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==History== Retro Studios Inc. was created by [[Jeff Spangenberg]] in October of [[1998]]. Jeff was previously known for starting [[Iguana Entertainment]], another game developer that he had left, which created the Aero the Acrobat and [[Turok]] games, among others. Spangenberg created Retro after leaving Iguana due to a conflict with publisher [[Acclaim]]. Upon hiring a team of 25 or so, Spangenberg managed to convince [[Nintendo]] of America to fund the studio. Nintendo's funding brought cutting edge technology to the studio, including a motion capture studio. Initially, Retro was working on several titles for the unreleased [[Nintendo GameCube]]: A football sim, an action adventure game, and a car combat game, all of which would be GCN exclusive. Several people from Nintendo, including [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], visited Retro's offices in Texas to check up on the progress on the titles. They were mostly unsatisfied with everything Retro was working on. Despite this, Retro was given the ''[[Metroid (series)|Metroid]]'' license, causing them to cancel almost all of their other projects. By [[2001]], Retro was facing many problems with creating a Metroid game and developing their [[Action]]/[[RPG]] title, ''Raven Blade''. In [[2002]], Raven Blade was also cancelled, and Nintendo bought Retro Studios from Spangenberg so they could step in and straighten out the whole mess. Former members of Retro Studios allege that Spangenberg did little in managing the studio and generally lived the fast playboy life at night. Spangenberg has since gone on to create Topheavy Studios, creator of [[The Guy Game]]. Now that Nintendo owned the developer and they were focused on one game, Nintendo installed one of their own as Retro Studios President: Michael Kelbaugh. From then on, they managed to get through all of the problems and put out the award winning Metroid titles. They have also worked on ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'' for the [[Wii]] and ''[[Metroid Prime: Hunters]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]]. : ''"The Retro Team is composed of industry veterans and leaders with decades of experience in creating edgy, fun, and compelling games for the global market. They have lovely singing voices, and only use their powers for good. Their kung fu is mighty, and the Force is always with them."''<br /> — [http://www.RetroStudios.com The official Retro Studios website]
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