Storytelling in Ninty games

[gumby_trucker]

RolStoppable said:

gumby_trucker said:

 

The thing about Other M in particular is it feels like Nintendo thought it was really important for the continuation of the franchise to fill in these "gaps" in Samus' character. Unless they had very specific ideas in mind for the next games in the series, I am yet to understand why this move was so important at this stage... then again I haven't played Fusion so maybe it holds the answers that I seek...

The problem is more that the continuation of Metroid is pretty much at a dead point thanks to Fusion. I wouldn't be surprised if we never got Metroid 5, because Samus is forced to continue looking unfamiliar. It isn't much of a spoiler (this is what happens in the intro of Fusion), if I tell you that Samus suffers from an infection and in order to save her life, scientists have to remove large parts of her suit while the rest is melted to her body or something like that. The result is that her appearance changes greatly and I am not sure if Nintendo would continue the series with a character who doesn't look much like her popular self. I suppose that's why they rather went into the direction to flesh out Samus Aran's character, because that can be done by inserting games into the already existing timeline.

But they could have just as easily inserted games into the time-line without exploring Samus' character, like in the Prime games. Maybe their "plan" (not that I'm sure they actually have one for this franchise) with Other M was to introduce Samus as a character instead of a suit, precisely in order to facilitate this transition to a new look in games following fusion. Had the personality they created in Other M been well-received, they could have gone on to make a game in which Samus has the same personality but only a different look, thus preserving continuity in the eyes of the audience.

Then again it's just as likely (if not more so ) they are just doing whatever they want with the franchise. I mean it's not like they have a clue what to do with StarFox or F-Zero for that matter.