Metroid FPS!

i've never seen so many ignorant cynics in my life. let's give the game a shot, please. for starters, 3d isn't what i would call a "fad." i don't think Quake was the product of any fad. the definition of fad has just been stomped on lately. people are using the word "fad" to describe anything they're getting tired of, or anything new that they don't like.

how many of you have actually seen the game yet? zero. and they haven't exactly released a motherlode of shots yet, besides those released before this announcement. almost no information is known, except that it will be an FPS. i can understand being cynical about it. i mean, admittedly, i was a little disappointed with the way Zelda64 turned out. (lots of good, lots of bad, too short) but they're not TRYING to make bad games. they've been pretty good with their games in the past. Nintendo made the games that kept N64 alive.

the system isn't out yet. we know almost nothing about the game. but we've already got idiots like #15 and #367 who already think they're the all-knowing zenmasters of consoles and games that haven't even been released yet. let's give it a chance, alright?

Ahhhhhhh....the Lamecube. I can see it now, 2 good games, and 92310457827901234 Pokemon/Mario games.

ok guys.

you are all GUESSING as to how this game is going to be.

as a matter of fact, you're also GUESSING as to how this game is going to be on a system that's not even OUT YET.

this has been a reality check. brought to you by [crow].

FPS my ass, ign is clutching at straws there, the Japs HATE first person games because there's none of the character empathy they like so much (and when the player bends over you cant look at her panties), and no fuckin way would Nintendo waste a core title like this on western players.

One Meeeeeeeellion Dollah say it play just like Mario64 with guns.

(kickass screenshots even if they kinda low poly)

ooo... this looks somewhat intersting, but it makes me wanna go download the SNES metroid.

! hope the gamecube mouse and keyboard != ass

Me want Metroid now.


does samus get naked?

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

/me dies

The only reason they're doing this is to get a 4 player mode. A 4 player split-screen platformer is just not pheasable(sp?) and they want people to buy this like they did Goldeneye.

I personally LOVE Super Metroid and i think this game wont be able to convey the atmosphere of the older games in a 1st person view. im not saying this game wont be fun but i am saying it wont be Metroid. O well, what can one screwball do eh?

I bought the first Metroid for the 8 bit the day it was released. I bought the second for the SNES the day it was released. If this game is as good as the SS would have us believe, I'll buy this one as soon as I can find one on the black market.

I think I'm like the only person in the world who thought Metroid sucked ass. And the NES for that matter.

Hey, I remember metroid... I also remember ORIGNAL CONCEPTS.

*cough*

This just shows that Nintendo doesnt know what they're fucking doing anymore. They're idiots for asking for an FPS, or idiots for putting their faith in some guys who want to make an FPS.

FPS games are becoming old now, just like side-scollers/platform games got old 6 years ago. Its going to be some lame Doom/Quake/Unreal/Misc FPS ripoff dumbed down to let little kiddies play it, just like 99.99999% of the Nintendo64 games.

I would like to see a new Metroid kinda like how they did Castlevania: SOTN for PSX. A really really big map with lots of different stuff in it. Not some lame FPS with Samus running around collecting keys or hitting buttons to open doors.

Hmm. As a 2D side-scroller, Metroid rocked. As a 3D FPS, it can only serve as a money machine where the nostalgic link is left mostly in the title. There might be a few in-game reminders that you're playing a metroid-ish game (pinky brains, fire & brimstone, fast elevators...), but that's about it.

....FPS's are getting tired, and it doesn't make sense to go back to scrollers... so what's "next"? :)

.. Not everyone's views are skewed by nostalgia. I like Doom more than Quake 3, definitely: it's because it's simpler. I don't need to keep track of all of these things at once. The subjective level of stress is a lot lower.

In Mario 64, I had to worry about my heading in 360 degrees, my camera, and what I had to find. In Mario 3 all I needed to worry about was getting to the edge of the screen. It was much simpler.

I've stopped playing Counterstrike and a lot of other games because they're too complex to be relaxing for me. I don't want to have to track my money, where everyone is by sound cues, what weapon I have vs. which one I can pick up, how many flashbangs I have, IF I even bought flashbangs, etc. In Age of Empires II I'm sweating through the whole game. It's really stressful.

Games aren't fun to play anymore, in a lot of cases.

I posted this in Evening Reading!!!

http://www.shugashack.com/funk.y?id=830996

Here is my theory. Nintendo has perfect Dark on the brain. They probably feel that they need some sort of Nintendo-ish FPS for the Gamecube at or near launch. Since Rare takes forever and a day to release anything, my guess they pulled the next best studio and character into service. To be honest I feel that would be better off getting NOLF ported but thats just my opinion.
Now this ruins the whole Metroid concept. While I agree that third person platform shooters are harder to control that first person shooter, it does destory a large part of the fun of the games. Shamus had upgrades for armor and different attacks that are all losted with it going to fps. Also playing a fps with a controler is no fun.
Over all while this isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things, Nintendo did lose customers who were going to by the gamecube just because of Metroid.

why are the screens so blurry.

I doubt a Metroid FPS will work out. I hope 2D games come back in style soon. I would love to see the great animation they could do with current systems.

I just hope they'll make a good 2D Metroid game for Game Boy Advance.

Super Metroid goes down in the Hall Of Fame without a doubt. Hopefully this title will live up to its predecessors.

Metriod, II, and Super were awesome games in large part because of what they were: side-scrolling platform games. Metroid the FPS will suck, doubly so because it will be on a console (ie: no mouse, etc).

Besides, where in the plot is there room for a sequel? In II, Samus wiped the Metroids off the face of their home planet except for one, which died at the end of Super. So......?

MoNsTeR

I am -really- looking forward to a Zelda game on the Gameboy Advance.

i dont think jack is feeling too wanted right about now...

300th POST!!!!!!

Here's my expectations for the next Metroid game:
"I want the quality of the game to be on the same level as Metal Gear Solid 2"

Can Retro deliver?

"...originally (Metroid) began its life as a third-person game. Interestingly though, product evaluators at Nintendo were allegedly not overly impressed with the direction Metroid was headed in and forced a change of genre to first-person shooter..."

Reads:

"These guys don't know how to make good third-person game. Lets see, they've got people well experienced in FPS type of games. Hmmm.... Do it FPS style then"

This is just fucking sad.

*ahem*

"with a possible 3rd person view toggle."

haven't i been screaming this since the trend of 3rd person games came out?

jesus, like it's that hard to bind a key that moves the camera both back and out, AND makes the crosshair disappear at the same time?

grr.. i was hoping no one would catch on long enough for me to get into the business and introduce it myself.

Stupid question for everyone whining about it not translating to a FPS very well... Weren't both Duke and Wolfenstien both side scrollers before they become FPS?

Wait, what happened to Shigeru Miyamoto?!?!? He was the brain child behind most of the original greats from the Marios to the Zeldas! If he left Nintendo, then kiss Nintendo's ass goodbye. Maybe Nintendo realized that putting all of their eggs in one man's basket was a risky thing. During the N64 era, they piled Shigeru's plate so high, and then expected everything he touched to turn to gold. The only N64 games that I think are worth buying are Mario 64, Zelda 64, and Waverace 64. And for godsakes, they need to stop the "64" shit.

Thankgod I still have my NES and SNES. Fuck emu too... the emulators still haven't gotten it exactly right. The NES ones are getting close, but no cigar yet.