Nintendojo: With a mixed bag of reviews for the controversial Other M, ranging from the blown away to the somewhat unimpressed, do we risk losing Samus to the depths of development hell again? I don’t know for sure but the mere idea fills with me with utter Dread.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
I think that if this game doesn't sell well, we'll have a few years with no Metroid, then Retro will get back on it, and take it to the next level again.
But the game is good, real good.
Great game.Just started it and its astonishing
I'm trying to remember where I read/heard it...it was either in Iwata Asks, the developer interview or one of the in-print interviews...but I think Sakamoto said he was trying to find in-house help to make Other M, but people at Nintendo didn't quite see eye-to-eye with him or understand exactly what he wanted. Then he met with Team Ninja, and he and Hayashi saw eye-to-eye almost immediately. Hence Project M.
I don't think it's animosity toward him within the company or anything. I mean, Retro and Team Ninja are world-class developers. But I think Nintendo doesn't mind being bold with Metroid. It doesn't have as big a fanbase as Mario or Zelda, so they're willing to take bigger chances with it.
Of course, I could be wrong...
This article is one of the dumbest things I've read.
Maybe consider the fact that allowing different studios to take on the development role of a Metroid game is part of the appeal of the franchise?
I doubt Nintendo would have taken Metroid out of 2-d sidescrolling the way retro did. New and creative ideas to move this particular franchise forward. It's not like they just hand the IP over to some shit dev.
Honestly, have we really had a lack of polished, stellar Metroid games in the last 5-10 years? Absolutly not, so who cares if its Nintendo developing them as long as they are quality?
I'd rather another studio develop Metroid and Nintendo develop Zelda or Mario, and ultimately receive a good Metroid game and a good Zelda game, instead of just one of the two in the same timeframe...