The unlikely pairing of family-friendly Nintendo and the team behind the bloody, sexy Ninja Gaiden games is delivering the latest in the storied Metroid franchise. Should fans be excited or worried?
Earlier this month at E3 2009, Wired.com spoke to the leaders of both sides of the partnership. Yoshio Sakamoto has been with the outer-space action game series since the beginning, directing the original 8-bit Metroid. Yousuke Hayashi is the young leader of Tecmo's Team Ninja, tasked with bringing Sakamoto's latest vision to life on Wii.
With Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty coming soon, it's time to look back at the developer's greatest triumphs...and one oddball favorite.
Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime reflects on Metroid: Other M and his initial high hopes for the game.
Yeah we all loved how you took a stoic badass and turned her into a whiny shrew. All those writers should be sacked.
VGChartz's Paul Broussard: "The early-mid 2000s saw something of a golden age for Metroid games. After an eight year hiatus, Metroid burst back onto the scene in dramatic fashion. Largely buoyed by the critical and financial success of Metroid Prime (at least, relative to other Metroid releases), Metroid saw a whopping six new titles between 2002 and 2007, as well as one rather bizarre pinball spin-off that wound up being much better than it had any right to be. Metroid had never been this popular before."
Never though the day would come where I say this but I’d be fine with having every 2D Metroid remade the way Dread plays.