Topic: Metroid Other M

[KDR_11k]

What kind of powerups will Other Mole imbue her with? Perhaps we'll finally get to use the CT visor, and hunt dangerous abdominal aortic aneurysms.

I was thinking "blue key card" and "email."

I'm more worried that it'll be Twitter.

[Peachylala]

The mole-ph ball puzzles will more than make up for any story deficiencies.

I'm starting to fear that the story will not just be deficient, but that it might actually degrade my ability to enjoy the game.

Look on the bright side, at least Samus won't have Itagaki boob physics.
 
...On the minus side, Samus won't have Itagaki boob physics.

[mantidor]

The mole-ph ball puzzles will more than make up for any story deficiencies.

I'm starting to fear that the story will not just be deficient, but that it might actually degrade my ability to enjoy the game. Like Baiten Kaitos' voice acting.

I'm feeling the same, still, they have to mess it up pretty hard to make a Metroid game unbearable.

[SixthAngel]

The mole-ph ball puzzles will more than make up for any story deficiencies.

I'm starting to fear that the story will not just be deficient, but that it might actually degrade my ability to enjoy the game.

Look on the bright side, at least Samus won't have Itagaki boob physics.
 
...On the minus side, Samus won't have Itagaki boob physics.

[Peachylala]

^win

[Nemo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykf_JB4kVS4

Here's a neat little video from Nintendo's Media Summit. It's an interview with someone whom I assume works at Nintendo of America. Highlights: won't be squad based (even though you'll run into those soldier guys from time to time), still will feature a strong sense of individualism and will still have plenty of alternative paths to search for.

[Caterkiller]

I saw this interview last week, I just don't get how people can be so down on the game. Like others have said it's like the fear of Prime all over again.

What is it that many of you want from this game or don't want? Story in the way it is presented obviously. Metroid has done true Metroid enough already, it's time for it to evolve. Either that or you guys get another Twilight Princess and your crying for the next 5 years.
 
I'm super excited about every thing i've seen so far. No, I don't think the acting is as great as it could be, but I hardly thinks its bad as well. But getting to know the Metroid universe is what I look forward to the most.

[Ian Sane]

What is it that many of you want from this game or don't want? Story in the way it is presented obviously. Metroid has done true Metroid enough already, it's time for it to evolve. Either that or you guys get another Twilight Princess and your crying for the next 5 years.

What I honestly want from Metroid is a game where there is one giant interconnected level, and I go around and find upgrades that give me special abilities that allow me to access more of the world.  That's Metroid.
 
With Zelda I want more or less the same thing as Metroid only with the presence of non-threatening areas like towns, melee-focused combat vs. shooting, and a fantasy setting instead of a space setting.  In fact both series are remarkably similar.  Zelda was overhead and Metroid side-scrolling and then that switched to third person vs. first person.
 
The details are what make a great game or merely a good one.  Twilight Princess' problem isn't that the mechanics fit the Zelda definition I gave in the above paragraph.  It SHOULD follow that.  The problem was that the details were too similar to the details in other Zelda games.  So for Metroid I want the core definition I gave above, and hopefully the details don't suck and also are not too similar to other Metroid games.
 
If they don't **** up that core definition of Metroid the worst we can expect is a good-not-great game.

[TJ Spyke]

Either that or you guys get another Twilight Princess and your crying for the next 5 years.

Considering that Twilight Princess was a GREAT game and one of the best Zelda games ever, what is the big deal? To me, the Metroid Prime games raised the bar for the Metroid series.

[Stogi]

I would honestly like hella-platforming.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I would honestly like hella-platforming.

Tough luck.  All you're getting are big flat empty hallways to endlessly perform the same mini-cutscene moves over and over.  The less you play, the more cinematickal, the more like Heavy Rain, the better the gamer press score.

[Caterkiller]

Either that or you guys get another Twilight Princess and your crying for the next 5 years.

Considering that Twilight Princess was a GREAT game and one of the best Zelda games ever, what is the big deal? To me, the Metroid Prime games raised the bar for the Metroid series.

Maybe I should have explained that better. I love TP, but I sure as heck don't want to see another Zelda like it. Nintendo played it too safe with that game. I mentioned that because the general word on the street is that TP was great, but too much of the same old. The way this new Metroid is heading it going to blend many new and old elements together to give us a 3rd oerson 3D Metroid that we've always wanted, wether we realize it or not.

[mantidor]

All I know is that as long as the cutscenes are skipabble I'll be happy...

Ok who am I kidding here, I'm going to watch them anyway, it's like a train wreck, it's horrible but you can't look away.

[NWR_insanolord]

If the gameplay is up to Metroid standards, I'm more than willing to sit through any cutscenes they put in the game.

[Peachylala]

I am not, I expect Jennifer Hale to voice my beloved not-or-maybe-should-be-Itagaki-boobed Samus, not whoever the flying frack is voicing her now.

Again, SHE MADE CINDERELLA BADASS. That isn't possible in real world conventions, yet Hale is the voice actress who did it.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Samus is overdressed and needs to smile more since she obviously lost 100 lbs.

[Caterkiller]

I can't wait to sit through these cut scenes, already they look 10 times better than what Prime 3 offered. And no I don't mean content, I mean the animation of it all. The ice guy flying around looked terrible, and the movement of everything had such clunky ugly animation. At least now it looks fantastic to see someone walking around. All of you are gonna eat this story up in the end, I know it.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Whatever.

[Stogi]

I can't wait to sit through these cut scenes, already they look 10 times better than what Prime 3 offered. And no I don't mean content, I mean the animation of it all. The ice guy flying around looked terrible, and the movement of everything had such clunky ugly animation. At least now it looks fantastic to see someone walking around. All of you are gonna eat this story up in the end, I know it.

Yeah but these are fake. Prime at least had the decency to do with Nintendo almost always does (save for Fire Emblem) and use the in-game engine for cut-scenes.

[Chozo Ghost]

My fear from this game is that this is a franchise Nintendo doesn't really seem to give much of a **** about, and they are having someone else develop it. So this means this game won't necessarily receive the typically stellar level of Nintendo quality that Mario or Zelda always gets.

That doesn't mean this game WILL be bad, ir just means that there is a danger it could be. Because without Nintendo's supervision all bets are off and it depends entirely on the abilities of this developer. We were lucky with the Prime series, because Retro proved to be a capable developer, but this time around, who knows?

[MegaByte]

Nintendo is co-developing this.  It has more than just Nintendo's supervision.

[Stogi]

Chozo, I think your post would be better suited for Star Fox.

[Kairon]

Team Ninja is the HUGE unknown here. Just WHAT will they do to Metroid? To Samus? To Jennifer Hale?

[Stratos]

My fear from this game is that this is a franchise Nintendo doesn't really seem to give much of a **** about, and they are having someone else develop it. So this means this game won't necessarily receive the typically stellar level of Nintendo quality that Mario or Zelda always gets.

That doesn't mean this game WILL be bad, ir just means that there is a danger it could be. Because without Nintendo's supervision all bets are off and it depends entirely on the abilities of this developer. We were lucky with the Prime series, because Retro proved to be a capable developer, but this time around, who knows?

Retro also got direct input from Miyamoto. I'm more concerned that Team Ninja holds an ego and doesn't really listen to the advise Nintendo gives. Retro was a new company, Team Ninja has been around for a while and so they may think they know things better.

[mantidor]

People talk like Sakamoto, the guy behind every non-Prime Metroid, wasn't involved. Everything from story focus to gameplay is his call. That's why I'm excited about the gameplay and terrified about the cutscenes.