Metroid-Style 'Blast Ball' Unveiled For Nintendo 3DS During Nintendo World Championships 2015

My first thought was Metroid. If it's first party, I'm sure there will be bigger Metroid connections.

This must be a multiplayer mode from a 3DS metroid. My guess is a New 3DS metroid Prime Trilogy.

I think it looks great =)

The font on the visor practically screams Metroid Prime, never mind the arm cannon and visor...

I didn't watch the Championship event, so I can only judge this based on that one screenshot - and it hurts.
The general visual style, the visor border on the upper and lower end of the screen, the goddamn FONT - this looks extremely similar to Metroid, but it isn't! And this not being a Metroid game feels just as much like a slap in the face as the inclusion of Mute City in MK8 in place of a new F-Zero did!

@Kaze_Memaryu If Samus doesn't come, we riot.

Wii U gets Mother, 3DS gets Blast ball. Seems fair.

Looks very Metroid-like to me. I would not be surprised if the two are related in some way. Perhaps, if they were to reveal some new Metroid game, they would communicate in some manner. Still, it's all speculation! This game could be fun.

It's probably a multiplayer game in a new Metroid.

Here's hoping at least.

First screenshot reminds me of Metroid. Can't say much more about it at the moment.

I wonder what's left for the Nintendo Digital event. Maybe they really have lots of stuff?!

That was interesting, didn't expect this! Hoping to see more details on the Digital Event. Or will they have more surprise for us coming? They got Smash content out of the way, spread some new game announcement during NWC, is that indication that they have bigger announcement for Digital Event? Hype!

Hopefully just a eshop game, if it's a full retail release, no thanks

New Metroid game incoming!

Reminds of an old game, Hyperblade.

The ball... barely moved. Maybe it's fun but it doesn't look it with a ball that goes nowhere and takes up a chunk of the center screen

@Kaze_Memaryu If Metroid doesn't come back on this E3, it never will truly come back again. I'm ninety-five percent sure they're going to be showing at least a new Metroid title for one of the consoles.

Makes me think- if they DID do a Prime styled Metroid on 3DS, I'd probably play it on my old XL with a CPP. I love the C-stick for certain games but for shooters that need precision? Sorry. Gotta have that full analog stick. Unless they can incorporate gyro well like Splatoon or RE Revelations...

There better be mention of Metroid, cause this is definitely disappointing. If it's a eshop game, ok, but for a full retail release, this is a huge pass for me.

It does look fun, but I hope they don't devote Digital Event time to it. They can release new info as E3 goes on, including live gameplay footage.

Wow, so much negativity on this thread. Slaps in the face, riots, huge disappointments. If you are truly a Nintendo fan, you gotta be able to take the rough with the smooth. SSB announcements, then Mother and now this (ha ha). Give this game a chance before claiming it's ruined your life.

^This

3d gamers lose perspective

The negativity here just screams "This is why Nintendo doesn't make new ips often". Seriously Steam got so much hate for not being Golden Sin (which isn't even remotely related to Intelligent Systems other than the Nintendo logo) and now people complain about this asking for Metroid. And here I thought Splatoon made people willing to try new IPs.

This also happened back when Igarashi wasn´t sure if Bloodstained was coming to the wii u, the negativity was just overwhelming. People tend to hate just for fun, this doesn´t look amazing or anything, and yeah, I wish it was Metroid, but come on, Nintendo FINALLY localized Mother 1 and added Ryu to smash 4, at least show some gratitude.

The ball is giant and since the player's seemed to keep it auto focused the whole time the game looked kinda lame. I think it'd be better without auto focus but with strafe support instead!

I've only seen two matches. I'm willing to let them show me a bit more before I make a judgement. With customization and different modes, this could be fun. None of the players seemed to explore what happens if you shoot at each other. I could certainly see soccer being a different game if you could kill the other team.

