The events of Metroid Prime 1 and 3 happen before Fusion.

Well I never think of metroid main stories as amazing, though the backstories are quite interesting. You could think of it that way, but I would think of it as developing both the characters, and the overall series. Developing stories are just important as continuing them imo(though it is weird to see that in metroid). No it won't be a filler in the sense of lesser quality(like most would think), but it will fill in what is missing in terms of developement. To be honest though, I care more about atmoshphere and exploration in my metroid games than stories.

@Snesboy Prime and Prime 3 take place before fusion.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if they never made a Metroid game that takes place after Fusion. As you say, it's fully possible that they have indeed written themselves into a corner.

The Metroid Fusion' history did't like to me.

That's why Nintendo cant continue with th timeline history.

Ah, good catch... but I'm afraid we're both wrong.

I'd be one sad Echidna... but then again, Ridley lives on in our hearts (and as the second to last boss in like every Metroid game ever. )

Exactly. Nintendo wouldn't let some silly notion of linear time get in the way of a good game.Just look at the debate in this thread over whether or not Ridley is dead. He's been killed a bajillion times by now but he's never dead because he's so damn fun to fight.

Yes, i hate timelines

I always assumed that the Ridley you fought in Fusion was a clone of a clone, the X-Parasite re-working of a clone of the original that the Federation had stored at the Labs.

Who cares. Metroid has always been about Samus fighting a badass enemy. Everything else is unnesessary.

You know, they can always just reboot the series, a la Tomb Raider.