xochipiltontli
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I really hope they end up redesigning Sylux if they end up going with it as the main antagonist of Metroid Prime 4. It has a pretty bad/generic design in my opinion.
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Metroid: Samus Returns' Ending Teases the Future of Metroid (MASSIVE SPOILERS)
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Hahaha XD
WeirdoStalkerJr
Member
Please be continuation of fusion story line
The idea of possibly facing federation enemies as well as the implications of the metroid DNA in Samus where some of the most interesting sequel hooks that franchise needed to deliver on. It really feels like nintendo went out of their way to not addressing them in any of the subsequent games
EmCeeGramr
Member
guys, are you forgetting that ridley, canonically, started his life as a tiny feathered bird. this is a thing that will always be true
200% canon
Vampirolol
Member
A bad Chozo is much better than the boring bad Federation, hope to see it in the next game!
Also, the moment I unlocked that image, with the distortion and the disturbing sound, was really creepy.
Also, the moment I unlocked that image, with the distortion and the disturbing sound, was really creepy.
Could be both. Samus is now a fugitive after the events of Fusion. She could find a planet to take refuge and be a hidden Chozo planet, only to find they're also bad too.
Free-falling! Not face-grinding!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
so he was an inferior chozo subspecies who evolved through rage
Yes, in standard Metroid tradition.
The images from the OP are unlocked by getting a 100% clear.
It feels less like a direct Prime reference and more like Sakamoto's version. It looks like Ridley attached pieces of his Ridley Robot to himself.
Especially due to the green lights at the joints and on the head and the pronged thing on his back.
It's neat cuz Meta Ridley was cool and all, but it's also dumb because Metroid 2 takes place like they day before Super. Samus drops the baby metroid off at Ceres station and then Ridley attacks the station right after she leaves.
Oh yeah, and apparently Ridley left behind his metal claw when he left SR388 cuz the hornoad that gets replicated by the X parasite nibbles on it before hopping to its demise.
Maybe Ridley is a Chozo?
Is anyone else impressed by how the Metroid lore has held up over the decades? Its actually fairly cohesive, and Nintendo have done a good job of revisiting, filling in and expanding the gaps, as well as effortlessly switching focus between the various aspects of the universe. I love the variety, you have the:
X Parasites
Metroids
Chozo
Space Pirates
Federation
Bounty Hunters
Ridley, Mother Brain and the gang.
Phazon
All getting out and about (Ridley particularly).
Since Super Metroid in 1994, Nintendo were never too hell bent on making the Metroids the focal point of the series, and yet their existence has subtly influenced everything going in the universe in the mean time. Now, after a 23 year break, I'm beginning to see how certain plot points, such as: the X parasite; Sylux; Samus' relationship with the final Metroid; and potentially the reintroduction of the Chozo, are coming together to bring the Metroids back into the fold and kickstart the next chapter in this series.
Exciting times, Metroid Prime 4 better be good.
X Parasites
Metroids
Chozo
Space Pirates
Federation
Bounty Hunters
Ridley, Mother Brain and the gang.
Phazon
All getting out and about (Ridley particularly).
Since Super Metroid in 1994, Nintendo were never too hell bent on making the Metroids the focal point of the series, and yet their existence has subtly influenced everything going in the universe in the mean time. Now, after a 23 year break, I'm beginning to see how certain plot points, such as: the X parasite; Sylux; Samus' relationship with the final Metroid; and potentially the reintroduction of the Chozo, are coming together to bring the Metroids back into the fold and kickstart the next chapter in this series.
Exciting times, Metroid Prime 4 better be good.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Now that I think about it, it's only the first game where the Metroid aspect wasn't really important.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Glad you guys are enjoying the new Metroid lore! It's been very hard to keep it secret for the last few weeks. I'm a huge Metroid fan and this discussion thread is exactly what I needed to see (these are my videos in the OP :]).
Anyways, keep speculating!
Anyways, keep speculating!
Well, I'd argue:
Metroid
Metroid II
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
are games with Metroids as a focal point, and:
Metroid: Fusion
Metroid Prime 1–3
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Are the games where the series explored other plot points.
sadly that is not saying much
VectorVictor
Member
Oh sweet TFing Jesus on a pogo stick, I just realized I completely missed Metroid Prime 3.
