William Brady said:
Because for one, in the case of Nintendo, why would he have the gall to say that the company has zero respect for one of their most beloved franchises at this point? Since by that logic, they could've announced a continuation of Other M or Federation Force, just to spit in the faces of Metroid fans some more, yet they never done that for this year's E3. Plus, they didn't just announce Metroid Prime 4, but even an actual Metroid game coming for the 3DS.
Yahtzee is a Metroid fan(boy) and it's fair to say that he didn't like Other M or Federation Force.
That said, I don't think you can say Nintendo has zero respect for Metroid fans based on those examples. Haven't played either, but Other M was produced with the intention of it being a full fledged Metroid game. A game that had a divided reaction, sure, but I can't fault their intentions. While I haven't played either, I find Other M far less cynical than something like Star Fox Zero, which rebooted the Star Fox universe (again), which reportedly played like crap (again...yes, I haven't forgotten you, Command), which means that we haven't had a good Star Fox game since 2005 (Assault), and has likely killed the series for the forseeable future, and killed the old continuity indefinately. That might seem like a tangent, but when you consider that Metroid had a game in 2016 (which does strike me as being a bit more cynical), will have another game in 2017 (Samus Returns), and a third game in 2018 (Prime 4), it's hard for me to buy the idea of the Metroid franchise being one of languishing fans, when other franchises, Nintendo or otherwise, have been far more neglected.
William Brady said:
Second, wasn't Egypt one of the most requested ideas from gamers to have the next Assassin's Creed game be set in?
I thought Japan was one of the most?
Anyway, Assassin's Creed looks like more of the same at this point (to me, personally). I mean, I've only ever played the first game, but seeing these buggers come out year after year, I can't help but be exposed to them.
Igor-Rowan said:
Speaking of Sonic and head-scratchers what's with the Mario Odyssey-Sonic 06 comparasion?
The presence of a cartoony hedgehog/plummer being in the presence of normally proportioned humans.
That said, Odyssey reminds me more of SA1 than 2006 (New Donk City is more like Station Square than Soleanna).
Igor-Rowan said:
And apparently the developer, IllFonic, also co-developed Sonic Boom, yet they were weirdly absent when it came the time to point fingers and start blaming.
News to me. Big Red Button developed Rise of Lyric, Sanzaru Games developed the handheld games.