Story-wise, where does Metroid go from here?

[Mr Khan]

RolStoppable said:

noname2200 said:
Exposition in Metroid games makes noname

Bad juju happens on mysterious planet. Bounty hunter arrives, kicks ass, takes names, gets fun toys, slays evil, leaves. Maybe strips to bikini later, dunno. Lines of dialogue spoken = 0. noname




(In case I'm being too subtle, this is my innocuous way of saying I'm indifferent to the continuity, and firmly believe that less is more in the Metroid universe. Subtle, huh?)

That could make Khuutra return. To tell us about the misplaced objectification of Samus Aran. 

Xxain said:

Its not the DmC/Tomb Raider style reboot but more of a soft reboot(Sonic Adventure) just done to open up possibilities. Wiping out Metroids and fusion have really limited what can be story wise with the IP.

Sonic Adventure was a horrible thing. Putting Sonic among a world of humans (which was topped off by Tails saving the President in SA2) was so idiotic that it feels hard to feel sorry for Sega's demise as a console manufacturer.

As for Metroid 5, it can't be that much of a challenge to explain that scientists found a way to fix Samus. It would also double as explanation why she has to start with barebones equipment yet again. Regarding metroids, it won't be hard to make the statement that SR388 wasn't the only planet in the universe that was inhabitated by metroids. It was never established that all planets in Metroid's universe were already discovered and explored. All things considered, the developers can drop a couple of screens with text in the beginning of the game and no Metroid fan will complain about these easy and lazy fixes.

And Samus acting against orders of the Galactic Federation in Metroid Fusion... well, it came to light that a few corrupt souls within the G.F. were acting on their own in the B.S.L. incident, so Samus's record is clear. Adam Malkovich's AI is a thing of the past, because Samus gets her spaceship back.

I tried, no luck. Khuutra's not coming back.