In an interview with Richard George of IGN, Shigeru Miyamoto has explained that Retro Studios are too busy to be currently working on a new Zelda game. There has been a lot of  speculation in the Metroid fan community surrounding Retro Studios new game, and it seems that Zelda can be crossed off the list for now.

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Miyamoto: “In terms of them working on a Zelda, it’s not out of the question, certainly, for them to work on an entire Zelda game amongst themselves,” Miyamoto said. “Traditionally I think that the Zelda team has always had a close contact with anyone who’s working on a Zelda game. If you were going to have that happen in the US at Retro, that would be kind of difficult for them to be able to coordinate. Certainly they’re too busy for that sort of thing right now. It would probably require me to be involved to a great extent as well, so I would have to get over quite a bit too. I’d probably have to live in Texas… [laughs]“

These comments may bring an end to the rumours of a new Zelda title developed by Retro, but will raise further questions to what Retro are working on instead. We shall continue to keep you updated.

Source: IGN

We’ve gotten more images of Metroid elements in Nintendo Land. Nintendo Land features various mini-games based on various Nintendo franchises.

In the park’s main area, we can see three items from Metroid: a large Ridley toy, a small Metroid statue and the Samus helmet logo in the entrance to the Metroid ride. Here are those images:

Some more Nintendo Land was shown yesterday night during the Wii U Developer Discussion, and, for a few seconds, we can see Samus’ gunship flying around the park.

Finally, Samus’ helmet appears in the collection of logos for the game.

If any more Metroid elements or easter eggs show up in Nintendo Land, you’ll always find them at Shinesparkers!

Hello, Metroid fans!

As many of you should be aware, in a few hours Nintendo will be hosting their E3 2012 Press Conference. This time around, the focus will be on Nintendo’s new home console, Wii U, and its new features and games. Nintendo is keeping the gates closed on what exactly they’ll announce today – all that’s been confirmed so far were new Mario and Pikmin titles. So there could be games from virtually any series today at the show.

If, by any chance, a new Metroid game is announced, either for Wii U or Nintendo 3DS, don’t forget to keep an eye on Shinesparkers for all the news. We’ll be covering all the information we can get.

And, if one isn’t announced… Well, we have eleven other games to talk about. Have fun!