Let's talk Metroid ( New Poll Added: Samus goes to Hollywood? )

[GoOnKid]

HylianSwordsman said:

GoOnKid said:

In the poll I picked Metroid 5 because I want the series to continue. A couple of years ago I wrote on this site how I imagine the next game to be. I would love if it was staged in the capital city of the Galactic Federation like we saw it in Other M. One big metropolis with several different borroughs where Samus might grapple around on street lights and morph ball through ventilation pipes and the sewers, battling the Space Pirates on broken highways in between burning cars. The final showdown might happen in the head quarters of the GF on the roof in heavy rainfall and lightnings in the background.

But please, no more Ridley, he has died enough deaths now in this series. It's not funny anymore to have him cloned time and time again, no matter how much of a fan favorite he might be. Make a new villain altogether.

Ooo, I like the idea of Samus in the GF capital. I've been thinking for a while that a city would be an interesting setting for her, because the peculiar thing about cities is how isolated you can feel even as you're surrounded by people and man-made environs. I just wasn't sure how it could work, as her running around in full armor doing acrobatics in a city would be immersion breaking. This isn't Mario after all. But perhaps if the city were laid siege to by the Space Pirates, that could work. You might come across the occasional survivor, but otherwise just be playing Metroid in an urban ruins setting. Perhaps there could be a section of the city sealed off where the attack hasn't reached that tries to continue life as normal while the war rages outside, and Samus could go Zero-Suit in those sections, though I'm not sure what she'd do. I would enjoy the world-building potential of a populated city, though.

I agree on Ridley, the poor bastard needs to just be laid to rest. We need another villain that can be recurring for a while. Maybe he could make an appearance in some sort of Star Trek holodeck style training room just as a throwback for fans, but he needs to be retired from the plot.

Thanks, I'm glad you like the idea. The city indeed needs to be mostly empty to maintain the typical Metroid feeling. Also many places could to destroyed so Samus could squeeze through the debris. Also that would add to the tension. But yeah, a contrasting area where everything is still okay is also a good idea. I like that. 

The final game will probably be something completely different lol, but whatever.