They appear to be taking the game in a more action oriented direction in an attempt to bring more fans to the Metroid series.

IGN: Has working with Team Ninja brought about a more action-oriented Metroid with less focus on adventure?

Yoshio Sakamoto: I think Metroid has always been a little bit of action as well as adventure, but because we are teaming up with Team Ninja, I do think that they will bring things to the table that we haven’t been able to do in the past. But again, a huge part of Metroid is the adventure aspect and we do want to stay true to that as well.

I for one am all for more action if and only if this new approach doesn’t alienate the adventure aspects of Metroid in favor of those action sequences. Sakamoto has at least acknowledged the adventure aspect of Metroid so we can only hope for the best. Sakamoto also stated in the interview that he still has the idea about Metroid Dread in his head and that a 2D Metroid could be in the works sometime later in the future.

Check out the rest of the interview for more information about the game.

Metroid Quasi-Stop Motion by Bitflick

What you can see is a very basic quasi-stop motion animation. Quasi because there was actually only one LEGO block involved, which was photographed in multiple positions and then composited in a photo editing program as a multi-layer image. Producing the animation was then a simple matter of masking the LEGO blocks and then hiding or displaying certain layers. The end result was a simple stop motion animation that didn’t suffer from the usual random variations in lighting and position.

Lego Metroid by Richard Leyva

We’ve contacted their creator and this is what he had to say:

My name is Richard Leyva. For a year and a half, I’ve written a 10 chapter long story pertaining to a series called, “Lego Metroid”. Using Legos to express my story through stop-motion animation, the series became a hit for Metroid fans. Everyday apart from school, for restless hours, I film with the motivation from my fans. The story is currently being filmed and should be finished by early ’09.

You can see his videos in his YouTube channel (001rich100). He is currenlty in Episode 5 of his series, and as he himself stated, he’s working hard to make more episodes. The main plot it set after Metroid Fusion, so it stretches the Metroid storyline further. But since we won’t spoil you the video contents, you will have to watch them yourselves to know what is this all about.

Metroid Prime 3 Ships by Paul Hanger

A Space Pirate ATC from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

A Galactic Federation Stiletto Class starfighter

The Griffin Class Assault Frigate Thesius

Samus Aran's Gunship in landing mode

The cockpit of Samus Aran's Gunship

Samus Models by Matt De Lanoy

Varia Suit Samus and Zero Suit Samus

Samus vs. Metroids

Metroid Sprites Mosaics by Lwelyk

I started making lego mosaics of video game sprites as something to do with my hands when watching TV. It kind of snowballed and now I have 199 done. I unfortunately didn’t notice the nice number there before I started typing this up, otherwise I would have made something big, but oh well. It’s not all that hard to do overall, it takes time, and as long as you know how to support the structure, not too much effort. It’s a fun thing to do and for some reason people seem to like it.

Samus

Samus Again

Mother Brain

Metroid

Pretty nice. You should check out lwelyk legos for more videogame sprites as well.

But wait, what is this article about? A red cabinet? What’s so special about that?

Well…

…This.

Kelli Nelson made this amazing Metroid Cabinet. The bright colors, simple but harmonious, give it a very energetic look. It certainly is a work of art to be taken into consideration.

For instance, the Metroids were delicately carved and shaped to perfection, giving them about an inch of depth.

The cabinet shows Samus in a new and fresh design, exaggerating her famous Varia Suit shoulders and deforming her original look to fit the artists’ perception. And what a perception!

But not only should we look at the quality, which is impeccable, but also the size. Comparing the cabinet to average bananas (um…) as a scale, we can appreciate how big it is, only showing how much work was put into it.

The cabinet is on sale in Kelli Nelson’s site, Cheappaperart.com. Be sure to visit and check out some amazing content!

Is it just me, or is this a good year to be a Metroid fan or what? We’ve got fan games coming out of the wazoo and now Metroid is rumored to be heading to the silver screen, this time with Michael Bay at the helm.

You may have heard of Bay recently, he’s directed a startling high number of blockbusters in his career. Notable mentions include: Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, The Rock, The Island, Bad Boys II, and more recently Transformers. In 2007 Michael Bay directed a total of five movies, and at current only has three lined up for this year and one for next, so it’s feasible that there could be some credibility to this claim.

“He’s rumored to be talking with Nintendo about either Producing or directing a Metroid based film.“

Nintendo Fan Allaince has pointed out a startling trend in movies recently.

“Each decade film tends to focus around themes like musicals in the 1940s and chick flicks in the 1970s. The new millenium (2000-2009) has been centered around super heros and comics, for example, Spiderman, Ironman, X-men, Superman, and Ghost Rider. [...] As 2009 approaches and we head into a new decade one can only wonder where film will take us next.”

He’s rumored to be talking with Nintendo about either Producing or directing a Metroid based film. It’s all speculation at this current point, as have similar rumors of a Metroid movie so for now take it with a grain of salt, but talk hasn’t died down recently and the series could have a considerable target audience of gamers and techies to tailor to. This comes off of the back of rumors Bay would be directing a Prince of Persia Movie.

One thing is for sure, we haven’t heard the last of Miss Samus Aran, in one form or another, she’ll be looking to make new impressions in the ever expanding video game, and not so video game market.