And why Miyamoto let the company work on Metroid Prime.

Retro Studios was once working on a Portal-esque first-person puzzle game called Adept.

These cylinders had varying properties, like teleportation, force push, or different elements.

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The prototype was made single handedly by Metroid Prime 2 and 3 programmer Paul Tozour.

Elsewhere in the DidYouKnowGamingVideo, more cancelled games are detailed.

Retro was given three months to make progress on the game by Nintendo, but it was ultimately canned.

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That was Miyamoto’s idea, but Metroid wasn’t his series.

Said Whitmore: “Miyamoto didn’t care if we killed it.

If we did a bad job, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal.

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It wasn’t one of his games.

Thankfully, it was a masterpiece - despite the amount of crunch and huge pressure the developers were under.

Plus, did you know an early model for Samus was based on 80s supermodel Cindy Crawford?

you’re able to watch the full rundown in the video below.

Could we see it onSwitch 2instead?

Still, earlier this yearMetroid Prime Remasteredwas released on Switch - it’s exceptional.