If you need speed and collisions, there's nobody better than Criterion.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/40593/f-zero-originally-planned-for-wii-u-reveal
According to Nintendo Life plans were in the works to have a F-Zero vertical slice at the Wii U's reveal, developed by Criterion.
Per an anonymous source, Nintendo of Europe approached Criterion, makers of the Burnout series and 2013's Need for Speed Most Wanted U to prepare a playable teaser of the game for E3 2011. Criterion had to decline due to time, according to former studio head Alex Ward.
The timeline would have Criterion working on Need for Speed Most Wanted and possibly helping out with 2011's Need for Speed: The Run.
.....this frustrates me. If Criterion declined, why couldn't they have solicited other developers?
.....this frustrates me. If Criterion declined, why couldn't they have solicited other developers?
.....this frustrates me. If Criterion declined, why couldn't they have solicited other developers?
What you may not be getting is, this is merely saying they were looking at Criterion to possibly make a mockup video/demo for what a hypothetical F-Zero game running on the hardware could look like for demonstrative purposes. While such demos always have the potential to evolveinto actual games, they apparently weren't seriously looking to jumpstart an F-Zero project, so there was no reason to go searching for developers. Basically, what I'm taking away from this is that Nintendo simply casually offered to fund an F-Zero demo from Criterion if they wanted to make one. They didn't, so it ended there.
Who else do you trust to make a good F-Zero game? Slightly Mad Studios was already talking Project Cars for Wii U. Codemasters promised Dirt and F1 but never delivered, and were probably going to say they were just as busy as Criterion.
Who else do you trust to make a good F-Zero game? Slightly Mad Studios was already talking Project Cars for Wii U. Codemasters promised Dirt and F1 but never delivered, and were probably going to say they were just as busy as Criterion.
I won't lie, I don't necessarily know the landscape for developers whose primary function is racing games, but the artcile as ran implies Nintendo went to Criterion asking if theyd be interested in producing a demo under a constrained time table, Criterion understandably declined, and Nintendo went "oh well, don't care enough to extend the offer to any other studio".
Just let me have my Metroid: Federation Force moment!
f zero fan boy coming in 3...2...1...
Who else do you trust to make a good F-Zero game? Slightly Mad Studios was already talking Project Cars for Wii U. Codemasters promised Dirt and F1 but never delivered, and were probably going to say they were just as busy as Criterion.
I won't lie, I don't necessarily know the landscape for developers whose primary function is racing games, but the artcile as ran implies Nintendo went to Criterion asking if theyd be interested in producing a demo under a constrained time table, Criterion understandably declined, and Nintendo went "oh well, don't care enough to extend the offer to any other studio".
Just let me have my Metroid: Federation Force moment!
Who says they didn't ask any others? They probably did, but they declined too.