They are insane . In a couple of interviews , Yoshio Sakamoto , one of the Metroid series ' chief creators , was asked about fans ' concerns trying to reconcile the differences in the story and setting between Prime and Other M . Sakamoto made meandering , noncommittal statements that boiled down to I ' m not considering what Retro did with the franchise while working on this project , and you shouldn ' t think about it either . Keep in mind , this is the company that felt threatened by how Retro had so successfully taken over stewardship of the franchise and came in and used contract clauses to lock them down and clean their house , leading to the exodus of much of the talent from Retro that actually worked on Prime . The current Nintendo leadership is actively antagonistic to the Metroid franchise Other M was not authorized by anyone who actually likes the series . Samus is just Nintendo ' s Smash Bros . fluffer now .