Metroid Tactics, internal Retro Studios pitch for Wii, revealed - Nintendo Everything

It’s been revealed Paul Tozour, who previously worked on the Metroid Prime series, once pitched a Metroid Tactics game for Wii internally at Retro Studios.

Furthermore, it would have marked “the very moment when Samus Aran first separates from the Chozo who raised her from childhood, encounters humanity, and becomes a bounty hunter.” Samus, along with an elite team of highly trained Galactic Federation troopers and bounty hunters, would look to stop the incursion on different Galactic Federation planets like Norion and Earth before battling the Space Pirates at their outpost on Planet Zebes.

Tozour described the gameplay to Did You Know Gaming by saying Metroid Tactics was “basically XCOM”.

They’d control Samus Aran, a squad of elite Galactic Federation troopers, and other bounty hunters.

All of this money could be in turn used to hire Galactic Federation troopers and powerful bounty hunters, plus weapons, armor, equipment, and skill upgrades.

You can check out the full video from Did You Know Gaming on Metroid Tactics here