Sorry if this has been posted already, I didn't see anything about it on =22.
So, after their release of the Wii Vitality Sensor (I kid you not), Nintendo has earned a spark of redemption.
All though, that's like saying a steaming pile of crap just got one less fly on it. At the end of the day, it's still a pile of crap.
But before you hit that little red arrow, my Nintendo hate is not the point. It's a rant for another thread. The point is that little spark of redemption I talked about a second ago.
A spark called: Metroid.
Out of the semi-awesomeness that is the recreated E3 comes the announcement of "Metroid: Other M".
Yup, another Metroid game. The inner fanboy is screaming WOOT!, while another part of me is concerned. You see, the people behind this aren't Retro Studios, the people that handles the Prime series. The people behind Other M are Team Ninja, the people behind Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. The part of me that is concerned is that way because I've never played the Ninja Gaiden games. While I've heard they are excellent, and among some of the most challenging games out there (at least the early ones), I'm afraid how this variable will affect the game. Hopefully it will be for the better, but whenever another company takes over one of my favorite franchises, I tend to get a bit worried. I'm sure they'll do an excellent job, however, and I'm just being paranoid.
The link above has the announcement trailer. The cutscene looks amazing, as does the gameplay (while some of the video is a bit untextured and less detailed, that's to be expected of something in early development). What's different, though, is that it seems to be 3D and 3rd person, something that I can't think of being in a Metroid game to date (correct me if I'm wrong on that one.)
It'll be interesting to see how this turns out.
Edited, Jun 3rd 2009 5:50pm by IDrownFish
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The part of me that is concerned is that way because I've never played the Ninja Gaiden games. While I've heard they are excellent, and among some of the most challenging games out there (at least the early ones), I'm afraid how this variable will affect the game.
They're the best controlled action games in existence. Basically, it's a 3d fighting game with total freedom of movement, many, many status designations, and almost unlimited creativity in terms of creating combos. The only reason I would be wary at all is because Tomonobu Itagaki isn't with them anymore. If it's possible at all to make metroid 3d, then they can do it.
Also, MP trilogy on wii soon I think.
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The part of me that is concerned is that way because I've never played the Ninja Gaiden games. While I've heard they are excellent, and among some of the most challenging games out there (at least the early ones), I'm afraid how this variable will affect the game.
They're the best controlled action games in existence. Basically, it's a 3d fighting game with total freedom of movement, many, many status designations, and almost unlimited creativity in terms of creating combos. The only reason I would be wary at all is because Tomonobu Itagaki isn't with them anymore. If it's possible at all to make metroid 3d, then they can do it.
Then this could indeed be epic.
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Also, MP trilogy on wii soon I think.
Yup.
Third person view Samus doing Speed Boot wall runs while dodging Omega Metroid ninjas? Awesome.
Edit: 3-D and 3rd person was used for the Morph Ball mode in the Primes.
Edited, Jun 3rd 2009 7:52pm by Shaowstrike
Edit: 3-D and 3rd person was used for the Morph Ball mode in the Primes.
Edited, Jun 3rd 2009 7:52pm by Shaowstrike
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Edit: 3-D and 3rd person was used for the Morph Ball mode in the Primes.
Yeah, I thought about that but didn't mention that because it was such a minor feature.
I just noticed something. Maybe it was obvious to everyone else.
In the trailer to Other M, there is an officer that askes samus "Any objections lady?" Now, who do we know that always asked Samus that before her missions? Adam, first shown in metroid fusion as the computer AI that told her what to do.
Prediction:
This is either going to be metroid 5, with an embodied Adam returned somehow through technology, or a prequel, maybe before even the first metroid was set. I'm betting it's going to be set before the zero mission or after return of samus. After Prime Hunters but before return of samus would just be cluttering up that time too much. If it isn't after fusion, I'll be a bit disappointed that nintendo still won't make metroid 5 (who knows maybe they need another alien movie to influence them?) but it will be nice to get an original story.
In the trailer to Other M, there is an officer that askes samus "Any objections lady?" Now, who do we know that always asked Samus that before her missions? Adam, first shown in metroid fusion as the computer AI that told her what to do.
Prediction:
This is either going to be metroid 5, with an embodied Adam returned somehow through technology, or a prequel, maybe before even the first metroid was set. I'm betting it's going to be set before the zero mission or after return of samus. After Prime Hunters but before return of samus would just be cluttering up that time too much. If it isn't after fusion, I'll be a bit disappointed that nintendo still won't make metroid 5 (who knows maybe they need another alien movie to influence them?) but it will be nice to get an original story.
Accord to the Metroid Wiki it's gonna be a prequel with the original helping Samus. The A.I. from Fusion was just based off that guy.
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