Do you think Mario, Zelda & Metroid will ship on time?
03-20-02, 08:52 AM
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Do you think Mario, Zelda & Metroid will ship on time?
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Delayed until September? This game, I believe, was originally slated for a February 2002 release. Remember Nintendo's track record for delaying things? Where does this leave Mario, Zelda, and Metroid? Is there a snowball's chance in hell that any of these 3 titles will see the light of day before 2003?
Star Fox Delayed Again
What a shocker. Get the full scoop here.
March 18, 2002 - IGNcube has learned that the Rare-developed Star Fox Adventures is in store for yet another release-date delay. The title, which is currently listed by Nintendo of America with a June 10 ship date, will be pushed back for a September release of this year, according to sources. No reasons have been given for this shuffle. Star Fox Adventures, originally called Dinosaur Planet and in development for N64, pits
players as mascot hero Fox McCloud on a mission to rescue a planet inhabited by prehistoric animals from an evil tyrant. The title, praised for its impressive next-generation visuals by the press and gamers alike, is an epic 3D adventure with a control style similar to that of Nintendo's Zelda series. Star Fox Adventures has already been delayed several times over the course of the game's long development cycle, which spans two consoles.
The latest delay thins Nintendo's first- and second-party lineup for the first half of the year even further. It is not yet known if the Silicon Knights-developed psychological thriller Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, the only remaining Nintendo-published title now for the next five months, will see a similar delay.
Nintendo of America is expected to make an official announcement regarding the delay in the next couple of weeks.
More as it breaks.
What a shocker. Get the full scoop here.
March 18, 2002 - IGNcube has learned that the Rare-developed Star Fox Adventures is in store for yet another release-date delay. The title, which is currently listed by Nintendo of America with a June 10 ship date, will be pushed back for a September release of this year, according to sources. No reasons have been given for this shuffle. Star Fox Adventures, originally called Dinosaur Planet and in development for N64, pits
players as mascot hero Fox McCloud on a mission to rescue a planet inhabited by prehistoric animals from an evil tyrant. The title, praised for its impressive next-generation visuals by the press and gamers alike, is an epic 3D adventure with a control style similar to that of Nintendo's Zelda series. Star Fox Adventures has already been delayed several times over the course of the game's long development cycle, which spans two consoles.
The latest delay thins Nintendo's first- and second-party lineup for the first half of the year even further. It is not yet known if the Silicon Knights-developed psychological thriller Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, the only remaining Nintendo-published title now for the next five months, will see a similar delay.
Nintendo of America is expected to make an official announcement regarding the delay in the next couple of weeks.
More as it breaks.
03-20-02, 09:22 AM
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Here's my bet:
2002: Metroid Prime, Mario (possibly)
2003: Early - Mario (probably)...Mid-Late - Zelda
Metroid Prime is probably the farthest along and I doubt Mario will make it's summer date in Japan. It is funny that Retro Studios may be the first one out with a big game considering how much turmoil they have been in for the past year.
My bet is on Metroid Prime for Thanksgiving. If not Metroid Prime it will be Mario. Nintendo WILL have a big game out the week of Thanksgiving to have any hope of having a good holiday season.
2002: Metroid Prime, Mario (possibly)
2003: Early - Mario (probably)...Mid-Late - Zelda
Metroid Prime is probably the farthest along and I doubt Mario will make it's summer date in Japan. It is funny that Retro Studios may be the first one out with a big game considering how much turmoil they have been in for the past year.
My bet is on Metroid Prime for Thanksgiving. If not Metroid Prime it will be Mario. Nintendo WILL have a big game out the week of Thanksgiving to have any hope of having a good holiday season.
03-20-02, 01:18 PM
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I think we'll have a much clearer picture on this after E3. No one really knows how far along these games are. You can't really base it on screen shots, because the screen shots might not represent the current state of the game. Nintendo is somewhat notorious for releasing early shots of a game in the months preceeding E3 and then showing a much more complete product at E3 and stealing the show.
Personally, I think we'll see 3 of these games in 2002, likely Metroid and Mario. I think there's still a possibility for Zelda simply because Miyamoto promised it would be out this year. Also the Star Fox delay hasn't been officially announced yet, so it might still come out in June.
Personally, I think we'll see 3 of these games in 2002, likely Metroid and Mario. I think there's still a possibility for Zelda simply because Miyamoto promised it would be out this year. Also the Star Fox delay hasn't been officially announced yet, so it might still come out in June.
03-20-02, 01:22 PM
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Originally posted by Groucho
Define "on time." Have those games been given a ship date yet?
Define "on time." Have those games been given a ship date yet?
03-20-02, 01:55 PM
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Why is that the gameboy advance never seems to run out of games and the amount of new ones coming out never stops? They both are nintendo so I don't get it. I don't even understand why Nintendo put out the gamecube in the first place without enough games for it.
03-20-02, 08:28 PM
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Originally posted by Don Catchpole
. I don't even understand why Nintendo put out the gamecube in the first place without enough games for it.
. I don't even understand why Nintendo put out the gamecube in the first place without enough games for it.
