Nintendo’s press conference may not have packed any surprises for the hardcore audience, but neither did anyone else’s. For the most part, we saw what we hoped we would see. It just seems that Steve Jobs might have us a bit spoiled with that “one last thing” that people hope to see.
The next hardcore first party release out of the gate will be Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, which ships to retailers on August 27th. I found it interesting with Halo 3 just around the corner that Nintendo would bill it as the the console FPS to play this year. Bold words! Though not so bold for me, I guess, as I couldn’t give less of a damn about controlling my aim with the right analog stick.
Console FPS done right?
Since I’m not there to play it, I pay close attention to people whose journalism I trust. That’s why my eyebrow raised when I encountered a glowing hands-on impression of the game from Game|Life’s Chris Kohler. In a word, “mindblowing.”
Jeremy Parish also had generally positive things to say about Metroid from his time with the game. His major complaint appears to be that the game feels more FPS than Metroid at this point, which goes in contrast to the spirit of the franchise.
August isn’t so far away, and given how long this game was delayed from launch, it probably stands a better chance than most of living up to expectations. Either way, we’ll find out soon enough.
