Lmao, were you on the internet at that time ? The game was literally destroyed for its graphics. Everyone was saying it looked like it a N64 game. Even today, personally, I think it's one of the worst Nintendo game ever visually. Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade X and Zelda BoTW were on the same console.Starfox zero looked bad? I had a very hard time with the controls of that game which makes me prefer the n64 original but I remember Starfox zero looking visually like eye candy. I still think its looks pretty good.
What was so crazy is that I accidentally skipped ahead during the Direct (watched it later in the day) and when I saw Bowser playable for a moment breaking bricks and such, I thought it was a glimpse at a Bowser game.When the opening segment was a prolonged focus on Skylanders I knew we were in for a bad time.
They could've had a better E3 Direct if they saved some do that weekend's early reveals (e.g. Mother 1 release on the VC) for the Direct. I think there was a Smash DLC announcement that could've been saved for it too.
A really common phrase I got sick of Metroid fans saying at that time was "Nintendo just slapped the Metroid name on a generic sci-fi shooter they were making to get it to sell." It didn't take much research to see that this was false. Federation Force was clearly designed as a Prime spin-off from day one, as Tanabe had spoken beforehand about wanting to expand the Metroid Prime universe outside of just Samus's perspective. Also, Nintendo has always been clear about their projects' origins and whether or not they started life as a different concept. There was no such thing ever said about Federation Force.Over 12,000 sign petition to cancel Metroid Prime: Federation Force
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Going back through everything, the level of vitriol towards Metroid Prime: Federation Force still feels like a fever dream and sticks out as THE defining thing from the presentation. Every interview with Tanabe for the following year basically had journalists go "how dare you?" while he gave awkward reassurances that it was just a spin-off to help set-up the next numbered Prime game. Meanwhile, Next Level Games straight-up just didn't list the game on their website until they redesigned it in 2020 to avoid the storm as much as possible. Even now, just mentioning the game in a room of Metroid fans has 50/50 odds of causing people to screech that it was an atrocious piece of crap that nearly killed the series, regardless of if they actually played the darn thing.
Over 12,000 sign petition to cancel Metroid Prime: Federation Force
A petition seeking to halt the development of Nintendo's Metroid Prime: Federation Force, a 3DS title which was announc…www.gamesindustry.biz
Going back through everything, the level of vitriol towards Metroid Prime: Federation Force still feels like a fever dream and sticks out as THE defining thing from the presentation. Every interview with Tanabe for the following year basically had journalists go "how dare you?" while he gave awkward reassurances that it was just a spin-off to help set-up the next numbered Prime game. Meanwhile, Next Level Games straight-up just didn't list the game on their website until they redesigned it in 2020 to avoid the storm as much as possible. Even now, just mentioning the game in a room of Metroid fans has 50/50 odds of causing people to screech that it was an atrocious piece of crap that nearly killed the series, regardless of if they actually played the darn thing.
The Federation Force nonsense is a major reason why I do not trust the Metroid fandom to this day. Just utterly embarrassing behavior.A really common phrase I got sick of Metroid fans saying at that time was "Nintendo just slapped the Metroid name on a generic sci-fi shooter they were making to get it to sell." It didn't take much research to see that this was false. Federation Force was clearly designed as a Prime spin-off from day one, as Tanabe had spoken beforehand about wanting to expand the Metroid Prime universe outside of just Samus's perspective. Also, Nintendo has always been clear about their projects' origins and whether or not they started life as a different concept. There was no such thing ever said about Federation Force.
I don't think "it started as a generic sci-fi shooter" is a statement that gets passed around as truth anymore, but back then I saw it so often that it irritated me. The Metroid fans that were so incensed by Federation Force's existence literally just made up a reason to hate it even more.
I dont remember that. And to me its a very good looking game but my standards are obviously low then. The only thing I remember online at that time was people screaming and bitching about the horrible controls in that game. I would Know cuz I was one of them xD I got the game expecting it to have the typical optional motion controls and then I saw the controls were mandatory but then I expected them to be atleast managable if they were required. Oh god no they were dog shit. I would have loved the game otherwise if it legit just had normal controls. Most my Wii U gaming I used the pro controller and had the gamepad on my desk infront of me for like quick swapping inventory on the fly and map managment in things like pikmin 3 (still think that gimmick was the most fun I had in gaming to this day)Lmao, were you on the internet at that time ? The game was literally destroyed for its graphics. Everyone was saying it looked like it a N64 game. Even today, personally, I think it's one of ther worst Nintendo game ever visually. Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade X and Zelda BoTW were on the same console.
The TRUE Metroid Prime Trilogy.Hottake kinda but I actually think FF was a better spinoff than Hunters. But neither hold a candle to the true king, Pinball!
Honestly between the Federation Force fiasco (try saying that five times fast) and the reaction to the DKC: Tropical Freeze reveal, Metroid fans absolutely deserved to go 6 years without new games. It didn’t help that when they actually got a traditional game with Samus Returns it flopped because Metroid fans boycotted it in response to the AM2R shutdown. Just a whole lot of nonsense in that fanbase, saying this a someone who also loves the series.The Federation Force nonsense is a major reason why I do not trust the Metroid fandom to this day. Just utterly embarrassing behavior.
very disappointed, itwas very clear by this presentation, Nintendo is done with Wii U and is preparing it next console(now know as Nintendo Switch) and sad this presentation was Saturo Iwata final presentation, ending his legacy on a sour note.often considered the worst E3 from Nintendo aside from the wii music presentation from E3 2008 (although at least that one had some good memes come out of it)