Rumour: Retros Wii U Title Revealed? “Starfox – Metroid: Fusion Saga”
Following this week’s “Acid Ghost” rumour, and now this, its clear we’re in pre-E3 insanity-mode…
- Some staff at Retro Studios wanted to develop a new IP that included third person sci-fi action with aerial combat.
- Others were leaning towards taking the Star Fox license.
- Nintendo sees Retro as a very competent developer and worked with them in creating the idea of Star Fox – Metroid: Fusion Saga.
- This title has multiple gameplay mechanics and needed a talented staff base to incorporate the many genres.
- The story begins as you control Fox McCloud and team on mission in your Arwing, flying through an asteroid field. As you enter a warp, there’s a collision with Samus’s ship. The game continues with you plummeting to a planet as Samus in her ship. You’re in mild control, using the Wii U controller to look around and press the buttons to prepare for impact using the tablet. While the TV stays locked on what you see out of the cockpit. When you land you control a stripped down Samus Aran with the most basic of weapons and abilities, in first person perspective.
- The game switches between intense Arwing battles as Fox makes his way to the planet that Samus crashed on and a Metroid Prime-like experience of gameplay as Samus on this planet.
- The Star Fox stages represent what the series is best known for, including the chatter and coming to the aid of the rest of your team, all range mode battles, and on rails stages.
- The Metroid part of the game puts you alone, void of human or any talking character contact, and like the Prime series, sees you gaining upgrades, battling bosses, and in this case, repairing your ship.
- The game is said to be epic in size, scope, ambition.
- The pacing has been perfected to not interrupt what the feeling is behind either franchise, since Star Fox is more often known for being acceptable to have short sessions with and Metroid rather the opposite. You can opt to continue playing either just Samus’ part or Fox’s part without crossing over for much of the main game (or play it as it’s scripted back and forth), but will eventually have to complete both, as the characters will ultimately meet up.
- There will be later parts in the game where you do get to control Samus’ ship and fly it Star Fox style. Likewise, Fox McCloud will be controllable by foot and be played via 3rd person perspective. Think of Jet Force Gemini with Fox’s known agility as he’s portrayed to having in the Smash Bros. series. (Fox will move more like Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden and less like he did in Star Fox Adventures).
- Though a tentative title, the idea behind the story of “Fusion Saga” is both a play on the fact that the two series are fusing together into one game and of course, a storyline behind Andross using Metroids to enhance himself, his army, etc.
- Star Fox – Metroid: Fusion Saga is wholly a satisfying adventure game as Samus, an equally electrifying aerial combat game as Fox, and something that delivers an exciting, special change that fans will love.
- In consideration was the Star Fox portion having 4 player co-op online, but instead the game will have leaderboards for time and percent complete for all parts of the game and multiplayer will be simply versus mode based.