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this Metroid The series famously skipped the Nintendo 64 in the 90s. “Losing Game” Metroid 64 Never developed, Super Metroid director Yoshio Sakamoto said he “couldn’t imagine” how Sams would use the N64 controller to move around in 3D. We can only see and play Samus in the first Super Smash Bros. on the console, which doesn’t feel right!
It couldn’t come up with the idea of a 64-bit console, despite offering opportunities to outside studios. Alas, we’ll have to wait until 2002, when we’ll have two Metroid games in one day — Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion.
Fans have long speculated about what a Nintendo 64 version of Metroid might look like, but the two fans have gone a step further and actually created what they hoped to see Samus back in the day.
Twitter user Luto Akino Shared footage of his vision for Metroid 64 created with Unity 3D. Using a third-person view, you can see Sams running around a purple cave area, shooting small pieces with her arm cannon.
finally got to work #Metroid64 I tweaked some small details and placed a test texture.When Samus is leaning against the wall, the beam direction is wrong and I need to fix it #metroid #F2P #n64 #lowpoly #Nintendo64 #zelda #Unite #unity3d #madewithunity #gamedev #3dmodeling #3D pic.twitter.com/sWBYoTbove— Luto Akino (@LutoAkino) April 26, 2022
Rather than going the Prime route and taking the FPS genre, this version of Metroid 64 looks more like a 3D action platformer, with Samus jumping on a series of small platforms. When she’s at the top of the cave, she also transforms into her shapeshifting orb form! This is probably what most people thought Metroid would look like in 3D before Prime existed, and honestly, it looks great.
Luto said the arm cannon had a bug where the beam wouldn’t shoot in the right direction when Samus was leaning against a wall, and there were no visible enemies yet, but these early insights looked promising.
Luto has apparently been working on this for a while, and the developers have been sharing updates on their social media. Some early footage from December showed Sams in action more closely.
Luto is working with a friend to bring this vision to life and plans to release it to the public. This may be a ways off, but if this is just a small part of what’s to come, we can’t wait to see more.
Let us know what you think of this Metroid 64 fan model below!