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Developer

Retro Studios

Publisher

Nintendo

Platforms

Nintendo GameCube

How it feels

A cancelled prototype that never shipped but indirectly inspired Metroid Prime, existing only as concept art and a rough engine mock-up.

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About

The game mostly consisted of concept artwork, design documents, and a mock up engine for a third-person game that was reworked into a first-person game due to pressure from Nintendo and Retro executives. This game was eventually cancelled, but apparently inspired Shigeru Miyamoto to hand Retro the Metroid license, thereby moving the development team to produce Metroid Prime instead.

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