What is Retro Studios REALLY up to?
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I agree with much of this, except the retro should be focused on quantity and not even attempt quality ...
I think they should rename retro EAD Texas .. And then open a development house in Santa Monica called EAD California... EAD New York, EAD London, etc.... Every place there is a large active development community they should open a studio, then use that studio both to make games and to develop relationships with 3rd party developers
I ferment being excited hearing about how red steel 2s developers were visited by guys from retro who have advice .. We need expert nintendo developers in every city that there is a large development community
I think they should rename retro EAD Texas .. And then open a development house in Santa Monica called EAD California... EAD New York, EAD London, etc.... Every place there is a large active development community they should open a studio, then use that studio both to make games and to develop relationships with 3rd party developers
I ferment being excited hearing about how red steel 2s developers were visited by guys from retro who have advice .. We need expert nintendo developers in every city that there is a large development community
Agreed. Retro Studios I feel was created as a means of giving players an opportunity to revisit old franchises with new ideas and concepts. It was clear this occurred for Metroid, and Donkey Kong Country, why not other franchises such F-Zero, Wave Race, and 1080, like you said? It just sounds like a lot of misused talent, and opportunities.
Do you know what happens when you focus on quantity instead of quality? You get companies like EA. Rehash the same thing, over and over again every year.
Do you know what happens when you focus on quantity instead of quality? You get companies like EA. Rehash the same thing, over and over again every year.
So.
I mean.
We're...gonna have to mention this, I guess?
https://mynintendonews.com/2018/07/...employee-claims-nintendo-is-shutting-it-down/
I'm not sure how closely Glassdoor is policed; it's possible it gets all of the sour grapes from ex-employees, but still.
I want to believe that Retro is doing fine. I really, really, really do.
But...the facts are they were making cutting edge games that Nintendo wanted to push out as marquee releases right up until Prime 3...and after that, they lost their most senior talent, took on less ambitious game design, delivered those games at a slower pace (they released 3 Prime games in 5 years versus 2 DKC games since 2010), and will apparently sit out the first two years of Switch while ex-employees spill beans online from what was once an airtight operation.
It's looking grim, folks.
I mean.
We're...gonna have to mention this, I guess?
https://mynintendonews.com/2018/07/...employee-claims-nintendo-is-shutting-it-down/
I'm not sure how closely Glassdoor is policed; it's possible it gets all of the sour grapes from ex-employees, but still.
I want to believe that Retro is doing fine. I really, really, really do.
But...the facts are they were making cutting edge games that Nintendo wanted to push out as marquee releases right up until Prime 3...and after that, they lost their most senior talent, took on less ambitious game design, delivered those games at a slower pace (they released 3 Prime games in 5 years versus 2 DKC games since 2010), and will apparently sit out the first two years of Switch while ex-employees spill beans online from what was once an airtight operation.
It's looking grim, folks.
I hope its not true, but I can't deny its plausible for sure. Like ET said, three Prime games released and then things slowed down to a crawl, and that is with less ambitious titles. At this point, Nintendo may just feel its difficult to manage a Western developer. Philosophies and culture are very different. We have seen an uptick in partnerships with Japanese third party developers, and if that has proven to be more effective than managing projects with Retro, they may feel its time to move on.
I was mostly kidding. I'd rather someone buy Retro rather than see them simply shut down. Even though a lot of staff left after Metroid, they still made stellar DK games.
Change them into a smaller dev, someone buy them, whatever, hopefully they don't get completely wasted. I guess the fact Metroid Prime 4 isn't being made by them is a bigger deal than we thought.
At the very least hopefully if they do get shut down all the staff could make their own studio.
Change them into a smaller dev, someone buy them, whatever, hopefully they don't get completely wasted. I guess the fact Metroid Prime 4 isn't being made by them is a bigger deal than we thought.
At the very least hopefully if they do get shut down all the staff could make their own studio.
Good thing I found this post.
Last I heard, they were trying to hire an art director.
Sometime last year, they put up ads on twitter looking for an art director. And they recently hired a few people, who worked on Borderlands, COD and a few other fps games I am not a fan of.
But concerning the art director position, I don't know if they got one yet. Someone I know who spoke to them on twitter, was going to officially apply for the position, but because he is working on two unfinished game projects, and is the art director and coder for both of them, he had to temporarily decline. Because working on those two projects and Metroid, would have been too tiring for him.
Last I heard, they were trying to hire an art director.
Sometime last year, they put up ads on twitter looking for an art director. And they recently hired a few people, who worked on Borderlands, COD and a few other fps games I am not a fan of.
But concerning the art director position, I don't know if they got one yet. Someone I know who spoke to them on twitter, was going to officially apply for the position, but because he is working on two unfinished game projects, and is the art director and coder for both of them, he had to temporarily decline. Because working on those two projects and Metroid, would have been too tiring for him.
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I'm less worried about an art director than them only hiring a lead producer last summer.
Kinda important to, y'know, have someone in charge of the project that they got in (checks Wikipedia) January 2019.
How do you get a huge project, but don't put anyone in charge of the overall effort for about 20 months? This is Spangenberg levels of half-assery.
Kinda important to, y'know, have someone in charge of the project that they got in (checks Wikipedia) January 2019.
How do you get a huge project, but don't put anyone in charge of the overall effort for about 20 months? This is Spangenberg levels of half-assery.