If Miyamoto says it will work, then by God, I'm willing to give it a shot.

That said, if I had to choose, I'd rather the next 3-D Metroid stay where it is. The Wii remote, unlike traditional gamepads, is better made for first person views, rather than third.

You must have a rough time with Real Life, what with it's lack of option to pull the 'camera' back to third person

It seems like there's two camps(not counting those that simply want to see another 2D Metroid). Those that hope the next(assuming there ever will be one) 3D Metroid remain first-person, and those that would like to see it done in third-person.

As a means of compromise, why not a second-person view point? The viewpoint will be that of another bounty hunter, a helpful Metroid, or a drone(or her Alien spawn), but the player controls Samus. The "eyes" may be completely out of control of the player, or it may be up to the player to get them to a new area through pick-ups specifically such a purpose or by using some of Samus's abilities on them, such as the grappling hook.

Combat would be the trickiest aspect though. The buddy might have to follow Samus closely to give the player a good view of everything in front of her, which would require some interesting movement on the buddy's part when turning Samus around. Another option is to have the buddy stationary somewhere which gives a good vantage point of the entire area. Though this would probably limit the areas to have combat in, raise the question of why the buddy doesn't get attacked, or inhibit players that intend to avoid combat when possible and simply move from room to room quickly.

At first I thought of this merely as a joke, but if done right it would really allow for the best of both worlds. Much stronger platforming elements thanks to the third-person view. Maintain the ability to take in the visuals of the environments as well as use of visors with the buddy. I'm sure it would never happen in the Metroid universe, but I think it's interesting nonetheless.

I noticed you said any game can be made 3D and still be good. I don't think Super Smash Bros would be any good in 3D.

As for Metroid, I don't want 3rd person game, either stick with first person or go back to 2D. I do prefer first person though.

QQ more. If you suck at the game, it doesn't mean the game design sucks.

I for one would like to see many more first person Metroids. But I agree they could take a break; in the meantime, create a state-of-the-art 2D Metroid, not for DS, not for Wiiware, but for Wii! Fully 3D rendered world but with a 2D sideview and gameplay like New Super Mario Bros.

The sequel to Super Metroid that we never got (Fusion and Zero Mission, while good, are a lot weaker than Super Metroid).

You have obviously never played dark messiah of might and magic before.

The gameplay starts 1 minut in. Give it a watch for it is beyond awesome.

Thank you for linking to one of the games that's an example of first person melee sucking.... I could just as easily show you an awesome Morrowind video.

? difference is i have this game and i know it's awesome. Otherwise i wouldn't have played through it like 8 times so far and keep on doing it. Melee in this game is awesome.

I had high, VERY high hopes for Dark Messiah and I was extremely, EXTREMELY disappointed. Pro Tip: Use the Kick! I still can't get myself to finish this horrible game.