Metroid Discussion Thread

[Satoryu]

Originally, I've said I liked Prime 3 more than Prime 1. But after giving it more thought, I like sequence breaking too much. So Prime 1 wins that fight for me. I still prefer both over 2, though.

As for favorite Metroid period, Zero Mission. Super at a distant second.

[Flame]

I still want a game after Fusion. After all, Samus just blew a federation conspiracy and space station sky high, with the help of a military mind which knows many secrets of the federation, They arent going to be exactly happy with her. Actually, they are most likely going to try to kill her.

[LightningKitsune]

Well, we've got Other M coming soon. (Which takes place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion) So maybe something after that?

[Dexter Dexter]

Stop me if anybody's already asked this question, but why did the Metroid series undergo a major hiatus during the N64 and GBC era?

[LightningKitsune]

If memory serves, Prime 1 was going to be for the N64. Other than that, idk.

[Da Dood]

They didn't know how to translate the series into 3D. Miyamoto was the one who suggested first person when Retro started developing Prime for the Cube.

Edit: Source.

[Align]

That's the Boost Ball Guardian.

Oh yeah. The spider ball guardian just rolled around on a track. That one was kind of fun, honestly...
My bad.

[HyperSonicEXE]

They didn't know how to translate the series into 3D. Miyamoto was the one who suggested first person when Retro started developing Prime for the Cube.

Edit: Source.

Miyamoto suggested First Person?

Expect that new LoZ to do much the same.

Really, though, the hardest parts about translating Metroid to 3D would be managing enemy swarms and how the player would see where the heck Samus is going/jumping to. They got the latter down well, but the former still needs work. Thus I think why Metroid: Other M will shift between Third and First Person.

[HokutoNoBen]

I still want a game after Fusion. After all, Samus just blew a federation conspiracy and space station sky high, with the help of a military mind which knows many secrets of the federation, They arent going to be exactly happy with her. Actually, they are most likely going to try to kill her.

Some would, some wouldn't.

Assuming the likes of Keaton (read the manga, boys and girls, its canon) are still in charge, Samus still would likely have more than a couple of people who would be ready to be at her aid, even if some generic, "corrupted military personnel" are after her hide. Probably in interest of keeping her alive, because of the Metroid in DNA, if nothing else.

What I think would be interesting to see, though, is if she may be forced to make some rather interesting partners as a result of her being forced on the run. Imagine if things worked out, such that she and Ridley are forced to work together, for instance! 

[Protoman Blues]

Well, we've got Other M coming soon. (Which takes place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion)

It does?  When was this said?

[HokutoNoBen]

It does?  When was this said?

Sakamoto said himself in the 1up interview back around E3?

1UP: So is this being positioned as a spinoff game? Or is it really the next game in the series -- Metroid 5?

YS: It's part of the flow, storywise, between Super Metroid and Fusion.

- http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pager.offset=1&cId=3174587&p=44

[Protoman Blues]

Ahhh, okay.  Awesome to hear then.

[Hypershell]

It does?  When was this said?

*gives PB ZEE UPPERCUT!!*

How the F*@#!!! did you forget the awesome M3 Mother Brain image during the trailer?

I still want a game after Fusion.

Will never happen unless somebody has the sense to restore the Power Suit.  Fusion Suit blows, that's the way it is.  You can't tell me someone in Big N doesn't realize that when all involved with Metroid have collectively abandoned it for 5 games now; going on 6 with Other M.

[Align]

I doubt the suit has anything to do with it.

[Protoman Blues]

*gives PB ZEE UPPERCUT!!*

How the F*@#!!! did you forget the awesome M3 Mother Brain image during the trailer?

I focused on the gameplay too much?

[Nekomata]

Fusion Suit blows, that's the way it is.

Get the [tornado fang] off this forum, you [tornado fang]ing piece of [parasitic bomb].

[LightningKitsune]

Get the [tornado fang] off this forum, you [tornado fang]ing piece of [parasitic bomb].

Whoa whoa WHOA. No. Just no.

[Flame]

while I have to agree I dont like the Fusion suit all too much, Its not THAT bad, its just different since were used to having Bulky armor on Samus. Although I agree I dont really like it too much.
*in b4 Hitomi*

[Irgendein]

I honestly don't care about what the suit looks like.

[HokutoNoBen]

To me, the Fusion Suit was more a victim of it being in the position it is in. It's introduced in a game that's technically so far off in the timeline (to the area in the canon which has not been touched on yet), that for right now, it can be "conveniently" ignored. They'll have to deal with it by the time they're actually willing to CROSS that bridge (or maybe we might get it as secret costume in Other M!).

I didn't have much of a problem with the suit. It's sleeker, and just does a lot to flow with some one who's basically a Space Assassin. I just wished it could have been that Orange and Yellow you see at the end all the way through, instead of starting with blue. Blue is not really a "Samus" color, in my eyes. 

[Irgendein]

(or maybe we might get it as secret costume in Other M!).

...didn't they do that in Prime 1?

[Nekomata]

yes, and it was awesome.

[CephiYumi]

You all know my opinion on Samus' suits ^^

[Tickle Buffalo]

Blue is not really a "Samus" color, in my eyes. 

Still better than the varia's dirty yellow and maroon, though.

[HokutoNoBen]

Red and Yellow/Orange has always been what I've established as being Samus's "colors". It's like Mario to his Red n Blue and Link to his Green. You see those characters associated with those colors, and you just get used to it.

The Blue was the main thing I didn't care for when it came to the Fusion suit. It makes it seem like she's trying to be Rockman.