Metroid Prime: Federation Force Will Have amiibo Support

If NoA bundle this with a black New3DS standard size, then this will be a day 1 buy for me. Otherwise... meh.

I guess we can kinda play like Samus, as a skin?!? These amiibo skin costumes from Mario Kart 8 to Yoshi's Woolly World are getting old real quick in all honesty.

I don't hate Federation Force like everyone else. It just doesn't look like a spin off I'm interested in.

I'm surprised we got nothing on this from E3. I'm willing to guess with all the negative feedback they got and changing the release date that they've done something different to this game. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets pushed back once again.

I remember when Mario Golf fell off the face of the planet only to reappear again like 9 months latter. Hopefully they're making the game the best they can. I for one want to play this game as it looks like it can be good fun with my son!

I for one am looking forward to this game. Based off of everything I've seen, it doesn't look like a very good Metroid game, but it looks like a pretty fun co-op shooter. I'll be picking it up because I know I'll have fun with it, but I fear this one will be dead on arrival.

Even the Japanese seem to hate the game, based on that like-dislike ratio on YT...though it probably is the most liked thing about the game I've seen so far since the game was just called 'Blast Ball'...that said, at least I can 'pretend' to be Samus now...?

I don't really think it looks bad, I just don't think it's something that I'm interested in. It's a shame it's attracted so much negativity, but it's not really the Metroid game people wanted I guess.

I never heard a peep about this game during E3. Seriously, NOTHING - from - NOBODY. This one might sting a little bit Nintendo. Brace yourself...

That's great it'll have amiibo support. I'm still pretty excited for FF because I'm a hopeless fan of the series lol. It really could've benefitted from being included E3 though...

They should have look for Bungie if they wanted a multiplayer game based on the Metroid universe, instead they went for Level 5, lets admitted it, it was not the Metroid game we wanted and it feels like we are controlling toys instead of actual Galactic Federation force soldiers. truthful I hope this game bombs on release, it will teach Nintendo and hopefully other companies not to screw around TOO much with beloved franchises

@EmmatheBest I don't think it's just people from Japan. US people can watch Japanese videos too.

I'm expecting something similar to metroid prime hunters. As long as it's fun, I don't care what it looks like

@Shiro28
I admit nothing, the art style is a limit of the 3DS and it is relatively close to what I wanted from a spin-off Metroid game. It's their franchise to screw around with, they can do as they please.

Of course I'm just gonna be labelled a "Nintendo can do no wrong" fanboy, so I'll leave these extra comments:
Super Paper Mario was awful.
Dedede's Drum Dash was awful.
Kirby Fighters Deluxe was awful.

i'm looking forward to it, it was fun working as a team in triforce heroes.

@shaneoh well if that's what you wanted from a metroid game, then you go and have fun, I'm skipping this one until a proper Metroid game it's made.

Also, yeah Super paper Mario was really awful

...Can't they do something else other than having them unlock stuff? :/

@muhep

You took the words right out of my mouth! I think there's a good chance of this happening too, since NOA seems to like bundling games that they don't think will sell well with console variations that a lot of people want (I.E. the Happy Home Designer bundle).

I'll wait up on it and see what happens.

I think the concept for Fed Force was taken from the Metroid game in Nintendo Land. My kids used to love playing it because it was the most violent game I allowed them to play back then and they had hours of fun playing it together. Nintendo probably thought, 'this formula works! Let's design an entire 3DS game around this!'

If they at least changed the Graphics too look like Metroid Prime Hunters, I'd be happy.

@Robo-Knight : I agree. It's actually quite pathetic that this 3DS game looks worse than its DS predecessor (artistically, at least).

It probably would have copped less flak if it were titled "My First Metroid Prime".

Not interested in this game and I couldn't care less about Amiibo, I haven't bought any physical DLC...errrr Amiibo and I have no interest in ever buying one either.

That Dual Gun Samus Amiibo should get even more firepower than the regular amiibo.

