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[lord_of_flood]

Both MercurySteam and Sakamoto being involved is not my favorite idea (I didn't like any of MercurySteam's Castlevania titles, and Sakamoto is, well, Sakamoto) but I'll keep an open mind. It looks fine so far though, but we'll see.

 

[Ridley327]

The Music sounds damn great.

I wonder if it's Yamamoto. It sounds very Prime-like, and he's a series vet as it is.

EDIT: Oh shit, it's both of the Super/Fusion composers! SOTY frontrunner in the making!!!

 

[Cpt Lmao]

Can one person in this thread go beyond copy and paste opinions and actually explain what's wrong with Mercury Steam in this context?

The game looks good. Clearly your 'oh no Mercury Steam' complaints are being voided.

 

[Realeza]

The game comes out September 15th by the way.

 

[Niraj]

Looks good to me

 

[Persona7]

Umm team ninja

Team Ninja handled part of it, yes. Nintendo had a heavy hand in developing most aspects.

... who also directed and wrote Other M.

Uhhh...that is my entire point.

 

[Cirerus]

This is really Another Metroid 2 Remake? LOL

 

[Ricerocket]

Always wanted another 2D Metroid, but not like this.

 

[Wishmaster92]

We wait ages for a "true" Metroid game and two get announced on the same day. Incredible

"Nintendo, baby....what is u doing..."

 

[Z3M0G]

Seriously... a remake of Metroid II is basically a new Metroid... it will be so far evolved the original that it will be pretty much a completely different game end to end. This is not like the Metroid I remake, which is more 1-1. The GB game was held back so much by the hardware, there is no point in remapping that 1-1 for a modern platform. MII was also VERY linear due to this, and this is likely to be far more open. Just watching this stream, that is completely apparent.

More people would still go back and discover the original NES game. How many people over the last decade have gone back to experience the GameBoy title for the first time...?

This is my game of E3, hands down. First time I feel actual hype for a game this year.

Spoiler

No go play Federation Force... seriously! Great game!

 

[Jazzem]

So happy we're getting another Metroid in this style, though the QTEs/dev history/low res 3DS visuals are admittedly a bit of a buzzkill. Also I hope to god it's 60fps

 

[Jigorath]

Trailer for the OP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOx-FpEAQk

This looks so ugly.

Should have just done sprites.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

I sold my launch 3DS a few weeks ago

 

[Derkon]

Looks good for a 3DS game, will pick this up for sure.

 

[Lom1lo]

They aren't going to immediately abandon a large install base for a small new one right off the bat. What don't you understand about that?

What ? Releasing the game on 3ds and switch is abadoning a large userbase? sure lol

 

[Meier]

The live demo has looked very good. Seems to play well.

Also, this is interesting (from 2015): http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...king_on_a_metroid_prototype_for_wii_u_and_3ds

 

[Jacobs]

Don't like samus's suit design.

 

[Chaos17]

Watching the TreeHouse and the additions features are pretty cool.

 

[linkboy]

Why are people saying it's ugly?

Probably because it's not sprite based, and also being compared to this

 

[brinstar]

Not a fan of the art style but the gameplay looks great. I love the melee strike and countering stuff. Can't wait

 

[DeuceGamer]

This actually looks very good despite being from Mercury Steam...

Nintendo's Supervisors usually get the best out of their partner studios. One reason why this doesn't really concern me.

 

[jwillenn]

Normally I'd say "wish this was on Switch instead", but I'm so happy this exists that I can't wait to whip out the 3DS again to play it. I'm watching Treehouse now and it looks spectacular!

 

[Benedict]

Her legs look like they are too long.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

I'd love for them to prove me wrong but Mercury Steam?

 

[slit]

Well have a look what they did to Castlevania.

Hype dead.

Well that was Konami supervising. Half the time they don't care what shit they put out there.

 

[Frost Walrus]

Morph Ball physics look kind of sluggish, but I'm on-board regardless.

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

In case anybody missed the release date, the text under the trailer on YouTube (and the trailer itself, now that I look at it again) specifies it as the 15th of September. Yes, 2017. Yes, it's very soon.

 

[antibolo]

This looks ugly though.

Just like Mirror of Fate, basically.

 

[RionaaM]

Today is a good day for Metroid fans. I don't consider myself a huge fan, but I love the Prime games and enjoyed Zero Mission a lot, so I'm very happy to see this. Sadly it seems there won't be a Switch version, but I'm interested anyway.

 

[Makonero]

i think it looks good

I agree. Maybe a bit too many cutscenes so far but classic Metroid gameplay this far with modern touches.

 

[Error]

Honestly, I liked what I saw.

 

[PizzaFace]

Why are people saying it's ugly?

...Because it is?

By anyones standards the 3DS is severely underpowered in 2017, it's a simple limitaiton of old hardware.

A 2D Metroid on Switch could have been beautiful, this (graphically), looks awful

 

[Feichaw]

Looks good to me.

 

[Guevara]

Looks sort of Other M-y

 

[hitgirl]

Metroid 2 my favorite one.

 

[Clefargle]

Looks fine to me. I'm in remake or not let's go!

 

[DNAbro]

Gameplay looks pretty damn good imo

 

[Klappdrachen]

This is the one they should be developing internally.

 

[ScientificPizza]

Like you guys are still watching this right? Mercury Steam or not this still looks like it plays really well

 

[sleepnaught]

No Switch, what the f....

 

[mazillion]

Not feeling the 3D here, why not 2D sprites? Is the 3D cheaper or something?

Yeah, I think 2D games are much more expensive than 3D games. It's something I hear a lot

 

[JABEE]

looks pretty nice.

 

[Gino]

I didn't like the Castlevania MS games but this is Nintendo not Konami. This is Metroid, not Castlevania, and this is a 2d Remake of an already great game.

 

[Moff]

I love how the 2 girls play and talk about the game and hardly interact with the developers at all

 

[border]

It's funny how AM2R looks like a professionally done game, and Samus Returns looks like somebody's janky fan project that they did for college credit.

 

[Tambini]

Not the magical return to 2d I had hoped for Metroid but I'll take it.

 

[Aesnath]

Well, I'll probably buy it no matter what, but I have to say the trailer was a bit underwhelming. They seem really keen on Samus having a melee attack.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Well, shit. They finally announce the Metroid I want but it's only on 3DS and not Switch.

Fucking hell.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Why are people saying it's ugly?

Because it looks bad. Why not go with sprites?

 

[Barry Burton]

No Switch is lame, but I'm still totally getting this.