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Metroid Prime Nearly Included Playable Super Metroid
When it comes to the Metroid franchise, two games are often considered to be the very best: Super Metroid and Metroid Prime. Interestingly enough, when Metroid Prime released on the Nintendo GameCube in 2002, fans nearly had the opportunity to revisit the 1994 Super Nintendo classic. In a new...
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In a new episode of the Kiwi Talkz podcast, former Retro Studios senior engineer David "Zoid" Kirsch revealed that he first played Super Metroid after being assigned to work on Prime. He beat the game twice in just three days, and liked it so much he figured out a way to get it emulated in the GameCube game.
Unfortunately, Nintendo turned down Zoid's idea, as he had used a third-party emulator to make it work. However, his idea did inspire Nintendo and Retro Studios to include a playable version of the original Metroid game for the NES. That option was unlocked when players connected to Metroid Fusion using the Game Boy Advance Link Cable.