Topic: Metroid Other M

[GoldenPhoenix]

I know I am a bit late, but I finally got a chance to put in several more hours in the game and so far I am really enjoying the story. It is a fun story, fantastic, nah, but it is entertaining with some iffy dialogue. So far no problem with how they've portrayed Samus, the only part that bothered me a bit was the encounter with Ridley, besides that she is still a strong woman character with human flaws.

The gameplay is fantastic though, I LOVE the boss fights for the most part, and it is great to have so many.

Glad to hear that someone else is enjoying the story. Sure it's not the greatest, but it kept me playing to see what was going to happen next.

The dialogue... Ya, it's really the only thing that I was disappointed with. In particular, Samus's. I'm not one of those people who think Other M ruined her "previously established" character, but I pictured her as terse. That's not to say she shouldn't speak, but that when she does, she doesn't mince words. She has pretty much eradicated entire species, after all.

Samus's voice in this has grown on me, it is stoic sounding and works for the most part. Probably the worse part of the dialogue is when she explains something obvious based on an event, it is just bad writing when that occurs.

It would be like a character being almost hit by a car, followed by the dialogue "A car almost hit me, and I was very scared". Gee, really?

Besides that it is a solid gaming story with some cool moments here and there, along with some decent CGI along with some emotional scenes. such as when Adam sacrificed himself. Samus's response to that made the seen good, especially where she couldn't cry, she had work to do

[Kytim89]

I finally bought this game and love it, but I find myself getting stuck and not knowing where to go or what to do at times. As for the dialouge, I wish someone at Nintendo would have done something to enhance the quality of voice actors. This is worse than all animes and that says alot(although I would have liked Steven Blum to voice Ridley).

[broodwars]

This is worse than all animes and that says alot(although I would have liked Steven Blum to voice Ridley).

You would want to waste one of the most prevalent and probably expensive voice actors in the business to voice a guy that just screeches the entire game?  If you're going to do that, at least hire Frank Welker, who specializes in that type of performance.   :

As for the quality of the acting, on the rare occasion that you get to hear them actually act they were always fine to me (yes, even Samus...when she wasn't blathering on and on and on about that damn Baby Metroid).  Unfortunately, Nintendo deliberately gave the actors bad direction so there's a very clinical and monotone sound to it.  That's what they wanted, and that's what they got.

[Kytim89]

This is worse than all animes and that says alot(although I would have liked Steven Blum to voice Ridley).

You would want to waste one of the most prevalent and probably expensive voice actors in the business to voice a guy that just screeches the entire game?  If you're going to do that, at least hire Frank Welker, who specializes in that type of performance.   : :

As for the quality of the acting, on the rare occasion that you get to hear them actually act they were always fine to me (yes, even Samus...when she wasn't blathering on and on and on about that damn Baby Metroid).  Unfortunately, Nintendo deliberately gave the actors bad direction so there's a very clinical and monotone sound to it.  That's what they wanted, and that's what they got.

I believe the series has hinted that Ridley is an intelligent being, so if he is inteligent then he can speak, or communicate other than screeches. Those screeches are just for intimidation and yes, I would like for Steven Blum to voice him. Go watch the Dante's Inferno anime DVD. Blum voices Satan and his voice work is phenominal. I could easily imagine that voice applied to Ridley.

[KDR_11k]

Ridley probably speaks in screeches or uses telepathy, I don't think his tongue can do human noises. If you notice you never hear any of the space pirates speak a human language, most likely their species uses completely different sounds and frequencies.
EDIT: However let's not forget that we're talking about a setting written up by Yokoi and Sakamoto, not Isaac Asimov. If it's not explicitly explained they probably didn't think about it.

As for hunters, it'd be comfortable if the bottom edge of the system was 3-4 centimeters further down.

[Chozo Ghost]

Please mark spoilers accordingly.

[broodwars]

Nintendo has responded to the issue of the Locked Red Door bug: It occurs if you backtrack after acquiring the Ice Beam.  Send in your Wii or saved game on an SD card to their Japan branch, and they'll get you past the door.  Really, Nintendo?  Really?  That's really your  solution?  No, let's not just send out fixed copies of the game (or, heaven forbid, patch the game like you did Twilight Princess), but instead make the consumer send in saves or their entire Wiis.
 
*just shakes his head irritatedly*
 
Nintendo, you astound me sometimes with your stubborness and half-assedness.

[Mop it up]

Ah, so it is a confirm glitch, I thought it affected only those who play the game from a harddrive.

What's the story with Twilight Princess again? I haven't been able to find an answer on that. How could they fix this short of reprinting discs?

[MegaByte]

They did reprint discs for Twilight Princess.  If you had a problem, you could send yours in, and they'd send a replacement.

[Mop it up]

What was the glitch in Twilight Princess? And I also thought there was something different about the save file, and the older save file allowed some sort of hack or something.

[TJ Spyke]

What was the glitch in Twilight Princess? And I also thought there was something different about the save file, and the older save file allowed some sort of hack or something.

