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Huh? Where are there any rumors about any of them developing it?
The only trustworthy rumor so far that I've seen is suggesting Bandai Namco.
Yeah good point. Though Bamco the dev doesn't have any experience with games even remotely similar to Metroid Prime
(then again, neither did Team Ninja)
(then again then again, they didn't make a Prime game)
None of those companies are making Metroid Prime 4.
Anyway, Namco is still such a strange choice for a developer.
And then Team Ninja tried to make a game like Ninja Gaiden for Other M while Sakamoto limited the combat system and tried to build a kind of Metroid game around it and it was very weird.
Anyway, Namco is still such a strange choice for a developer.
And then Team Ninja tried to make a game like Ninja Gaiden for Other M while Sakamoto limited the combat system and tried to build a kind of Metroid game around it and it was very weird.
Maybe the rumors I saw were weak. But I don't like the idea of Bandai Namco doing it.
Other M also was heavily supervised by Nintendo...That doesn't say much sadly.
Point is that this isn't something you casually reference in a hint like that.
Why on earth would Sakurai be heading Prime 4?!?!? Besides, Tanabe is heading Prime 4. It's like one of two actual facts we know about it.
Are you serious? Is this statement based on any rumor or just linking it to BAMCO?
Where's that Bethesda rumour from? Arkane would be perfect but this is super unlikely.
No it's hogwash, please ignore. It was only based on someone teasing the dev of Prime 4 would surprise people and the possible link to Bamco. It shouldn't be discussed in this thread at least.
Thanks. Don't get me wrong though, a FROM Metroid could be amazing. I just don't see the Prime series as a possibility.
Who often works with Namco, and who probably isn't working on Smash at the moment...?
If you take away Sakurai then I'd guess it's just a newly formed internal Nintendo team.
It's made-up nonsense. Fan theories.
It just makes absolutely no sense. Again, Tanabe is doing Prime 4. Sakurai worked with Bamco one single time.
I still think that it's a random team Nintendo's put together under their own roof that's doing it, probably headed by someone we do know, like Sakurai.
I think this rumours of Plat, Beth, or From doing it are awesome, but bullshit.
I think this rumours of Plat, Beth, or From doing it are awesome, but bullshit.
I guess part of the equation is whether or not Bamco(or whoever) is developing the game from top to bottom with supervision from Nintendo, or if an internal team is doing a lot of the core design work and planning while Bamco is more production support to do the heavy lifting.
I'll be curious who will be the level and combat designers for Metroid Prime 4... Because Namco has no one who can do these types of things.
I'm not even sure they have art directors who are comfortable with Prime's art...
It honestly just seems weird to have a Japanese studio and Japanese producer to work on a game that will do terribly in Japan and will only do well in America when the Japanese studio has done none of these types of games in their life.
ZHugeX is an industry analyst in China and knows a lot.
I'm not even sure they have art directors who are comfortable with Prime's art...
It honestly just seems weird to have a Japanese studio and Japanese producer to work on a game that will do terribly in Japan and will only do well in America when the Japanese studio has done none of these types of games in their life.
ZHugeX is an industry analyst in China and knows a lot.
I know what his job is. Lots of people have jobs in the industry. Very few have accurate leaks from Nintendo. His track record would be more telling.
Not EPD
Not Bamco
Not Retro
I have no desire to throw out random guesses.
It would be cool if Nintendo started a new Western studio to make Prime 4.
... But if they had started a new development team in 2015 or 2016, I think we would have heard about it.
... But if they had started a new development team in 2015 or 2016, I think we would have heard about it.
lmao if a NSMBU port happens.
What a joke.
But has your source given you good information in the past?
I remember that I saw something about it back on gaf days. But now I don't know for sure.
And yet you'll dismiss the most (and probably only) reasonable ones (Namco/EPD).
I think he actually was among the first to talk about a Dark Souls 1 remaster.
NSMBU+ would indeed be a joke, I really hope that's not true. Great game but we do not need 4 2D platformers in a year, 2 of them being ports.
Especially since NSMBU already was a pretty super safe sequel to NSMBWii which probably everyone who is interested in a Switch and 2D platformers already has played.
