This would be sweet, if it turns out to be true.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/20/ru...-game-for-wii/
This would be sweet, if it turns out to be true.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/20/ru...-game-for-wii/
Wow, if that turns out to be true...I'd cry
Some things never die....Give me all your Sega belongings!!!
Not surprising...and long overdue.
Holy Crap!!! I pray that this is true. I've been waiting about 17 years for another Kid Icarus.
If this doesn't pan out then it damn well better be Turrican if not a new IP. I'll try not to get too invested in it until it's confirmed. I don't want to be the one responsible for jinxing it for us all.
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Factor 5 is good at making Rogue Squadron games, but what else? When they tried making ground based levels in the latest Rogue Squadron, I thought it turned out pretty poor. Kid Icarus was mostly a platformer, despite the wings, so I have my reservations about how well this would turn out.
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Please, oh please don't make Kid Icarus a friggin first-person game...
With that said, where's Kid Icarus Zero Mission? Just to see the original have the Zero Mission/Bionic Commando/Rondo makeover would rule.
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Actually, Factor 5 have been around for more than 20 years, and are mostly known for their kick-ass Turrican games on the Amiga. They were easily some of the best programmers in gaming then, and even today they are more than capable of pushing a system to its limits.
I highly recommend playing Super Turrican I and II on the SNES; both are excellent games, and the second installment is easily the most graphically impressive game on the system.
With that being said, I am also hoping that they're working on a new Turrican game (hopefully 2D!) for the Wii.
I'll bet no matter what Wii game Factor 5 makes it will hold it's own graphically (vs PS3/360). They had a mastery of the GC hardware back in 2001 and that should help them be able to create the most visually impressive Wii game yet (perhaps will remain in the top slots as RS2 did after the GC lifecycle). I'm dying to see their game. As long as the entire game isn't tied to motion control it should be fine... I hope.
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Kid Icarus blows. Hopefully it is something new. and good.
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Didn't Manfred Trentz do the Turrican series?
Anyways, considering how poorly received Lair is, why would anyone be excited about Factor 5 doing Kid Icarus? What was the last game they did before that? And Kid Icarus is an ancient game which is damned near impossible, at least in the 30 minutes I tried it.
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Factor 5 makes excellent games, usually. Recently they have had one above average, yet disappointing, GC game (Rogue Squadron 3) and one flaming turd (Lair). Konami made Nanobreaker, so should we ignore all Castlevania releases from now on? Or sharper yet, who gives a fuck about MGS4? Seems silly in that light now doesn't it? Even among the best developers in the industry, shit happens.
Why Kid Icarus? Well, I guess after going through the Lair money-pit they need a title with a high potential to sell extremely well with a relatively low dev cost (= profit). You could do much worse than a classic Nintendo property and original IP's usually cost more to produce and carry a higher retail failure rate. So it all pans out, logically and fiscally. After Retro doing Metroid so well, maybe Nintendo is completely fine with letting another studio take a whack at Kid Icarus. SSBB is going to be an advertising trojan horse for the game with Pit included in the line-up. Perhaps this has been in planning longer than we know.
You're also referring to old (ancient) games in a derogatory fashion and on a retrogaming board no less. I find that more strange than making a new Kid Icarus game, truth be told.
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*Nevermind*
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http://www.gametrailers.com/viewnews.php?id=5705
Is this the "big game" Reggie Fils-Aime promised us?