[New post] Retro Studios prototyped Metroid Prime as a third-person shooter, but Nintendo insisted on making it first-person to appeal to the West

nintendojam posted: " Nineteen years ago as of last week, the first game in the Metroid Prime series released for GameCube, putting a 3D first-person spin on the 2D side-scrolling formula that the franchise was known for at the time. Jack Mathews, a former developer at Retro " New post on My Nintendo News Retro Studios prototyped Metroid Prime as a third-person shooter, but Nintendo insisted on making it first-person to appeal to the West by nintendojam Nineteen years ago as of last week, the first game in the Metroid Prime series released for GameCube, putting a 3D first-person spin on the 2D side-scrolling formula that the franchise was known for at the time. Jack Mathews, a former developer at Retro Studios, recently sat down with KIWI TALKZ for an interview, discussing […] Read more of this post nintendojam | November 27, 2021 at 6:32 am | Tags: developer interview, first person shooter, gamecube, interview, metroid, metroid prime, Nintendo, nintendo switch, retro studios, samus, video games, Wii | Categories: Nintendo | URL: https://wp.me/pLMz-1eX6 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from My Nintendo News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://mynintendonews.com/2021/11/27/retro-studios-prototyped-metroid-prime-as-a-third-person-shooter-but-nintendo-insisted-on-making-it-first-person-to-appeal-to-the-west/