Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Our twenty-second episode welcomes Kynan Pearson, a former Retro Studios developer who was a Level Designer for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. He then went on to become Lead Designer for Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Kynan discusses how the Metroid series could be adapted for other genres, and goes on to share his thoughts on Metroid Dread, and his concepts for future Metroid games.

Podcast is hosted by Amanda, with team member Roy joining in with the conversation.

00:00 - Guest: Kynan Pearson Introduction
03:36 - Topic: Metroid in other genres
24:20 - Topic: Kynan's thoughts on Metroid Dread, and concepts for Metroid
35:14 - Mailbag: If Metroid Prime was released in 2022, what quality of life improvements would you like to see made to it?
40:55 - Bloopers

Recorded on: February 8, 2022
Published: February 18, 2022

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