Who would have believed that? It could have been a completely different Metroid game in a surprising genre.
It’s about a new video from the YouTube channel Did you know gaming? that we can hear the news. In fact, according to them, a former leading member of the team of Metroid Prime (Retro Studios) called Paul Tozour, had one planned Metroid Tactics
XCOM style Metroid
The game would have been a prequel to the series and according to the presentation document would have taken place.long before any other game in the series Metroid“. The script would have covered the moment when Samus Aran first breaks up with the Chozo who have raised her since childhood, during her encounter with humanity as she becomes a bounty hunter.
Paul Tozour says on this subject:
It was basically XCOM… it was XCOM in the Metroid universe
Metroid Tactics puts the player in control of the legendary Samus Aran, a group of elite Galactic Federation soldiers, and various other bounty hunters who work together to defeat the space pirates.
Along the way, the player can hire new units and upgrade all of the units on their team with many types of new armour, weapons, skills and abilities – with Samus and the various bounty hunters having a large number of unique abilities that will prove invaluable in battle.
Unfortunately, this strange game never saw the light of day because, according to the developer, to be successful the pitch would have needed the support of studio head Michael Kelbaugh and Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe. In short, it’s a shame for fans of the saga.
