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Is anyone here really surprised Zero is a reboot?


Giladen

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With how low the sales went, the dubious direction of the series, and Miyamoto having a habit of disregarding characters outside of his circle it's not surprising for this game to be a reboot. Just look at Mortal Kombat, another downwards franchise that was rebooted to success.

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It needed to happen anyway.

Thank fuck it did.

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True. No sequel could have saved the mess this series was already in. A complete new start was the only logical choice one could make.

 
 
 
 
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Hearing this kinda left me puzzled. Has Nintendo ever rebooted any of its other franchises? I'm only asking because I probably forgot some that might have been.

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If it wasn't a reboot, it would be a train wreck.

I am not surprised.

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Hearing this kinda left me puzzled. Has Nintendo ever rebooted any of its other franchises? I'm only asking because I probably forgot some that might have been.

It's rebooted Starfox before

hence the similarities between 64 and Starfox SNES

 

Not sure about other franchises

 

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I was watching an interview in which a Nintendo rep said that it isn't a reboot, it is a re-imagining of 64, which makes me think that maybe Adventures and Assault are still canon, and Zero just replaces 64 in the timeline.

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I was watching an interview in which a Nintendo rep said that it isn't a reboot

Link?

I know they said it wasn't a remake or a sequel in the reveal trailer but so far the way they've talked about it has basically been "we don't want to call it a reboot but sshh it's a reboot".

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I was watching an interview in which a Nintendo rep said that it isn't a reboot, it is a re-imagining of 64, which makes me think that maybe Adventures and Assault are still canon, and Zero just replaces 64 in the timeline.

It's a reboot. Do you seriously think any sequels won't take place after this game?

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He's not Miyamoto or any of Zero's developers. His claims can be disregarded as not knowing what he's talking about. 

Tip: "Reimagining" is another way of saying reboot.

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 Its about time they rebooted. I mean, at the point we were at, it was either that, or abandon the franchise, given they basically aged everyone so much after Command..

But to be really honest, I still wonder if they would have needed to reboot now if they hadn't decided to reboot SF 1-2 SNES in the first place.. I mean, we're essentially getting what SF2 was going to be for its time.. about 20 years later..  What was the idea to reboot a decently successful new franchise after its first game, and before its second game was even out ?

 

 

It's rebooted Starfox before
hence the similarities between 64 and Starfox SNES

 

Not sure about other franchises

 

Donkey Kong got rebooted too. For no apparent reasons, given there isn't really any real continuity, just like a mario game..

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The guy didn't even sound sure of himself when he said it wasn't a reboot so uh

In either case "it's not a reboot, it's a re-imagining" sounds like producerspeak for "this is a reboot but we don't want to invoke the negative connotations that word inspires so"

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