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Why Metroid 64 Never Happened: Samus and That Three-Pronged Controller

Distressed collage reading Metroid 64 Never Happened, with the supplied Samus artwork and a Nintendo 64 controller.

Samus could handle space pirates, lava and a planet about to explode. Nintendo's three-pronged controller was apparently a different sort of problem. Yoshio Sakamoto, the director of Super Metroid, said he couldn't picture how to move her with it. Nintendo 64 went through its life without a new Metroid adventure. Anyone who remembers picking up that pad for the first time will understand the pause. Three grips. Two hands. A thumbstick in… Read more