Metroid Database.com

Wow, it was only last year that VGMStudios sent us scans of Nintendo Dream vol. 118, which had a massive interview on Metroid and Kid Icarus. Well, over the summer, he sent me images of vol. 119, and over the past few months, I have been working hard to translate it during my spare time! Well, it's finally finished! This new interview covers Famicom Tantei Club, or Famicom Detective Club, a series of supernatural murder mystery adventure games written and directed by Yoshio Sakamoto! Although the games have not been translated, you can get a really good sense of how impressive they are based on the comments from the developers and the tricks they used to achieve expressive effect. What's also funny is there were lots of weird events that happened while they were developing Famitan (as the titles are shortened to), which makes for a great ghost story! So snuggle up with a warm mug of cocoa and give it a read!

There are also some interesting tidbits about the Metroid series circa 2004, including clarification on the Metroid movie (John Woo's studio negotiated rights to the film with Nintendo of America, but they don't appear to have ever been settled) and further confirmation that Yoshio Sakamoto was thinking about Metroid for the Nintendo DS:

Are you also working on Metroid DS?

Sakamoto: We're looking into that in my department, too.

Sakamoto-san also closes out the interview with closing comments on Metroid. Oh yeah, and Tennis for the Game Boy used Samus's sprites from Metroid as a model! You can also check out Part 1 if you haven't read it already!

That's all folks, and merry Christmas!

Until next time...
Captain Commando