CarcharodonKraz said:
xLeftyx said: The great thing about Nintendo franchises is its heavy focus on gameplay more than any other. Other M was a great game but it being story-driven coupled with strictly limited controls gave it niche qualities even more so than the Metroid franchise already is; Controls are an integral part of gameplay. Legend of Zelda's story is a given, while Metroid's story is readily available only if sought out (Scanning). I enjoyed Other M for its different appeal. I, however, felt a little resentful towards Nintendo in their consideration of the Prime series as not being part of the canon. I may just be reading too much into it, though. Either way, the best we could hope for, if the series have what it takes, is a split in the series similar to how Mario is now: 2D and 3D. |
lefty, if by in the canon you mean related to the established story of metroid, you may be misunderstanding. The metroid prime series takes place directly after the original metroid, but before metroid 2 for gameboy, and well before super metroid. And other m is a sequel to super metroid. taking place between super metroid and metroid fusion. If that's not what you meant... my bad.
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I'm talking about this interview, when Yoshio Sakamoto said:
"The games that I've been involved with in the Metroid series have been on the NES, GameBoy, Super NES and the GBA. I actually didn't have a lot of input on the Prime series. But when they're doing with Other M here, it's not so much a different universe, it's just a different part of the story. You can't say that there's no relation here; it's probably best to think of them as being in parallel in this world."
It's not official by no means, and it was only my own interpretation.