Comments on: GDC: Metroid Creator Yoshio Sakamoto Speaks

By: N Rumas

N Rumas — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:32:01 +0000

Fixed! Hopefully.

By: DKR

DKR — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:54 +0000

Yeah, the Kotaku post was a bit misleading. IGN also had an article about his comments which cleared thing up a bit.

“Sakamoto used a specific instance as an example: he insisted that the game would be an on-rails side-scrolling adventure that used the Wii remote exclusively like an NES/Famicom controller.”

Sounds like old school Metroid style of gameplay to me.

Here’s the link:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/107/1076861p1.html

By: Michael Tucker

Michael Tucker — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:18:19 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out IronRob. After checking the Kotaku post though, I noticed that there’s not enough context given to that quote to know for sure if he just meant 2D gameplay or full on rail-shooter gameplay. If I can track down some more info about his statement then I’ll go in and clarify this post.

I’m pretty curious about this now.

By: IronROB

IronROB — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:39:06 +0000

â€œI thought Samus should move along a set path. Thatâ€™s right. Samus would be moving along a rail, as long as the camera angle was capable of keeping up with the action.â€ â€“ Yoshio Sakamoto

Eh 4cr guys? I think he meant a 2.5D gameplay. You know,simply walking left to right, or forward and back on a set path in 2D with a 3D environment. Thereâ€™s just no way he would ever make Metroid on-rails and strip away the exploration. On-rails goes entirely against the Metroid formula.

However You can read about how Sakamoto was against having the nunchuck included as part of Other Mâ€™s controls, even though Team Ninja suggested it.
Now that was a unfair choice, he shouldâ€™ve left it as an extra option for those of us who want to be in control when we lock on to whatever we will be locking on to.