Retro Studios is greatest identified for its work on the Metroid and Donkey Kong franchises. Still, the developer has dabbled in plenty of intriguing tasks which have sadly wound up on the chopping room ground.
DidYouKnowGaming is again with one other deep dive video trying into the studio’s historical past, particularly detailing 8 tasks which have, for one motive or one other, ended up being cancelled.
The first is a undertaking often called ‘Adept’, which the studio began engaged on after growth on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption had concluded. The recreation once more utilised the first-person perspective and is maybe greatest described as ‘Portal with fight’, with the participant capable of shoot ‘cylinders’ that would immediately transport enemies, probably trapping them or main them away from the participant.
In addition to the common cylinders, ‘power cylinders’ is also used to assist leaping, or positioned strategically to permit for the transportation of objects. ‘Attract cylinders’, in the meantime, had been used to both permit the participant to attract in therapeutic gadgets from a distance, or reverse an enemy’s assault, inflicting their projectiles to fly again into them.
It actually feels like an intriguing concept, and when designer Paul Touzer pitched the sport to the studio, Retro was totally on board. Unfortunately, nonetheless, when Kensuke Tanabe at Nintendo took a take a look at the sport, he wasn’t satisfied by the premise and in the end handed on the undertaking.
This is simply 1 of the 8 video games detailed, so make sure to take a look at the video above in case you’re interested by discovering out extra. It’s an interesting glimpse into the historical past of Retro Studios and its cancelled tasks. Let’s simply hope Metroid Prime 4 does not be a part of them, huh?
