Metroid‘s Yoshio Sakamoto explained to Brian Crecente that Metroid: Other M will have a significant role in the franchise. Up until now, each Metroid game has had its major events, and this game will attempt to explain what it collectively means for our heroine.
“You are going to see a lot further development all of which is connected to this progression you see in the Samus character in the past. So you get to learn what kind of person she is and how she is connected to the events in her past and how they have made her the person she is in the present moment… You saw in the original Metroid series titles and then through Prime there were different glimpses of the Samus character, but this is our best opportunity to date to present everything all together about Samus, to give the definitive character sketch and that is going to be something people can draw from as a resource as we pull them into the Metroid universe in the future as well.”
In addition to discussing Other M, Sakamoto, co-creator of the franchise, explained that the Metroid Prime series developed by Retro Studios is simply another interpretation of Samus and the Metroid universe by different creators, and shouldn’t be considered non-canon nor should that series expect a reboot.
