His point is what games sell the most while maintaining high production values.  When I hear exploring her feminine side all I imagine are cutscenes. Malstrom is not stupid, you may not agree with him but his ideas are not throw away lines but well thought out ideas.

For example malstrom always wondered where the hell is a side scrolling Mario game for nintendos conoles.  We waited 20 years for myamoto to get off his ass and make one.  What does it do? Only outsell galaxy in a few weeks.  His point was valid, I wondered that also along with alot other people.  Don't get me wrong I love Galaxy but I love sidescrolling Maios.

So I am semi worried about the outcome. I don't want just what the game god wants, I want the game god to make what the customers want.

I agree with this post, but I did like what little characterization Samus was given in Fusion. It wasn't a major part of it, but it was a nice touch, for me at least.

Why would anyone in their right mind complain about that?

Did they really, though? There was a marked re-design in Samus between Metroid Prime and Prime 2, but i thought that Re-design was to bring her in line with her Zero Mission redesign.

Malstrom wins again.

Anyone who gets so worked up over stuff like that clearly spends too much time on games. I mean c'mon really? Going through all that just because of some apparent plot-holes and the stories of a game franchise that may or may ot fit together? Who cares. If that keeps up they're going to be just as messed up as these people who actually believe there's a coherent overall plot and chronology of the Zelda games, and who also think Nintendo themselves actually care about any of that. XD

This time Malstrom looks quite right. I could agree with some developers that a certain degree of linearity is necessary when they design a complex main quest/story with a rich narrative content, but this must be limited to the strict necessary for the main storyline coherence, not be an excuse to take away freedom and world openness.

I don't mind the telling the story of Samus at all. In fact, I applaud it.

You don't have to be an Einstein to know a 2D Mario would out sell a 3D Mario...

Because he's right about 1 thing doesn't mean he's right about something else. That's a fallacy.

Like I said, don't judge a game before it's out. You don't have a valid point untill the game is out.

He's not even saying the game will suck, just that he's not pleased about what the guy is saying about the game, and that it's just likely the game will be bloated with plot over game.