I nice piece of Nintendo History.

http://boards.ign.com/gamecube_general_board/b5002/2843473/p1

Here for your enjoyment. I thought it was interesting.

Note:

This is a very old IGN thread. The thread is about Metroid Prime. It asks what people thought of it when they first heard it was going to be in first person. In case you don't know, when people first heard about it, the reaction was very negative. Most people though it was a bad idea. However, with the Release of Metroid Prime, the critics, and fans were all over-joyed. The game before release won plenty of E3 awards, and on release, won plenty of Game of the Year awards, including here at GameSpot. This is a look at Metroid Prime before it's critical acclaim.

Date Posted:2/16/2001 4:18: PM

Ya it's that old.

While you guys read this, do you think it would be good for Nintendo to try and release other IP's in first person on the Wii? Maybe Zelda, or Star Fox?

You should probably relate this to the Wii in some way because as it stands this has nothing to do with it.

It's fun to see what people thought, yeah.. I wasn't around on forums when the first person view got announced, but as soon as I saw screenshots I was like "Wait.. is this Metroid? Looks freaking awesome!". Loved the start of GC.

That thread proves that developers should never listen to forum dwellers while making a game.

You should probably relate this to the Wii in some way because as it stands this has nothing to do with it.

bob_newman

Metroid Prime Trilogy Related.

You should probably relate this to the Wii in some way because as it stands this has nothing to do with it.

bob_newman

I always consider this the Nintendo forum :?

I guess you can argue that this is related to Metroid Prime Trilogy, but just in case, I tied it to something Wii related.

i didnt like it when i tried the demo at circuit city...mostly because i sucked at FPS before the wii

...now i LOVE the trilogy.

That thread proves that developers should never listen to forum dwellers while making a game.

LordQuorthon

I always think to myself, "If I was making a game, I'd look at this stuff all the time!" Then when I think about it, I bet it'd be pretty stressful trying to please everyone.

Star Fox in First Person would be werid and would probably suck. I mean just TRY to play Star Fox 64 in the Cock pit!

Star Fox in First Person would be werid and would probably suck. I mean just TRY to play Star Fox 64 in the Cock pit!

LegatoSkyheart

Well the issue was that basically because they saw it was in First Person, and they know there will be shooting, they all immediately assumed it would just be an FPS, and not seem like a proper Metroid game, which seems stupid from here, but it's fair enough. The game turned out amazingly in the end though, keeping faithfully to its roots while expanding the game perfectly into 3D :D

I like this comment from Jakester85:

"However, I think we were asking the impossible to make Metroid in 3d and have a third person view."

And I laugh. In my pants.

[QUOTE="LordQuorthon"]

That thread proves that developers should never listen to forum dwellers while making a game.

maverick_41

I always think to myself, "If I was making a game, I'd look at this stuff all the time!" Then when I think about it, I bet it'd be pretty stressful trying to please everyone.