source: Siliconera
On August 6th thirty years ago, the action-adventure game Metroid first released in Japan.
To celebrate this momentous event, the game’s composer and sound designer, Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka has shared a special message.
“Knowing that even after thirty years the game is still supported by all sorts of people from around the world is a continuing source of courage for me as I continue to compose music, and gives me the confidence to believe in my own abilities, and push me forward,” Tanaka said.
He then went on to thank the many fans of the series, hoping they “will all continue to enjoy playing it.”
You can read Tanaka’s full message in the following image
In addition, Tanaka also prepared a special medley of music using sounds from the original Metroid game for the NES, which you can listen to below.
https://soundcloud.com/hip_tanaka
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source: GI
source: Siliconera
The NES Classic Edition series of interviews has been ongoing, featuring classic Nintendo games and the developers behind them. The final interview has now been shared by Nintendo, and this time the spotlight is on the original Metroid.
Director Yoshio Sakamoto and character designer Hiroji Kiyotake sat down to discuss everything that went into creating Metroid, including their ultimate decision to make Samus Aran a woman and how shocked players were to discover Samuss identity by the end of the game.
Heres an excerpt from that specific part of the interview.
How did you decide to make Samus Aran a woman?
Sakamoto: Once we entered the final stage of development, we started talking about having different endings depending on how long it took players to clear the game. We wanted to prepare a reward for people who cleared it more quickly.
Kiyotake: We wondered what would surprise everyone and talked about removing Samuss helmet.
Sakamoto: Then someone said, It would be a shocker if Samus turned out to be a woman! And everyone thought that would be interesting and wanted to do it, so we decided it right away.
Kiyotake: Yeah, we decided that in a flash. Back then, people played games over and over, so we wanted to give a reward for playing through quickly. Then we decided to put in four endings, with Samus removing her helmet or her suit and so forth.
As they played, everyone thought Samus was a tough, musclebound guy, but they learned in the end that Samus was a woman.
Sakamoto: People who played it back then were shocked. And even now people talk about it like a kind of legend. (laughs)
To read more from the lengthy and insightful interview with Kiyotake and Sakamoto, you can go here.
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really bad April fools joke
3D Metroid Sequel Coming to Switch in 2018?
http://www.ign.com/videos/2017/03/31/3d-metroid-nintendo-switch
So they're [blackout]pulling an Alien Isolation style game with Samus's daughter![/blackout]
It's only bad... If you're a Metroid fan.
Deus Ex Composer Is Teaming Up With Metroid Prime Dev Retro Studios For A Secret Project. May 7, 2017 . 5:30pmAlexander Brandon, composer of Deus Ex, Thief, Unreal, and the most recent Torment: Tides of Numeria, has announced that he is working with Retro Studios on a project. Brandon said this in a recent post on his Facebook page:
Im currently working with Retro Studios here in Austin. As much as Id like to say more (except the work is incredibly exciting and the team is awesome), I cant.
In the past, Retro Studios has worked on a number of Nintendo games, including the Donkey Kong Country series on Wii, Wii U, and 3DS as well as the Metroid Prime trilogy on GameCube and Wii.
The last title the studio worked on was Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and many are anxious to know what their next project will be. There is a possibility that we will find out what the project Alexander Brandon is working on with them will be revealed at this years E3.
