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zorg1000 on 08 September 2014

I find it funny how the author mentions how long Metroid has been dormant, a whopping 2.5 years at the time of Dark Moon's release, while completely ignoring the fact that Luigi's Mansion took 11.5 years to get a sequel.

To put that into perspective, I was 9 years old when the first game released, in the single digits and not old enough to really do anything without adult supervision. When the sequel released I was 21, old enough to legally drink and just a few months away from being a father myself.

Also he seems to forget that Metroid has seen 7 games release in the time it took Luigi's Mansion to get a sequel. Metroid Fusion/Metroid Prime-2002, Metroid Zero Mission/Prime 2-2004, Metroid Prime Hunters-2006, Metroid Prime 3-2007, Metroid Other M-2010.

Don't get me wrong, I love Metroid and its tied with Zelda as my favorite video game series ever but its ridiculous to act like it deserved a new entry over Luigi's Mansion, which by the way both entries have outsold the best selling Metroid game.



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AZWification on 09 September 2014

This concept art kinda fucking sucks, so I can't say that I'm upset by this...



                
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Jumpin on 09 September 2014

Other M was still a lot better than Metroid Prime 3.



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I3LuEI3omI3eR on 09 September 2014

That artwork looks right out of a bad 90s Saturday Morning cartoon.

Even in the classic Metroid's games though, you can notice a HINT of feminism by how she moves. I think all Metroid fans would agree. How would you notice something feminine moving around in that huge clunk of upper armor?



hsrob on 09 September 2014
super_etecoon said:
I'm sure this already made the rounds last week when it was revealed.

Yeah...thank goodness someone at Nintendo has a brain and let this particular artists fanart hit the floor like it should have. How those cubist shoulders turn into a sphere is beyond me.

Hey Metroid developers...don't mess with the perfect design that has been created...just give us a new game already. You don't need to reinvent the wheel, just give us a new track...make it large, with many passages, and powerups, and isolation, and no Adam, and no "baby" talk.

Can it really be that hard?


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Toxy on 09 September 2014

The concept art is definitely a bad representation of Samus. I am glad that this project did not go ahead.

I am eagerly anticipating a new Metroid game, honestly I can see it being announced during E3 next year.



amp316 on 09 September 2014

It does look lousy, but it most certainly would have been better than Other M.



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t3mporary_126 on 09 September 2014
Jumpin said:
Other M was still a lot better than Metroid Prime 3.

Whoa is this an insult to Prime 3 or a praise to Other M?

Either way, at least you didn't put Prime 1 in that sentence.



NintendoPie on 09 September 2014

This was one of the few good decisions made by Nintendo as of late. Good on them.



NoirSon on 09 September 2014

Other M had game play elements that are very good but the story, tone and some of the design aspects make it very much the black sheep of a franchise that until then really didn't have any serious clunkers.

That being said, I still want to see Anthony Higgs in the next Metriod game.