Metroid Hunters Delayed, Metroid Pinball.

[MajoraBoy]

A new Metroid game appears out of nowhere, and an already-announced Metroid game seems to slip further into the future.

A recent perusal of the Nintendo DS games catalog on EBGames.com revealed a title called "Metroid Pinball DS". It's listed as having a release date of 12/05/2005 at a price of $29.99. Nintendo is listed as the publisher, and the developer is currently unknown. We'll have more on this title as news is revealed, but the premise of a pinball game based on the Metroid universe sounds mighty cool indeed.

Also on the release front, both EBGames.com and Gamestop.com have Metroid Prime: Hunters set for an August release (EBGames lists 08/22, and Gamestop lists 08/01). This is further out than the May/June timeframe we've seen floating around the web for a while now.

www.planetgamecube.com

As I said in the other thread, I don't like the idea of Metroid Pinball. Metroid games were the underdogs, they weren't meant to be games that comes out with spin offs and what not. After Hunters, instead of wasting time with this they should start working on a 2D High resolution Metroid V, not some pinball game.

[Shade Valkyrie]

Well, I think Metroid Pinball is a better idea than Mario pinball, Samus being launched around as a morph ball does not seem as weird as a squished Mario, lol.
Now maybe there will be a decent alternative to Pokemon pinball too, as long as they make it look like a real pinball game as well, I just did not get that right pinball feel from Mario pinball.

[Cofey]

At most, if they absolutely can't refrain from making a Metroid pinball game, it should just be an extra or something in Hunters. But I really don't like the idea of it at all.

[Phoenix]

A recent perusal of the Nintendo DS games catalog on EBGames.com revealed a title called "Metroid Pinball DS".
:susp:

[Hylian-Advocate]

I read this a while ago... ...I'm not sure how excited I am about a Metroid Pinball.

[P.B.]

sounds pretty terrible

[koten]

It should be a mini game in Metroid Prime Hunters

[Sbrother]

man! i cant wait for Hunters to come out.......too bad we have a while to wait still though metriod pinball might be able to keep hunters off my mind for a while

[Nexus]

Hunters looks good and will be a great title for the DS. Metriod Pinball on the other hand is very different. I am not a huge fan of pinball games but if it's fun then I suppose Metriod Pinball won't be all that bad. Hopefully they use a different engine to Mario Pinball.

[Lynk Former]

@ Metroid Pinball: Oh god, my worst fears have come true!! *runs away screaming*

[Electrezz]

Whos Nintendo trying to fool I see what they are doing and if all of you don't then your not thinking. Nintendo is trying to pull out all the utilery for this years E3 even if it means bringing Metroid Prime Hunters there. Who knows there may possibly be a Zelda title set to release on the DS and that will be there as well for all we know Zelda could be previewd for every Nintendo system this year ( Nintendo DS, Gamecube, and Revolution.) how big would that be? All I have to say is there is most likely a purpose for this. Hey my demo will last me a while longer till then. Then again its late at night and I'm just rambling lol. I'm just the type of person that sees things on the postive side.

[Teh Roxor!]

What the fuck, Nintendo.

[Electrezz]

Oh I forgot to mention this 1 little thing. If I don't like the game I won't buy it.

that is all....

[Lynk Former]

We were already talking about a possible Metroid Pinball a loong long time ago in a Metroid forum I used to be active in... we were all against it. We all didn't like the idea of Nintendo whoring out Metroid like this.

[Dashboard]

Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen to me.