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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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A week ago, I phoned Nintendo's consumer service line and, using the closest thing to the proper channels I could find, suggested a new WiiWare game: Metroid Vs. StarTropics. I explained to the person on the other end the reasoning behind such a crossover, which I think is fairly obvious here. Of course, I was told not to expect anything of it, but if you ever see a certain AVP-inspired game in the WiiWare menu, you'll know who to thank.
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Syd Lexia
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Interesting.
Nintendo's old official line was: "Sorry, we can't use your ideas. You might sue us later."
I'm really surprised they didn't tell you that.
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Doddsino
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I used to do that all the time with games. About 18 months before Brawl came out, I tried to submit a roster to Nintendo that included people such as Simon Belmont and Mega Man. Stupid, I know...but I figured I might as well try. At least we got Sonic and Snake, which opens the door in the next game for the people I mentioned.
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username
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metroid vs star tropics? sounds interesting enough. what was your pitch? or what type of game did you have in mind? RTS, metroidvania, or just fighter?
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Syd Lexia
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Mega Man's name apparently appears in the Brawl code, suggesting that rumors he was going to be in the game are true.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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| metroid vs star tropics? sounds interesting enough. what was your pitch? or what type of game did you have in mind? RTS, metroidvania, or just fighter? |
This I didn't mention on the phone, but the premise I envision is that many years after the events of Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II, Mike Jones returns to the Coral Sea archipelago to clear out tunnels old and new alike that now house a new host of monsters...including Metroids. But if Nintendo does make the game, I'm sure they won't be far off the mark.
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Ba'al
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Ninty would make a StarTropics remake or a sequel in itself before they would do a crossover, methinks.
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Cameron
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| Ninty would make a StarTropics remake or a sequel in itself before they would do a crossover, methinks. |
They need to get on this.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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I don't think you quite understand. There hasn't been a StarTropics III because there hasn't been a Predator 3.
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RegalSoul
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uhm......startropic character is the same character from
Secret Of Evermore
A boy and his blob.
Nesters Bowling
All American targeted characters.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Update: One of the new games to hit WiiWare today is Excitebike World Rally. Excitebike, like StarTropics, is one of Nintendo's lower-tier franchises. Given this fact and WiiWare's predominately awful library with so few gems to its name, I think Nintendo will find it wouldn't hurt them to make MVS.
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