Overseas game magazine "The 64Dream" recently spoke to Nintendo of Japan's PR chief Yoshio Hongo-san about many interesting topics including Nintendo's upcoming Game Boy Advance, and a possible Metroid for the Dolphin.

Rather than offering a conclusive answer, Hongo-son offered more speculation. He said Yoshio Sakamoto, who worked on Card Hero for GB, was in charge of Metroid. The internal development group that Sakamoto is registered in now makes a Game Boy Advance version of Metroid much more likely, according to Hongo-san. Also, the Nintendo PR head brought up the fact that the Metroid series has traditionally been 2D (side-scrollers), which lends itself to the architecture of Nintendo's next-generation handheld.

Game Boy Advance Unlike the PlayStation 2's backwards compatibility, the Game Boy Advance will be able to play all original Game Boy games confirmed Hongo-san. He used Tetris, a game released 11 years ago as an example.

Hongo-san went on to say that the Game Boy Advance was "breathtakingly beautiful." He had a chance to see a demo of the Nintendo 64's Rogue Squadron on the Game Boy Advance LCD screen. (note: The game was played using the screen of the Gameboy Advance, but not the actuall system, although it would be nice if it could play N64 games)