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#1 Meelow100

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 10:34 AM

http://gonintendo.co...story&id=174748

- Aaron Black: Former Zipper Interactive, Sucker Punch dev

- Brad Taylor: Former Disney Interactive dev

- Timothy Wilson: Former Gearbox dev

I'm excited to see what there working on!.

Edited by Meelow100, 01 April 2012 - 11:06 AM.

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 10:41 AM

Retro is officially a Nintendo studio now right? So this could only mean these persons will work on a Nintendo game. Well, I don't knkow them, but someone from Disney HAS to be good I guess. Retro is really working on something big I believe.

Edited by Keviin, 01 April 2012 - 10:41 AM.

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:05 AM

Retro is officially a Nintendo studio now right? So this could only mean these persons will work on a Nintendo game. Well, I don't knkow them, but someone from Disney HAS to be good I guess. Retro is really working on something big I believe.


Yeah, Nintendo owns Retro Studio so there 1st party.

Edited by Meelow100, 01 April 2012 - 11:15 AM.

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:09 AM

Yeah, Nintendo owns Retro Studio so there 2nd party.


Nope, they're a fully owned subsidiary of Nintendo, like Intelligent Systems, therefore they are first party.

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:15 AM

Nope, they're a fully owned subsidiary of Nintendo, like Intelligent Systems, therefore they are first party.


Yeah sorry about that.

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:41 AM

Nice!!! Retro's game is going to be sick.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 01:14 PM

Sucker Punch? RETRO! TAKE MY MONEY!
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 01:14 PM

Well I think that retros game will be a good marker on the technical capabilities of the Wii U since are not only a nintendo first party but a western developer

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:58 PM

Well a Naught Dog Dev, Vigil Games Dev, Sucker Punch/Zipper interactive dev, a Gearbox Dev, and a Disney interactive dev. This could mean something good, but who knows. But it is nice to see Retro hiring people as a lot of game companies are closing down especially with the recent closing of Zipper Interactive.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 04:38 PM

What about Crytech?

Well a Naught Dog Dev, Vigil Games Dev, Sucker Punch/Zipper interactive dev, a Gearbox Dev, and a Disney interactive dev. This could mean something good, but who knows. But it is nice to see Retro hiring people as a lot of game companies are closing down especially with the recent closing of Zipper Interactive.


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Posted 01 April 2012 - 04:44 PM

What about Crytech?

Forgot aboout that one ! Thanks for reminding me.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:27 PM

Here's what I think they're doing at Retro:

Brad Taylor - Lighting, and texture work
Timothy Wilson - Backgrounds
Aaron Black - Level design

You can probably see how I came to those conclusions.

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Posted 02 April 2012 - 12:39 AM

Jeez, Retro is going full power with their human resource strategy.

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Posted 02 April 2012 - 07:40 AM

Well a Naught Dog Dev, Vigil Games Dev, Sucker Punch/Zipper interactive dev, a Gearbox Dev, and a Disney interactive dev. This could mean something good, but who knows.


no.... This definitely means something good.

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Posted 02 April 2012 - 09:02 AM

good news though ive never heard of any of these people

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Posted 02 April 2012 - 10:45 AM

Cool, I can't wait to see what they're making!
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 01:52 PM

Nice find this is sweet i hope theres a big wiiu game in development

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 05:34 AM

http://www.gonintend...story&id=175421

Timothy Wilson's Overview

Current
Visual Effects Artist at Retro Studios

Past
3d Artist, Designer at Freelance Environment Artist
World Artist/Level Designer at Escalation Studios
Environmental Art Lead at Gearbox Software
Environment Artist, Level Designer at 3D Realms

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 07:05 AM

man, is anyone else sort of disappointed about the timing on this, though? I was desperately hoping that Retro would have something spectacular ready for the system's launch... this seems like team-building, which is awesome for the future, but sheds some doubt on the state of Retro's current activity. I sure hope that a core team, at least, has been diligently plugging away at an epic masterpiece for the last few years...

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 08:41 AM

man, is anyone else sort of disappointed about the timing on this, though? I was desperately hoping that Retro would have something spectacular ready for the system's launch... this seems like team-building, which is awesome for the future, but sheds some doubt on the state of Retro's current activity. I sure hope that a core team, at least, has been diligently plugging away at an epic masterpiece for the last few years...

I agree with you. So far I looks like the Wii u will launch with titles that will already be on other platforms prior to it's release. It seems like most of the 1st party titles are still in development. I can only hope that for the last few years nintendo has been cooking up masterpiece to launch with the Wii U.
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