Have you heard anything about development troubles going on with the game, Emily?
Eurogamer: Leaks suggest Retro Studios making Star Fox racing spin-off (also heard by EG's sources)
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Have you heard anything about development troubles going on with the game, Emily?
I mean, I doubt a Star Fox racing game isn't a niche that tries to appeal to these same fans. But let's see, maybe it's so good no one will care. RIP Falcon I guess.
The thought of David Wise composing the soundtrack to a Starfox racing game sends all sorts of warm fuzzy feelings down my core.
honestly me too
I don't know why but I just have so much faith in this idea haha
For Nintendo to decline the very thought of F-Zero making a return, merely because Miyamoto for some odd reason can't see what new to bring to the table (seemingly ignorant of the potential for HD graphics, online, course editors etc., specifically regarding F-Zero), this is beyond odd.
I trust in Retro to deliver, but I need F-Zero speed!
I trust in Retro to deliver, but I need F-Zero speed!
They can put a Captain Falcon that is a real falcon and that's it.
Retro game was obviously in development hell at some point, you can't explain their silence otherwise, but Metroid Prime already was and see how it ended up.
Let's wait for the game before making any kind of judgement.
Let's wait for the game before making any kind of judgement.
This is not true. They wanted Criterion to make a new F-Zero game for Wii U, so it's not on Miyamoto at all.
Miyamoto doesn't call those shots anymore. If Nintendo is not interested in new F-Zero, that's on them (specifically, the new general manager).
I have faith that this is going to be awesome. Count me excited! If this is some crazy large-scope DKRacing type game with Retro polish then it'll surely be great.
Really sad that the reaction is 100% going to be childish and embarrassing.
Really sad that the reaction is 100% going to be childish and embarrassing.
Don't like rumors of development troubles because of course that's going to mess with the perception even if the quality of the project ends up fine.
But, yeah, something happened at retro, likely cancelling a project since it's taken so long
But, yeah, something happened at retro, likely cancelling a project since it's taken so long
Yup. Troubled development can happen, it's more about how the publisher handles it. IIRC, God of War 4 also had a "troubled" development and look how that game turned out.
We'll just have to patient and see what they bring to the table ourselves.
I don't mind him having a longer snout, but that doesn't mean going back to the Melee design. Assault Fox has a longer snout and looks way better.
Wouldn't surprise me. If this is true it sounds like, given the departure from the rest of the series, this may not have even initially been a Star Fox game.
But I suppose another project being made concurrently could explain it as well.
Nintendo courted Criterion years ago to create an F-Zero prototype. They clearly have no problem with the IP. Sometimes things just don't work out. Kid Icarus was dormant for 20 years.
Oh my god I want that so bad now. You have potentially doomed this game to underwhelm me with this!
I actually think it's very likely that it was a prototype for a new kind of racing game that was put a Starfox IP on it.
Please no. I mean sure I wasn't initially excited when they started working on Donkey Kong Country but this is just- please no.
This could also mean this isn't Retro's main project. Or at least there is potential for two separate big projects going on at Retro at once.
Unless of course, it is. It sounds like an interesting spin on a franchise that needs it.
It didn't. Unless I missed something, anyway. You may be thinking of the cancelled game at the studio prior to this one.
I really hate it when companies just sit on a beloved IP even though there is still demand for it. At that point, just let someone else work on it.
Hmm... interesting... and worry. If what GI claims is true, it confirms Retro is indeed in trouble and the long time dev cycle is actually a dev hell.
What a waste of a great studio and IP if this is true.
SF on the Wii U was bad enough. Now this? And no F-Zero?
eh?
SF on the Wii U was bad enough. Now this? And no F-Zero?
eh?
I have nothing against their decision. I'm saying I would be dissapointed. That's me. I don't think it's a waste of talent.
The only disappointing thing about this is that it was leaked early, and I don't even like Star Fox.
Retro can do no wrong.
Retro can do no wrong.
Yeah, that's probably it. I knew for a fact Santa Monica themselves were going through issues, and I kinda just lumped that together with GoW's development.
I love implying that Diddy Kong to Star Fox would be just a skin-swap.
I'm silly that way.
Whatever they say, don't get help
I'm silly that way.
Whatever they say, don't get help
"These sources did not confirm whether the project being worked on was this Star Fox title."
Nah, the post-launch for ARMS is basically done so the team is probably already working on Mario Kart 9: condering we see a new MK every 3-4 years, it'll probably be out in 2020-21, which would perfectly gives space for this Star Fox game to shine.
Yeah, it's funny how a lot of people here are collectively turning up their noses at the idea of getting "a mere racer" instead of "something ambitous" and I go and build up one of the most ambitous games in existence in my head, lol.
Lol, seriously.
Imagine a long A to B race in space with combat, bosses and epic set pieces along the way.
You hate it when companies want to make money? Demand for it? I love F-Zero, but that IP is not beloved. It has a niche audience that loves it, but the games do not perform well at all.
Oh boy. Going to that lazy argument of "What a waste of a great studio now?"
Size is hard to tell but they hired a lot of developers from other studios in Texas in the past 4-5 years.
It doesn't need to be the controls, it could be that the concept doesn't resonate with the audience or critics having a field day with their review scoring, or even the art style.
Wise is not working on this Retro game.
Has been known for a while.
i'm sure the game will be good but... man really?
That this racing game isn't F-Zero is fucked up... They could have revived F-zero, that's they're whole thing, metroid prime, dk returns, f-zero could have been the next one...
also, please tell me this is just a side project... spending 4 years on that seems a bit too much
That this racing game isn't F-Zero is fucked up... They could have revived F-zero, that's they're whole thing, metroid prime, dk returns, f-zero could have been the next one...
also, please tell me this is just a side project... spending 4 years on that seems a bit too much
well yeah because it's star fox and not diddy kong
boooooooooooo
I'm just taking a wild guess but I doubt the game will end up as similar to F-Zero as seems to be implied. I do think it will be its own distinct kind of thing.
Thats not true. Nintendo wanted Criterion to make noe for Wii U, but they turned it down.
Deus Ex guy apparently composed music for Retro, which would make sense for a game like this
but it's not like Wise is a stranger to Star Fox, so it wouldn't have been the craziest choice
Yup .. it is the star fox command ending where Fox and Falco become racers
Well shit, its real then
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