Metroid Prime developer Retro Studio once had an idea for an XCOM-style game starring Samus Aran.
The concept, dubbed Metroid Tactics, was the brainchild of Metroid Prime developer Paul Tozer. The idea was one of several pitched following the conclusion of Retro’s Metroid Prime trilogy – and another which was ultimately turned down.
Tozer discussed the pitch publicly for the first time this week in a new Did You Know Gaming video which details the game’s planned setting and storyline as a prequel to the entire Metroid series.
“It marks the very moment when Samus Aran first separates from the Chozo who raised her from childhood, encounters humanity and becomes a bounty hunter,” Tozer said (thanks, Nintedno Life). “The game also marks humankind’s very first encounter with the Space Pirates and Metroids.