Metroid Designer Talks Metroid Prime II, EyeToy

Posted by simoniker on Monday September 1, 2003 @01:51PM from the irish-metroid-featuring-shamus dept.

Thanks to C+VG for their interview with Yoshio Sakamoto, a key designer on the Metroid titles, and now manager of Nintendo's notable R&D1 development studio. He talks about Sony's EyeToy USB camera game ("...if it's quite a unique product it's a shame Nintendo didn't come up with that kind of idea"), Retro's in-development Metroid Prime sequel ("my involvement with Metroid Prime II is like my involvement with the first one - I am advising them as to what kind of flavor they have to adhere to, and the kind of storylines possible"), and makes it clear that Nintendo are actively working on follow-up hardware ("Nintendo is always working on the next generation of systems, be it handheld or console game machines.")

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Sad news ... Gunpei Yokoi, dead at 53 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-01 14:18 · Score: -1, Troll

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Japanese guy Gunpei Yokoi was found dead in his Tokyo cubicle. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.