Nintendo: "But we already have Metroid."
I've always liked to believe that Reggie just thought Earthbound was really fucking stupid
I thought they said something about a controller?
Not to mention, it influenced a whirlpool of Mario Kart clones such as the likes of Sonic and Crash Bandicoot, as well as licensed IPs, such as Nicktoons, Shrek, Star Wars, Looney Tunes, Muppets, Family Guy and even James Bond.
I agree, but it will never happen because the majority of Nintendo users are not looking for that experience I think.
I don't believe any F-Zero was a flop, some did pretty well. I don't think it could be one of their big hitters that gets constant releases, but it should be able to perform adequately if one released now.
Yeah, F-Zero had that Nintendo charm that nothing else like it ever had. Wipeout's certainly no replacement.
I think I remember hearing that GX had the arcade version's exclusive content locked away in the disc, accessible via hacking or whatever. I suppose they could just remaster that with all the content unlocked, and give it online.
TCRF talks all about it. I think the whole proper arcade version is on GX's disc.
Yeah, Luigi's Mansion came out sometime in the mid 2010s and uses a vacuum controller that's essentially an elaborate Wii remote. Mario Kart Arcade GP's pretty common. Who knows if they'll ever release them for a home console.
All of the AX racers are completely unlockable through normal gameplay by completing levels in the story mode on hard. The problem is that story mode, much like the rest of the game, is HARD AS BALLS. Its actually harder than normal racing under even the best conditions. I mean, F-Zero GX was just a hard game period.
F-Zero still has a dedicated fanbase till this day, despite having not gotten a new title in over ten years, and its probably one of Nintendo's most requested titles for a sequel. All of the F-Zero clones can't say the same. They also, as other's have said, lack the Nintendo charm, and don't really play as well as F-Zero does. F-Zero really was the top of its genre, same as Mario and Zelda were the top of theirs, and it makes no sense for Nintendo to have functionally abandoned a market they were largely dominating, and right before online would have changed everything. That little F-Zero mobile game Nintendo recently released was a Smash hit, so there is definitely still an audience for it.
It is known that Nintendo specifically approached Criterion Games about making an F-Zero title, but they were too busy with Need For Speed: Most Wanted to take them up on it.
I don't think it can happen, they're too far gone. If the western branches were purged maybe it could, but there's no way the japs don't know what's going on so they're fine with it. Sony is just dead.
I don't know if I'm ready to declare Sony dead quite yet, but it's not looking good at all. Its been a looooong time since the PS5 launched, and PS4 games are still rolling out like it's current. Hi-Fi Rush isn't even getting a bespoke PS5 version. It's coming to PS4. A console that's 11 years old now. That's like the N64 getting a release alongside Assassin's Creed and Portal.
I see. Yeah, even the SNES one was tough but GX took it up a notch or 10.
That's pretty damning lmao
They can't be that great since they've exited so many other markets. Sony doesn't exactly put great leadership at the head of their other divisions. Their primary focus and their best talent goes to PlayStation, behind that is optical sensors for cameras. Their anime division is a literal monopoly that they bought the market dominance of a while back but I guess since its just distribution and localization for America as opposed to creation they aren't technically a monopoly. Who knows. Their movie division has been hit or miss. Their appliance division is gone except for TVs and they aren't even a market leader in that. They are trailing behind Samsung, LG, Vizio, etc. Audio? Bro, everybody uses their phones now with wireless earbuds, who is buying audio equipment in 2024?
Sony makes laptops and phones, though I've never seen anyone use either. I know their phones are overpriced with just worse hardware than what you can get from Samsung or Google.
I thought their two primary revenue sources where PlayStation and Sony music. Then again, that was before Sony started buying up anime distributors and creating a monopoly of sorts. So perhaps a lot has changed since then.
