Raven Blade

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Raven Blade

Developer(s)	Retro Studios
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	Cancelled (NA) Cancelled (EU) Cancelled (JP)
Genre(s)	First-Person Adventure/RPG
Mode(s)	Single Player
Platform(s)	GameCube (cancelled)

Raven Blade was a game in development by Retro Studios for the Nintendo GameCube. It was due to be released world-wide but was later cancelled during development to free up resources for Metroid Prime.

1 Plot
2 Enemies and weapons
3 Cancellation
4 Gallery
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Gentleman of Beasts

The legendary sword, Raven Blade, was given to a horseman, by the Gentleman of the Beasts, to supposedly free the world of evil. The game takes place in a universe of dragons and mythology. From enormous cities to ancient ruins, the main character must journey across the lands to defeat the sources of this evil.[1]

[edit] Enemies and weapons

Enemies

Basic fighting

Besides ordinary axes or spears, magic would be used. Abilities to send balls of energy, enter "bullet time", and much more.

The AI of enemies was considered nothing remarkable. Though early tests of the game proved enemies could be a challenge. There were many different species and many different behaviors. There were bosses too including dragons and molten rock monsters.[2]

[edit] Cancellation

Slow development and the offer of developing the next Metroid game were the main reasons of cancellation.[3] The models of Raven Blade backgrounds and creatures were good, but the textures were incomplete. Nintendo noticed their (tentative title) "Action-Adventure" project with a female main character and took the opportunity to ask Retro Studios to make Metroid Prime. Raven Blade, Action-Adventure, NFL Retro Football and Car Combat were all cancelled to work on the new game.