Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan shared an interesting tidbit of information in a Kinda Funny podcast a few days ago. Khan said that “there’s a game that’s thought to be dead that Nintendo‘s reviving, and it is not one that people would expect. It was very much a title that was dead and buried, very officially cancelled. I’ve heard enough about this game that he’s almost sure that it exists again”. However, he’s waiting for more sources to officially confirm it before he will write up a piece for Game Informer, so it is still considered a rumor for now. The Kinda Funny podcast episode that Khan appears in is down below.
Dread? Dread.
Would be hilarious if it was Project H. A. M. M. E. R. but that’s not the timeline I desire.
Sadness…
OMG That was my first thought too lol.
Hmmm. What are the odds that Game Informer’s Imran Khan could be talking about Metroid Prime 4. I mean, it was cancelled with Bandai Namco and they’re maybe planning to continue where they left but now with Retro Studio.
It would make a lot of sense. Dread could fill the Metroid gap now that Prime 4 development has been restarted.
Finally, they’re giving us Mario 128 and releasing it on the Gamecube, like it was meant to be. Very bold move from Nintendo.
Wasnt that just a tech demo?
No. In real Nintendo was actually developing Super Mario 128 but one idiot decided to delete the entire project for slow down Nintendo
It was, and that turned into what we now know as Pikmin
Okay Which cancelled Nintendo Games are we talking about?
There are various Nintendo GameCube cancelled games.
Could be Cry On witch was being developed as an exclusive for nintendo by Mistwalker, maybe Nintendo decided to fund that game.
I meant “which” not “witch”, my english sucks.
I can guarantee that its neither F-Zero or the localization of Mother 3
Mario 64 2 for the Switch confirmed.
So Mario 128?
Mario 64 2 was originally for the N64 DD but I think Mario 128 was just a tech demo, might be wrong though.
I don’t remember well but what are you talking about was the extention of the N64 which never came out.
Yes, and certain games were intended to be made for that extension but either had to be made as an original cartridge or never saw the light of day. Banjo Tooie and Majora’s Mask were originally N64 DD games while Mario 64 2 only saw the light of day as a playable demo if memory serves right.
Woooo BattleTanx!
Wave Racer
Raven Blade ! Nah probably Cubivore 2….
half life 3 confirmed
http://66.media.tumblr.com/e7a46d81967bf757c3f025eb53e7891b/tumblr_mq4c7vK0KX1sbo8xeo1_400.png
Nintendo bought the rights to Scalebound. After Bayo3 and Astral Chain release Platinum will be bringing back Scalebound as a Switch exclusive
I want this to be real.
No one said, but it is Mother 3
It would be cool if it was megaman legends 3 for switch,
If Scalebound is a Nintendo Switch exclusive… BOOM! That news would be as huge as Astral Chain and Bayonetta 3 (both exclusives from Nintendo and Platinum Games)!
Sadness… oh my dear :-)
or eternal darkness…
Maybe Eternal darkness
Nintendo and Platinum are working well together. First they save Bayonetta, and now they revive Scalebound! You heard it here first!!
Mega Man legends 3 would be cool to see come back on switch. Maverick hunter would be way cooler but way more unlikely than mml3. Personally, I doubt it’s a first party game.
LMAO Didn’t see the DrDoobie’s post. Oh well, great minds, as they say!
Kirby Tilt ‘n Tumble 2 as well as Pokemon Perfect Pearl and Pokemon Dazzling Diamond for the Switch
Only games that come to mind:
Mega Man Legends 3
Silent Hills
Scalebound
Star Wars 1313
I could see Scalebound being a possibility. It was originally started as a Wii game if I remember correctly. Now it’d come full circle. Although I would personally hope for Legends 3 (assuming any of this is even accurate).
It’s silent hill
s c a l e b o u n d
Maybe finally a good Kid Icarus adventure game. Not that stupid shooter game they eventually released on the 3DS.
Just imagine Rogue Squadron 3…. A man can dream, you know?
RAVENBLADE CONFIRMED
Earthbound 64. I know, that became Mother 3 on the GBA. But doesn’t mean they can’t go back to the drawing board and redo the whole thing. I’d love to have a modern 3D Earthbound RPG on Switch. But I’m aware that I’m just dreaming. I remember being SO ticked off and disappointed back in the day when Earthbound 64 was cancelled.
I want Shadow of the Eternals, but it’s Project H. A. M. M. E. R. for sure
how about freakin Shadow of the Eternals?
