Topic: Metroid Prime Trilogy Pack Coming Aug. 24th

[Kieran]

The Power Suit in Super Metroid looks a lot more like the Varia Suit than the rest of the games.  I'm pretty sure that's what Team Ninja is using.

[Hypershell]

If that is what Team Ninja is doing then they are not fit to handle Metroid.  The "rounded Power Suit" you're describing from Super Metroid is a technical flaw stemming from sprite re-use, and that contradiction is observable within Super Metroid itself:  In both the status screen and in Samus's forward-facing sprite, the Power Suit shoulders are properly angled as they are in all artwork and later-game depictions.  Varia adds the rounded armor in both of these instances within Super Metroid, but there is no sprite change in the rest of the sheet.

[Tickle Buffalo]

If that is what Team Ninja is doing then they are not fit to handle Metroid.

It's a suit design.

It doesn't actually matter.

[Hypershell]

Okay, so I came off a bit strong, but the point is it would be moronic to base a suit design off of a sprite re-use flaw from ONE SINGLE GAME which in and of itself clearly notes the correct depiction within itself.  Twice.  That's as senseless as giving Mario's head to a 3D Luigi, if not more so.

[Flame]

It's a suit design.

It doesn't actually matter.

would you prefer a pink Megaman?

[STM]

would you prefer a pink Megaman?

Yes, because he'd fire Shadow Blades like a [chameleon sting]er.

[Flame]

Shadow blade is more purplish than pink. I mean, as in, girl pink. his helmets and boots. as his normal, no weapons equipped color.

[Tickle Buffalo]

would you prefer a pink Megaman?

You say that like being pretty is a bad thing.

[Flame]

The point is, its a design based on a design flaw. I would prefer Samus' power suit to look the way it should, not mistakenly designed after a sprite reuse.

[Protoman Blues]

Yes, because he'd fire Shadow Blades like a [chameleon sting]er.

More like Quick Boomerangs.

[Tickle Buffalo]

The point is, its a design based on a design flaw. I would prefer Samus' power suit to look the way it should, not mistakenly designed after a sprite reuse.

The point is, it's still obviously Samus, and complaining because the shoulders look slightly different is a silly thing to do. It's not like Super Metroid didn't change the way the suit looked, anyway.

[Flame]

thats just it, they really didnt change it. the in game sprite is the only exception, where like Hypershell said, they just didnt bother to add a second set of sprites for the power suit. the rest,(like menus and stuff) has the power suit looking like it should.

[Tickle Buffalo]

S'got that green crescent sorta thing on the chest, that wasn't there in the first one. Or did they add that for 2? I dunno, I tend to forget that 2 exists.

[Kieran]

They added it in Super Metroid I think.  She seems to have one on either side in Other M.

[Jericho]

ITT: We complain about non-gameplay warping details. Seriously, while I do have some reservations on the art direction of Other-M after going through the amazing style that Retro created for Metroid, I still think that it's a trivial qualm at best. You also have to remember that work on the game is on-going. Who's to say that what we saw at E3 is the final look for the game?

[Hypershell]

As I said last page I doubt it is.  Looking at the screenshots there's a real lack of detail in Samus.  Most of what we saw in the trailer was a lot flashier and more polished than that, so my money's on them continuing to tweak her model.

[Irgendein]

It could also just be a different suit entirely, or perhaps a very different version of the Varia suit (there's been like 4 of them I think, so they may not necessarily all look the same)