Metroid Prime producer says the game “could be called a miracle”, talks clashes between Nintendo and Retro
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Metroid Prime ended up as one of the most acclaimed Nintendo games of all time, but the path getting there was far from easy. Series producer Kensuke Tanabe recently opened up about the game’s development and working with Retro Studios in the upcoming Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective book.
As we’ve previously heard, Retro Studios was initially working on several games that were mostly scrapped. The company shifted all of its focus into creating a Metroid game following a visit from Shigeru Miyamoto.
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Video: Super Mario Galaxy Wii vs. Nintendo Switch vs. Switch 2 graphics comparison
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Switch 2, Videos, Wii | 0 comments
A comprehensive graphics comparison has come in for Super Mario Galaxy, putting the Wii, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2 versions of the game up against each other.
Wii is of course the very original release. Following that, the Super Mario 3D All-Stars version is included. The last part of the equation is the new Nintendo Switch edition showing it on that console as well as on Switch 2.
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Capcom looked at Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney western release as a “throwaway game”
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments
When Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was coming to the west for the first time, Capcom apparently considered it as a “throwaway game”. That’s according to Steve Anderson, a localizer that worked on the English release.
Capcom apparently didn’t have much faith that the game would sell outside of Japan. In fact, Anderson said the publisher limited how many units it produced for the first run.
Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective art book revealed
Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments
November 25: Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective, a new collaboration between Piggyback and Nintendo, has been revealed.
The art book will cover the first three games in the series. Fans can expect a celebration of the franchise’s art “with exclusive insights from the game developers.” The hardcover book spans over 200 pages. Interestingly, this is Piggyback’s first art book.
A quick and complete history of Mario Kart ahead of Mario Kart World
Posted on 5 months ago by Ethan in 3DS, DS, Features, GameCube, GBA, Switch, Switch 2, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
After over ten long years, the future of Mario Kart is finally here. Indeed, the gap between Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart World has been the longest in the franchise’s history. Sure, we received Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart Tour, and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, but none of these were intended to be the next big Mario Kart game. Mario Kart World is exactly that, and with a new era for the series soon beginning, we figured it’s a great time to look at the development history of the Mario Kart franchise as a whole. There’s an absolutely huge amount of information here, so we’ll be telling the condensed version of Mario Kart’s history.
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James Bond co-owner didn’t want guns in GoldenEye 007 Wii remake
Posted on 8 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
The remake / reimagining of GoldenEye 007 for Wii was a big deal back in 2010, but it turns out there was originally opposition to including guns and making it violent.
Founder Bobby Kotick recalled the early days of the project in the latest episode of the Grit podcast. Barbara Broccoli, who co-owns the rights to the James Bond IP, was opposed to including guns. However, Activision stood its ground knowing what fans would expect given how closely the game resembles the N64 original.
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Ready at Dawn on the struggles of porting Okami to Wii
Posted on 8 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
Ready at Dawn was sadly shuttered last year, but during the span of the studio’s twenty years in operation, a port of Okami for Wii was a passion project that the company worked on. In a recent interview, co-founder Dawn Andrea Pessino spoke about what went into making it happen and the struggles involved.
Things began when Ready at Dawn and Capcom were talking during GDC many years ago. Pessino indicated that the challenges started due to a lack of resources from Capcom. Not much was provided and everything was in Japanese.
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Okami creator reveals the game’s initial concept and origins
Posted on 9 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments
In a recent social media post, Okami creator Hideki Kamiya spoke about the game’s original concept, including how the initial idea was a side-scroller.
According to Kamiya, the very beginning of his idea involved playing as the leader of a pack of wolves, living on a deserted island, and trying to survive in nature. He was inspired by a particular book he saw while in university.
Shigeru Miyamoto reflects on Wii, says it was special to him
Posted on 9 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto reflected on Wii in a recent interview and mentioned that the console was particularly special to him.
While speaking with IGN, he said that the goal he and late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had was to create something that anyone can play, regardless of their experience of games. Miyamoto noted how it makes him “happy to think that the population of people that play games increased because of the Wii.” That was in part thanks to the Wii Remote – a controller that anyone could use and understand fairly quickly.
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Footage emerges of cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 3 on Wii
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
Many years after the project was cancelled, footage has emerged showing Star Wars Battlefront 3 running on Wii.
Free Radical Archives shared their findings online today. The group is not affiliated with Free Radical itself (the studio that was originally in charge of development).
