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Star Fox Wii U at E3 by Retro? [Rumour]
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sixteen-bit
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Cool. Hope it isn't a Namco joint again.
ThatObviousUser
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Unfortunately it's not Overkill, the true kind of current gen rails shooters.
Can a mod confirm this?
HotD isn't a railshooter. Semantics, but the term railshooter refers to a different kind of gameplay, where you still have freedom of movement in the X,Y plane.
JaseMath
Member
What's EVA?
Cygnus X-1
Member
The big achievement of Donkey Kong Country Returns Was to live up expectations - being considered on par with the work of Rare, which was a crazy challenge actually - and being able to output some great artistic design in every level - better than New Super Mario Bros Wii. The gameplay also was very good. Intuitive and not clumsy while playing. The only point they deceived me is the soundtrack composition. But the challenge was against Dave Wise and Eveline Fischer and so it was forcefully a bit of a mission impossible from the very beginning from this point of view.
Oh, and the game was hard. FINALLY a hard Nintendo game after a while. Many people loved the level of difficulty.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I think he's referring to Neon Genesis Evangelion, but I can't tell if he's joking or not.
Cygnus X-1
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I don't want to investigate.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
Do they have the manpower to work on more than ONE game at a time?
EDIT: Nevermind, they only have 60 people....
EDIT: Nevermind, they only have 60 people....
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Hype deflating.
SirIgbyCeaser
Banned
Knowing how nintendo picks developers I can easily believe this rumor. Instead of zelda they'd likely get StarFox as the closest possible denominator. Also it makes some sense since StarFox was released on 3ds to get the franchise in people's head. I hope Retro makes it cool. I would like the furry taken out and replaced with real people who's codenames happen to be animals. Like "fox".
That would be cool. Also didn't retro hire some uncharted artists and other people from next gen consoles? All for a star fox title... I didn't expect that but oh well.
JaseMath
Member
Maybe it's a reboot.Hype deflating.
EDIT: What if the Arwings transformed into robots - or each Arwing was a piece of a bigger robot - that could explore a planet in 3rd person??? Like a Voltron adventure game with space battles!
Ghost_Protocol
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We need to know if this is true now. Evangelion-inspired Star Fox game for Wii-U? Do those words work in the same sentence?
shadyspace
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Why would you do this.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
It's kinda weird cycle.
People don't want Star Fox to be made by Retro because it hasn't gotten a good game since 64... but how will it get a good game if people won't put devs like Retro to handle it?
Oh so it's shit that people who never watch mecha anime eat up?
People don't want Star Fox to be made by Retro because it hasn't gotten a good game since 64... but how will it get a good game if people won't put devs like Retro to handle it?
Oh so it's shit that people who never watch mecha anime eat up?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Star Fix with space vaginas.
Note, my 'source' may have been erotic fan fiction.
Note, my 'source' may have been erotic fan fiction.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I can't tell if you people are joking or not anymore.
Neon_Icarus
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That would be absolutely hilarious.
Fox masturbating in front of a comatose Krystal. Who says Nintendo is not mature?
Hot Coldman
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Oh thank god, and oh god damn it
ThatObviousUser
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Foxy Fox 39
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Mods should not be allowed to troll!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Because giving the game as-is would be rather shallow and to be honest, lacking. Even N64 knows this so they added all-range mode.
Note: Star Fox SNES and 64 are praised because they are GOOD games, not because they are rail shooters.
If they use Assault's style of multiplayer, I'm all for it. Best multiplayer in the series. Has the best music in the series too.
lordfroakie
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Hot Coldman
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I'm pretty sure Eat does write for somewhere, but then again this is the guy who contributed to the Mass Effect 3 Krogan asshole thread. So I wasn't sure.
Spieler Eins
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This would be my wish as well. As a Donkey Kong game it would be highly successful, especially at launch, but for such a game they could still use strenghts that also made Metroid Prime. Unlike Starfox.
So, "Star Fox: Press 'A' To Skip" is the working title then? :/
Cygnus X-1 said:
Great artistry, and living up to the original & 64 is pretty much exactly what I want and what I think the series needs. I did think DKC:Returns was friggin hard and Star Fox could use some of that too.
They've rebooted Metroid. Rebooted DK. Worked on Mario Kart... Another re-boot makes sense and Star Fox needs it. It used to be a pretty important franchise. That FX chip in the SNES vs Genesis days brought amazing visuals back in the day -- on top of the game being really good. Just it really stalled out after the N64 era.
SirIgbyCeaser
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Look, animals that fly planes is alright in the 64 era. But now they should just reboot it with humans. BTW it seems the EVA thing was a joke. So it's still up in the air this rumor. I hope someone at Retro is just doing a bate and switch. And we get Metriod, a new IP or zelda.
