| jarrod said: You might disagree, but I feel my own experience is "reasonable". And frankly that's what I'm speaking to... after completing both I feel what people generally didn't like about Fusion was dialed down in Zero Mission (linearity, segmentation, story, etc). I guess you can argue against the ultimate market impact of that with lowered scores, sales archives, or whatever, but that's really beside the point. I just see a similar opportunity here, no more, no less. Sakamoto's not blind, there's a track record, and after the savage treatment Other M got, I'd naturally expect a much more dialed back, more conservative approach from his team next time. That sound reasonable? OT, now I have to buy DOA Dimensions. The Ridley battle was really the highlight of Other M imo. |
That there will be some change? Certainly, that's a reasonable assumption; it's one of the only constants in the series.
Lack of impact is the entire point, though, because it means a Zero Mission-style remake probably isn't in the cards, regardless of what Sakamoto would want to do with it.
A dialing back I can certainly see, but I would hesitate to assume the sort of dialing back it would be; Fusion is the most successful 2D Metroid since the original, and this fact can't be discounted. The face of the 3DS Metroid is going to be determined by what Nintendo sees as factors that makes these games sell, and Sakamoto is far from the only voice in that argument.
