I think this too. Despite the clamor for sprite based games, this game justifies using 3D visuals in its 2D gameplay. Some really stunning areas and I still am mesmerized by just the save rooms alone, they look like concept art. Not to mention Samus's wonderful animation and inverse kinematics.
it already took them like 15 years to even get this current one lol
just to be clear I was mostly using your Draygon post as a jump-off point for my micro-rant. the "bringing back all bosses" was largely referring to how they do keep doing that with obviously Ridley (over and over), now Kraid in Dread and the planned-but-canned- Kraid appearance in Prime 1 and Phantoon in Other M. Out of all of these, I would actually say Phantoon in Other M was the only one that really worked (even though Kraid in Dread is sick as hell) since he comes across like essentially a space-Kraken that just goes wherever death is and doesn't even need to be "the" Phantoon but could just be "a" phantoon whereas Kraid is Kraid and Ridley is Ridley and stuff (although the boss statue gating the Tourian door conflicts with that).
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They introduced the current loo in 2004. Unless you meant the website.. which i mean its 8 years old already too.
yea I meant the website^^
it already took them like 15 years to even get this current one lol
just to be clear I was mostly using your Draygon post as a jump-off point for my micro-rant. the "bringing back all bosses" was largely referring to how they do keep doing that with obviously Ridley (over and over), now Kraid in Dread and the planned-but-canned- Kraid appearance in Prime 1 and Phantoon in Other M. Out of all of these, I would actually say Phantoon in Other M was the only one that really worked (even though Kraid in Dread is sick as hell) since he comes across like essentially a space-Kraken that just goes wherever death is and doesn't even need to be "the" Phantoon but could just be "a" phantoon whereas Kraid is Kraid and Ridley is Ridley and stuff (although the boss statue gating the Tourian door conflicts with that).
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forgot about that one
I like playing the original before a remake to compare and contrast, I did that with Resident Evil 2 as well so I’m looking forward to that. But I’m playing a couple of other games first so I don’t burn out playing a bunch of Metroid games back to back. Hoping to make some progress on my backlog at least.
I finished my Dread replay tonight. I feel empty now after beating it and Prime HD directly before it. I want to play more Metroid and now all games feel inferior and I don't know what to play.
I have no way of playing Prime 2 or 3 for the first time and think I'll just wait on the NSO release of Fusion and Zero.Luckily there are a lot of great Metroid games! Pick one you either haven't played at all or one you haven't played in a while
I'll likely end up doing the same, but on Wii. I like MPR a lot, but I assumed they weren't going to be able to top the Wii control scheme, and they didn't, imo. I'll always love the way these games feel to play there.
Hmm, actually, maybe I'll play the trilogy on
This is the way
Well at this point the franchise's fate is based off of Metroid Prime 4. And I think the remaster of 2 and 3 might start development simultaneously this time around, so I wouldn't expect the sales of 2 Remastered to necessarily affect a 3 (also, remember when Nintendo was ok with Samus Returns sales?)I hope everyone who’s going for an immediate replay of Echoes still supports the remaster when/if it comes
I won’t be able to take it if it underperforms again
I haven’t played Fusion in 20 years or so but its my first Metroid so I’m pretty nostalgic for it. Maybe I should just do a replay on the 3DS instead of waiting for it.
I'm just not fond of the Metroid Suit's design, as I don't think it's as Metroid-like as it should be. It looks more like a bad cosplay, or a cheap toy. It lacks a translucent membrane, and the appearance of a Metroid's physiology in general. In other words: it's too sterile, and not as body horror as it should be. Echoes Dark Samus nailed the look of a Metroid-Human hybrid, and I don't feel as though Dread's take on the same thing is quite there. The teeth on the Arm Cannon, and red gaming PC lights in particular... ehhh.
I’ve always looooved the concept art for DS, and totally agree about echoes’ design being better than corruption’s for her.I've gotten the impression that I'm in the minority but I've always thought the MP2 Dark Samus design was way cooler than the MP3 Dark Samus. Echoes Dark Samus still looks like a creature while Corruption looks like a suit, and I think that's really boring considering the character is literally Metroid Prime, freaky metroid mutation.
Honestly instead of walking it back for MP3 they should have gone even harder like the concept art. Shit was full of good ideas.
I wonder if anyone has modded MP2 Dark Samus into Smash.
agree agree agree
Yup, same here. Can't wait to see Prime 4's new suit(s). For clarity's sake: I otherwise loved Dread's suit designs. The base Power Suit looks rad, and its Gravity Suit ended up becoming my favorite iteration across the whole series.
Yeah Dread gravity suit is badass.
) Still haven’t got my fill of Prime and not wanting to play 2 or 3 in case remasters come out, I randomly remembered Prime Hunters Exists so downloaded it on the Wii U. I’ve not played it since launch on the DS and all I remember is that is was not as good as the Retro games. Holy shit it look like a Prime PS1 demake. It’s both hideous and beautiful at the same time on my giant 4K screen. The controls on the Wii u are a touch uncomfortable but much nicer than the DS. I remember it being quite short so hoping to finish it this weekend, then onto my first ever Replay of Other M since launch.
I could never get beyond the abominable controls of Hunters, but poking around this morning I see that there is a LUA script for emulation that allows the game to be largely played with a normal controller dual stick so maybe I'll give that a shot.So just after finishing Prime (missing 1 missile tank
If you have a modded New 3DS, you can play Hunters aiming with the C-Stick! The hack also has experimental support for the gyro.So just after finishing Prime (missing 1 missile tank
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Huh. Never seen that before. Was it in the video game section or toys?
a jakks pacific figure. apparently exclusive to walmart. i’ve been looking for it for months, and finally found it yesterday at my local store
the toy aisle, along with the other jakks pacific nintendo figures. they also recently released a botw link and zelda, but my store only had link. i didn’t get one though.
Thanks! I’ll check it out the next time I’m there.
