Nintendo reportedly rejected Samus’ voice in Metroid Prime for being too “sexual” and “sensual” sounding.In a new Kiwi Talkz podcast hosted by Reece Reilly, Clark Wen, the Audio Director on Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, spoke about the development of the two games, revealing some behind the scenes information about the process of Samus’ voice – as reported by NintendoLife.According to Wen, the dev team recorded some placeholder grunts and screams for the voice of Samus, Metroid‘s female protagonist, and sent it to Nintendo for feedback.
However, the publisher thought the voice was “too sexual and sensual sounding”.“They’re very, very particular about vocal sounds in general, so I was happy to let them take the reins and they.
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