IMO, this game screams "spinoff to tide you over until the next main game". I'm surprised that they made this game, I didn't think Metroid had that much brand power nowadays. I think what this means is that Metroid is indeed coming, but not until 2016/2017 and they wanted something to tide fans over until it's ready. The Digital Event will probably confirm that they're in development but not go into detail, and we'll have to wait until next year to get the full scoop on the next main games. Until then, we'll all have to enjoy some Metroid soccer.

@JaxonH You might wanna try that nub again when playing shooters. Or wear a glove or some kind of traction. The c-stick is pretty great for these kinds of games.

The reaction to this game is exactly why Nintendo is hesitant to making new IPs (yes...yes... I know Splatoon just came out). They show off a game that seems to fuse together a shooter (Metroid) and soccer quite well, and the audience is like "wtf...", while the Internet is like "Gimme Metroid Prime, you faintly outlined goldfish"

I'm interested to seeing how well this game performs on the market, since it will help determine whether we see more games like this. The game is interesting, to say the least, and it seems very western oriented. If the game sellss like Codename STEAM, then that would just be sad

Now I really hope the Digital Event isn't mostly DLC.

I thought it seemed lots of fun during the stream, but it does look kind of ugly, even for a 3DS game. Maybe it IS just part of a bigger Metroid game, who knows.

@westman98 people acted the same to Splatoon when it was announced too.

This coul be a fun little game hopefully the treehouse on Wednesday has more info on stuff like this and chibi robo while the direct has the big announcements.

While the game doesn't have the most exciting art style, I did think it looked pretty fun. Providing the game is under £10 on the eShop, with Download Play, Local and Online, I'd get it day one. There just aren't enough multiplayer games on 3DS.

This doesn't look like the sort of game that I will enjoy, but I usually dislike sports games anyway.

It isn't my cup of tea, but I hope it does well - either as a eshop game or as part of a Metroid release.

Batman Beyond, Tron:Legacy, and FF10 all have an space age ball game already. It is where you float around in mid-air attempting to goal the other team, and charge at them the same time.

Training minors how to fight in uneeded space wars

I was kidding about the riot thing. I'm glad this game is a thing! It looks fun, and I'm glad we're getting more new ips.

Omg yes this screams Metroid (prime). As mentioned above, even the font looks the same.
I'm really optimistic that a Metroid is being announced FINALLY!! And this is some kind of mini game/multiplayer mode for it.
Color me excited.

I don't think we have been sold the whole story here. What I saw looked short lived...too short lived...

@aj_fowl
Splatoon was a huge surprise that, while pissing some off, also intrigued a lot of gamers. Blast Ball, on the other hand, basically caused the world to scream "Gimme Metroid Prime 3DS, not this PoS...!!"

This does make me wonder though...Is this game an eShop download in the veins of Steel Diver: Sub Wars, or is it a single game mode for something bigger?? If it is the latter, then color me truly intrigued.

So this is the Chozo's national sport. Willing to give it a try. May help with the lack of sports games in Nintendo systems.

Proof positive that Nintendo is clearly missing a good sports game in their collection. Splatoon, MK8 & Smash needed to have a sports game to mix it up and they didn't have one so they came up with this mess. To be fair I haven't played it but it doesn't have the wow factor that the aforementioned games have

@JaxonH Why would you use Dual analog when the touch screen and stylus is a much more precise and acurate option.

@TheMisterManGuy
Because for the life of me I can't stand controls like Kid Icarus had. Left analog AND holding the 3DS, while using stylus in right hand.

Enough to cramp your wrist- so awkward and uncomfortable

@JaxonH I never had much of a problem with Uprising's control setup. I got used to it very quickly.

Looks like a fun multiplayer game. We have 4 members in my family that play 3DS. If I don't have to pay $40 for each 3DS then I'm all in (either it has to have download play or it has to be under $20) that's the reason I didn't buy the 3DS version of smash bros $60 got us 8 players on Wii U and it would've taken $120 to get only 4 players on 3DS

Meh. Meh, I say.