It might be the best Metroid game ever made, but I can't look past the jaggies and hideous look of it. That and AM2R looked way better stylistically.
I've not played through Other M since it came out, so I'm struggling to rememberis the Ridley in that game THE Ridley, or a new, different one? I can't remember how it all shook out with him growing from that little rabbit thing.
Is it safe to play metroid other m before i start the prime triology? Dont want to spoil the story etc.
Is it safe to play metroid other m before i start the prime triology? Dont want to spoil the story etc.
Is it safe to play metroid other m before i start the prime triology? Dont want to spoil the story etc.
I am sure this game will rock but I am a bit hesitant as it is made by Mercury Steam.
While I loved Lord of Shadows 1, the 2.5D platformer they did (Mirror of Fate) was pretty terrible.
As to Other M...15$ on Amazon is tempting. I think I'm going to buy it. But really, I'm feeling I'll probably find myself on Frigate Orpheon tomorrow night. Probably just play the trilogy version as the Wii/GCN aren't hooked up but the Wii U is. So Other M might indeed come after Samus Returns...
But...so glad Samus Returns is coming. So glad. It is high time this happened.
It was a device to create a comeback moment for Samus. Minutes later you have her beating Ridley's ass harder than ever.
You have similar moments in other games a pieces of media with male characters: see shut-in Cloud in FFVII, to name one.
It might be the best [youtube video of any 3DS] game ever made, but I can't look past the jaggies and hideous look of it. That and [game using classic 16bit pixel art] looked way better stylistically.
There's something about Ridley having eaten Samus' mother that always unnerved me.
I didn't think it was terrible, just mediocre and that was mostly down to the drawn out combat system that didn't do the 2D gameplay any favours. Felt like a slog at times.What specifically was terrible about it?
It was a device to create a comeback moment for Samus. Minutes later you have her beating Ridley's ass harder than ever.
You have similar moments in other games a pieces of media with male characters: see shut-in Cloud in FFVII, to name one.
I actually hope we don't fight Ridley in Samus Returns. I'm a bit tired of him popping up in every game.
Storywisw it's safe... but why on earth would you do this?Is it safe to play metroid other m before i start the prime triology? Dont want to spoil the story etc.
Sure, but that's still terrible writing. We've seen them battle ten times at this point, what is to be gained by bringing adding PTSD to Samus' character at that point in the series?
And didn't the manga itself have Samus get over her PTSD? So why shoehorn it in that late? There really is no point to it.
I didn't think it was terrible, just mediocre and that was mostly down to the drawn out combat system that didn't do the 2D gameplay any favours. Felt like a slog at times.
Sure, but that's still terrible writing. We've seen them battle ten times at this point, what is to be gained by bringing adding PTSD to Samus' character at that point in the series?
And didn't the manga itself have Samus get over her PTSD? So why shoehorn it in that late? There really is no point to it. And it's hardly the most egregious thing about the game. You can harp on "technical limitations" if you so choose, Samus to most fans and even other developers(Retro) has been established already.
I get that the defense force exists because they find it humanizes Samus. But to me it honestly takes away a lot from what made us love her in the first place. She isn't a dramatic, talkative, father figure obsessed, clumsy, eager child struggling to grow up in an unfair world. She's a stoic, heroic, athletic, fearless, powerful action movie heroine type. She is a simple character, a great one, and she never needed to be anything more.
Metroid games are actually pretty standalone game wise it might only spoil you a bit on Fusion cuz of Adam.
It spoils nothing about Prime games at all tho.
Don't expect a great game tho go in with low expectations but yeah starting with Other M is smart after that you can enjoy the true masterpieces in the franchise
Ten times? Samus has faught Ridley in Metroid/Zero Mission, Super Metroid, Other M and Fusion (Parasite X clone). The Prine games aren't canon and aren't mentioned in Fusion, Other M or even hints that Samus is going to Tallon at the end of Zero Mission
It'll be a cold day in hell when I consider Other M "canon" and discard the entire Prime series.
And as far as I know, they were considered canon UNTIL Other M came out and contradicted so much of the Prime stuff (and also so much of the non-Prime stuff). Really, the Prime games work perfect without Other M in the timeline, while Other M doesn't work at all with the established canon whatsoever.
So, including the Prime games, yeah, Samus has battled Ridley upwards of 10 times.
1. Metroid/Zero Mission
2. Super Metroid opening
3. Super Metroid near the end
4. Metroid Prime
5. Metroid Fusion
6. Metroid Prime 3 opening
7. Metroid Prime 3 near the end
8. Metroid Other M
And if you include Other M, you have to include the Japanese manga that so much of Other M was based on.
9. Metroid Manga
So that's nearly 10 times she's faced him down. Link hasn't even fought Ganon that many times.
Ten times? Samus has faught Ridley in Metroid/Zero Mission, Super Metroid, Other M and Fusion (Parasite X clone). The Prine games aren't canon and aren't mentioned in Fusion, Other M or even hints that Samusnis going to Tallon at the end of Zero Mission
The manga was only published in Japan, so its events have never been disclosed in an international game (except for those Zero Mission completion pictures). The timing and execution in the game was awkward though.
