The gang talks Metroid on this super-sized episode of the Newscast.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newscast/27546
This week, Andy returns from a slight case of the bubonic plague and joins Mike, Scott and Zach to talk about... well, a whole mess of things. First up, there's actually a little news! Nintendo has added four new games to their "Nintendo Selects" line, while Sony, too, is playing the price drop game, bringing the black obelisk down to a manageable $250. No word on when this price will be too much for consumers and Sony will initiate a rewards program for early adopters. Anyway, if you've been in a coma since 2005, this is news you can use!
After the news, the guys discuss what they've been playing, with such topics as: Let's Golf 3D, Mario's Picross, Final Fantasy Three Six, Tetris DS, Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension, Doctor Who and Star Trek. Check out Doctor Octoroc's awesome 16-bit Doctor Who intro here.
Finally, it's time for Metroid. Each game in the series gets a little time as the group talks about first discovering the series and which game is their favorite. Would you believe that Zach feels that Metroid Pinball is the definitive Metroid game?*
Enjoy this extra-long episode (for his and her pleasure) and be sure to email us at newscast@nintendoworldreport.com with your fondest Metroid memories or thoughts about Doctor Who.
*Not true
With that said, I'm definitely not going to go so far, as some others have, as to say that Yoshio Sakamoto should never be involved in Metroid again. He made some blunders in his latest product, sure. However, he factors into the reasons that you are interested in the series in the first place.
Was Ridley actually killed on all of those occasions? Yeah, in Zero Mission, you mess him up badly, but the whole Meta Ridley idea is that he was repaired and implanted with cybernetics. In Prime, after the battle, he falls off a cliff, and no death is witnessed. Same with the first fight in Prime 3, where he falls down the shaft, but does not appear to die. The Omega Ridley fight... well, there is an explosion, but unlike all other bosses, which you see explode, the camera intentionally pans away, and Samus is blinded by the light. Finally, in Super Metroid, I think that is meant to be the game in which he really was killed. He blows up into many, many pieces.
As far as Samus's behaviour in Other M, I just likened it to any number of movie or TV shows which further explain why a character is a certain way--what they believe, how they act, etc. I'm not saying Other M is perfect, but I have always had a hard time understanding why people rag on it so much.
I'm actually kind of disappointed that Deep Space Nine wasn't included on the Star Trek offerings; I remember it being my favorite of the series, but maybe it wouldn't hold up, either.
Enner, no rights issues. They just didn't want to put all 700+ episodes in the Trek universe up at the same time.
How can you even do a clip show for a show like Star Trek? It works for comedies since some of the jokes can still work in bite-sized pieces, but I didn't think it'd work for a story-driven show...
I'm loving the Metroid discussion here, as well as the differing opinions surrounding Other M. I want to know though, what do you guys want from a new Metroid? What style and for which console? Or should there be a Metroid-break?
I want to know though, what do you guys want from a new Metroid? What style and for which console? Or should there be a Metroid-break?I don't know if it should happen, but I do think it will be a while before we see another Metroid game. If I remember rightly, Metroid Other M is one of the most expensive games Nintendo have ever published, and I don't think it sold well enough for them to consider it worth the investment. So the next Metroid is going to be much lighter on story simply because it won't have the budget for CG scenes.
I'm loving the Metroid discussion here, as well as the differing opinions surrounding Other M. I want to know though, what do you guys want from a new Metroid? What style and for which console? Or should there be a Metroid-break?
I'm loving the Metroid discussion here, as well as the differing opinions surrounding Other M. I want to know though, what do you guys want from a new Metroid? What style and for which console? Or should there be a Metroid-break?
Super Paper Metroid...make it happen, Nintendo!!! :D
Please no.
I recently found Metroid Prime Pinball at a used books and games store, but I haven't really played it at length. I guess that I need to give it another go.Good man! ;D Please let me know what you think: I don't know too many others who I can discuss it with.