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Story Details Offered on Metroid: Other M

One of the biggest announcements made by Nintendo for the hardcore crowd at its E3 press conference was that of the development of Metroid: Other M, the long awaited new chapter in the story of Samus Aran.The big surprise has been that the game is being developed by Team Ninja and that it is coming for the Nintendo W...

18 June 2009
16:31 GMT

Pikmin and Metroid Come to Wiiware

Nintendo United Kingdom announced that games like Pikmin 1 and 2, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 and Mario Table Tennis, together with Chibi Robo and Donkey Kong, which were initially released for the GameCube, would  not be coming to the Nintendo Wii in the form of Wiiware downloadable titles. Nintendo says that most of...

7 October 2008
12:31 GMT

Metroid Developers Are Preparing a Comeback

Mark Pacini, Todd Keller and Jack Mathews are three of the guys that made Metroid the phenomenon we know. They are the former game director, in charge of the entire development process, the art director and the principal technology engineer that worked at Retro Studios when Metroid was in production for Nintendo...

17 September 2008
03:46 GMT

Sexy Real-Life Samus Aran in Life-Sized Power Suit

Since Halo 3 is enjoying such a good dose of popularity, especially when it comes to strapping the Spartan armor onto hot chicks, other titles involving heroes (heroines in this case) in armors had to do the same for themselves, right? Well, they didn't really have to, but someone actually thought that Samus...

21 November 2007
04:06 GMT

Nintendo Launches the 'Metroid Prime 3: Corruption' Official Website

Metroid Fans anxiously waiting for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption to hit their Wiis have yet more reasons to scratch their eyes at the game's far off launch date (October 26th), as Nintendo has just set up the game's official website. Here it is! The news comes courtesy of Cubed3.com, who posted the following:...

27 August 2007
10:15 GMT

Is Nintendo Neglecting Its Roots?

This piece of news I picked up on Slashdot says something about Nintendo neglecting their roots. While AGFlamey's opinion may very well be relevant, Nintendo is known for always trying to bring new stuff to the gaming market (like they'd tap other markets... someone slap me). However, what's good and w...

23 July 2007
10:06 GMT

Wii - Best VC Week Ever: Metroid and 'Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting'

Oh, how some of you Wii gamers out there have been waiting for this moment to arrive! Finally, the Wii's Virtual Console makes room for one of the most beloved NES originals of all time: the original Metroid. Funny, isn't it? You'd expect a 2, or a 3, or a Prime or anything nowadays, but not sir, this ...

20 July 2007
09:17 GMT

Who Would Have Thought? Metroid Prime 3 Wii - Best FPS Controls

OK, so a lot of gamers kept their fingers crossed for the Wii's highly anticipated FPS from Retro Studios, but I didn't. Want to know why? Quite frankly, playing Call of Duty 3 on the Wii made me nauseous. Ever since then, I stood by those who thought that the Wii's controls sucked. However, lucky guys...

13 July 2007
03:46 GMT

Nintendo Releases 5 New 'Metroid Prime 3: Corruption' Screens

5 new Metroid Prime 3: Corruption have just been unveiled by Nintendo. I can't help it anymore, so I'm just going to say it out loud. The Wii is anything but next-gen machinery! There, I've said it. All I see is a poorly rendered environment. It is colorful though. I wonder how it looks when the images...

23 May 2007
04:01 GMT

Nintendo Summer Lineup Reveals Metroid Prime 3 Launch Date

When Nintendo announced its launching some 124 titles for its most beloved consoles (the Wii and DS), no one could believe their ears. Some were skeptical about it (myself included) and said that some of them will surely be Virtual Console games. Guess not. Nintendo's rolling out la crème de la crème with this n...

22 May 2007
18:51 GMT

Nintendo President on Metroid and Mario for 2007

When Nintendo president Satoru Iwata held a conference to talk about company issues and outline for the current fiscal year, the Japan-hosted event revealed an amazing 124 Nintendo titles prepping to hit the Wii and the DS. 45 of the titles are headed for the Wii, while the most anticipated ones remain Super Mario ...

5 May 2007
09:19 GMT

2007 Wii Lineup from Nintendo

When Nintendo president Satoru Iwata held a conference to talk about company issues and outline for the current fiscal year, the Japan-hosted event revealed an amazing 124 Nintendo titles prepping to hit the two most beloved consoles in the world: the Wii and the sales record holder for handheld gaming systems, the ...

2 May 2007
04:10 GMT

The Escapist Contemplates Nintendo's Late Gunpei Yokoi

Nintendo's late Gunpei Yokoi left a good legacy to the company. Few may know that he was the man behind Game & Watch, R.O.B., the D-pad, Kid Icarus, Fire Emblem, Metroid and the Virtual Boy. The Escapist's Lara Crigger wrote an informative about Gunpei Yokoi, "the quiet engineer with the faint, cheerful smi...

7 March 2007
06:30 GMT


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