I'm not saying we're diametrically opposed

Just acknowledging our disagreements (which exist in a relatively narrow band in the context of this discussion).

I agree with mortono on bringing in another character besides Samus as the lead. The games isn't called Samus but Metroid. As long as Metroids appear anyone could be the main character of the game. I disagree with Samus being a damsel in distress she could show up a mentor kind of like Snake in Metal Gear Solid 2 or Dante in Devil may cry 4.

Either that or a game where she is actually doing her job catching criminals as a bounty hunter instead of picking up some distress call constantly.

They should go back to 2D and making them themselves.

Sequence breaking all day, fall backward at the starting point and end up in the final bosses lair. 

I liked alot of other M, but some parts really bugged me, if there is to be a follow up they should keep the dialogue to a minimum, while its true that up to this point we never heard samus speak or interact with anyone other then a few space marines, I never pictured her the way she is portrayed in other M, I know its up to the creator of the character to give it a personality but it wouldnt hurt ask the fans what they think.

Whatever they do just come up with some new enimies and some new Bosses. I'm sick of seeing the same enemies from the first game still here. Isn't the Metroid universe huge and with many differ planets and speices yet all we see are the same enemies all the time. The prime series helped out with this but I'd like even more diversity. In other M I new how to defeat almost every enemy I encountered with no difficulty at all. I'd like this to change. And why is everyone in the galatic ferderation or whatever human?

A direction where Sakamoto is not involved.

Also a direction where the cutscenes aren't laughably bad.

Maybe... one with Retro Studios at the helm.

Maybe... one with Miyamoto supervising.

Oh wait, are you guys sick of Prime or not?

New Metroid Prime but not really prime, change timeline, story, enemies, but still similar to prime in gameplay- I don't want dialogue or human beings, just samus alone in an unexplored planet-, I want advanced AI and more interactive enviroments.

A Samus-free Metroid has it's benefits, but to be honest I'd prefer if they just waited a few years then make a Metroid Prime game or a 2D Metroid game with pointer aiming, which ignores the existence of Other M. Perhaps blatant ret-conning is a bit unfair to those who enjoyed Other M, as much as I'd love to see it happen but it should certainly find a way that Other M has no implications upon the new game.

If Metroid Prime does return they need to think hard about how to do it, don't simply make it even more like a first person shooter, find a way to expand upon what is there without dropping the main Metroid values.

Given Other M's positioning, retconning is unnecessary. If they do a sequel to Fusion, well there's that. If they decide to cram more in where Prime nominally was (the gap between Metroid and Return of Samus), there's that. Only if Other M received a direct sequel would they have to deal with it's existence in the timeline at all (much like the controversy of Other M "ignoring" Prime, whereas the existence of Prime was irrelevant to the plot lines following it, relying merely upon the fall of zebes in the original Metroid)