'The Game We Are Making Now Is a Nintendo Game' — Metroid Prime Producer Kensuke Tanabe Reveals Creative Tensions With Retro in New Book

Wesley Yin-Poole
10/22/2025

Nintendo and Retro Studios brought Metroid into stunning 3D, reforming the series in a first-person shooter style through a sometimes challenging but ultimately fruitful relationship between Japanese and Western teams with their own unique backgrounds and perspectives. But it wasn’t always smooth rolling for Samus along the way....

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