Nintendo + Team Ninja

Team Ninja on Wii is like a dream come true for me. Ninja Gaiden is a series I simply worship even though it ain't groundbreaking or anything, and that's since the NES. Now the next Metroid looks just brutal and unique, but I do hope Nintendo and Team Ninja partnership doesn't end here. For a simple reason:

Kid Icarus.

Everyone has already pointed it out, this series is so old a revival could mean anything, and a furious beat'em up is one of the most popular demands. Ever since rumors started coming up, people wondered if companies like Retro or Factor 5 were in charge, given not just the rumors, but their history with Nintendo. But now that holy friggin TEAM NINJA is on board, I hope Kid Icarus was never even touched by one those companies and that TN works on a revival for the series, or better, a spiritual sequel, after Metroid. Properly renaming it Icarus, of course, cause Pit just ain't gar enough for Team Ninja.

I would also like to see more Nintendo + TN collaborations; however, I don't think Kid Icarus will be one of them.

I think that the whole rumor of the Kid Icarus franchise being revived on Wii is silly. Just because he was in brawl or whatever...

I agree with you except for the renaming of Pit. Team Ninja could do a great job with the new Kid Icarus.

I agree with you except for the renaming of Pit. Team Ninja could do a great job with the new Kid Icarus.

Pierst179

Heh, I KNEW I should have made a thread about this Nintendo/Team Ninja collab yesterday, but I was being lazy. I'm not mad at you, though; in fact, I think it's awesome to see another member with the same viewpoint right now. Honestly, I didn't think the Wii had a shot of ever getting Team Ninja onboard, but I suppose circumstances regarding the industry and/or perhaps the direction the team is heading with Itagaki gone are the reasons for this. In any case, they're developing a Wii game now, and I haven't been more excited about a third-party developer coming to the system. It might be a few years late, but I think this was the kind of thing the Wii developing community needed to see in order for the system to be taken seriously enough.

Anyway, I can't agree enough with your point that I hope Metroid is just the beginning of the partnership between Nintendo and Team Ninja. Perhaps not so much with Kid Icarus, although that is an interesting point and something I wouldn't mind seeing; I just think Team Ninja's approach compliments Nintendo's quite well. I think this E3 was a nice example of showing that Nintendo can still create the userbase increasing products that it has focused a lot of time on this gen, but still have something in its back pocket to silence all of the naysayers out there that has complained about Nintendo not being 'core' enough. Who knows? Maybe KI will be a game that the Nintendo and Team Ninja looks into one day, and I think that one could take a few cues from the Ninja Gaiden series and become quite the revival. Perhaps even better, maybe this will spark a few ideas that many people wouldn't have seen, but still manages to blow them away. It never hurts to think about the possibilities!

But yeah... this is very much like a dream coming true. Team Ninja was a big reason why I decided to bother with the Xbox brand of gaming, and I'm as delighted to see them working on a Nintendo console as much as I am about the game they're working on at the moment, which looks great so far. Here's hoping that we're in for a wave of greatness in the years to come!

Actually when is other M supposed to be coming out? stike22

Utilizing Team Ninja will be a great way to bring the gritty new appeariance to the classic Nintendo francises. As for games that I would like to see Team Ninja be a part of...Can anyone say Starfox? or F-Zero? Maybe even Fire Emblem? Or new IP's all together.

[QUOTE="stike22"]Actually when is other M supposed to be coming out? themagicbum9720

Utilizing Team Ninja will be a great way to bring the gritty new appeariance to the classic Nintendo francises. As for games that I would like to see Team Ninja be a part of...Can anyone say Starfox? or F-Zero? Maybe even Fire Emblem? Or new IP's all together.

MadSavage22

Retro still has to announce what game they are working on.

Either way, the preview looked impressive, it wouldn't surprise me if it was release in the first half of 2010 considering it seems they are they working hard on the gameplay in the trailer already... As well as the story, etc.

I wasn't totally wowed but a little like " WTF " bcuz it was kinda like.. ehh

I actually only want Team Ninja working on this project first and then F Zero for Nitty that's pretty much it. The Kid Icarus title is bogus now and I actually want Retro working on a Gears of War cover-style ground mission and 75% air mission kind of Star Fox game... Yeah that's hoping too much.:P

I wasn't totally wowed but a little like " WTF " bcuz it was kinda like.. ehh

I actually only want Team Ninja working on this project first and then F Zero for Nitty that's pretty much it. The Kid Icarus title is bogus now and I actually want Retro working on a Gears of War cover-style ground mission and 75% air mission kind of Star Fox game... Yeah that's hoping too much.:P

sanim02

Icarus storyline could be interesting, I think that is why people are really hoping, and the general style is not like other stuff Nintendo has done.

Anyway, I'm glade for Metroid, one of the best game series of all time because *gasp* heroin that isn't a sex symbol, and Metroid has got that adult theme to it considering the back story, and I don't mean adult in terms of "BLOOD AND GUTS AND EPIC HEAD SHOTS AND DIRTY LANGUAGE AND LOTS OF SEXUAL REFERENCES!!!".

Anyway, all these Nintendo titles seem to be due in '10, lucky there are lots of decent looking third-party games due out.