Retro Studios Finally Modernises and Relaunches Its Website

Just saying Nintendo did post this tweet:

https://mobile.twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/702206517865553924

What new Metroid game (apart from Federation Force which I am excited for as I've never played a Metroid game + Co-oP) will she be needing to defend too?

Seen this elsewhere last night. It needed an update big time, looked like it was ripped from straight from out of the 90's. There's no new content on it though. Looking at their game history shows how unprolific they've been. 5 original games in 18 years and 3 others, MPT and DKCR3D while helping out on MK7. Their last game was 2 years ago now.

If the lack of a spangly website is evidence that they're too busy, beavering away on cool games then I'm fine with it. That said - I'm free to come live in Austin and fill your site with awesome stuff, Retro. Y'know. Just sayin'. Ring me, OK?

Metroid games are ALWAYS the ones I look forward the most EVERY console generation. I absolutely love the atmosphere and gameplay. Not seeing one released for the Wii U is really, really frustrating... :/

@Sligeach

Yes... Unprolific.

Having an average metascore of 89 for a decade and half while spurning out games for three different consoles in that same timespan and helping out with Ninty's other studios...

That truly is the sign of unprolific, maybe even just being lazy guys.

Retro, those lazy guys with top notch games. That should be their new company slogan.

How many teams does Retro have? To my knowledge they've only released one Wii U game. And I'm guessing their next major outing will be for the NX.

We know that Retro as of last year had no Metroid games in active development and that any game in the series will take 3 years. So can count that out of the NX launch lineup.

I really hope it's not another Donkey Kong game.

I hope that Retro have been given free reign to develop whatever they want. Unleash the beast!

I still think the comments made with the federation force reveal, something along the lines of 'we want to open up the universe ready for the next installment' point to an NX Metroid game of epic proportions

Nothing really new on the site, but it does look better. I hope this is a sign that an announcement for whatever they have been working on the past two years is coming soon- it'd make sense to improve their website before they get a rise in activity, and E3/the NX is right around the corner. Retro Studios is my favorite division of Nintendo, and I'm super excited to see whatever they announce next!

As retro seem to have made it their mission to revive neglected Nintendo franchises, I'd love to see them have a crack at making an F-Zero game. Whatever they're working on, it'll probably be great. I just hope we hear about it sooner rather than later.

@Timppis You've no idea what you're talking about. Not only do you not understand the words I use, you don't even understand the words you use. Go look up the meaning of prolific. I'm talking about the number of games they've made, not their quality. Their quality is top notch and not in dispute.

"Having an average metascore of 89 for a decade and half while spurning out games for three different consoles in that same timespan and helping out with Ninty's other studios..."

Do please explain to us all unenlightened what "spurning" means?

Also, relax your cacks with the language and you've just made a complete fool of yourself for everyone to see.

Some people, eh!

I honestly have given up on hoping that these guys are working on something worthwhile.
These "hints" havent lead to anything and getting my hopes up for Nintendo has rendered me disappointed more often than i would have liked recently.

Nah I'm sure they're just sat around playing checkers and occasionally shooting the breeze over a pool table. It's impossible for them to be doing work they're paid to do because all I do is complain and ignore common sense.

@Sligeach relax there cowboy

You could say their old website was... retro.

I'm concerned Nintendo has forgotten that it's Metroids 30th as well as Zelda. Hope there up to something apart from federation force

@sandman89 I'd love a 2.5d Metroid title on NX. It certainly won't be on Wii U. Zelda has Twilight Princess HD and Zelda U for its 30th anniversary. Metroid has eh.......Metroid Prime: Federation Force. shudders

@Zoda_Fett For real... jeez.

But on the topic of whether Retro has produced a high volume of titles or not, I'm less concerned about quantity and more concerned with quantity. Everything they touch turns to gold, and I do like how it's Retro who revives the old franchises that nobody else will.

My personal hopes for the future include: 1) Metroid 2) F-zero 3) Animal Crossing.

It's not that I didn't like their venture with DK, it's just that I'm ready to move on. Aside from the obvious choice of Metroid, I feel that they could actually breathe some of the fresh air that Animal Crossing has been longing for. I'd be all for it.

@Einherjar Well at least their president hasn't shown up at big press events wearing a Samus t-shirt.

Early 2014 was probably too early to have an NX dev kit, but they could have moved over to it by now with whatever game they were working on, no point in a Wii U game for them. Rare was promoting Dinosaur Planet on N64 for a long time before it released as Star fox Adventures on Gamecube, I can easily see Metroid doing the same. Samus on a planet full of dinosaurs could be interesting, as long as she doesn't run into Tricky.

@FragRed Correction: no Prime games. Tanabe confirmed as much, but he's the producer of the Prime series, not Metroid as a whole.

