Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Killiana1a said:
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Killiana1a said:
darkgemini said:
Killiana1a said:
Retro. Whenever Yosio Sakamoto is given free reign, his vision of Samus means plummeting sales.
Super Metroid was the worst selling Metroid game at 1.42 million sold LTD. The way Other M is selling, if it does not crack the 1 million mark by January 1, 2011, then Other M will be the biggest market flop for a Metroid game ever.
I surmise Other M will make it to the 600 to 800k mark come January 1, 2011. If this is the case, then I will be drinking beers and doing my happy dance because I abhor Sakamoto and his vision of the Metroid franchise that much.
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Super Metroid was maybe the worst Metroid Game in Sales, BUT it is the best Metroid Game! And comparing with Hunters, Prime Echoes, etc sales are`t that bad, and only 100.000 less than corruption....
For me, Other M is a very good game, I don´t understand people blaming it that much, because it´s something new.... Hope it will be Another M ;)
I think Team Ninja will make the next Metroid game, maybe another trilogy.... They created a new system and they want to make some profit. Now they know what went wrong and can fix the problems.... And waht people forget, even if Other M wasn´t perfect, it is a very good game (!). Being inferior to the prime series doesn´t mean being bad :o
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I agree, Super Metroid was my very first SNES game given to me as a Christmas present by my Dad. It is my favorite in the series.
As for Other M, the way Sakamoto defined Samus as a "subservient, bend to the authority of a male" woman is Japanese-centric and did not play well with many female reviewers outside of Japan. This is the main shit storm regardless of whether it is a fundamentally good game or not.
I prefer a silent Samus who is open to interpretation. Sakamoto chose his vision of Samus that is a slap in the face to how she was presented earlier. This is why I want Other M to fail to meet or exceed 1.42 million which may cause Nintendo to put Sakamoto on a very tight leash away from Metroid.
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I have the feeling that being upset with Samus real - not imagined by the fans in absence of it - character has to do with the frailties of the fans themselves. Lots of men-issues...
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The fans determine who Samus is, not Sakamoto. If he would have stayed consistent with the series and portrayed her as a female Duke Nukem minus the sexual references, then it would not have been an issue. Instead, Sakamoto depicted her as a geisha minus the song and dance.
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You saw Samus as a female Duke Nukem, and you accuse Sakamoto of being a sexist? Geeh!! There is truly no logic on the internet.
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No kidding, that was probably the single most hubristic thing I have EVER freaking heard in regards to this debate