darksnowman Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 *bump!* Apparently Kid Icarus on Wii was planned to launch in 2008. The fact that it didn't make it is the reason why Nintendo's Christmas line-up seemed so lean. Now it's being reported by inside sources that Kid Icarus was supposed to be presented at E3 2008, but this fell through due to Factor5 having 'problems'. http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=12775 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I thought Factor 5's problems came about as a result of the recent global finacial difficulties? E3 was ages ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I thought Factor 5's problems came about as a result of the recent global finacial difficulties? E3 was ages ago! Yeah but the credit crunch didn't just happen overnight, its the result of a build up of bad decisions that didn't pay off. Financial analyists and whatever would have known like a year in advance that hard times were afoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnas Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 See, this is why Nintendo has been revealing games only when close to release. You never know when shit happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.C.G Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 ^^^^ Very true... so in some respects they are right to keep things under wraps so as not to get peoples hopes up as it would cause more of a negative impact if a real killer game was announced and then a few months later was cancelled for w/e reason, still at least we know that it's out there now and because it's so high profile Nintendo won't simply can it, they will most likely take what Factor 5 have made, salvage what they can and then build more stuff on top of it, or give it to Retro so they can work their magic on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w0lf Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Very true. But Nintendo should've developed Kid Icarus by themselves anyway. The revival of one of their oldest franchises doesn't seem like something you'd let someone else take care of. The expectations would be insanely high, and they even have to cross the gap from 2D to 3D. Then again, Metroid Prime turned out te be great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganepark32 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 ^ Metroid Prime only turned out great after Miyamoto went down to Texas and kicked some asses and turned some tables at Retro. Canning basically all of their other games and making them change what they had done for Metroid Prime turned out for the better. If Factor 5 were making this, then obviously Nintendo would be development partners with them as well as publishers so if it is true, then the game will have been moved elsewhere after Factor 5's closure. Some other team will probably be working on it now. We'll just have to wait and see. Are Nintendo doing a keynot speech at GDC this year? They have done every year that I can remember. If not then we'll have to wait till E3 to see if it is confirmed or not. Like many have said, with so many rumors about this going round it's getting to the point where it's kinda hard not to think that it's real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazza Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Looking on the bright side, I really hope MotionPlus is added to this now. If any motion controls were included (eg. opening doors), this should make a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Very true. But Nintendo should've developed Kid Icarus by themselves anyway. The revival of one of their oldest franchises doesn't seem like something you'd let someone else take care of. The expectations would be insanely high, and they even have to cross the gap from 2D to 3D. Then again, Metroid Prime turned out te be great too. that;s not true at all.. sega did a fantastic job of f zero gx and even handled nintendos main mascot mario in mario and sonic at the olympics brilliantly. retro did fantastically with metroid prime capcom did brilliant with the legend of zelda series.. but they haven't colaberated in a long time and this would have been a good example. its a dying shame I would have liked to see what factor 5 would have done for the wii even if it is a kid icuras game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.dakota Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 until i hear otherwise, i'll agree with Matt C in speculating that Factor 5 have simply downsized the company and are still working on Icarus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 until i hear otherwise, i'll agree with Matt C in speculating that Factor 5 have simply downsized the company and are still working on Icarus. could have but he's not getting a response from them.. if they are downsizing the company then it sounds like if this game is being released.. it's their last hope at a success and they really need the backing of nintendo for marketing. who knows... we havent seen the game yet if it exists but knowing factor 5 you just know it will have the best graphics seen on the wii pushing it to it's limits.. i'm not being naive but they have fantastic graphical capibilities. so they are shutting down or this is their last hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-chosen-one Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 could have but he's not getting a response from them.. if they are downsizing the company then it sounds like if this game is being released.. it's their last hope at a success and they really need the backing of nintendo for marketing. who knows... we havent seen the game yet if it exists but knowing factor 5 you just know it will have the best graphics seen on the wii pushing it to it's limits.. i'm not being naive but they have fantastic graphical capibilities. so they are shutting down or this is their last hope. i really hope thats true i really want a Kid icarus game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.dakota Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 could have but he's not getting a response from them.. A lack of response could mean many things- downtime over Christmas, a simply desire to not confirm or deny rumours, even wishing to hold back for press releases, etc. At this point, one would've assumed bankruptcy courts, administrators (whatever the proceedures are over the pond) would've announced a sale of assets, or bankruptcy etc. My inkling is that the company has been bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 TBH, I doubt this is true. If F5 was developing a major Nintendo game, and they were going to go under, I think Nintendo would have supported them, or purchased them. Was this originally reported on IGN by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowV7 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I dunno if Nintendo would of known about F5's troubles before they started developing(though depends when development started) Though i'm sure I read some crazy rumour about Nintendo making F5 an internal development group or something. Can't for the life of me remember where I read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 but they were second part and they broke away why would they invest in them again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.dakota Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 but they were second part and they broke away why would they invest in them again? If Nintendo invested now, shares in F5 would be dirt cheap. but they were second part and they broke away why would they invest in them again? If Nintendo invested now, shares in F5 would be dirt cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_prOdigy Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Could this be our revamped, bulging hero? I call bull. Full rumour here: http://gonintendo.com/?p=71182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 That barely even looks like Pit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I hate his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_prOdigy Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I hate his face. You were looking at his face?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellyn Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 You were looking at his face?! You were looking at his crotch?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_prOdigy Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 You were looking at his crotch?! I believe the line is... once you see it, you can't unsee it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganepark32 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 That's an atrocious piece of character modelling. I really doubt they'd stray that far from the original look. Perhaps it was just an idea they thought up when testing their design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I believe the line is... once you see it, you can't unsee it. He has nothing to brag about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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