28th April 2004, 9:40 AM
Retro is not a different company. They are a first-party just like Intelligent Systems is, so all of the Metroid games come from the same company. Just like Zelda. And who said that Retro's Metroid games are all going to be side-stories? Metroid Prime wasn't a side story, it was as much a regular entry into the series as Fusion was.