What is going on with Metroid lately?
What was once one of Nintendo's beloved franchises, has suddenly gone dark.
With new titles to the franchise being few and quite polarizing.
But there seems to be hope.
in an interview with Reggie Fils-Aime, he alludes that some notable IP's specifically metroid may be seeing a true return to form.
And since the Nintendo Switch has been released, does the company have anything
in store for our favorite bounty hunter. Well the answer to that may be a bit complicated.
But what else can we take from all this? Since there was no Metroid for the Wii U, will there be a Metroid on the Switch?
With that in mind, let's discuss where Metroid is heading.
Talking about the Metroid series is actually a bit depressing. So much so that there is this thing known as the Metroid curse.
What this curse is exactly is that even though the Metroid series has been profoundly influential. Fathered the metroidvania genre and all.
It somehow does not receive commercial success that matches that, with a few exceptions of course.
And this unfortunately has played into relatively recent times. With Metroid Prime 3 Corruption doing fairly well in terms of review scores,
but strangely not doing well in terms of sales. Despite being on a new and popular console at the time the Wii, and having such a reputable name
behind it. And compare Metroid's sales with other Nintendo IP's like Mario and Zelda, it's a striking comparison.
But the problems don't end there. Personally what I think is the biggest issue Metroid is facing is the lack of developer consistency. For example, Mario is a series that is
dominated by Shigeru Miyamoto. As a result, this gives the series developer consistency, with a clear vision of the series is and how to expand on it.
Same can be said with Zelda, Eiji Aonuma along with the Zelda team have dominated the series since Ocarina.
Again this gives the franchise consistency across all of its titles along with the innovation that can come with it.
But for Metroid, it's just one big roller coaster. At first Metroid was spearheaded by Nintendo's R & D division 1, headed up by Gunpei Yokoi.
At first this arrangement worked out well, with Metroid along with Super Metroid being acclaimed installments.
However the first iteration of the Metroid curse came in.
Super Metroid while being incredibly influential, It unfortunately came out at the end of the super Nintendo's life cycle. And did not do too well in sales.
Things became more complicated when Gunpei Yokoi unfortunately died in 1997. and the R & D 1 that built Metroid would go defunct.
So with that Metroid went under a drought, with many of its original creators retiring or passing away. Essentially what this did is
it send the Metroid series into a state of flux. With Nintendo not entirely sure on what to do with it, sound familiar huh?
Strangely enough, Nintendo would later opt for a third party to develop a Metroid game. And stranger still, gave it to retro studios
who at the time was essentially just a new kid on the block. But it worked, wow it worked. To this day Metroid Prime 1 is the best selling game
in the series. Which opened up what I call the golden age of Metroid, where we saw a very good formula.
Of 3d Metroid games on consoles, and 2d metroid on handhelds. With a few exceptions of course.
But there was a price to all this. Apparently the development cycle of Metroid Prime 1 is absolutely hellish for Retro Studios, with the director
of the game admitting he did not care for the title. Also leading up to the acquisition of Retro Studios by Nintendo,
the former president of the studio was replaced. And developers faced a pretty harsh development cycle.
So much so that many developers that made the Prime trilogy left Retro studios. With a good portion of them working on other projects,
such as Halo 4 and ReCore. And this is where he head into another issue the Metroid series is running into.
Even though there is allot of public outcry that Retro should go back to working on Metroid games. The fact is, most of the people who
worked on the Prime trilogy are no longer with Retro. In fact this exodus really turned on its head once Metroid Prime 3 came out.
So what did Nintendo do to remedy the situation? Since Retro was no longer the same studio that developed the prime trilogy, they opted
to make a Metroid in house. This led to the development of Other M, with Yoshio Sakamoto along with Team Ninja taking reigns.
And as many of you probably already know, it is considered the black sheep of the franchise. So as a result,
the Metroid series yet again entered a period of flux. With Nintendo not sure on what to do with the IP.
And here comes Metroid Prime Federation Force, spearheaded by Kensuke Tanabe the producer of the Prime Trilogy along with next level games,
entered development kind of strangely. At first Tanabe wanted to expand on the formula on Metroid Prime Hunters a DS game,
but also wanted to expand on the Federation like in Prime 3.
At first Tanabe wanted to develop for the DSi, but then changed course for the new upcoming 3DS. All the while being unaware
of the general fan sentiment towards Metroid since Other M. Which was pleading for either a 3d title like the prime series,
or the classic 2d approach. And come e3 2015 when the game was revealed, it had quite the negative response.
So much so that Regie Fils Aime acknowledged the reaction. So where the heck does that leave us here?
Well Regiee did say in a recent interview that some notable IP's like Metroid may be seeing a return.
But again what I think this biggest issue Metroid has is the lack of develop consistency. At first it belonged to R & D division 1,
then Retro Studios, then Sakomoto and Team Ninja, and finally Next Level. What I personally would recommend for Nintendo
is first find a dedicated team to handle the Metroid series, like what they do for both Mario and Zelda and go from there.
Preferably a western team, as Metroid is actually more popular in the west rather than Japan.
Maybe take in developers who developed fan games. I mean just look at Sonic mania, which the guy known as Christian Whitehead
is working on. He started out working on fan games when the sonic team saw his talent and brought him on board.
Speaking of which there is a certain fan game that has a certain talented developer
that Nintendo could very well take under their wing. But nope, DMCA takedown for you.
So where does that leave us, will there be a Metroid on the Switch. I personally believe so, but I am not entirely sure when.
Since Federation Force and Other M, Nintendo may just be reevaluating what they should do to the Metroid series.
In other words they will probably take their time with it.
Will Metroid be at E3 2017 which is around the corner, honestly its anyones guess at this point. Personally as a fan I
would like to see it, but looking at Metroid's past history I have my doubts. But who knows I may be complely wrong,
and Nintendo will just pull a 180 and reveal a brand new Metroid at E3. One that actually gets the community excited.
And maybe this title which I am calling Metroid Switch, will be commerically successful. Considering how well the switch is selling after all.
So what do you guys think? Will a new Metroid be revealed at this E3? Or are we in a new Metroid drought, let me know your thoughts.
Well then that was a bit depressing. But I do have something for you guys, personally I love the Metroidvania genre.
And recently I picked up a new game known as Hollow Knight, and my god this what I call a video game.
If you like Super Metroid then you will love this. And no this is not a product placement I just geninuenly love this game.
It has isolation, exploration, fluid gameplay, and a really deep backstory. If you guys really want to satisfy your metroid urges,
then play this game I highly recommend it. Who knows, maybe Nintendo should get these
guys working on a Metroid. Apparently Hollow Knight is coming on the Switch soon, so who knows.
So where does that leave us here? Well remember when I said that I was done with Zelda theories for the moment, well aparently there is one more thing
I want to talk about in Breath of the Wild and its a bit eye opening. So see you guys this Saturday for a new Zelda theory I suppose.
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