9 Scrapped Bosses Used In Other Video Games
5. Metroid Prime's 3D Kraid - Metroid Dread
Now to be clear, Metroid's monstrous villain Kraid certainly made appearances in the franchise prior to Metroid Dread, but each of those appearances was in 2D games.
Kraid appeared in 2D in the original Metroid, its remake Metroid: Zero Mission, and also Super Metroid, but it wasn't until last year's Metroid Dread that the iconic character finally got the full-fat 3D makeover fans had long been requesting.
Yet this was ultimately the culmination of almost 20 years of planning, as Kraid was indeed supposed to appear in 2002's Metroid Prime, enough that the boss had actually been fully designed and modelled.
But due to Prime's famously rushed development, there wasn't time to implement Kraid and so his planned boss fight was sadly thrown out.
Fans then had to make do with the character's sporadic 3D appearances in the Super Smash Bros. games until Metroid Dread finally delivered on the promise of that Prime battle.