Yup.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I'm pretty sure Eat does write for somewhere, but then again this is the guy who contributed to the Mass Effect 3 Krogan asshole thread. So I wasn't sure.
Those were better Mass Effect days.
I dont know anything about what Retro is up to. Nintendo is a fortress of secrets and like hell any would trickle down to Australia.
The Awesomest
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So, Smash Bros.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You should ban yourself.
ThatObviousUser
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Someone get HAL_Laboratory in here.
Same. Star Fox is in need of rescuing, but please let Retro do something else. Since when would Star Fox be "a project everyone wants us to do" ?
Cygnus X-1
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Hope you had some better boobs than Crystal's ones.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
EatChildren is obviously pulling stuff out of his ass.
The new Star Fox will be based on Mass Effect, obviously.
The new Star Fox will be based on Mass Effect, obviously.
Freezie KO
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They're no Treasure, but I'll take it!
MisterHero
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"I was a Teenage Mammal"
SpacePirate Ridley
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This, people ramming this need to shut up. Star Fox and Kid Icarus on rails stages are two totally different beasts.
One has a core and addictive gameplay were every point counts and the other is a shallow on rails gameplay experience with epic scenes and giant setpieces that resents on higher difficulties. The core and fun of Kid Icarus is in the on foot stages, not the flying ones, something that Star Fox has never done well.
And Sin and Punishment is totally different from those two. I think Treasure would do a fun Star Fox, that while being on rails sadly will not be like Star Fox, and graphically it will resent.
Even if this rumour is probably fake the good thing about choosing Retro would bring to Star Fox the western feeling of NOT a western game, BUT it would create the Star Fox that was impactful and mostly loved by western audiences, because they are the typical developer that likes to centre in the roots of the game that western audiences love most about them and then exapand them. Retro did this for Metroid, they did it also for DKC, and even Next Level Games did the same thing with Punch-Out!!
Not only that, but being Retro the game would be amazing artistically and graphically.
BTW If there had been a rumour of Retro doing DKC before it was showed, people would have call it that Retro deserves more and all that shit they are basically saying here, when the important thing here is that if given Star Fox is Retro giving the most of them trying to save the franchise. If the game is done and is excellent people will talk differnt about Retro and Star Fox.
SpacePirate Ridley
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I think thats one of the most important aspects that will bring fun to new people. Make it a multiplayer online beast. Co-op story mode and competitive multi in spades (all range mode, lots of ships fighting at the same time, lotsof different ship with diffirent attributes to unlock, lots of different stages, free for all, team games, etc...).
Online highscore for the single player runs would make it really competitive also.
Artistically amazing and graphical powerhouse and you will have people drooling.
People saying an on rails shooter can only be a 5 dollar games are fucking nuts. Ok you dont like the genre, but theres people that love it and having a bombastic and long on rails experience with a giant multiplayer aspect that is unrivaled done by Retro would be amazing.
Portugeezer
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I'm hoping Metroid hits the 3DS first, personally. Gamecube had 2 Metroids, Wii had 2 Metroids. Time for a break. Plus if it's on 3DS, I'm hoping the odds increase that it ends up being a 2D game
Same here. I own a 3DS already so preferably it will be on 3DS (and 2D/sidescrolling would be amazing)
Q
qizah
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Playing Star Fox 64 3D certainly got me interested in the series again. If anyone can bring new life into that series, Retro is definitely that developer. Retro will definitely probably implement some awesome ideas with the Wii U controller too.
In terms of Retro as a whole, I hope one day Nintendo gives them the funds and creative freedom to create their own IP. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing Retro's carnations of existing Nintendo IPs, but Retro is extremely talented. That being said, I'd love to see what they can do with a new IP.
In terms of Retro as a whole, I hope one day Nintendo gives them the funds and creative freedom to create their own IP. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing Retro's carnations of existing Nintendo IPs, but Retro is extremely talented. That being said, I'd love to see what they can do with a new IP.
I think they should take a cue from TF2 and let the characters do the talking for multiplayer, too. Star Fox just isn't really Star Fox without the constant banter. Multiplayer should be the same. And yeah, Star Fox lends itself well to a good online mode. Free for all, Fox vs. Wolf, Capture the Landmaster, and so on. With a decent unlock system and other things totally not ripped off from Call of Duty, it could be pretty nice.
Sir Ilpalazzo
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So did you play Sin and Punishment 2? That was pretty much one of the ten best games of this hardware generation. I think rail shooters can still be of great quality.
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