You're essentially dropping a new rumor here based on "a source." You should read the OP.
Of course, because, again, they make no sense at all.
NSMBU or any NSMB would be especially ridiculous because Super Mario Maker has shown how easy is for people to make most of their levels. The series has reused so many assets that it has simply become tiring.
You mean the opposite, right? Because the opposite of what you say is actually the case.
My bad themoon
Anyway nsmb u + is coming and it does make sense the games sold bit over 5 million on Wii u while nsmb Wii sold like 25 million on Wii. A lot if switch userbase probably hasn't played it or Mario maker just like mk8 deluxe.
( also hot takes ~ i liked nsmb u more than Mario maker cause I sucked at making levels lol and most online user levels were pretty meh or flooded with levels with tooo much cheap deaths, too many auto scrolls levels and just bullshit difficulty/ find this super secret levels ./
Anyway nsmb u + is coming and it does make sense the games sold bit over 5 million on Wii u while nsmb Wii sold like 25 million on Wii. A lot if switch userbase probably hasn't played it or Mario maker just like mk8 deluxe.
( also hot takes ~ i liked nsmb u more than Mario maker cause I sucked at making levels lol and most online user levels were pretty meh or flooded with levels with tooo much cheap deaths, too many auto scrolls levels and just bullshit difficulty/ find this super secret levels ./
I'm extra skeptical about that Bandai-Namco rumor, not just because it's a "tease," which so often are generic or turn out wrong, but also because it comes from an admin here. There's no risk. Unlike everyone else who posts a rumor, who would get banned if it turns out false, there's no way they would ban ZhugeEX for a missed rumor. That means there's less incentive to vet the source.
I mean, I think it could even turn out correct (they are a logical choice), but there's very little or no authoritative weight behind the rumor as it stands, unless he has a strong track record (like Emily), which I've seen none of.
I mean, I think it could even turn out correct (they are a logical choice), but there's very little or no authoritative weight behind the rumor as it stands, unless he has a strong track record (like Emily), which I've seen none of.
The admins and mods were all right about the mini Direct on the 11th, even when there was no announcement for it like we all assumed there would be.
I mean, I do see your point but on the other hand so far there isn't anything wrong with his track record to cast doubt on it.
If you want something recent, I posted this before the last Nintendo Direct - https://www.resetera.com/posts/3140295/
I also confirmed this 'leak' as fake before anyone else - https://www.resetera.com/threads/up...of-switch-firmware-version-5-0-surface.14621/
But I'm not really looking to prove anything.
Wasn't Metroid prime series supervised by miyamoto and other M had nothing to do with miyamoto? I could be wrong
Whatever came of that tweet by retro when they were cooking up some prime rib? Did it mean anything?
But maybe that's what Zhuge WANT us to think and he specifically researched Kid Icarus games just to figure out a way to trip us up!!!!!
Miyamoto is not "Nintendo"
Metroid Prime 1 was overseen by Miyamoto because that project started under the old structure where EAD handled outside projects and Miyamoto just oversaw everything. After that, the external projects were overseen solely by SPD producers which is when Kensuke Tanabe and Risa Tabata full took the reigns to the Prime series. Other M was a Sakamoto game bringing the 2D Metroid series into 3D for the first time and that means it is completely 100% unrelated to anything to do with Prime, in terms of who is involved.
You mean like every single tweet they do? They're in Texas, where the official past time is BBQing. People turned "prime rib" into a joke and some didn't catch on that this is a joke. It never meant anything.
I mostly meant the kind of assets that the NSMB series share. Some of them tend to get repeated so frequently that it became pretty predictable what kind of levels a new game was going to have. People who want to make more professional sort of levels in SMM clearly need to be more skilled but the overall look of the stages in NSMB was pretty easy to replicate.
Anyway, it would be pretty underwhelming if NSMBU ends-up being ported. Is a good game, the best of its own series in fact but is still a NSMB game and it would be even more disappointing if that gets ported before other titles that deserve it more like SM3DW.
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So you're saying it was Metroid Prime 4 you were hinting at? Hmmmmmm
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