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XCOM-Like Game Called ‘Metroid Tactics’ Was Previously Pitched at Retro Studios
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A recent interview with Retro Studios' Paul Tozour reveals that an X-COM-like Metroid game was once in development for the Nintendo Wii.
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Now celebrated for the revitalization of the Donkey Kong Country series, Retro Studios was made famous by the highly-regarded Metroid Prime trilogy, and they nearly took the Metroid franchise in an entirely new direction with Metroid Tactics. This was to be a top-down turn-based tactics game very much in the vein of X-COM, and it may have become an all-new Metroid subseries had the studio not opted to move on from the franchise due to fatigue.
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Now celebrated for the revitalization of the Donkey Kong Country series, Retro Studios was made famous by the highly-regarded Metroid Prime trilogy, and they nearly took the Metroid franchise in an entirely new direction with Metroid Tactics. This was to be a top-down turn-based tactics game very much in the vein of X-COM, and it may have become an all-new Metroid subseries had the studio not opted to move on from the franchise due to fatigue.
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4 December 2022, 6:51 pm
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Tanner Fox
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title: XCOM-Like Game Called ‘Metroid Tactics’ Was Previously Pitched at Retro Studios
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description: A recent interview with Retro Studios' Paul Tozour reveals that an X-COM-like Metroid game was once in development for the Nintendo Wii.
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Now celebrated for the revitalization of the Donkey Kong Country series, Retro Studios was made famous by the highly-regarded Metroid Prime trilogy, and they nearly took the Metroid franchise in an entirely new direction with Metroid Tactics. This was to be a top-down turn-based tactics game very much in the vein of X-COM, and it may have become an all-new Metroid subseries had the studio not opted to move on from the franchise due to fatigue.
content_text: Now celebrated for the revitalization of the Donkey Kong Country series, Retro Studios was made famous by the highly-regarded Metroid Prime trilogy, and they nearly took the Metroid franchise in an entirely new direction with Metroid Tactics. This was to be a top-down turn-based tactics game very much in the vein of X-COM, and it may have become an all-new Metroid subseries had the studio not opted to move on from the franchise due to fatigue.
pub_date: 4 December 2022, 6:51 pm
guid: https://gamerant.com/metroid-tactics-pitched-retro-studios-xcom/
creator: Tanner Fox
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