Metroid Tactics

Developer

Retro Studios

Platforms

Wii

How it feels

A pitched but cancelled XCOM-style Metroid tactics game that would have reused Prime trilogy assets in strategic grid combat.

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About

A game pitched by Metroid Prime developers at Retro Studios concluding the release of Metroid Prime 3 as a new direction to head into following the conclusion of the trilogy of Prime games. It was proposed to be similar to the XCOM series of video games that reused assets from the Trilogy games. However, management at Retro Studios rejected the pitch.

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