Remember playing through Corruption, being forced to go into hyper mode through enemies and cutscenes? Remember losing a energy tank for it?

Turns out that Retro Studios were highly against Hyper Mode for a long time until a compromise was made. Intresting stuff.

"The problem was rather that, after putting a huge amount of thought into how this idea could be implemented, they opposed it because they thought it would be difficult to do in a way that would make the gameplay enjoyable"

Audioslave via officialnintendomagazine.co.uk »