If you saved the game in the room with the big cannon, you wouldn't be able to warp the cannon out of the room and you wouldn't be able to leave the room either. So basically the save filed had to be deleted. Luckily it's not something most people would do.

[Chozo Ghost]

Nintendo has responded to the issue of the Locked Red Door bug: It occurs if you backtrack after acquiring the Ice Beam.

So that's the thing that causes it, huh? Most sites I read online said the thing that triggers the bug is if you go back and save after beating the last boss prior to the locked doors, but I KNEW that wasn't the cause because I never did that and it was still locked for me.

I'm not paying to send an SD card to Japan so that Nintendo can fix this for me. Its just bullshit that they won't release a patch or something online to fix this problem. It sucks that I have to restart the game now and lose the 9 hours I invested in it, but at least NOW I know exactly what triggers the bug so I will be able to avoid it from happening the next time around. I've been stuck at that locked door for about two weeks now and I haven't played the game at all because I was hoping Nintendo would release a patch or something, but sadly now it looks obvious that they're not going to do that. I also didn't want to restart the game because I didn't know what the trigger for the bug was, but now that I do I guess I will restart.

But you know what? This is absolutely ridiculous for this to happen in ANY Metroid game. The Metroid series is supposed to be all about encouraging exploration and backtracking to pick up the powerups and unlock all the secrets. I can forgive many of the flaws with Other M, but this one is unacceptable. As soon as I finish this game I'm going to sell it so I can wash my hands of it. I never thought I would say that about any Metroid game, but this one has crossed the line, IMHO.

[Kytim89]

I finally bought Other M the other day and I noticed this little white mogwy-esque creature that lookes more like pokemon in the game. I thought he was cute and cuddly until I noticed him eating off some creature that I killed and the way he was eating did not fit his cuddly exterior. I have a bad feling about this guy.

[Chozo Ghost]

I finally bought Other M the other day and I noticed this little white mogwy-esque creature that lookes more like pokemon in the game. I thought he was cute and cuddly until I noticed him eating off some creature that I killed and the way he was eating did not fit his cuddly exterior. I have a bad feling about this guy.

Could you please use spoilers? That didn't bother me because I already seen that but you have to be considerate for other gamers who are just starting. Would you want me to spoil the game for you by saying what is going to happen at a point you haven't got to yet? Please think about others before you post.

[Kytim89]

I finally bought Other M the other day and I noticed this little white mogwy-esque creature that lookes more like pokemon in the game. I thought he was cute and cuddly until I noticed him eating off some creature that I killed and the way he was eating did not fit his cuddly exterior. I have a bad feling about this guy.

Could you please use spoilers? That didn't bother me because I already seen that but you have to be considerate for other gamers who are just starting. Would you want me to spoil the game for you by saying what is going to happen at a point you haven't got to yet? Please think about others before you post.

I am very soory, but I do not know how to create spoiler alerts. 

[broodwars]

I finally bought Other M the other day and I noticed this little white mogwy-esque creature that lookes more like pokemon in the game. I thought he was cute and cuddly until I noticed him eating off some creature that I killed and the way he was eating did not fit his cuddly exterior. I have a bad feling about this guy.

Could you please use spoilers? That didn't bother me because I already seen that but you have to be considerate for other gamers who are just starting. Would you want me to spoil the game for you by saying what is going to happen at a point you haven't got to yet? Please think about others before you post.

I am very soory, but I do not know how to create spoiler alerts. 

[ spoiler ] Text [ /spoiler ]

Remove the spaces in the spoiler code and there you go.

[Chozo Ghost]

What that does is black out the text so you can't read it unless you highlight it. Its a pretty cool feature.

See what I mean?

[Kytim89]

I do not understand how to use it.

[Chozo Ghost]

I do not understand how to use it.

He just explained it to you.

[Kytim89]

Metroid

I get it now and thank you.

[Shorty McNostril]

Now go forth.............. and spoiler away

[Stratos]

Now go forth.............. and spoiler away

Isn't he not supposed to spoiler people?

They did reprint discs for Twilight Princess.  If you had a problem, you could send yours in, and they'd send a replacement.

But Twilight Princess glitches allowed for Wiis to get hacked. I wonder if that had something to do with the disc replacement.

[Chozo Ghost]

Now go forth.............. and spoiler away

Isn't he not supposed to spoiler people?

They did reprint discs for Twilight Princess.  If you had a problem, you could send yours in, and they'd send a replacement.

But Twilight Princess glitches allowed for Wiis to get hacked. I wonder if that had something to do with the disc replacement.

If that's the case then I hope someone can find a way to use the Other M glitch to hack Wiis. Because that would get Nintendo up off their ass and make them actually do something about it, instead of this half ass "send your SD to Japan and we'll fix it" crap.

[MegaByte]

The save file exploit was independent of the glitch.

And you don't have to send your SD card to Japan (unless you live in Japan).

[Kytim89]

How does this glitch occur so that I can avoid it?