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Metroid Prime: Federation Force - Story Trailer
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Zomba13
Member
Hey, it's much more complex than that! First the Galaxy is not at peace, THEN there is war.
It will be a very full spin off metroid game, we'll have our mainline metroid game on the future for sure
We have to support this to show that we like the metroid universe.
Basically what Nintendo does will their main franchises.
Mario
safe 2D Mario Bros
Experimental 3D Mario
MP Mario spinoffs
Zelda
safe 2D Zelda
Experimental 3D Zelda
MP Zelda spinoffs
Metroid
safe 2D Metroid
Experimental 3D Metroid
MP Metroid spinoffs
bobbychalkers
Member
At this point I'm waiting for it to come out to see how hard it is for solo players.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
It will be a very full spin off metroid game, we'll have our mainline metroid game on the future for sure
We have to support this to show that we like the metroid universe.
Can't believe I'm not picking up a Metroid game day 1 or ever...
Will wait to see what impressions are here.
Not hopeful.
Play the demo. Solo training mode has a bit of campaign walkthrough moments.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I don't think supporting what looks like a meh game that I don't want is a reasonable way to get a good game in the style I do want.
RubberJohnny
Banned
"Story trailer"
Not a single line of dialogue, just flashing images
Not a single line of dialogue, just flashing images
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
we'll have our mainline metroid game on the future for sure
Um, sure. That's incredibly optimistic.
What if i don't want to play it?
Jon Carter
Member
Can't wait for the "accolades" trailer.
Wait, this drops in August? Thought it was a September launch. Usually I'd feel more surprised by a game coming out sooner than expected, but... Look at it. Nintendo's not even putting in the energy to push this; it's just a sunk cost.
Where's she at, though?
Just like me calling "Alolan Forms" "Delta Types," I will refuse to acknowledge that Prime and the 2D Metroids are different timelines and will keep on saying it until it's canon.
Where's she at, though?
Just like me calling "Alolan Forms" "Delta Types," I will refuse to acknowledge that Prime and the 2D Metroids are different timelines and will keep on saying it until it's canon.
Even if they did take place in the same timeline then it would still be before Super Metroid. The Prime games were meant to be set in between the first and second games.
Prime anything is only connected to Prime only. It's like how Kojima games are not connected to stuff like Portable Ops or Revengance.
Prime is a spinoff of Metroid
Official Mainline Goes
Metroid 1: Zero Mission
Metroid 2
Super Metroid 3
Metroid 4: Fusion
Metroid 5: The Other M
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
"It's not awful."
nckillthegrimace
Member
"...fun..."
CertifiedFP
Member
Your timeline is a bit messy.
Zero Mission
Prime Trilogy
Metroid 2
Super Metroid
Metroid Fusion
That's a lot cleaner isn't it?
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
Since when?
I know that is what has been said, but lets be frank here, Sakamoto and Other M can bugger off, and the Prime games are iconic and the first two could be easily considered the best title in the series.
Plus the prime series fitting in makes more sense than Other M in its entirety.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Since Sakamoto decided to annex the prime series from canon entirely in some interview somewhere, to try and account for some of the plot holes he added with other M.
To that I say, he can shove it. If anything has to be removed from canon, it's far easier to remove other M (and less self destructive to the series) than the 4 Metroid Prime games (1/2/3/hunters)
Diablohead
Member
All the enemies must be huge when you think that the player is a little man inside a mech.
TheDinoman
Member
It's not that the Prime games aren't canon, they're just considered a "side story" to the main series, that's all. It's how Nintendo has always viewed the series in a way. You can see this in Smash Bros., where Samus's powersuit is always based on the latest "mainline" Metroid game at the time (Super Metroid in 64/Melee, Zero Mission in Brawl, and Other M in Smash 4).
It's like with Jurassic World. It doesn't really make mention of either The Lost World or Jurassic Park 3 besides a few sight gags, but it doesn't decanonise them either. It's just that they aren't really important to the plot of the film in the same way the first Jurassic Park is.
