Yeah, this really does seem to be taken deliberately out of context on kotaku's part. From the sounds of it, he basically wanted something more akin to Metroid/Super Metroid in presentation and control, but Team Ninja wanted 3D. The end result was a mixing of the two.
What concerns me is that could mean what I have feared, that the 3D elements will be awkwardly shoehorned into what should have been a branching paths/2D experience.

FEAR THE TROLLS!! I choose to take out one of the pics may not have been ok to keep up.

Damn..that wouldve sucked HARDCORE

So instead of Team Ninja being the 'saviors' of the project, they caused a compromise that potentially made the game worse.

Oh wow................Other M would have had endless heat.

Other M's unique blend of 2.5 D side scrolling and FPS 3D exploration looks like a great new mechanic that I hope we'll get to see in other games.

It's also a good use of the Wiimote that makes the project make sense as part of the Wii's library. I'm still pretty happy with what Team Ninja did.

Khuutra said:

I so woudl have bought that though!

its not a bad genre but there are too many of them on the Wii, and Wii owners want more effort put in the games! , Rail shooters take no effort whatsoever.

If it was On rails, It would fail pretty badly in sales and reviews.