Joking aside, I still can't stand amiibo. Federation Force will probably be a good game, maybe better than Tri-Force Heroes, but it was definitely not the Metroid game the Nintendo needed to reawaken the series with. That was the actual mistake. I doubt I'll buy it, but the fan reaction has been honestly ridiculous (Color Splash deserves far more backlash).

Not exactly game enhancing features for amiibo once again. I'm surprised they're not releasing more to go with the game tbh......

Wait, does that make the Samus amiibo pay to win in Blast Ball?

I am actually interested in this game - but only if it has a singleplayer campaign. I was also interested in Tri Force Heroes but lack of mentioned campaign, I didn't buy it. I don't know people around here that possess a 3DS to play with them. And playing online does not always probide the best experience.

And btw: I don't mind getting anpaintjob for the amiibos - liked to play as Pit Yoshi in Wooly World

Welp I called it that Samus would be "playable" via amiibo : P

No.

Just the Mario series amiibo unlock the paint jobs? That's lame. Mega Man would've been a perfect fit for those mech suits.

@allav866 That's all that was shown. We'll know the full supported lineup closer to release, I'd guess.

I'm looking ng forward to this fantastic team shooter! It's just what we need on 3ds! 😀

@allav866 Mega Man isn't a Nintendo property though so there'll be a limit to what they can do in terms of support in games other than Smash Bros.

Even disregarding the whole "not a true Metroid game" argument, this still looks like a slow, uneventful co-op shooter to me. I don't get why we can't have Doom levels of speed in more games.

I just hope you can be just 2 playing together. Not like Triforce Heroe in which you can only play alone OR with 3 person.

The game actually looks like it could be cool, but those stupid bobble head characters just totally and utterly ruins the overall look and feel of the game imo. Who the hell decided that particular aesthetic choice was a good fit for the Metroid universe? Someone needs to slap them.

@Smokingspoon Bots were confirmed a while ago, so there should be no problem in playing with only another person.

I dont understand why people are upset about the identity of a character in an FPS that you can't see.

@GarryTash But it's the Metroid they deserve...

I think it's going to be great! I'm going to be getting it because the 3DS is in need of good multiplayer games.

Is it a full retail game or a rather large eShop game? Any idea on how much it's going to be? I'm guessing about £35...

Screw the haters. I'm looking forward to giving this game a try. Amiibo functionality is a bit meh though. Saying that, I only buy them to put on my shelf and look pretty.

So now you have to pay to play as " samus" in a metroid game. Nice.

@GarryTash @GarryTash

I don't understand the negativity and backlash behind it either. I mean has a fandom ever thrown such a huge hissy fit for any other spin off? Mario Kart? Various pinball and tetris themed games? Pokemon Mystery Dungeon? It's just an inoffensive spin-off.

@GammaPhonic

Ha! So do I. The most use we've gotten out of them, since Nintendo refuses to make a dedicated Skylanders clone is Happy Home Designer.

I'll give them the chance to sell me on this. As in, gimme a demo to try or there is no way I'm paying for this. I bought a New 3DS and that nub hardly ever gets used so that would be nice.

Still really undecided by this and the lack of any proper info since early this year worries me.

This game sourly needs an eshop demo to change opinions.

Granted, the art style is still terrible.

I'm still looking forward to playing it. The thought of playing with others draws me in more than against and/or solo.

I hope they utilize most (at least current) of the amiibo for skins instead of some or few. I know Mario series, Mega Man, and R.O.B would make sense, but I'm interested to see how the Pokemon & Fire Emblem series amiibo would look.

@shaneoh Kirby Fighters Deluxe was great, if on the simple side. I agree on Drum Dash though.

It's funny how many people now no longer despise the game, but still have no interest. I'm still hyped since it was announced. Seems like a fun game to play with my bros.

Nintendo, please make the Space Pirates playable (like a skin you could unlock) because that'd be amazing.

The game actually looks fun but it just wasnt what we (the fan) expected after a 6(?) years drought. I will be picking it up but I feel like it's just the Japanese companies wanting to make the next Monster Hunter (Final Fantasy Explorers anyone?) and nintendo made a huge stupid mistake of using chibi graphics and most of all, using the "Prime" title.

