Game Informer (America) review of Metroid Other M

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mike_intellivision said:

A few thoughts here.

First of all, Game Informer has been somewhat anti-Nintendo this generation for reasons ranging from Nintendo not giving it a Wii to play with before its release (so no cover story in December 2006) to perceptions that retailers other than Gamestop have gotten preferential treatment.

Second, the creator or director of a series is the one who decides its direction. They do so because it is what they believe. The marketplace will decide if it is accepted -- but in no way is the opinion of a fan MORE important than that of the creator of the series.

Third, while not as versed in Metroid cannon as many here, it appears from what I have read/gathered/surmised that Samus appears to be acting differently in this one. It could be for some  very important reasons. She is trying to impress her mentor; being returned to the settings of the past has made her insecure; and getting slightly older (since this is post-Super Metroid, after all), she feels some sense of mortality which brings with it some sense of caution.

These are human emotions and failings. And I guess the reason some people don't like them is that we don't like to think of our gaming heroes as being human (or possessing human traits).

Mike from Morgantown

You bring up some good points since this and Fusion are both some of Samus' more talkative/emotional games, one thing being Samus was gonna die hardcore at the end of Super Metroid and the metroid saved her at the cost of its own life, and on top of this she's getting older.  

Samus has been in some rough spots but that fight with Mother Brain was the closest near death experience shes ever had.  I see a lot of things that they're trying to play off of, I am a fan but I came in late, so the childhood nostalgia really doesn't hit me and I see more defining of her character in the various games I've played than the kids that played Metroid didn't pick up on some of the hints and just see Samus as a non emotional badass woman, it has been made very clear through the various games she has emotions, the very fact she saved the metroid in the second game instead of killing it as she was ordered shows you that.