It's very interesting that there were pitches at retro to make a star fox game.
Personally, i always despised the idea. Retro is Nintendo's most known and skilled subsidiary, i hated the fact that they were doing a racing spin off for a dead ip.
Yeah I'm confused watching this. Are they trying to imply it's Jon? I find that hard to believe.Okay. I watched the video and I’m confused.
Waddledeeknows was an actual person. An account by Jon for an experiment. But here they’re claiming it’s someone else. But wouldn’t people get confused here since Jon literally has a video of him showing the account experiment? I see him getting a lot of messages about this.
Anyways. Yeah. Looks like a complete hoax which many thought after all the info that came after.
The problem was it being a racing game for me. Retro wasnt trying to do a dance game for the metroid series or a banana simulation for DK. If they were trying to do a new take on an action adventure game now that would be interesting, but a racing game?To be fair, both Metroid and DKC were both kinda dead or in decline when Retro got their hands on them. I imagine that's probably why a lot of fans keep asking Retro to do their magic for series that were/are similarly stuck in the ground like Star Fox or StarTropics.
All Donkey Kong games are banana simulations if you really think about itThe problem was it being a racing game for me. Retro wasnt trying to do a dance game for the metroid series or a banana simulation for DK. If they were trying to do a new take on an action adventure game now that would be interesting, but a racing game?
For me, the big surprise was that he was behind that "official" Professor Layton twitter account from like 10 years ago.Out of all people, Rogersbase made the logo??? Wth lol.
No, they said the actual person only gave them info on the condition of anonymity. As the video states, "We gotta call him something though, so we'll call him 'Waddle Dee Knows.'" The video also points out that Waddle Dee Knows is a parody twitter leaker account. They aren't implicating Jon, just using the Waddle Dee name as a placeholder.Yeah I'm confused watching this. Are they trying to imply it's Jon? I find that hard to believe.
That’s the thing. They should’ve probably used a different name and not one that has an actual identity behind it lol.No, they said the actual person only gave them info on the condition of anonymity. As the video states, "We gotta call him something though, so we'll call him 'Waddle Dee Knows.'" The video also points out that Waddle Dee Knows is a parody twitter leaker account. They aren't implicating Jon, just using the Waddle Dee name as a placeholder.
I suppose their thinking was if they tried making up a name, there could actually be someone with that name on the internet that could end up getting a bunch of hate for it, so they went with a known parody account instead.That’s the thing. They should’ve probably used a different name and not one that has an actual identity behind it lol.
It’s gonna lead to confusion. Tho i doubt this story is gonna gain traction. It’s Been out of the spotlight for so long that probably just a neat thing.
I'll be right back. Busy sending this video to gaming news sites with this revelation as the headline.given the nature of how the Star Fox Grand Prix rumor spread, I wouldn't be surprised if we see articles with the headline, "YouTuber Jon Cartwright responsible for the Star Fox Grand Prix hoax" lol.
I'm sure it's an NDAThey said they still don’t know what the cancelled Retro game was from 2018 and they’ve talked to former and current employees. You’re telling me no one at Retro or former employee is willing to talk about it?
im glad for that, dont mix with those dead ips metroid smhRetro devs clarifying that the rumored Star Fox x Metroid never existed either. Glad both of these are finally resolved.
They said they still don’t know what the cancelled Retro game was from 2018 and they’ve talked to former and current employees. You’re telling me no one at Retro or former employee is willing to talk about it?
The whole history of this is super confusing at times (like the confusion with Jon's hoax leaker alt), but ultimately it was like a game of telephone that went out of control. What was also interesting is the Retro devs clarifying that the rumored Star Fox x Metroid never existed either. Glad both of these are finally resolved.
They said they still don’t know what the cancelled Retro game was from 2018 and they’ve talked to former and current employees. You’re telling me no one at Retro or former employee is willing to talk about it?
I mean, of course nintendo didn't cancel retro's shit for them to work on mp4 lol, shit had to be bad for this to happen.I wonder if they might come back to it after Prime. For all we know they were deep in development on whatever they were working on before they had to rescue Prime 4. But yeah, in my heart I feel like everything they did from early 2014 to late 2018 outside of the TF port and early work on Prime R was cancelled. It sucks so bad that there is no Retro Studios game from this time period... I would have gladly welcomed even them just doing a DKC 6.
I mean, of course nintendo didn't cancel retro's shit for them to work on mp4 lol, shit had to be bad for this to happen.
A forced rumor, like the next week direct that people expect but totally isn't happeningTLDR: It never existed, it was not even made by Nintendo to see who was leaking stuff.
Forced rumor lol. Just stop itA forced rumor, like the next week direct that people expect but totally isn't happening
I don't think we're getting a direct either but lets just wait and see what happens firstA forced rumor, like the next week direct that people expect but totally isn't happening
They are trying everything but it seems like they will soon need to accept the truth.Forced rumor lol. Just stop it
Pretty sure the “waddledeeknows” they were talking about is stealthSo the plot twist was that someone sent the Rogers Base logo to IGN AND somebody indeed saw a preview of Star Fox content in Star Link, and told that to someone thinking it was a Star Fox game made by Retro, which made all the outlets post it at the same time lmao.
I even remember back then when Stealth said on his Twitter there was a friend of his that saw Star Fox Grand Prix and it looked amazing (I mean Star Link does look incredible and we now know some source of the outlets indeed mistook Star Link as a Retro Star Fox game, so everything is in place now lol).