The inevitable Metroid U

[sleepylaser]

There's got to be a metroid on the way at some point. Retro are working on something (of course that might end up belonging to a non-metroid thread- what are the chances?!) right now too.

What's everyone's hopes? FPS again or maybe go 3rd person (yes please- maybe with flashback sequences that you play in FP or as side scrollers ). Online multiplayer?

Seeing as its not been announced yet, we are free to dream!

 

[RottenFox]

Would love it to back to its roots, side on, 2d plane, but with 3d stylised graphics, none of this 3rd person or FPS milarky.

 

[sleepylaser]

Would love it to back to its roots, side on, 2d plane, but with 3d stylised graphics, none of this 3rd person or FPS milarky.

I'd love that on the 3ds.

 

[safcalibur]

I'd be stoked if retro were making a metroid and if they were i hope they continue in the same fps vein as prime, i found that more immersive and the art style was amazing.

Having said that a metroid game isn't a dead cert though. apart from a mario platformer and a mario kart not every nintendo franchise appears each generation, metroid was absent on n64 but was around for GC and Wii so chances are we may not get a metroid this gen. We've been missing starfox and f zero for a few years and I've got a gut feeling nintendo is reviving those. I would love for a starfox from retro or even a brand new mature IP that would be awesome. Something that would sucker punch everyone and just pull the rug from our feet, come on retro!!

 

[Scott23]

I think F-Zero will make a return, as the online aspect from Nintendo now would be rock steady for multi player races. The graphics were amazing on the GC (and still better than anything I have seen from the current gen consoles), so imagine what it would be like with a Wii-U power re-boot?!? I still play on F-Zero GX now and then, as it is one of my favourite racers (shame I am rubbish at it lol).

If Metroid made a comeback, I would much prefer it to be a FPS again. I thought the game perfectly suited it, and I wonder how good the Metroid universe could be with the retro polish added again. I didn't really like Metroid M if I'm honest, as the 2D sections were ok but the 3D sections were just awkward to control and to shoot in. I seriously lost a lot of patience in sections where you had to shoot missiles at objects whilst avoiding things on the 2D bit.

Although Starfox is / was a great game, I'm not sure how that could be massively updated tbh. It works really well as it is and was successful on the 3DS, so I am not sure how well it could be changed / updated for the WiiU. Then again, I'm not a Nintendo genius employee lol

 

[Nezben]

Retro did a good re boot of the Donkey Kong franchise on Wii. I wouldnt mind seeing a follow up to that on the U.

I do hope it will be a new Metroid more though.

 

[Tazbot]

I'd love a new Metroid Prime game and would want it to stay a first person adventure like the GameCube games were.

Like others have said, a new F-Zero with online would be brilliant and yes, the GameCube version still looks excellent by today's standards. I still wish I had the means to unlock the arcade version which is locked in the GameCube game's coding - I think it needs a cheat card or something to do this.

Starfox would be good too but - I loved the N64 version especially competing with my mates on the high scoring part

I hope something is revealed during the E3 events (Nintendo Directs) so fingers crossed