - but as long as it's 15+ I won't be mad.
If this is what we are getting with other players or cpus in their arwings being behind or infront of you depending of the boost mechanics, while you all blast enemies for higher scores, im all for it. Its basically and on rails star fox with a multiplayer racing component.
Im still a little scared about the name being litterally Grand Prix and how the leak describes the game which lends more into an actual racing championship, so the game just being DKR skinned as star fox. I prefer it to be a story with enemies attacking planets like every star fox and you all going out in your arwings being a cooperative mode and a lets see who is the best and ranks better at the same time.
More star fox zero with better scenery graphics and artstyle (really like the character artsyle of zero, so they can keep that), better classic controls and racing/scoring multiplayer, and less star fox characters big heads going out of starwing look a like karts on a anti gravity racing tracks.
Star fox zero character designs SHIT all over every version of the cast ever made and love that they are looking a little more similar know to the stop motion puppets.
I mean that has nothing to do with your original point. People back in the day would be less upset because if they didn't like Diddy Kong Racing they could look to the other 10 games coming out from Rare instead on the N64. Retro is releasing one.
Killer Instinct Gold Fighting Nintendo 64 Nintendo 1996
Blast Corps Action Nintendo 64 Nintendo 1997
GoldenEye 007 First-person shooter Nintendo 64 Nintendo 1997
Diddy Kong Racing Racing Nintendo 64 Rare 1997
Banjo-Kazooie Platform Nintendo 64 Nintendo 1998
Jet Force Gemini Third-person shooter Nintendo 64 Rare 1999
Donkey Kong 64 Platform Nintendo 64 Nintendo 1999
Perfect Dark First-person shooter Nintendo 64 Rare 2000
Mickey's Speedway USA Racing Nintendo 64 Nintendo 2000
Banjo-Tooie Platform Nintendo 64 Nintendo 2000
Conker's Bad Fur Day Platform Nintendo 64 Rare
So, what if that old Retro Studios Diddy Kong Racing 2 rumor from 2014 was true and the reskin to Star Fox is the reason it took so long ?????
https://kevincallahangames.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/the-strange-development-of-diddy-kong-racing-2/
https://kevincallahangames.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/the-strange-development-of-diddy-kong-racing-2/
Metroid Prime is like Zelda but in first person and in the future, you explore huge environments and dungeon-like structures, and weapons give you access to new areas.
I'm sure retro studios would be able to further evolve the concept of Starfox Adventures, so that is less of a "weird" Zelda clone. Being Zelda-like ain't a bad thing. I'm sure they could also add flying sections, aerial battles, and space travel between planet etc.
F-Zero never sold well outside the first entry. The audience is a lot smaller than online fan hype would suggest. A Star Fox racing game with it's own unique mechanics stands a better chance of cultivating an audience than a dormant racing franchise that had multiple chances to do the same in its time.
Yes we have Mario Kart.
And 3 (soon 4) Metroid Prime games.
We have loooots of adventure games too.
I mean, we have tons of games, and Retro decided (if the leak is real) to develop some futuristic racing game, because there's a lack of this kind of game and they felt like doing it.
As other people said, Retro is choosing to do the games they want, or at least they have some creative freedom, and all their games show their passion for the project.
It's funny to read "Waste of talent" or "Disappointing decision", like if Retro people were developing the game against their will.
The best game Retro can do is the game they feel like doing, so let's wait until the reveal and then decide if they were right or not when decided to do a racing game.
y'all would be panicking no matter what that article said
could have called it the most ambitious racing game of all time and we'd hear "why can't they spend that ambition on something more eeeeeepic"
Also, Game Informer corroborated this rumor in the past
Peppy main.
All you mother fuckers are going to know I REEEEAAALLLY want you to do a damn barrel roll.
All you mother fuckers are going to know I REEEEAAALLLY want you to do a damn barrel roll.
one thing I am excited for about this is that there aren't too many great mom mari o kart arcade racing games out there anymore
such vague rumors, don't even specify if it's about this title, meanwhile people here who've been familiar with the project already expressed their positive reaction to it
Come on man don't be dense. Anyone can see SFA is a very closely imitating a tradition pre BOTW Zelda game. Metroid prime is nothing like the two apart from some very videogamey things like they both have a main character and you do adventurey shit.
Well, that doesn't inspire confidence ...
I do like the sound of the game, though.
Actually, both F-Zero X and Maximum Velocity were both >1M sellers. It went downhill with GX (unfortunately) and afterwards.
We wouldn't be panicking if it was Eternal Darkness 2, or some sci-fi adventure, or some new original IP.
That's why i think cross ips are good in that case, cause you use everything you said to make fzero come back to
Who are those fans?
Or more specifically, how many are those fans?
Considering I've read a few different reports of internal issues within Retro over the years, I'm not all too surprised there might be problems with whatever they're working on. Retro seems to be a studio that delivers a crazy amount of quality for how often I've heard rumblings of serious shake-ups
thanks god they're not making another boring horror game instead
I hate Melee Fox
I won't allow anyone to break the seal on his tomb
Probably more people than the people asking for a Star Fox racing game.
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