Guess that's what they've been working on the past couple of years

@Zoda_Fett @HeroOfTime32 C'mon, someone had a go at me for no good reason, using colourful language and were factually wrong. I won't let that slide.

@HeroOfTime32 "I'm less concerned about quantity and more concerned with quantity."

I know what you mean but still. Retro didn't choose to revive Metroid or Donkey Kong. They were assigned them. Tropical Freeze they say that they did have a choice whether or not to do that sequel but I'm not sure if that's really true.

@Jolt Which has nothing to do with a new Metroid or this news.

@Sligeach
Good heavens, go easy on the man. It's rather unfair to torment someone on how they write, especially when they (like myself) are writing in a foreign language.

He's not wrong either. Just a quick Wikipedia search reveals that Retro churns out games at about the same pace as other first party studios.

Damn it... I'm hyped for a new metroid again. Now I want a Super Metroid Remake, few dialog here and there, some lore, better graphics...

BRB GONNA PLAY SUPER METROID!

I was looking at it last night because they had some job openings I qualified for. I don't have the courage to apply though...

People have always been speculating what Retro's doing for years now. There's always been leaks, theories, and one pretty good game released in a now (almost) six year period. Their pedigree and lack of new games/info invite that to a degree. I remember years ago hoping they would work on Star Fox, more Metroid, or maybe F-Zero, but idk how many of those are likely. Than again, Ninty has new management which might capitalize on their icons more than under Iwata. (Whether that's good or bad we'll see, after years of Iwata I'm sure many fans are longing for more games, but at the same time Iwata, while he had his mistakes, was by far one of the most genuine and enthusiastic CEOs I've ever seen. His decisions, while not always sound, always felt like he meant it. His leadership is likely a big part of Ninty's rep for marching to the beat of its own drum. I wonder whether the new management will still be as darn genuine and enthusiastic about games, and whether quality will slip as quantity goes up. We'll see I guess.)

I'm still really interested to find out what they've been working on for the last two years, especially after their E3 tease last year that led to nothing.

Raven Blade, NX launch title. Believe!

@AyeHaley oh I know
Just fun to speculate and wonder aha

C'mon Wii U exclusive!

@Sligeach

What? I agreed with you. Lazy jerks. Making only so many top notch games when they should have been producing dozens and dozens of games within that timeframe. That would be the only rational thing to do for a studio with a limitless workforce, time and resources at their disposal.

And yes, my autocorrect seems to have turned a churn to spurn. Glad you caught that one.

Oh dear me. The woes of being caught with a grammar error in todays interwebs. That is truly the definition of humiliation and time to retreat somewhere safe zone free of electronical devices so that such devastating defeat can be avoided in the future.

They haven't been lazy, but they have been at the mercy of making Nintendo franchise sequels for too long. What people have wanted from Retro for the last decade is a new original IP.

New site means I start digging. lol

I see they went with Wordpress. Interesting. Also interesting is that they had a company called White Lion Interactive create their Wordpress theme.

Doh. They really need to update their Meta Description, Keywords and Author tags. They are advertising the web company that designed their Wordpress theme. That won't go so well once Google/Bing reindexes their site. They might want to fix that.

Sorry I got a bit nerded out there. Carry on.

Retro studios are in danger of becoming a retro studio

They should be given a chance to bring another dormant franchise into the 21st century.

I'd like to see Geist given a second go

Dk:TF was so underrated and under appreciated. It might be the best platformer game ever.

I occasionally dream I'm playing a new metroid game, literally. I'm not gonna keep my hopes up though.. And as much as I like Retro, I wouldn't want another Prime. I'd want them to do a NEW kind of metroid .

Maaaan! That brings back some good ol´ memories, I remember seeing the first captures with my buddies on some Nintendo magazine back when the GC was being announced. Spaceworld 2000? And that video with Link and Ganon! I´ll never so excited about a console launching as I was back then.

Can someone show a link to the old version?Also,do you people think its likely that Retro has a new game coming due to updating their website?What I am asking is that is the possibility high?

@Elvie https://web.archive.org/web/20160116161446/http://retrostudios.com/news.asp

@Sligeach I think that is because they are a daughter company of Nintendo. Nintendo should be investing to expand the company since they have shown the fruit they do produce is some of the best. Instead, it looks like they have a pretty tight budget, especially since most of their game series share assets. Otherwise we would see a game at least every two years, which seems like a good target for a company like Retro.

@SMW Thanks for the link.

In case anyone was wondering. (I doubt it.) Their META tags (that I mentioned at post #35.) are still referencing White Lion yet their search result listings are unaffected.

Further research reveals that Google and Bing are simply using the site description on their DMOZ entry (see source below). Well that explains why Google/Bing says it requires flash. (The DMOZ entry says that.) Someone might want to update that.

Source: https://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Developers_and_Publishers/R/Retro_Studios/

I wonder if I'm the only one that looks at these things. Either way, I've had my fun. lol