Nobody’s bringing up Donkey Kong racing? Alright then.
half-life 3?
okay half life 3… thats so funny that I say… The last of us Trilogy :-)
…Mario Adventure
Killer Instinct 2
RiQa 64
1080 snowboarding 2
Thornado 64…
Sadness for Nintendo Switch.
The Legend of Zelda – Wii U Demo E3
*gasps* could it be…?
Nobody’s saying Captain Rainbow?
Captain Rainbow would be REALLY unexpected and is VERY dead and buried.
That game didn’t get cancelled though, it’s out and well on the Wii.
Hey what about you make a new game instead? That being said I would LOVE to see Mario 128 revived. I was waiting near 8 years. But that’s not really dead and buried. I wonder if this is true and what could it be?
If it’s a canceled game getting revived, it technically will be a new game since it’s never released before.
I’ve been enlightened! Carry on, Nintendo.
My guesses:
1) Star Fox Arcade I don’t really know if this game is considered cancelled but during the development of that ugly Star Fox Assault game Nintendo showed a teaser art of this game:
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starfox/images/0/0b/Triforce_starfox.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080206155932
I don’t give so much hope for this since Nintendo has released Star Fox Zero as a re-imagination of the story and also the release of Star Fox 2 on SNES classic makes me think that Nintendo has already revived a Star Fox game.
2) Super Mario 128: This was one of first projects for the GameCube but never came to light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkjEfKaoJXM
3) F-Zero: I don’t remember well if there was a rumour about an F-Zero game for the Wii that got cancelled because it wasn’t very much innovative. This one I’m not 100% sure.
4) Banjo-Threeie: I know already that this isn’t entirely a Nintendo project but just think at E3 this game getting announced with Banjo and Kazooie as a DLC fighter for Smash Ultimate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2k7IL6VTQA
5) Donkey Kong Racing: Another non-Nintendo project but this one was considered the sequel to Diddy Kong racing until that F&%”$1g microsoft come in did that brain washing to Rare
It could be Scalebound…. Platinum did say they had a lot of games for this year and now that they’ve pulled out of Granblue, I’m pretty sure that’s not one of them…
Also, with Bayonetta 3 and Astral Chain coming to Switch, it could very well mean that Nintendo are helping platinum revive Scalebound (with the help of Monolith), or they could be bringing Vanquish 2.
The amount of downscaling they would need to do will be interesting. I remember Plat struggling to get scale bound to even run on the XBO.
Shadow of the Eternals, Scalebound, or Silent Hills! … Hahaha! I fucking wish! *laughter turns into crying*
Panzer Dragoon Saga would be a system seller I’m sure.
Diddy Kong Racing 2!!!
Mario Spikers anyone?
That was actually a pretty good guess!
Mother 3 3d its that you?
Doesn’t sound like it. But we can wish
This reminds me of a fortune teller. Just saying vague things that everyone wants to hear, and when something like it happens, he will say “it was that I was talking about!”
I’m going to cling to my Scalebound naivety and roll with Mega Man Legends 3. At the very least, the prologue of that game was finished and then Capcom pulled the plug.
If it does get revived with Nintendo partnering in its development, it will be a truly historic day in gaming. So many people were crushed when they took down the “dev room.”
devroom is still up and running, they never took it down in respect for all the people supporting it
it’s full of recent please for mml3 too
leave some as well if you’re registered
http://capcom-unity.com/devroom
**Shut down rather, coinciding with the cancellation of the game. It is still there, yes, just not functioning as a window into the game’s development.
Either way, I have never heard of Scalebound, so I can’t understand any excitement around it. Does it have a huge fanbase that would be “surprised” by it being revived?
I can’t think of a fan base that’d be more surprised than the MML3 fanbase. We’ve been shit on so much between Capcom and Inafune himself. It’s not even cautious optimism at this point, just pure dejection attached to a glimmer of hope.
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“It was very much a title that was dead and buried, very officially cancelled.”
this rules out a lot of speculation, it’s a game that is coming back from a really dire, desperate cancellation.
it also implies that it’s something well known to the public, so it couldn’t be something like project hammer, which was only an internal project ( even not, not that many people know it )
it’s probably:
1- Mother 64
2- Megaman Legends 3
possibly
3- scalebound
4- metroid dread ( internal, so probably not )
I’m especially tense about this announcement because just last week I wrote to itoi about reviving mother 64 to finish it in its original form
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