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More Metroid Prime? Maybe a DS/DSi game, says Nintendo photo

Right now, all sights are set on Other M, the beautiful Wii Metroid game that is set to be released next year. But what about Metroid Prime? Was it all over with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption? Maybe not.

Nintendo's Kensuke Tanabe, who previously oversaw Retro Studios' work, gives Prime fans a glimmer of hope in a quote from the next issue of Official Nintendo Magazine:

We are always planning to make new games in the Metroid Prime series. Depending on the timing and the situation, we cannot deny the possibility of realising it on DS or DSi.

It's been a few years, and I think it's high time we see something new. A DSi game wouldn't get in the way of the Other M Wii release, so what's stopping you. What do you think Retro's been up to?

[via CVG]









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PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 09:44
PappaDukes
If they make another Metroid game for the DS, and it's a first-person shooter, I am going to saw my fucking hands off to save them from the horrendous cramping they always experience playing these games.

Please, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS PURE AND HOLY, make it a goddamn 2D side-scroller!
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 09:45
Xzyliac
Sounds good. Just don't get in the way of Other M bitches.
The Silent Protagonist's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 09:49
The Silent Protagonist
Well, I have nothing against more Prime, I would just like to see Metroid as a whole get out of this prequel stasis it seems to have been placed in. Even Other M reeks of a prequel.

The remake of Zero Mission as well as Metroid Fusion left players with some unanswered questions. I think its high time they get to exploring them. I'd think being wanted as a fugitive of the Galactic Federation would open up some new doors for the series. I'd also like to see a game about the Chozo Warrior who first donned the Power Suit. What's his story?
Infinitys End's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 09:50
Infinitys End
I think the Prime series should definitely be finished. Dark Samus is dead, phazon is destroyed. Enough with the phazon alread! MOVE ON.

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sprldr's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 09:51
sprldr
Screw Prime. It's not what the series is about and it should never have been made. I want more 2D Metroid.
gatorsax2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 09:59
gatorsax2010
I love the Metroid Prime games... On Gamecube and Wii. Hunters was an uninspired entry with the Metroid name tacked on. Sure, it had the Morph Ball, missiles, and other series mainstays, but it had NO METROIDS. It just didn't feel like a true Metroid game to me (and I know some will argue that about the other prime games, but I disagree). But more than anything, I want another 2D Metroid. Pretty please?
Calebyte's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:00
Calebyte
@sprldr

Exactly how much of Metroid Prime have you actually played? The Prime series is Metroid through and through, perfectly capturing the exploration, isolation, insane power-ups, puzzles, and atmosphere that made Super Metroid so great. I'm all about 2D Metroid, but saying that Prime should never have been made sounds awfully pretentious.
grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:03
grafkhun
I'm down with more Metroid, just not another FPS on the DS, Hunters... was... yeah. But Other M is looking like the tits.
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:05
Kryptinite
I'll take more Metroid any way I can get it :).
OWENR22's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:08
OWENR22
I wanna know what happened to



Metroid Dread
MasterBalls's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:12
MasterBalls
Hunters was awful.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:12
Xzyliac
@OWNER22

he game is believed to have been cancelled, with Nintendo having recently stated that it is not in development.

Did you read the Wiki you linked?
psycho terror2's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:13
psycho terror2
*cries*

i want more 2d metroid, but i'm not buying a wii or a ds to play it on. i wish nintendo would just get with the fucking program and release something on a real console. otherwise i'll just have to wait for someone to program a wii emulator for my pocket calculator.
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:26
matrixdude171
Just learn how to let a franchise die already Nintendo. Fresh IP, fresh IP.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:27
PappaDukes
@psyco terror2 - I have no idea what you are talking about. I play my DS more than any console I own, and I know multiple people that own more DS's than consoles. You can't afford a $100 DS or a $150 Wii, but you can afford a $500 console? Absurdly ridunculous.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:31
Electrium
I love Metroid Prime. Not so sure I liked the controls of Metroid Prime Hunters on DS but IDK, I won't say no to the idea.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:31
Xzyliac
@psycho terror2
So you want a Nintendo game but you don't want a Nintendo system?

Next you'll tell me you want to communicate verbally but hate the hassle of having a mouth. Or you want sex but you don't want to spend any money.
Fiat Mediocrity's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 10:50
Fiat Mediocrity
How about another Metroid sidescroller? Zero Mission was sexy.
Mr Pibb's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 11:20
Mr Pibb
I want a 2D Metroid 5 for the DS, that is all. If it's like MP:Hunters I don't care about it.
Claymore's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 11:32
Claymore
@matrixdude171: You, sir, are an idiot. Would you say that Zelda needs to die? How about Mario? Some franchises DO need to die, don't get me wrong (Sly Cooper, I'm looking at YOU) and some died before their time (Alas, poor Duke Nukem; I knew him, Horatio). But Metroid is NOT among them. Other M is going to come out soon, and I am wickedly pumped for it.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 11:39
HEL105
I'm going to agree with everyone who wants a new 2-D Metroid on DS. I have tried and tried and tried to like the Prime series, but it just make me feel bitter.
perri's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 11:43
perri
Prime was brilliant but I think I've had enough of it on DS. I'm neutral about this news. Other M is all I can think about right now
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 11:48
gamadaya
Where the fuck is Metroid Dread?
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 11:53
Bob Muir
@ gamadaya

Dead because Nintendo doesn't care about 2D Metroid and its fans anymore.
sewerraccoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 12:13
sewerraccoon
hey nintendo, you know that thing you did In new super Mario bros. ? yeah Ima go ahead and need you to do that with metroid. Kthxbai
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 12:14
VGFreak1225
I'd love to see a new Metroid on DS, but its time to step away from the Prime games for a while. They were superb, don't get me wrong,(I even liked Hunters even though it was closer to a first person shooter starring Samus than a real Metroid game) but the 2D games still do certain things better than the Prime games.