The ONLY thing I didn't like was the chibi sized characters-- In a series that is anything BUT Chibi, why even conceive that notion? I'm fine with it being a spinoff as it will dive into the Galactic Federation soldiers' lore a bit (though not entirely necessary unless a story arc come out of this). I'm fine with the multiplayer co-op nature as 4 Samuses (or would that be "Sami" lol?) would be odd "logically", so it was either do this, or have different "hunters" a la Metroid Prime Hunters (which I think people would've preferred). Idk, I'm always up for something new and I'll reserve final judgement until after I play the game.

@muhep I want a metroid themed new 3ds

Oh god it still exists?
I wouldn't have minded a spin-off co op shooter about the troopers. In fact it was something I really desired after playing Corruption (took me a while to remember though). However that visual style, extremely poor overall graphics that make me and many others debate about whether this looks worse than Hunters, and the casual use of random-ass mechs that have almost nothing to do with Metroid just puts me off entirely.
This may seem extreme, especially since they're just fictional characters in a fictional world, but the existence of this game is an insult to the brave, hardworking Federation Marines who we've seen faithfully performing their duties in the Metroid Prime series.

@MeloMan Actually the suits are giant mechs and the pilots are even smaller and MORE chibi. When I think Metriod, chibi is not the style that comes to mind.

This game shouldn't exist.

It's existence is just proof of everything that is wrong with Nintendo.

If they want Metroid to reach a broader audience there are plenty of choices they could have made to achieve that. None of which involves an ugly game on the 3DS with chibi GF troopers, boring looking combat (it's a co-op shooter, Nintendo. You have to make it look exciting), amiibo support, and a soccer mini game.

@LUIGITORNADO Its people like you is the reason why the industry in general is so damn rotten in the first place.

From the looks of it, it really isn't a bad game and you're already ranting that the game is bad because the visuals aren't that good.

I hate those who are hating the game for its looks but not for what it actually is.

@Tempestryke completely agree buddy

I only have one comment, I don't get how in a world where funko pop and all those chibi super-deformer things exist this game gets panned by the art style... It's just Wind Waker with "powerpuff Link" all over again...

@Marce2240 Games refuse to give you DOOM-level speed to give the illusion that they last longer without actually making more content.

I was hoping for a retool, given the game not showing up at E3. Well, at least we can have armors with the same palette as Samus. It is a step in the right direction, at least.

Highly divisive? Pretty much everyone hates or is just isn't very interested. Bless those kind few souls who are excited for it.

@LuciusHellmonde Probably because it's the first in the series to have a deferential art style compared to the regular "realistic" portions that all of the other metriods have. Like with WW it was panned upon release, but several years later that's the art style everyone and their mother loves it. Maybe FF will do the same, but with what has been shown with the gameplay, I highly doubt this game will be remembered as fondly.

im actualy quite looking forward to this game tbh. Im still not a fan of the art stile personly but as long as the game is fun i dont cear. Also anny amiibo suport is good imo.

So you can tap a Samus amiibo in this game and play a port of the original Metroid Prime in stereoscopic 3D!!!!

Jesting apart, it may not hold well on the series standards, but here it is an effort to bring something different based upon an old and successful franchise to a new formula.
And its based on co-op and, as a 3DS gamer, I'm itching for a good co-op full of FPS action!

Hopefully this novelty will do better than the one called Codename STEAM!!!

Don't try to make the metroid universe light hearted. I don't need anything cute (etecoons and dachoras notwithstanding) or silly in this universe. I have a dozen Nintendo franchises that are silly, light hearted, and whimsical. I have one Nintendo franchise where I might see the mangled corpses of slain scientists in the intro and where the main character goes through hell and terror and kicks serious butt.

@Socar Hating people for having a different opinion over video games is rather childish. Please check that at the door.

@LUIGITORNADO You said the game shouldn't exist, is that an opinion or a fact?

If its an opinion my apologies for not noticing that, but if its a fact, then that's where I'll say you're wrong in that as there are people who want to play the game.