It's like with Jurassic World. It doesn't really make mention of either The Lost World or Jurassic Park 3 besides a few sight gags, but it doesn't decanonise them either. It's just that they aren't really important to the plot of the film in the same way the first Jurassic Park is.
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
He called it a side story once, is that what people are talking about?
AtomicShroom
Member
Fisher Price®'s My First Metroid™.
Nice, clean, simple, and perfect.
Though, for those critical of the lack of "story"... isn't that a GOOD thing?
Sum up Metroid 1: Samus must stop Mother Brain and the Space Pirates.
Sum up Metroid 2: Samus blows up all Metroids...
Sum up Super Metroid: ... but one, and that one got captured. Go get it back.
Sum up Metroid Prime: Samus stuck on planet. Finds aliens. Kills them.
Sum up Metroid Prime 2: Samus goes to rescue soldiers. They dead. Samus decides to rescue planet that killed them.
Sum up Metroid Prime: Hunters: Hunters try and find macguffin. Samus beats them to it.
Sum up Metroid Prime 3: Phazon going to nuke galaxy. Samus fights back.
Sum up Metroid Fusion: Samus and computer find out the Federation sucks. Kills their plans.
Sum up Metroid: Other M: It's Metroid Fusion, but worse.
Metroid has never had a "deep" plot. They're pretty backseat to the gameplay and action (Other M notwithstanding).
Jawbreaker
Member
That doesn't look very good. Nothing about that trailer made me care about the game.
Biogamer Girl about to see some hard cash winging their way, lol.
Since Sakamoto said so. After Prime 1, the series became its own thing and became at odds with the main series in terms of setting, enemies and so on.
But people took it as a stab towards the Prime series, when actually lots of series do that, even beyond gaming (super hero comics).
Other M is set between Super Metroid and Fusion.
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
I hope this game bombs. I hope it gets terrible scores. And I hope it loses money.
Yes, I mean all of that.
No, I won't feel bad about projects failing, particularly ones that I think are terrible in the name of Metroid. Give me a break.
Yes, I mean all of that.
No, I won't feel bad about projects failing, particularly ones that I think are terrible in the name of Metroid. Give me a break.
Completely agree. Next Level and Nintendo will both survive just fine, and they may just learn something from this.
There's no sense in hoping poor products succeed.
What if the game gets GREAT scores? What if it then sells well.? What if it's successful AND players enjoy it?
WHAT THEN?!
(I'm giving it a fair shot. I mean, geez, dude. I bought Metroid Prime Pinball. Spin-offs are cool.)
What's the point of having everything connect? If it did, the 4 Primes and mp game would be a laundry list of lore on top of an overall story arch. Would just contradict.
Other M begins at the end of Super Metroid, unless it had flashbacks that I forgot about.
SpiceMelange
Member
Spinoffs are fine when the main line series actually get titles. I don't think anyone is pissed at Pokemon Picross for example.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I really enjoyed the training stuff in the Blast Ball demo so I'm hyped to play this one, though I'll likely be waiting for the holidays to include in a Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale.
there's a French interview where Yoshio Sakamoto says this:
lit: "Interviewer: Why does the game begin with a flashback to Super Metroid? Does that mean the Metroid Prime games are simply an aside in the series timeline? - Sakamoto: I wouldn't go that far. The Prime games shouldn't be excluded from the timeline."
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Ahahaha, goddamn, that dislike bar.
R
Rodin
Unconfirmed Member
I tried the demo, the artstyle is not very "Metroid" but it looks good for a 3DS title. Of course it's going to look like butt on a big youtube window, it's still a 240p game, but it's not bad on the console screen compared to other 3DS titles.
Other M contradicts the entire Prime series AND its own Sakamoto-developed games. There are so many contradictions that Other M introduces, even if you take out the Prime games.
But the "overall story arc" is sort of nonsense. Even Sakamoto admitted that and outright admitted that he never gave Samus's personality or the story such serious consideration before Other M came along (I'll try and find the exact quote). That shows, since so much of her past, history, and personality are incongruent with prior games.