@Necros: Hasn't Nintendo said that the point of Other M was to get the focus back on the 2D elements? They have practically ever major person who created the 2D games on the team for it. As for Dread, I think Nintendo is still on the fence about it. Maybe after they see the response to Other M they will make their decision.
reetva's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 12:20
reetva
@Necros

Nintendo is releasing lots major games on the Wii. Two (or three, if you count NSMB Wii) major Mario games, two major Metroid games and, uh, a Zelda game. Twilight Princess doesn't count. When the next generation of consoles comes about we'll all be happily discussing the Wii because though it didn't have much, what it did have was top-notch.
Gilgamesh1317's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 13:14
Gilgamesh1317
MORE METROID YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

@matrixdude171: Seriously? It's not even being milked like Mario or Pokémon. It's really popular, just the announcement of Other M at the E3 09 conference had loads of people get unbelievably psyched. Metroid has absolutely no reason to die, you silly twat.
EvilChicken's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 13:18
EvilChicken
Dear Nintendo,

It is not a difficult concept. 3D on consoles, 2D on handhelds.

Love,
Everyone who has ever bought a Metroid game.
The Silent Protagonist's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 13:39
The Silent Protagonist
Metroid Dread was a 2D Metroid planned for the DS, but apparently when they enlisted the people they did for Metroid: Other M, Metroid Dread was shelved because Other M also involved a lot of the Dread team.

Its not a dead project, according to the direct when he spoke with IGN, but it is shelved for the time being.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 13:53
Los255
The should just do another Prime on the Wii. Please, for the love of all that is holy, don't do it on the DS again.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 14:24
pedrovay2003
Why the hell did everyone hate the DS game? Use the thumbpad that originally came with the fat DS and aim with that. It felt awesome.
StriderS's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 14:51
StriderS
2D fuck yes plz
eggz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 14:58
eggz
@pedrovvary2003
if you're a dumbass like me you'll break your ds touchscreen using that bloody thumbpad

i didn't think it was the controls that made metroid hunters disappointing just the boring single player and the tacked on multi :/

graphics were awesome though (like it matters)
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:17
Cowboy TTop
There have been enough Metroid games of late, I think. What annoys me more though is Nintendo's lack of vision.

What we really need is....

Mach Rider 2
Vortex 2
Blastcorps 2
Pilotwings 3
F-Zero 7
More Star Fox

Most of these games haven't been used since NES, SNES and N64 eras. Stop messing about Nintendo, and properly go through your vaults. Mario, Zelda, Metroid and Wii Fit is not all we want from you.
Comrade Snarky's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:24
Comrade Snarky
If Nintendo is going to make another handheld Metroid, it needs to wake up and smell the 2D revival.

The Prime Trilogy was outstanding, and I'd love another 3D Metroid, but Hunters (which was NOT developed by Retro, btw) left much to be desired (i.e. exploration, a control scheme that didn't twist your hands into unrecognizable claws, etc.). Plus, a certain demographic of gamer would lose it over a new 2D Metroid.
Killrig's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:40
Killrig
Prime: Hunters was a terrible, terrible game. Poor map design and ruined it for me and I'm a DIE HARD Metroid fan.
MrSlippery's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:31
MrSlippery
NO. 2D Metroid please!
kaocrat's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 17:13
kaocrat
So is Other M confirmed to be a 2d sidescroller? Or is that just speculation at this point? I think if Other M turns out to be a 2d sidescrolling game then I think it's a safe bet that there will be a 3d metroid on DSi at around the same time.
Ball Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 21:59
Ball Buster
Prime series was great. 2D metroid was great. I'm happy either way.
MasterGlitch's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 23:26
MasterGlitch
I'd much prefer a 2D Metroid game on the DS. 3D graphics are no good on handhelds anyway. 2D is the way to go.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2009 02:59
TheStripe
@Reetva - NSMBWii is DEFINITELY a major mario title. DEF.

@ psycho terror2 - I know several folks have already pointed out how dumb you are, but seriously, the Wii is a real console. It just has a different audience. NSMBWii is an amazing game, but stuffing that disk into you Xbox won't get you any Mario Goodness. Seriously, if you want nintendo games, buy a nintendo, douchenozzle.

@Cowboy - We DO want more metroid. Seven titles over twenty odd years is a lot for some franchises, but not for Nintendo. Though I totally agree; more Pilotwings Plz.

@Many other - Prime: Hunters was a terrible game. I wanted so badly to like it, but the level design was horrible, the powerups severely lacking, and the story ridiculous. Other bounty hunters? WTF, ninty?
TheGameFreak's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/24/2010 13:38
TheGameFreak
While Prime is a solid franchise, it's been six years since Metroid Zero Mission released. It's time for a new 2D Metroid.
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