Is...that supposed to be Mario.......keep trying, guys. Maybe you'll eventually make those little statues worth more than the plastic they're made from.

@Socar I'm stating it so it's my opinion.

@Marce2240 One of my favourite reviewers had this to say about Star Fox Zero....
"Even when taking away that Star Fox moniker, this game is a mediocre experience."
You know what? I think this statement equally applies to Federation Force. Take away Metroid Prime from the title (and the controversy along with it), what do you have? A mediocre game that looks like it once had potential.
@Socar I stand by @LUIGITORNADO - in my opinion, this game shouldn't exist for various reasons. I'll go through some of them right now. This began development in 2009, so that's a surefire sign it has been stuck in development hell. The last entry in the franchise was Other M - a game not received well by most fans. The art style and other things such as the mechs indicates that Nintendo/Tanabe want to target the casual audience with this game and not longtime fans. It's also a case of wrong place, wrong time unfortunately. If it was announced alongside a Wii U Metroid game/if a Wii U Metroid game existed beforehand, then maybe fans would have been open to change. But because that isn't so, many fans believe that this is another case of Chibi Robo: Zip Lash - the state of the franchise depends on the success (or failure) of this one game.

So...people don't really like the game because they don't like the visual style? i happen to recall the wind waker getting backlash because people thought the art style didn't suit the franchise, but it turned out to be a fantastic game! i'll reserve my judgement until after the game is released, unlike some people.

@Ezzzy The thing is that Wind Waker was released 16 years after the series had begun and fans had plenty of main series releases to play two years before its launch (Majora's Mask and the Oracle games). That was a good time for a change.
This year is Metroid's 30 anniversary. In other words, it's been 30 years since it first started and there have been plenty of chances for a change in tone. The last main series release was 2010 and the last spinoff series release was over 10 years ago. See the difference?

@Lewieboy124 @Ezzzy Not to mention, despite its artstyle, Wind Waker still plays like other 3D Zeldas. It's still an action-adventure game. Federation Force is not a Metroid game.

@Marce2240 @Lewieboy124 i understand that this game isn't an entry in the franchise that people were anticipating, nor did they really want it, and i can understand how that feels. but i just don't think people should judge a book by it's cover, that's all.

@shaneoh "the art style is a limit of the 3DS"

The 3DS can do way better than this, just look at other games on the system.

Excellent subhead.

@shaneoh Super Paper Mario was awful.

No.

@Moeblob
Yeah and how many of them are online co-op fps games? The 3DS has to process other people derping about, enemies, obstacles and items

@GamerFromJump
Such an eloquent counter argument, I may just have to re-evaluate my opinion of the game. Dull gameplay, barely average story. Nope, still found it awful.

@Ezzzy The cover says a lot about the content in visual media, especially when the cover consists of a myriad of gameplay videos which allow us to judge the game's overall speed and feel.

@Marce2240
but the game hasn't even released yet, for all we know, that footage could've been shot in an early stage of development, the finished project could turn out to be a much faster paced game.

@Hey-Cha-La Hey, thanks! That's why this game makes me want to like the 3DS. My family adores the Metroid Blast game. It's really fun with multiple players (even though the hold A to aim thing was a poor decision because the only decent way to play is to just hold A all the time. lol)

Anyway, too much money to buy 3 more 3DS handhelds near their end of life.

Maybe a non-chibi version for the West? It's really about timing. Nintendo underestimated the pining for a hardcore Metroid game after they released one with fan-demanded voice acting no-less and it became controversial along with bombing. Metroid is going to have it rough for awhile, fans. Might as well have some fun with the spin-off.

@Ezzzy I'm talking about the video they've put up on the Japanese website, the one in this very article. New footage that looks pretty much the same as everything we've seen before. I'd be surprised if it doesn't reflect the final product.

@aaronsullivan There's no saving this game. Just let it come out so we can get this over and done with already.

Cool, I'm looking forward it it after watching that extended gameplay video. I've always liked coop campaigns