Did you skip the Metroid Prime series because it was First-Person?

[Sam Yikin]

Valkyria00 said:

Viper1 said:

Valkyria00, Read my post and you'll understand why it won't work.

MP has too many in your face aspects that would be obscured by the character herself. Scanning, which is a very huge game element, would be awkward in 3rd person.

Not to mention the entire HUD, visor system, aiming system, and again the scanning system all rely on a 1st person perspective.

Going into 3rd person would completely change these elements.

Yes but thats because youre just used to playing it that way. What if it went Third-Person and did something completly different and made the game just as enjoyable and fun?

 

Except it wouldn't. As I explained in my post above, making the game first person allowed it to do a lot that third person would simply not have allowed, nearly all of it key to the greatness of the game.

What you suggest later in the post (deleted to focus reply) would be an idea for a future Metroid game, but for Prime, First Person was the right choice.