What would an N64 Metroid have looked like?

[gbpxl]

For whatever reason, the Metroid series has been present on all the Nintendo home consoles except the N64. I always assumed this was because 2D gaming was no longer the "in thing" anymore and that 3D was too rudimentary for the vision that Nintendo wouldve had for a proper FPS Metroid game.

If Nintendo HAD went ahead and made a Metroid 64, do you think it would've looked something akin to Jet Force Gemini, maybe? That's the closest I can think of to what they likely would've done. I think 2D just wasnt in the cards for Nintendo at this point, circa 1997-1998 when the big push was for 3D gaming. Konami essentially wanted to filled the "Metroid gap" with the release of SotN and obviously that was a 2D game but Nintendo seemed to want to steer away from this style of game.

The only 3D model we have of Samus Aran for that generation is in Super Smash Bros. and it would be interesting to have seen maybe a 2.5D Metroid game that utilized full polygon Samus and full polygon environments but still side-scrolling gameplay.

My wish is for Nintendo to release an official Metroid 64 on an N64 cartridge with that 2.5D gameplay. Yeah yeah I know, snowball's chance in hell, but I can still dream right???

[Greg2600]

Body Harvest was kind of Metroidy.

[Gameguy]

You mention how Nintendo was done with 2D games at that point as being a reason no Metroid game came out, but look at what they did with Mario and Zelda games. Funny enough with Castlevania, I imagined a Metroid 64 game being like how Castlevania 64 was for the N64, basically a poor attempt at converting a 2D oriented style of game into a 3D game. I would expect Metroid 64 to have been pretty terrible if it existed.

[gbpxl]

You mention how Nintendo was done with 2D games at that point as being a reason no Metroid game came out, but look at what they did with Mario and Zelda games. Funny enough with Castlevania, I imagined a Metroid 64 game being like how Castlevania 64 was for the N64, basically a poor attempt at converting a 2D oriented style of game into a 3D game. I would expect Metroid 64 to have been pretty terrible if it existed.

I cant think of any 2D Nintendo games that came out for N64 besides Yoshi's Story.

[Gameguy]

I cant think of any 2D Nintendo games that came out for N64 besides Yoshi's Story.

Also Donkey Kong, Excitebike, Kirby, Mario Golf, Paper Mario(change in style from Super Mario RPG), Wave Race, and various Pokemon games, were all Nintendo franchises previously 2D that were converted to new 3D versions. I'm thinking Tetris should count too with Tetrisphere as Tetris is sort of a Nintendo exclusive on consoles and were always published by Nintendo themselves, excluding the unlicensed games pulled from market.

There was also Dr Mario but it's basically the same as the older versions, no new conversion to 3D. Mario Tennis would also be mentioned but it was always a 3D series starting on the Virtual Boy, assuming NES and Gameboy Tennis doesn't count as Mario isn't playing in it but is still there as a referee, and was sort of a 3D perspective anyway. I guess these count as Mario games but they're not main series games.

[gbpxl]

Also Donkey Kong, Excitebike, Kirby, Mario Golf, Paper Mario(change in style from Super Mario RPG), Wave Race, and various Pokemon games, were all Nintendo franchises previously 2D that were converted to new 3D versions. I'm thinking Tetris should count too with Tetrisphere as Tetris is sort of a Nintendo exclusive on consoles and were always published by Nintendo themselves, excluding the unlicensed games pulled from market.

There was also Dr Mario but it's basically the same as the older versions, no new conversion to 3D. Mario Tennis would also be mentioned but it was always a 3D series starting on the Virtual Boy, assuming NES and Gameboy Tennis doesn't count as Mario isn't playing in it but is still there as a referee, and was sort of a 3D perspective anyway. I guess these count as Mario games but they're not main series games.

Well either way, like I said, 2D gaming wasnt in the cards foe them anymore at that point, as is was the case with Sony at the time as well.