Metroid Database.com

A couple years back, UK magazine Retro Gamer published a huge article on the making of Super Metroid that included an interview with Yoshio Sakamoto. The article shed new light on the history of the game that we later confirmed and expanded on through a translation of a 1994 interview with the development staff. This fantastic article is now back in print through Retro Gamer Collection Vol. 5, which also contains an interview with David Crane (Pitfall) and the making of Asteroids. I'd probably buy more of these if they didn't cost $10 apiece, but the collection will run you about $20 and contains several magazines' worth of material. You can find it at certain Barnes & Noble stores.

Also in print is Nintendo Gaming Superstars Vol. 1, which features Mario and Kirby and Tingle and Funky Kong...but no Samus. Well, that's not entirely true as there's a two-page pull-out poster of Samus with artwork from Metroid: Other M. This is just confirming our suspicions that if Metroid does get an official birthday bash, it's going to be in 2012 to celebrate the US release.

Until next time...
Captain Commando