Going to be honest, using an actual account as a pseudonym was a bad move and is just going to confuse people. Really should have gone with something more obviously placeholder.
Going to be honest, using an actual account as a pseudonym was a bad move and is just going to confuse people. Really should have gone with something more obviously placeholder.
what it tells me is that these journalists really don't want to be wrong. even with the benefit of anonymityJust watched the video.
Beyond the absolute insane revelation that RogersBase was behind the title and logo lmaooo, I still find the whole timeline and explanation confusing as hell.
It didn't just all started on May 14, the video even acknowledge it at some point, saying it was going around for some weeks before that among some groups.
Even our Nintendo community on Era got teased that Retro might be working on a classic Nintendo IP, but in a different genre, weeks before that rumor appeared on every news site.
So was it really just some journalist lying to his friends/colleagues and telling them "yeah i just saw a Retro made Star Fox racing game" when he just came out of a Ubisoft private showing of Star Link ? How come journalists were so sure about it, even saying stuff like "my Nintendo source is telling me..." when it originated from a journalist who has nothing to do with Nintendo ? This will always remain an insane rumor lol, really shows how video game journalism is still struggling to check facts and rumors, when something as dumb as a guy supposedly coming out of a Ubisoft private showcase and saying he saw Retro new game, and RogersBase making a logo for the laugh, made the entire video game journalists community so sure it was real.
First let me say thank you for writing a well-reasoned, well thought out, polite post that doesn't just descend into name calling. I agree that NDCube do not carry the prestige that Retro do, but I think calling Retro the most skilled and well-known subsidiary is giving far too much benefit of the doubt for a studio that hasn't released a new game in almost ten years (which in many cases is two or three development cycles for a studio, and is unprecedented in this industry); furthermore, NDCube putting out a ~20 M seller is quite an accomplishment within itself. It's why I think—balancing NDCube's recent successful output with Retro's history of critical acclaim—putting them on a similar level, at least as things stand, is fair, while fully acknowledging that Retro are posed to immediately ascend the subsidiary rankings were Prime 4 to be another critical hit, which I hope it is.
its 9 years. It is pretty long, although when this rumour was revealed it wasnt that long since TF had released but nobody is going to read this lolI think you're exaggerating how long it's been since DKCTF came out. To me it feels like just several months ago that it was 2014 and I got it at launch. I know it wasn't that short of a time period ago, but it's definitely less than a decade.
They've also released Metroid Prime Remastered since then.
...What does this even mean? You know we're in the year 2023 right? It's literally been more than nine years since Tropical Freeze came out. How is "almost ten years" an exaggeration by any definition. What do personal feelings have to do with anythingI think you're exaggerating how long it's been since DKCTF came out. To me it feels like just several months ago that it was 2014 and I got it at launch. I know it wasn't that short of a time period ago, but it's definitely less than a decade.
...What does this even mean? You know we're in the year 2023 right? It's literally been more than nine years since Tropical Freeze came out. How is "almost ten years" an exaggeration by any definition. What do personal feelings have to do with anything