The following information comes from Nintendo’s Hiroji Kiyotake and Yoshio Sakamoto...
“There was one more staff member, and the two of us decided on it. We attached ‘android’ to the ‘metro subway’ and that’s how we got ‘Metroid’.” - Hiroji Kiyotake
- Before the game was called Metroid, the name was Space Hunter
- Samus’ name is based on Edison Arantes do Nascimento, the soccer player better known as Pelé
“Even the name of the protagonist could be put together in this manner, and if I wanted to give someone a strange name, I could refer to Pelé’s name.” - Hiroji Kiyotake
“Kiyotake, If you check if Pelé’s real name was ‘Samus Arantes,’ that’s a little incorrect. He’s called ‘Something’ Arantes Nascimento, and only ‘Aran’ matches. (Laughs)” - Yoshio Sakamoto
“In addition, ‘SR388,’ the planet on which the Metroids were discovered, comes from a bike engine! (Laughs). In Yamaha’s bikes, there is a series called SR400, and in those days, while it was called 400cc, you didn’t have any choice but 388cc, but it was written like that for the time being, and that’s how it came out! (Laughs)” - Yoshio Sakamoto
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“There was one more staff member, and the two of us decided on it. We attached ‘android’ to the ‘metro subway’ and that’s how we got ‘Metroid’.” - Hiroji Kiyotake
- Before the game was called Metroid, the name was Space Hunter
- Samus’ name is based on Edison Arantes do Nascimento, the soccer player better known as Pelé
“Even the name of the protagonist could be put together in this manner, and if I wanted to give someone a strange name, I could refer to Pelé’s name.” - Hiroji Kiyotake
“Kiyotake, If you check if Pelé’s real name was ‘Samus Arantes,’ that’s a little incorrect. He’s called ‘Something’ Arantes Nascimento, and only ‘Aran’ matches. (Laughs)” - Yoshio Sakamoto
“In addition, ‘SR388,’ the planet on which the Metroids were discovered, comes from a bike engine! (Laughs). In Yamaha’s bikes, there is a series called SR400, and in those days, while it was called 400cc, you didn’t have any choice but 388cc, but it was written like that for the time being, and that’s how it came out! (Laughs)” - Yoshio Sakamoto
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