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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says the house of Mario is well aware of the desire amongst the community to see a proper new installment in the Metroid franchise.

“Look, we know that the fans want a straight Samus Aran game," Fils-Aime told Kotaku. "We also know that the best way to launch a game like that is to surprise and delight them, to give them a launch date, in an environment like this let them play it vs. what other companies do which is to announce a project that you may not see for five, six years.

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"It’s just not the way we do things," he added. "We know the community wants to see a straight-up Metroid game. We know it."

Nintendo announced a new Metroid game for Nintendo 3DS during its E3 Digital Event last week called Metroid Prime: Federation Force. However, its lack of Samus and the exploaration-heavy gameplay the series is known for left a number of Nintendo fans disappointed.

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