Some Metroid: Other M talk from Yoshio Sakamoto
This information comes from Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto, who recently spoke with Famitsu…
“This project between three companies, which we call Project M, is progressing extremely well. This Metroid is being developed with the aim of the ideal form of the old Metroid. It’s a game that can be realized because of the Wii. [Addressing Metroid being more successful overseas] However, different from the rest of the series, this time we’re strongly depicting the human side of Samus through such things as movies. She’s a strong woman, but she also has a fragile side. We want to make a game whose charms can be felt from the story areas and these human touches as well. It’s an action game, but it’s capable of having a clear emotional side. A lot of people are playing it, so we’re planning a lot of things. We haven’t clearly finalized a followup or anything, but we’d like to do some new things.”
– Since it’s a big project, there have been a few issues, but the development team has ironed them out together
– Team Ninja moving the “2D jump action game” into “3D action.”
– Sakamoto thinks the quality of the game will please fans
– Sakamoto intends to release the game this year
