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FEATURE: Metroid Prime Series Producer Kensuke Tanabe Speaks to Japanese Magazine Nintendo Dream; Confirms Retirement, Successor, Metroid Prime 4 Story Inspiration, & More
Last week, some bombshell news broke about the future of the Metroid Prime series, as producer Kensuke Tanabe spoke to Japanese publication Nintendo Dream to discuss a whole bevvy of topics, including the confirmation that Metroid Prime 4 will be Tanabe’s last game as producer. Tanabe, 62, has overseen every…
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Metroid Musing: What Is the Future of 2D Metroid and Is it Led by Mercury Steam?
The release of Metroid Dread in 2021, developed by Mercury Steam, marked the first new entry in the 2D Metroid franchise since the release of Metroid Fusion in 2002. And before Dread, that same developer worked on the Metroid II remake, Metroid: Samus Returns, in 2017. So, with a pair…
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Samus’s Story: My Introduction to Metroid
It was 2004. My mom got me a Game Boy Advance for my birthday, and along with it, a copy of hack-and-slash action game The Revenge of Shinobi. As it was the only game I owned at the time, I played that until I couldn’t play it any more. But…
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Metroid Musing: What Could Brie Larson’s Casting in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Mean for a Potential Metroid Film?
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Metroid Musing: Do the Preview Impressions of Myles Mackenzie in Metroid Prime 4 Concern You?
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RANDOM: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Has Entered the “Milk-Radius”
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Metroid Musing: Would You Want A Top-Down Metroid Game?
Metroid was born as a 2D side scrolling game, while years later, Metroid Prime revolutionized the formula by adapting the gameplay to a 3D first person perspective. But is there room for a third perspective? With game development costs and cycles forever on the rise, a new top-down or isometric…
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Metroid Musing: Could Metroid Take Anything Away From Donkey Kong Bananza?
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Metroid Musing: After Being A More Traditionally Stoic Character, Did You Enjoy Samus Screaming At Raven Beak?
Samus has always been a (mostly) silent protagonist. Traveling the galaxy while letting her actions peak louder than words ever could. Her calm, collected, and stoic demeanor is as stalwart as the armor she wears, but that isn’t to say she’s an emotionless ice queen. Showing grief and anger over…
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