Next Level Games Were Working On Metroid 3DS

<p>New concept art has emerged which reveals that a Metroid 3DS game was in development before being shelved&period;  The proof was found on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nomadicalternatives&period;org&sol;concept-art&num;&excl;&lowbar;&lowbar;concept-art&sol;photostackergallery0&equals;49">an online portfolio<&sol;a> for artists Xochitl and  Nelson Garcia&period; One image shows Samus in her famous varia suit whilst others include some scary looking bosses&period;  Both artists worked for Next Level Games and their portfolio also includes concept art for the developer&&num;8217&semi;s Punch Out&excl; game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Next Level also worked on the Mario Strikers series and have a strong relationship with Nintendo&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s therefore not hard to believe that the studio may once have pitched a Metroid 3DS title&period; Speaking with<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;destructoid&period;com&sol;next-level-games-was-working-on-a-metroid-title-280783&period;phtml"> Destructoid<&sol;a>&comma; a source close to Next Level Games confirmed that the pitch was real&period; &&num;8221&semi;That’s the first I’d actually seen of that concept art&&num;8221&semi; that source said&comma; &&num;8221&semi;but a prototype was made before being shelved in favor of Luigi’s Mansion 2&period; It was about as bare-bones as it gets&comma; but it was still pretty fun&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It seems that Metroid fans will have to blame Luigi&&num;8217&semi;s Mansion 2 for the lack of a 3DS instalment&period; The last game in the series&comma; Metroid&colon; Other M for Wii&comma; was poorly received because of its intrusive story and  awkward controls&period; Not all hope is lost however&period; Next Level Games have committed to working exclusively with Nintendo  and it has been over a year since the release of Luigi&&num;8217&semi;s Mansion 2&period; We don&&num;8217&semi;t know what the studio is currently working on but it could well be Metroid 3DS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;3ds-metroid-game-concept-art-surfaces-report&sol;1100-6422163&sol;">Gamespot<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;