He does not insult people all the time,. At worst, he takes occasional jabs. You would have to literally show every single post of his has an insult. EVERY ONE.

And the tone of his blog is not the way you potray him. You don't have to like his points, but making a strawman of how he writes just makes you look whiny and vindictive, while projecting it on him.

He's even stated this game might be good, just the focus should be on exploration of strange worlds, not on characterization.

And from what I've seen of the gameplay, it looks as though the explrations has been reduced, and having lots of corridors to run down.

he does the exact same thing you CLAIM I'm doing. Like saying "I'm convinced that the Zelda team hates the core gameplay of Zelda and does everything they can to not use it" or calling people looking forward to Other M "Sakamoto Cultists". Pachter chewing him out a month or two ago really should have made him reexamine his mindset.

Anyway, getting back to the topic at hand (I really, really apologize for that divergence, I really do), I am very much looking forward to how Samus is conveyed.

The reason why I'm always cautious about Nintendo characters being given voices is because they've got a pretty terrible track record of it.

I can't play something like Mario Sunshine or DK64 without cringing at some point due to awful voice acting, and Slippy remains one of my most hated gaming characters with his incessant inability to actually use his Arwing with multiple death bringing weapons for anything other than getting shot at, but I digress...

Samus has mainly been silent for a reason, the games have been about isolation. When you're isolated, you don't talk much. Pretty simple really. Now with Other M they seem to be introducing character interaction, so it would make sense for her to talk more in that instance. But we remain cautious, because past history suggests another cringe-fest, never mind the concern that they may be changing things like the gameplay simply to suit the desire to have her talk, and it remains to be seen whether that would be a change for the better.

We'll just have to await her words with baited breath...

The reason why I'm always cautious about Nintendo characters being given voices is because they've got a pretty terrible track record of it.

I can't play something like Mario Sunshine or DK64 without cringing at some point due to awful voice acting, and Slippy remains one of my most hated gaming characters with his incessant inability to actually use his Arwing with multiple death bringing weapons for anything other than getting shot at, but I digress...

Samus has mainly been silent for a reason, the games have been about isolation. When you're isolated, you don't talk much. Pretty simple really. Now with Other M they seem to be introducing character interaction, so it would make sense for her to talk more in that instance. But we remain cautious, because past history suggests another cringe-fest, never mind the concern that they may be changing things like the gameplay simply to suit the desire to have her talk, and it remains to be seen whether that would be a change for the better.

We'll just have to await her words with baited breath...

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I'm not convinced that it was Samus' voice at the beginning of Super Metroid.  I think it was some computer or something.  She did narrate the intro, though.  The main reason I don't want to hear Samus talk is because I don't want anything distracting me from her massive boobs.  As long as she speaks only when wearing the chozo armor (whatever it's being called, these days.......), I won't mind.

^^^The guy above actually knows what an etecoon is!  I support any statement he makes!!  And for the record, even though she didn't actually speak with a voice in Metroid Fusion, Samus wasn't a silent protagonist.  Sometimes, she wouldn't shut the hell up!!