Here’s one very interesting rumor. Recently we’ve been hearing rumors revolving around Retro Studios, who have been responsible for major Nintendo titles like the Metroid Prime trilogy and Donkey Kong Country Returns. Those rumors state that the Texas-based developer is currently hard at work developing a title for the Wii successor (Project Cafe). And that title is none other than Eternal Darkness 2, a sequel to one of the Gamecube’s most cherished titles that sadly wasn’t met with commercial success.
Currently, the original developers are credited via a generic slate.
It's safe to say that it's the original developers who conceptualised and built these games in such a way that they're worthy of a remaster or remake today. Even if they had nothing to do with the new iteration, the dev team behind a remaster would be nowhere without the original vision – and so, the original dev team deserves a place in the credits of a remaster. That's exactly how former Retro studios engineer Zoid Kirsch feels.
Depending on how long the credits are for the current team, I can see why it would be decided not to essentially double that.
How long or short credits are is irrelevant. Every man or woman who put their time into the creation of anything (tv, movies, animation etc too) should have their names stamped on it, no excuses.
Noone realistically sits and reads every name and actually thanks them, but it's important to the people involved to have it there for what small validation or thanks it brings them. A little thing they can show their friends and family for years to come and feel proud to have contributed to. Kind of like seeing your face for 1 frame in the crowd on TV at a football match and having your own little stamp to show you were there.
Without those original devs, there is no beloved game to remaster and put new names on. Disappointing Nintendo, do the right thing and patch it in.
The developer of Metroid Prime 4 has added some talent from Sony Santa Monica who spent over seven years with the company.
Retro Studios has hired more employees to work on Metroid Prime 4. These include VFX artists from Borderlands, Tomb Raider, and Battlefield V
Wait. I bought a Switch two years ago based on this announcement, and they are still hiring artists. FML. That is what I get for buying hardware based on hype.
"The new hires at Retro Studios have worked on some high profile stuff, so let’s take a look! Nicholas Wilson’s ArtStation account shows off some of his VFX work..."
"Since its first announcement back in 2017, Metroid Prime 4 has undergone an interesting development process to say the least. In January 2019, Nintendo decided to scrap work on the game in favor of handing over the project to Retro Studios. Obviously, we have received no words from either Nintendo or Retro Studios in regards to the game’s progression, but reports of the ever-growing all-star team surely brings hope."
Looks to me that this game is a minimum of two to three years of development away. They're still working on preliminary visuals. That puts it at around the 5 year mark for the system's age which is at or around the system life time. /SMH
who said this? You know they can bring people in for any stage of development right? Relax there.
@iQuasar - yep, and nowhere does it mention about the game being 2 - 3 years away from release. Literally it says that some people joined up to help with visual effects. You know the stuff that can be added towards the end of the development cycle.. just saying. Usually the worlds and assets are made before you worry about things like lighting or particle effects are worried about.
I'm not saying that it's releasing tomorrow, but I don't know where you got that estimate from.
I am getting that estimation from the fact that is known that development RESET in 2019. Given that AAA games are a minimum of 2 years development time. its safe to say with these announcements that the game is still a ways off from completion. 2-3 years with only 1 year into fresh development is a no-brainer.
@iQuasar - fair enough, I can accept that. I honestly hope they can just give us the Metroid Prime Trilogy remastered to tide us over with maybe a new 2D Metroid next year or something.
I just can't see this game meeting expectations, don't get me wrong it'll still be a good game just one a phenomenal one like the 3 previous games were.
Would love if Ninty could just remaster the first 3 for Switch.
I doubt that, I think it's something more mainstream
Gaming gods, make it happen
I just picked this game up a few days ago as part of Gamestop's B2G2 free sale. Haven't actually played it yet, only checked to see the game actually ran.
Can we confirm that Nintendo fully owns the Eternal Darkness franchise? Can they make an Eternal Darkness game without Silicon Knight's cooperation?
Just because Nintendo published the first game, that does not guarantee that they own the right to future games in the series. See: All of Rare's franchises.
I'm not saying Nintendo doesn't own the rights, just that this needs to be clarified before we put too much faith in this rumor.
I really hope this is true. Even an HD remake of the original would be amazing. One of the best games of the last gen