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Based on some job listings on Bandai Namco's Japanese website, it looks like they may be working on remastering a 3D action game from Nintendo. Posted on resetera by user snikdasnek, there are three recent job listings on their website that point to the potential collaboration. One listing is for a planner, requiring experience with action game level design, working on a 3D action game from Nintendo. The other two positions are for visual artists, one of which needs to "perform HD remastering of the 3D background" (according to Google Translate), while both of them need to be able to port existing material to Bandai Namco's in-house game engine and create 3D backgrounds for a 3D action game.

While we can only speculate on what the game might be, many commentors seem to believe it could be a new Star Fox game, as the series has been dormant for some time and Namco has experience with the series, having developed Star Fox: Assault for the GameCube in 2005.

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[XDel]

World Runner 3D

 

[mrgone]

My first thought:
Neon Genesis Evangelion 64

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Don't tell me is one of those 3D pac-man games.

 

[x65943]

3D action game. If it was Mario 64 would it say 3D platformer?

 

[duwen]

While we can only speculate on what the game might be, many commentors seem to believe it could be a new Star Fox game, as the series has been dormant for some time and Namco has experience with the series, having developed Star Fox: Assault for the GameCube in 2005.

A new Star Fox game wouldn't qualify as a remaster though would it? Plus, Platinum did the most recent Star Fox game, so you'd have thought they might be better suited... and they might want to make it up to the fans by delivering the game they wanted to make rather than the near unplayable offering that Nintendo forced them into delivering.

If it weren't for the fact that it's technically a Treasure IP, I'd hope for an HD remaster of the two Sin & Punishment games.

 

[JuanMena]

The Star Fox speculation is way off.
Like... not because they did it once, it means Nintendo is going to aim directly at Namco to bring back the Star Fox series.
I've heard the last one was yucky.


But a continuation to Star Fox Assault? (wasn't Command a direct sequel or something?)
Might be interesting...

EDIT: ?

 

[adamsef]

Hey namco How about just making the over 40s happy and make a ridge racer!
Hate all the crap there spewing out these days

 

[leon315]

Metroid 3D

 

[Noctosphere]

Metroid 3D

Metroid prime trilogy remaster

 

[AmandaRose]

I have it on good authority that it is a remaster of Kid Icarus: Uprising.

 

[JuanMena]

make a ridge racer

 

[AmandaRose]

World Runner 3D

Exept that game is owned by Square-Enix so it's not that lol.

 

[raxadian]

Shame is not a Digimon game.

 

[cvskid]

Don't tell me is one of those 3D pac-man games.

Those games might be in limbo forever unless bandai namco and general computer corporation can finally settle their dispute reguarding ms pacman.

 

[Jiehfeng]

Please be something like Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask.

 

[gohan123]

I have it on good authority that it is a remaster of Kid Icarus: Uprising.

I think too.
Sora Ltd making kid Icarus and smash. Namco helping out in smash. Would make sense.

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

Please please PLEASE let it me Kid Icarus Uprising

 

[Harsky]

I'm glad the fallout from Bandai Namco not being able to deliver Metroid Prime 4 isn't bad enough to sour their working relation with Nintendo although I would laugh so hard if this is a job listing to get more developers to finish the Klonoa remaster.

 

[Stone_Wings]

Don't tell me is one of those 3D pac-man games.

There are many people who would LOVE remasters/remakes of the Pac-Man World games.