Metroid Database.com

n64hq.com's "Yutaka Ohbuchi Reporting" section had this snip today:

"The 64 Dream featured a Q&A session with Nintendo's publicist Yoshio Hongo.

[Fast-forward thru a few questions--TJ]

"T64D: Is there any chance for Metroid 64?

"Hongo: We are not working on it yet. We know this title is popular among American people, and they are expecting it to be released. The division which developed Super Metroid are the same guys who are working on Game Boy Pocket. Recently, they were working on the conversion of the Game & Watch Gallery for the Game Boy. Now they are developing a game for the Game Kiosk. [An automatic game vending machine for the Super Famicom and Game Boy that uses a flash ROM cartridge; it is installed inside convenience stores or game shops.] So, if is there sequel to Super Metroid, then it will be for the Super Famicom. This team is not working on any Nintendo 64 projects right now."

ACK!! Whatta pisser!! Well, I think by now we know better than to trust anything Nintendo's publicists tell us (flashback to 1990, when NOA was telling us that the 16-Bit Nintendo system was not going to be released in the US!!). Probably just a ploy to keep rabid fans (like us!) away from details. You don't need Mulder and Scully to figure this one out! (Although I'll take Scully, if she's available...oop, sorry! : P )

--TJ