I'm with the OP, accept for different reasons. Yes I'm against it turning into a first person shooter, and yes, that's part of the reason the series is dead to me now, but man I tell you. The day you get rid of my superdash, moon jump, and screw attack, is the day Metroid stops being the series I fell in love with :P
Metroid was almost NEVER about the guns, and back-tracking was ONLY cool because you had those awesome friggin powers!!! Back-tracking in first person shooters
From 0 to KICKASS in .stupid seconds.







