In a double whammy of “OH, COME ON!” inducing Nintendo news, it’s been confirmed that Metroid Prime 3 will not feature online multiplayer, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl will not be featuring in a playable form at E3.
Wired’s Game|Life is reporting that Nintendo will not be showing Super Smash Bros. Brawl among this year’s E3 Wii line-up, instead focusing on never-before-seen software. This is great and all, and with the smaller scale of this year’s E3, I can see why they’d do this. Let’s hope those never-before-seen titles aren’t five or six mini-game collections and a new Brain Age.
In other Wii news, Retro Studio’s CEO and President Michael Kelbeugh has confirmed to GamePro that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will not feature online multiplayer. Kelbeugh insists that resources were allocated towards making the single-player experience as solid as possible, and that’s certainly admirable. But fans of the extremely solid Metroid Prime Hunters Wi-fi play are somewhere crying right now.
I hope you’re happy, Michael.
