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Should they make an M-rated Metroid game?

Yes!! 79 62.70%
 
No 47 37.30%
 
Total:126
TorterraBoy on 11 April 2017

M-rated metroid would be cool, OR a VR metroid



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Zekkyou on 11 April 2017
mZuzek said:
Captain_Yuri said:

I don't get what the deal is with making certain games M rated... The rating has nothing to do with the quailty of the game. The reason a certain game gets an M rating is because the game is designed that way. Forcing a certain series to go M rated just for the lulz (I mean to make them more "Mature") will do nothing for the series. Developers don't go in and think, geee, lets make a game that is within this rating and build our game around it... Developers make their vision in the concept stage, make their game and then they get the rating from ESRB and what not during later stages. If the developer/publisher feels like they can convey the original vision even by censoring a few things, then they will censor it to get a lower rating but if the game has soo much content that censoring it will not convey what the developers intended in the first place, the game will get a rated M rating.

For Metroid, developers shouldn't target a rated M rating cause that is nonsense. They should do whatever they can to show their vision and then think about the rating near the end of the development of the game. Having half-baked mature themes that doesn't actually add anything to the quailty of the game and it's only there to make the game feel like it's "Mature" is pure and utter nonsense.

This is why people feel this way about it, Curl.

I think maybe a M-rated Metroid could be cool. But the way it's presented here, it kinda sounds like wishing they made a M-rated Metroid just for the sake of making it M-rated.

I don't imagine Curl wants them to do it for the sake of it, he just believes that a Metroid game built with the intention of being M-rated could potentially result in a different but still excellent game. Metroid presented with the unapologetic brutality of something like Bioshock could be interesting, and as he says, Nintendo's library is somewhat starved for that type of experience. 



curl-6 on 11 April 2017
mZuzek said:
Captain_Yuri said:

I don't get what the deal is with making certain games M rated... The rating has nothing to do with the quailty of the game. The reason a certain game gets an M rating is because the game is designed that way. Forcing a certain series to go M rated just for the lulz (I mean to make them more "Mature") will do nothing for the series. Developers don't go in and think, geee, lets make a game that is within this rating and build our game around it... Developers make their vision in the concept stage, make their game and then they get the rating from ESRB and what not during later stages. If the developer/publisher feels like they can convey the original vision even by censoring a few things, then they will censor it to get a lower rating but if the game has soo much content that censoring it will not convey what the developers intended in the first place, the game will get a rated M rating.

For Metroid, developers shouldn't target a rated M rating cause that is nonsense. They should do whatever they can to show their vision and then think about the rating near the end of the development of the game. Having half-baked mature themes that doesn't actually add anything to the quailty of the game and it's only there to make the game feel like it's "Mature" is pure and utter nonsense.

This is why people feel this way about it, Curl.

I think maybe a M-rated Metroid could be cool. But the way it's presented here, it kinda sounds like wishing they made a M-rated Metroid just for the sake of making it M-rated.

I should probably clarify; I'm not saying they should shove swearing and tits into it just for the sake of being M-rated, I'm simply saying they should more fully embrace the darkness and brutality already present in games like the Prime trilogy. Don't do anything tasteless or new, just protray the violence and creepiness that already exists with the greater detail and effectiveness that modern graphics and presentation allow.



The_Yoda on 11 April 2017

I voted yes.
I wouldn't want sex or swearing or even excessive gore the first two don't feel like they have any place in the series. I would not mind a seriously fucked up story that sees Samus forced to make some serious lose-lose judgement calls. All that is of course assuming that game play comes first and a dark ass narrative comes second.



Ultravolt on 12 April 2017
curl-6 said:

An M-rated Metroid is an excellent idea, it's a natural fit for the source material, which was always a dark sci-fi with horror vibes, heavily inspired by the film Alien. (Hence "Ridley" named after that film's director)

Nintendo are sorely lacking in adult-oriented content and this would be a great way to bring some diversity to their lineup.

Just keep Sakamoto the hell away from it and give it to a Western dev.

To be fair, he WAS the one who directed Super Metroid and a few other great Metroid games. So maybe Other M was just a simple miss? Either way, I'd also rather have Metroid be developed by a western developer instead (preferably Retro).



   

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Qwark on 12 April 2017
JWeinCom said:
Why? What would adding blood, sex, and/or gore add to the series?

Sex and blood not much, but Gore and a greater horror influence would be a welcome adition to the series. I should aliens with a plasma canon, nothing wrong with seeing that this hurts them.



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar

nuckles87 on 12 April 2017
CaptainExplosion said:
curl-6 said:

The butcher behind Other M.

That's who I thought. That fucker should never, NEVER, touch a Nitnendo game again!!

He was also one of the minds behind the original Metroid, and the director of Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. If we are ever gonna get another great sidescrollng Metroid, chances are he will be behind it, or at least connected.

Anyway, to answer the topic: no, an m-rated Metroid game isn't really needed. The Prime games demonstrate that plenty can be done with a T rating, and I'm not sure adding gore or cursing will do much to add to Metroid, either atmospherically or mechanically.

That said, I wouldn't be against a Metroid game getting an M rating, so long as the resulting game is still great. 



darkknightkryta on 12 April 2017
VGPolyglot said:
or we'll get a lot more Zero Suit action!

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)



Kai_Mao on 12 April 2017
darkknightkryta said:
VGPolyglot said:
or we'll get a lot more Zero Suit action!

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

To be honest I wouldn't mind having a few Zero Suit missions. Put her out there in stealth-like situations akin to Zero Mission and utilize her super athleticism and intelligence. She's given these gifts of being super human so why not use them?



superchunk on 12 April 2017
curl-6 said:

Slight rant, but it kind of annoys me the attitude a lot of Nintendo fans seem to have that M-rated = bad/immature. Some of the best games out there are M rated. An M rating allows games to explore themes, tones, and experiences you just can't get with an E or T rating. You couldn't have made Bioshock, Silent Hill, or Resident Evil 4 as great as they are without an M rating. And the lack of these kind of experiences on Nintendo platforms means a less diverse and more monotonous library, which is never a good thing. Variety is the spice of life.

superchunk said:
I don't understand how any Metroid experience would be improved because the game is "M".

Easy; it could enhance the feeling of dread and creepiness that already a cornerstone of the series. Games like Prime already have content that would probably get an M if rendered with the detail and realism of modern graphics. You wouldn't need to diverge from the franchise's established tropes at all.

I guess I could agree with this and yes I did fall into the trap that M must mean unnecessary gore, sex, vulgarity etc. Then I googled Resident Evil 4 which is one of the best RE games ever created. It has a rating for "M" and it then made more sense.

However, I don't consider Metroid a horror game. It is much more of an action / adventure / puzzle game to me. I could see a Prime-esque game with greater detail on the alone-ness and creepiness of the environment. But I do not know if any of that would ever hit the need for an M rating. There is no realism portrayed in the shooting and death of enemies and it would never need to be overly violent. There certainly would never be sexual tones or vulgarity.

So, yes I could agree that a darker tone and theme would be a good addition to Metroid but that may not carry an M rating.