I suppose it's not THAT hard to do since I skipped the Wii entirely...maybe we'll get a Metroid Prime Trilogy remake for the Switch so folks that hate the WiiMote controls will finally be able to play?
I suppose it's not THAT hard to do since I skipped the Wii entirely...maybe we'll get a Metroid Prime Trilogy remake for the Switch so folks that hate the WiiMote controls will finally be able to play?
But the Wiimote controls are the best parts of that game?
Jonneh3003
Banned
And elements of world design are completely designed around motion. It would need a bit of an overhaul, probably best just to keep motion in.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh yeah I forgot the Prime games. In Fusion it was more of a plot twist and was critical in Samus' life.
But I don't think in the original Metroid they were that important though? Like they were just generic big enemies.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Perhaps of Samus Returns sells well enough, we can get a Metroid V. Samus Returns puts almost as much effort into it as a new Metroid title would've taken.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Unfortunately so. It's passed the quality test but people still need to buy it.
LegendofLex
Member
The plot of Metroid is literally
1) kill the Metroids
2) destroy Mother Brain
So I'd say they're important.
Eh, Fusion should be with the main narrative games. Fusion deals with the eradication of the metroids leading to a resurgence in X and Samus fusing with metroid DNA to become the true metroid and do what the the Chozo made the metroids to do. Plus there is a secret metroid lab and the final boss is an omega metroid.
Fushion is a mainline game that (so far) ends the metroid/X parasite plot that the original game started.
Jonneh3003
Banned
The Completionist has and his video should be going up soon. He was losing his head trying to clear it in under 4 hours on every setting lol.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I thought you were only after space pirates in Metroid, with the metroids just coming in midway.
User 73706
Banned
What if only the good Chozo could ascend to a higher plane of existence? We've seen Chozo Ghosts which are "malevolent", so maybe if you've still got demons / aren't at peace / etc. you can't totally go away. It would also be kind of a fun twist that the first live Chozo we see in any of the games isn't one of the benevolent ones.
Metroids don't show up until the very end.
The whole plot of the game is that Space Pirates captured a metroid from a research ship that visited SR388 and the Federation sends Samus to stop them from cloning it and using it as a bioweapon.
WeirdoStalkerJr
Member
I hope and have good faith that whatever third party developer is making Prime 4 is a huge Metroid fan and makes the story with the help of Nintendo magic.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I guess I misremember then.
That's not an either or choice though. They're done by two totally different production teams.
If Samus Returns does well you probably will get Metroid 5 with evil Chozo.
Neff
Member
Coulda done without it tbh.
The Queen Metroid battle was hype as fuck and I was ready for the game to end. Wheeling out Ridley for the 17th time didn't push the fangasm buttons the way I imagine MS/Nintendo intended, particularly when I wouldn't even put it in the top five Ridley battles. Nothing terribly offensive, it's servicable and entertaining, just slightly tainted with the flavour of anticlimax, cliché and overstayed welcome.
Now that's a good Ridley battle.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Honestly Ridley is so boring, especially when people kept shouting his name.
NintendosBooger
Member
Sakamoto is a genius. A mad fucking genius.
TheDinoman
Member
I'm just happy Ridley actually looks like Ridley again. I mean, seriously, how do we go from this...
To THIS?
This shit doesn't even fucking qualify as Ridley. It has nothing in common with his design other than being a big purple dragon.
It's so weird considering how when Other M brought back a lot of the old enemies from the other games, it just kinda lazily ported their designs from 2D to 3D. Zoomers still look like Zoomers, Sidehoppers still look like Sidehoppers, Skulteras still look like Skulteras, etc. Why couldn't they've just done the same for Ridley?
To THIS?
This shit doesn't even fucking qualify as Ridley. It has nothing in common with his design other than being a big purple dragon.
It's so weird considering how when Other M brought back a lot of the old enemies from the other games, it just kinda lazily ported their designs from 2D to 3D. Zoomers still look like Zoomers, Sidehoppers still look like Sidehoppers, Skulteras still look like Skulteras, etc. Why couldn't they've just done the same for Ridley?
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