Metroid Database.com

Hi all! We've got some actual official Metroid news for you. Remember back in June when we reported that Retro Studios was interested in porting Prime 1 and 2 to the Wii? Well Famitsu has confirmed this rumor! In Nintendo's latest press conference, they've posted a listing of about a dozen new games coming to the Wii, some of which are Wii ports of Gamecube games! So if you scroll down this page about halfway (JUST past those kickass Punch-Out!! pictures!), you'll see a couple listings of "Metoroido Puraimu" for 2009! Yup, that's Prime 1 and 2 coming to the Wii with the late Mark Haigh-Hutchinson's genius engineering and interface design skills. His work will continue to live on through these games! Now while we'd like to see them for $20 apiece, they'll probably sell for $30 each. If you didn't pick the games up before, these releases will be a good time to start!

Now if you check the other games on the list, there's a lot of other hot stuff coming to the Wii, including Punch-Out!! (which has been on hiatus for longer than Metroid was!), Sin and Punishment 2, Muramasa (the spiritual successor to last year's awesome Odin Sphere!), and a new DS with a built-in camera! Check out the videos. Oh, and did I mention Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia is coming out within three weeks? That ought to give you a 'Metrovania' fix until a new 2D title comes out. (Did I just say 'Metrovania?' Oh well - it's better than Castleroids! That sounds like a medical condition you DON'T want to have!

Speaking of 2D Metroids, November's issue of Nintendo Power has a big hooplah in the letters section about "What directions hould the Metroid series take?" While the letters were overwhelmingly supportive of a 2D sequel, I have to wonder why nobody mentioned a little website called 'The Metroid Database' where we've been screaming for a new one for years! Oh well. Maybe Intelligent Systems has something in store for our favorite bounty hunter...

Until next time...
Captain Commando