Metroid and Donkey Kong fans constantly fought over which series deserved more of Retro Studios' time and attention
So is the same thing going to happen between 3D Mario and Donkey Kong now? Does every DK announcement mean that we aren't getting a 3D Mario and vice versa?
Or are we to believe that Nintendo's Tokyo studio now has separate 3D Mario *and* Donkey Kong teams?
>Metroid and Donkey Kong fans constantly fought over which series deserved more of Retro Studios' time and attention
I'll take "Things that never happened." for 500, Alex.
>Metroid and Donkey Kong fans constantly fought over which series deserved more of Retro Studios' time and attention
But I like both those things.
Tropical Freeze's announcement had people upset it wasn't Prime 4
I enjoyed Odyssey, I will enjoy Bananza and I will wait patiently to enjoy whatever the Odyssey team makes next :)
Canky should have kept the protuberance over his head, gorillas keep their particular frame even when they're super old.
Upset, sure, but not starting beef with DK fans. At this point, the trilogy had ended, and folks were understanding that Retro should be allowed to do other stuff besides Metroid.
You're actually insane if you don't remember Tropical Freeze's reveal and how much of that was covered in people complaining it wasn't Prime 4.
You seriously think they're gonna neglect 3D Mario?
This is a one and done thing, just like when the same team made Jungle Beat between Sunshine and Galaxy
Who are those characters next to Cranky Kong?
Are they OC's?
You guys are so fucking retarded I have to just spill the beans already.
No the Bananza DK is not Rare's DK it's his son, that DK's not going anywhere, which is why Cranky's designed wasn't changed.
Didn’t rumors say they’re making a new seperate team for dk?
Bart and Lisa from the Simpsons collab
Are they OC's?
Yes, they are from back when Nintendo worked with this company named scarce and they helped them make DK games. They usually worked on DK but their last game for Nintendo was a title called Space Fox Travels featuring their OC Krystal as one of the big parts of the game.
What games does nintendo even make? Like A team, just zelda? It seems like they have a seperate team for everything else and they still take 10 years to make one fucking game lol
it will really depend on how much DK sells. So far the threehouse gameplay videos of DK have less views than Metroid Prime 4's, which doesn't seem to be a good sign
People said they were upset Tropical Ape wasn't Prime 4, but they were not articulating their actual beliefs properly. People wanted games LIKE Metroid Prime, not Metroid Prime specifically. In the decade between Metroid Prime: Corruption and Breath of the Wild, Nintendo released almost nothing besides party games and 2D platformers, with the exceptions like Skyward Sword and Other M being flops and Mario 3D World's gimmick being that it was like a 2D platformer. Nintendo's lineup has diversified again and 3D Mario and 3D Donkey Kong are similar prospects that would satiate a similar audience, unlike the dichotomy of 3D Metroid and 2D DK.
It has been eight years since Odyssey and Mario's fortieth anniversary is in September. 3D Mario will be revealed or teased then anyways. The 2D Mario team launched Wonder and Pikmin 4 in the same year.
Astroturfing thread
But Donkey Kong is by far a more recognizable face to kids than Samus is, so it's hard to judge from that.
People have been waiting for Metroid Prime 4 for much longer, whereas an audience for DK's game might not even be aware of it yet since it only got announced less than a week ago.
What do you mean
That's the name of the new mechanic from DK's new game where he surfs on the rocks and debris he carries around
No, they wanted Metroid Prime. Other M just killed the series and fans were desperate for Ninty to fix it.
DK looks like shit. I bought a Switch for Odyssey, not paying $70 for a DK game. Looks more like a budget $40 game to me
oh shut the fuck up
as a donkey kong fan I hated tropical freeze so I didn't give a shit
About 11 internal studios (EPD Groups 1-11) plus a few owned (MonolithSoft, Retro Studios, NDCube, Next Level Games)
Source: web.archive.org
Too hard for you?
expanding epd to have mutiple 3d platforming teams is easier then expanding retro
Galaxy 2 came out in 2010
the next year 3d land came out
then in 2013 3d world came out
captian toad came out after that
also a sgement making new super mario bros games, mario run, and the mario maker games
Or are we to believe that Nintendo's Tokyo studio now has separate 3D Mario *and* Donkey Kong teams?
Wasn't Nintendo's Tokyo Studio originally in charge of making a new Metroid game? And they were dragging their feet on it for years. It seems like, Metroid was given back to retro and Retro handed off Donkey Kong to the Japanese studio in exchange...
NSMB/Wonder is EPD 10, 3D Mario is EPD 8.
Wasn't Nintendo's Tokyo Studio originally in charge of making a new Metroid game? And they were dragging their feet on it for years.
You talking about when Prime 4 needed to be restarted from scratch?
All the rumors were saying it was Bandai Namco that was involved with that original version of Prime 4.
Has it even been announced which studio is making DK Banan(z)a?
More specifically the Singapore studio but they probably saw all the bullshit that was coming out of setting up in that country and decided to just eat the loss and dip. Meanwhile Ubisoft just dug in until they had to delay skull and bones a billion fucking times and now have nothing to show for it.
All the rumors were saying it was Bandai Namco that was involved with that original version of Prime 4.
There was an announcement that it was Bandai-Namco. But I guess handing back the IP to Retro freed them from making another Donkey Kong game, which left the IP open for Nintendo EPD Tokyo.
Nintendo only usually attaches themselves, as a publisher, to games. It will take until credits or, for a big game, a developer interview until we know who is making it.
It is almost certainly the 3D Mario team, but involvement from Next Level Games, Retro or Nintendo Software Technology is likely. Especially NST, they have history with DK, DK is more popular in the west, their final game as a relevant studio before being run down in the 2010s was destruction focused, and they co-developed Bowsers Fury.
>Metroid and Donkey Kong fans constantly fought over which series deserved more of Retro Studios' time and attention
No I didn't, go back.
Donkey Kong Country was Nintendo's greatest mistake
I'm sure I remember a rumor that it was being bounced around several of Bamco's studios without actually getting any work done on it.
Donkey Kong Country was Nintendo's greatest mistake
Oh yeah, what a huge mistake that was..
What do the crosses mean? Are those games deceased?
No
Refusing to buy its developer was
Bundled.
What do the crosses mean? Are those games deceased?
Hardware bundle games.
This is a one and done thing
I hate that you're right.
Rumors
Attention whores on twitter and the barely functionally literate retards on Anon Babble are not a reputable source of information. If we don't get an Iwataless Asks interview in the next 2-3 months from EPD 8, with Kenta Motokura talking about putting together a new team to make a DK game it's safe to say 3D Mario team is doing this for now.