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In 2007, Retro Studios released Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Nintendo Wii. The title is often cited as one of the very best on the platform, but it seems that there were plans to make it more ambitious than the game that players are familiar with. In a new interview with Kiwi Talkz, former [...]
It was too ambitious - It's been revealed Retro Studios had rather ambitious plans to make the third entry in the popular ...
Cancelled Legend of Zelda Game Leaked by Former Retro Studios Artist ✖ A spin-off game from The Legend of Zelda series was apparently in the pre-planning stages from Retro Studios for the Nintendo Wii. The Metroid Prime developer was apparently considering an action/JRPG starring "the last male Sheikah." Sheik was a major character in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and was eventually revealed to be Zelda herself! The game's existence was revealed by former Retro Studios artist Sammy Hall, who posted concept art on his ArtStation page (which can be found here). In an interview with ...
Image: Sammy Hall via Unseen 64 / ArtStation While Hall deleted his concept art account after his work was discovered, he later spoke to IGN and was a loose concept “cancelled the week [ex Retro leads Mark Pacini, Todd Keller and Kynan Pearson] went to create their other studios.” It’s currently unknown how long the game was actually in development for — but the newly leaked documents from Nintendo confirm it was on the development agenda in 2oo6. The Sheik spin-off had been rumoured to exist long before the concept art made it onto Shinesparkers, but it appears this is the final conf...
Metroid Prime Trilogy Switch version is reportedly finished Yes, yes, we know you've heard this before. Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one before — we know you’ve heard this one before. Nonetheless, here we go again: GamesBeat journalist and industry insider Jeff Grubb claimed on his Giant Bomb show GrubbSnax (paywall) that a version of Metroid Prime Trilogy for Nintendo Switch “is done and Nintendo is holding it” (via VGC). This echoes what former Game Informer reporter Imran Kahn stated way back in January 2019 when he claimed that the game had been “long done.” Perh...