Sorry dude, Prime series contradicted much of the mainline Metroid games and opened a can of worms regarding the supposed High Command, The ings and Luminos, Ridley, the galactic federation and their aurora units
The Prine games aren't canon and aren't mentioned in Fusion, Other M or even hints that Samusnis going to Tallon at the end of Zero Mission
It might be the best Metroid game ever made, but I can't look past the jaggies and hideous look of it. That and AM2R looked way better stylistically.
The Prime games are very much canon, can we stop perpetuating this misinformation? They're set between Metroid and Metroid II.
Whether by way of story or mechanics, is this leading into Metroid Prime 4 in any way?
Sakamoto: No, there is no connection. The Metroid Prime series and the 2D Metroid theyre both obviously Metroid, but theyre not connected in that way. We hope that you will support Metroid Prime 4, as well, of course.
The Prime games are their own thing. Sakamoto even talked about it last E3.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/06/18/samus-returns-39-developers-on-bringing-back-2d-metroid-and-why-mercurysteam-is-developing.aspx
The Prime games are their own thing. Sakamoto even talked about it last E3.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/06/18/samus-returns-39-developers-on-bringing-back-2d-metroid-and-why-mercurysteam-is-developing.aspx
That doesn't mean that they're not canon, it just means that they tell their own story (Phazon) and don't have much influence on the events of the other Metroid games
Sakamoto HATES the Prime games with Passion, He will not pass an opportunity to trash them.
Sakamoto HATES the Prime games with Passion, He will not pass an opportunity to trash them.
Sakamoto HATES the Prime games with Passion, He will not pass an opportunity to trash them.
He has no right to trash them after the turd he birthed in Other M. Honestly the Prime games are the main reason Metroid is my favourite franchise. The 2D stuff is neat too though and I am very excited for Samus Returns.
And honestly I don't care is the Prime games are canon or not. The Prime universe is a very different feel and tone in general and it is held back when it has to be snuck in between Metroid I and II.
He has no right to trash them after the turd he birthed in Other M. Honestly the Prime games are the main reason Metroid is my favourite franchise. The 2D stuff is neat too though and I am very excited for Samus Returns.
I don't really believe that, considering he borrowed quite a lot of design elements from the Prime games when he made ZM and now again with Samus Returns.
No, it's because Metroid is internally considered to be two different series. Sakamoto works on the 2D Metroids and Tanabe leads the Prime series. Neither of them work with each other all that much, it seems.
Sakamoto's games have always been seen as the "mainline" series while the Prime series is considered a "side story".
So that's nearly 10 times she's faced him down. Link hasn't even fought Ganon that many times.
Sakamoto HATES the Prime games with Passion, He will not pass an opportunity to trash them.
Is the 3D trailer just straight up not on the EU e-shop? I've searched everywhere and I can't find it anywhere
It is pretty obvious, there are a few interviews where he says the Prime series is not cannon, they're a kind of a spin off, a "what if" if you like.
Pourquoi avoir choisi de commencer ce jeu par une cinématique reprenant la fin de Super Metroid ? Cela veut-il dire que les Metroid Prime nétaient quune parenthèse dans la chronologie de la saga ?
Y. Sakamoto : Je nirai pas jusque-là. Il ne faut pas exclure les épisodes Prime de la chronologie.
Thanks i fancy playing some metroid before the 3DS remake hits and Other M looks easy to play first on my wiiu. Will save Prime for after
He never recovered from Retro Studios reviving his IP, from Other M we can see the Samus he has in his head is completely different from the Samus the Prime games present.
It is pretty obvious, there are a few interviews where he says the Prime series is not cannon, they're a kind of a spin off, a "what if" if you like.
Again, he never said that. He mentioned "side story" which does not mean "not canon". People just want unnecessary drama.
A member of Nintendo mentioned Retro, a studio that had great experience in this field. I didn't participate a lot in these games: I supervised that they maintained the essence of the franchise, but we gave them a lot of liberty with the plot. In fact, I have always seen the story of the Primes as alternative and not integrated in the story of the other Metroids, that's the reason they had total liberty when creating it. And Samus was different, tougher.
Anyway, the point of all this is that I think Sakamoto's gotten this stuff out of the way now. If he wants to flesh out the story of Samus and the Baby metroid in Samus Returns I don't think that's an issue if it's all he focuses on. I actually liked the way he integrated Samus' past into Zero Mission, and the dude knows how to subtly drop clues into games about samus' history. I'm really not that worried at all.
I dunno...gameplay wise, this is looking a lot like Other M in 2D...except the whole analog movement thing while stationary (which is ultimately like first person aiming in Other M, if you think about it).
I dunno...gameplay wise, this is looking a lot like Other M in 2D...except the whole analog movement thing while stationary (which is ultimately like first person aiming in Other M, if you think about it).