This past week I've been really thinking about what Metroid producer Yoshio Sakamoto had to say about the future of 2D Metroid. While you'd think it would be one of the least risky ventures for Nintendo to handle in-house, they opted to go with MercurySteam for the 3DS-bound Samus Returns.
On paper, it all seems fine. Tasking third party studios with spinoffs and side projects is something Nintendo has been doing for years, but this time, it's a little different. Sakomoto is hitching the entire future of 2D Metroid titles to Returns.
All I have to ask in return is "why?"
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