The original Metroid was the game that made a gamer out of me. My dad's other NES games (as Super Mario Bros. and Ghosts n' Goblins) were much more straightforward in nature. Metroid offered me real exploration and that made it special to me. The first time I got my hands on it at the ripe old age of five, I couldn't put the controller down for hours and that experience served as my proper entry point into gaming.
I'd say that I really loved the Metroid franchise from the first entry through Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, especially Super Metroid and the original Metroid Prime. In addition to featuring more of what I'd always loved about the franchise, these entries also had particularly epic soundtracks and wonderful light story touches that captured my heart in a way that other entries haven't to quite the same degree. The ending of Super Metroid remains the emotional height of the franchise in my mind. Sometimes it still makes me tear up a bit. (Yeah I'm a wimp, I know.) It's been a life lesson I've learned that sometimes you really do find your best of friends in the most unexpected places. Super Metroid always reminds me of that.
Also, Samus is just awesome. Or at least she used to be. Some of the more recent entries in the franchise (and there haven't been many) either sideline her (Metroid Prime: Federation Force) or reinvent her as a character she clearly isn't supposed to be (Metroid: Other M). The Samus Aran I fell in love with was a badass bounty hunter, NOT someone who needs permission to defend herself! She should go back to being one. I hope Metroid Prime 4 rectifies this. And gives her back her classic armored suit rather than continuing on with the retarded new slendered, "feminized" version with no muscle imprints. She's supposed to be a WARRIOR!! Treat with due respect!
I also hope that Metroid Prime 4 doesn't continue the franchise pattern we've seen since the late 2000s toward playing up the action combat aspects of the franchise at the expense of the exploration elements. Metroid's elements traditionally were more balanced than they've become and I hope we can get back to exploration playing a more central role. Also, it should be a single-player game. This franchise never does well as a multiplayer affair, so I hope that Nintendo can resist imposing multiplayer on Metroid Prime 4 just because it's become part of their larger philosophy of game design anymore.
Last edited by Jaicee - on 17 August 2019
