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All Your History Are Belong to Us, a YouTube videogame history show, has kicked in to the Metroid 25th Anniversary pulse with a retrospective of the Metroid series, beginning with the original. It's a pretty good video that combines information from interviews with Hirokazu Tanaka and others. There are a few errors in the video, however. First, 'Metroid' was coined by Hiroji Kiyotake, not Yoshio Sakamoto (this was revealed in our translated interview from Nintendo Dream. Mr. Kiyotake also designed Samus and came up with her name). Also, Gumpei Yokoi probably had little direct involvement with the development of Metroid - the series was directed by Yoshio Sakamoto and produced by Gumpei Yokoi. Mr. Yokoi's job would therefore have been to ensure the games were finished on time rather than contribute to the design. It is unclear how much creative input Mr. Yokoi had in the development of the Metroid series, but it was probably not as much as he has sometimes been given credit for. AYHABTU has plenty of other videos, so if you'd like to learn more about the history of games, check them out, too.

Until next time...
Captain Commando