Kensuke Tanabe message

Kensuke Tanabe message is a short video recorded by Kensuke Tanabe, which was aired during the Nintendo Direct of March 3, 2016. It was later uploaded as a separate video to the Australian and Japanese Nintendo YouTube channels.

Tanabe recorded this message to explain Metroid Prime: Federation Force, in an attempt to pacify fan backlash towards the game after its reveal at E3 2015. He speaks Japanese in the video, with English subtitles on the Australian version, and a narrator speaking over him during the Direct. Tanabe's speech is interspersed with gameplay clips.

In the video, Tanabe reveals that Federation Force began development in 2009, as he desired to create a multiplayer-focused Metroid Prime game on a handheld system, and explore battles between the Space Pirates and Galactic Federation. Collaborating with Next Level Games, Tanabe experimented with the Nintendo DSi, but felt that it could not bring the performance they were hoping for. They restarted development using the much more powerful Nintendo 3DS after it was unveiled. Tanabe decided that the Federation-focused game would make more sense with the Federation Force as the protagonists rather than Samus, and also desired to implement RPG-like classes with the in-game AUX ammo. Tanabe ends the video saying that he will explain the game's art style, Blast Ball and the AUX ammo further at another time, and promises fans that Federation Force belongs in the Metroid Prime universe.

The video can be viewed with English subtitles here: and with none here:

Transcription
Below is a transcription of the English narration from the March 2016 Nintendo Direct. The subtitles on the Australian version are slightly different.