Metroid Database.com

The folks at Unseen 64 have updated their entry for the Development History of Metroid Prime recently, with some fantastic development documents and concept art that few people have seen before (some of it was new to me). This is by far the most comprehensive history of the game's development available to date and is a collaborative project with research being done by snoops on places like NeoGAF and elsewhere. It covers the origins in a 3D action/adventure game to its complete overhaul partway through development to the final product. Pretty cool stuff!

Here's a sample of their content, the unused jetpack Space Pirate:

Original concept art from Nintendo.com from E3 for comparison:

There's more unused development art in the Metroid Prime artwork section of our site. Actually, I'm quite proud of this image. It was up on Retro's site immediately after Spaceworld and taken down days after the event. I snagged it before that happened!

Until next time...
Captain Commando