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Nintendo World Report has translated a Spanish interview with Yoshio Sakamoto! The interview is top-notch and quite enlightening, with commentary on the original Metroid, Other M, Wario Ware, and the future of the series. Mr. Sakamoto says that many of the ideas that appeared in the original Metroid were decided in an emergency meeting just months before the game's completion and that Samus' gender was a spur-of-the-moment decision.

More interesting, Mr. Sakamoto says that he currently has no ideas for a 3DS game (and isn't terribly familiar with the hardware at the moment), but that he's pretty exhausted after such a long project (I'll bet!). Much of the discussion involved WarioWare, which makes me think that maybe we'll see something new in that series for the 3DS first, if not a smaller title. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we'll see another 2D Metroid anytime soon, though it's not out of the question:

There are no plans for a new 2D Metroid nor any other similar project. But if the opportunity arises or a new idea surfaces it will be very fun, and I would love to do something along those lines.

So while there are currently no plans for a new Metroid, you can bet we'll see Samus again.

Mr. Sakamoto also says that comparisons with Super Metroid are a bit difficult because "I believe that they are completely different games, and I don't believe that one is superior to the other. I think they are both magnificent titles..." I'll have to agree with this! I'm currently playing through the game again on Hard (and will be finishing it again on Normal as well!). It's a total blast!

Until next time...
Captain Commando