Forum:Minor Metroid News

E3 2010

 * Retro Studios to release Donkey Kong game? Hell Kaiser ryo12 [ ADMIN ] (Talk&bull;Contribs) 20:12, June 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Looks like Retro Studios is indeed developing Donkey Kong Country Returns, as confirmed at E3 2010. Also, New MOM trailer shown at E3 2010. A remix of the Theme of Super Metroid is playing in the background. The MarioGalaxy2433g5  { talk /contribs/Logs} 18:32, June 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * New MOM gameplay footage (and the Game Over sequence! WOW!) IGN impressions. Noticed bouncy shots off of environment, like Prime's doors/armored foes. Boxart. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 09:00, June 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * New MOM concept art/renders. MDb has new concept art/renders from the last few days. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 19:38, June 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * "The first thing Nintendo was showing immediately following their conference was a type of interactive slide show. Each image was really a 3D scene which you could control with the new analogue slide-pad and sort of rotate around a focal point, similar to viewing a trophy in Smash Bros. What struck me in addition to the effect was the precision of this device's graphical rendering prowess....this thing can push some serious pixels. One image of Metroid's Samus particularly sticks out, with each curve of the suit very smoothly rendered, the warm metallic hues glowing appropriately while the details cut across the model were amazingly precise. Anecdotally, I'd say it looked on par with or maybe even beyond what we've been seeing the Wii's top efforts churn out." ChozoBoy' [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 19:46, June 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Video of 3DS models. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 20:47, June 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Pixlbit impressons. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 21:00, June 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * GameXplain and Roboawesome impressions. Not mentioned above, but Kid Icarus got its first game that isn't running on a Metroid engine, Kid Icarus: Uprising for Nintendo 3DS. Great job Sakurai! ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 00:53, June 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Joystiq: "You announced a new Donkey Kong game with Retro Studios. We haven't known what they've been up to since Metroid Prime 3. It's another update to a classic Nintendo franchise. How did that process start? How long has it been in the works?"

Miyamoto: ''Well, I think it's good for game developers to work on a lot of different things. Of course, Retro had been working exclusively on the Metroid Prime series for a very long time, so that's where their focus was and it was a very specific kind of gameplay. We thought it might be a good idea for them to try something new, so we suggested they try their hand at Donkey Kong thinking that they would turn the idea down, but they jumped at the opportunity and said, "this sounds great. We really want to do this." So they were very excited by it.'' ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 06:04, June 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * "Not to mention the fact that you have an art team that's been working in a genre that defines sci-fi, high quality in every little pixel, and we have to re-train them to make a DKC style game. And that took a little time too. Some of the first prototype artwork stuff was like, "This palm tree looks like a Metroid palm tree." (laughs)" According to this interview with Kensuke Tanabe and Retro Studios, the game started development in April 2008 and "Each level in DKCR contains about three times the detail of an average Metroid Prime 3 room, as far as the texture count and poly count." Also check out MDB's stuff and the new Sakamoto interview at Nintendo.com. He's wearing a shirt with the SM comic's image of Samus that shows half of the suit transparent. (Ch2 page 1) ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 05:59, June 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Interested in buying one of these sealed MZM GBA SP demo units]? $140 and 3 are available. Pics will be reuploaded at GBA SP. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 01:55, June 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * MDb's YT channel has supplied us with a relatively good feed of the E3 intro. Things to note: Samus drops out of the ship's bottom like in MP3:C even though the ship is the MP2:E/MII:RoS/SM style ship, and also there is text in the intro that may only be in this E3 demo and not the final product, as it is summarizing the actual intro. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 06:48, June 21, 2010 (UTC)

New Art

 * Hey guys, I've got about 15 pieces of art that I'm going to try to get up here ASAP that have been seen by very few and do not exist on the net. About a quarter of these are just higher quality pics than some variants that we've had available. The remainder almost entirely consist of unused enemies. In addition, I've found where my gf put the Cow photos on her laptop so I'll put that up at the same time. Just gotta get to a scanner... ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 07:30, June 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Brief Sakamoto interview. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 00:36, June 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Multi-page Sakamoto interview. Great read. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 22:07, June 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Euro MOM in Sept. Amazon $20 return on preorder. (Deal ends Independence Day?) Nintendo and Future collaborate to bring us Whoissamusaran.co.uk. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 07:27, July 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Check MDb to see the MOM Prima guide. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 03:49, July 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yoshio Sakamoto And Yosuke Hayashi discuss Metroid: Other M. MDb has a new manga viewer, the Hunters doujinshi translated, as well as a cool custom figure based on old concept art. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 20:48, July 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Japanese website has new (Unsigned comment by User:Omegafusiontroid)


 * Movie also showed up on Japanese Nintendo Channel. List of key points. According to GAME, Europe is getting MOM Aug 27th, but take it with a grain of salt. Epic custom figure based on old art is up for sale on Ebay!  More E3 gameplay. Ai Kobayashi was named as the Jap VA for Samus. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 22:35, July 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Australia gets MOM on Sept 30th. Japanese MOM boxart. MOM will be at London Film and Comic Con 2010. MOM Euro box. "Total Film" 2-page ad. Zoomed out Metroid game video. EDGE MOM cover. "Metroid X" hack. Custom Gravity Suit. Stylized Samus figure. UK text. Art x3. Princess Jasmine x Samus Aran = ? MOM rated "M" in Australia. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 21:45, July 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * This video demonstrates how new Search View will show you what you need to do. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 18:20, July 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Samus with 8-bit curves. Yuki corrupted Samus cosplay. (Though she technically isn't really wearing a costume in these...) Here's a (rushed) ceiling tile painting from my sophomore high school year for hahas. Did it around the release of Echoes and had to "censor" the arm cannon, so I repainted a Metroid image that I'd done just before that. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 10:08, July 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * New Story Trailer! Wave Beam shown. What is that thing at 2:58? Not an Omega. Could it be the uninfected form of the creature SA-X copied? I'm working on my Torizo costume for Otakon right now. Arriving in Baltimore Thursday and probably only going to wear it Friday and Saturday. We'll see... I'll show it off to the net when I get back on Sunday, but you're welcome to search the net for it during the event if interested. (YouTube videos and the FaceBook fan page are where I'll be looking, and where I found other people that shot me previous years.) ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 10:09, July 28, 2010 (UTC)

Nintendo Week

 * Nintendo Week's hosts Gary and Alison announced at the end of Week 8/9 that they would be back on August 23 to "...begin our coverage of the highly anticipated game, Metroid: Other M with an in-depth look-back at Samus's story up until now." Th e Ex t er m in at or  {ADMIN} (talk &bull; e-mail &bull; contribs &bull; count &bull; logs) 15:21, August 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Saw a box at gamestop that said it had a MOM Standing display in it. A live action commercial is now being shown. Fanart. MDb put out their "MDbtroid" hack and have some nice info on the cover of ONM, which interviews Sakamoto. NP came with a double sided MOM poster. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 02:03, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Chozo Costume

 * I was going to hold off until I got some videos, but I'm going to go ahead and share the Chozo Statue costume I designed for Otakon 2010. Hope you guys can dig it. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 04:18, August 18, 2010 (UTC)