Apparently, some internal retailer lists are showing Metroid as changing from a June 27 date to TBD, while Sin & Punishment 2 has moved from its original slot of June 6 to occupy the June 27 date. On the web, Wal-Mart now lists Metroid: Other M as releasing on September 1, while Best Buy has it pegged for August 15. Best Buy also lists Sin & Punishment 2 as a June 27 release.
No official word has come from Nintendo themselves, and their release lists have not changed. Nintendo World Report will have more updates as they break.
I agree, this should be taken with a grain of salt.But it would be nice if this was to add wiichuck support along with a little polish and tweaks.
Nintendo decided to add the Super Guide to Merftroid. Shows you how to properly "hold Right" and "tap A" to automatically auto-aim.
Is it sad that I could actually see them doing that (that, and probably going through every line of text bolding every important word of dialogue)? :-\
I was half-expecting Metroid to fall back to August/September. Delaying S&P2, when it's already so late after the Japanese release and has virtually no localization, makes less sense to me. Unless they've decided to actually advertise it and want the extra time to tell people that it exists...
Nintendo decided to add the Super Guide to Merftroid. Shows you how to properly "hold Right" and "tap A" to automatically auto-aim.
Is it sad that I could actually see them doing that (that, and probably going through every line of text bolding every important word of dialogue)? :-\
And no, there is no NunCharlieBrown support. Sakamoto/KojiIgarashi is the real father of this series and he knows what's best for it, so all Nintendo fans should just sit back and watch him have his way.
I was half-expecting Metroid to fall back to August/September. Delaying S&P2, when it's already so late after the Japanese release and has virtually no localization, makes less sense to me. Unless they've decided to actually advertise it and want the extra time to tell people that it exists...Actually, S&P2 has a lot more localization than you'd think. There are a lot of voiced cut-scenes. But that should have been finished months ago.
I have to agree with brood, the Prime games are IMO the best games in the series. Metroid: Zero Mission was fun,but Retro Studios have done a better job with the series than one of the creators (there were several people involved). Hell, the guy wanted it to be a on-rails shooter until Team Ninja convinced him how bad that would have been.
Actually, S&P2 has a lot more localization than you'd think. There are a lot of voiced cut-scenes. But that should have been finished months ago.
Aren't the voices already in English? They were in the first game.No, but the English version is supposed to include both the original Japanese and English.
The only reason I would care about this is if it were to impact the Zelda launch date.
As I said elsewhere, if this rumored delay is to add nunchuck functionality the game should have had in the first place, I'm all for this.
As I said elsewhere, if this rumored delay is to add nunchuck functionality the game should have had in the first place, I'm all for this.
Unless they let Miyamoto step in I doubt that. Sakamoto wants NES controls and the only ones who could override his decision are Miyamoto and Iwata.
If Miyamoto and Iwata don't care enough about this game to intervene on that matter when seemingly just about every impression I've seen complains about the lack of Nunchuck support, that's a very troubling sign.
QuoteIf Miyamoto and Iwata don't care enough about this game to intervene on that matter when seemingly just about every impression I've seen complains about the lack of Nunchuck support, that's a very troubling sign.
Maybe Miyamoto and Iwata support Sakamoto in this. Nintendo loves the NES-style control scheme. You can argue that it doesn't make sense to use it in this case but it hasn't made sense LOTS of times. It supports Nintendo's flawed vision of the remote being the "new controller standard" and they're not above shoehorning controls in a remote-only design in other games, so why not this one?
Well, we'll probably see a much larger presence from Other M at the Press Conference now, maybe to cover for Zelda possibly not coming out this year? Hopefully they'll see reason and use that time to add nunchuck support. It's not unprecedented considering didn't Twilight Princess get a delay after its last E3 to tweak the Wii version's controls according to feedback from the show?
Hmmmm...well, it could very well be delayed so that it can be the "talk of E3." It'll get tons of press coverage and hype RIGHT before release, which could lead to better-than-usual sales for a Metroid game.
The problem is that Prime Corruption also released shortly after its last E3, and it even got healthy presence at the Press Conference. It still didn't sell to Nintendo's expectations. They'll have to put a lot more effort into promoting Other M if they want to avoid a similar fate.
