I think this i weird: "I already feel ridiculous investing emotions in games I play."

What's wrong with with loving a game or investing an emotion in it? there are games i really love very much, and whenever i think of them i feel happy. mario galaxy comes to mind :)

i like having a passion in life, people who don't are more dead than alive in my opinion.

Was this one e-mail, or multiple?

Still pretty sure Other M isn't 2D. Or if it is, only in a limited capacity, like Galaxy was. The only speculation on its 2D nature is just that, derived from one tiny chunk of the trailer where Samus jumps perfectly parallel to the "screen," as it were. Could just be coincidence, and that's what i'm leaning towards, since the enemies are moving around her in 3 Dimensions in that same shot.

Those jumping on Maelstrom have to understand his frame of reference: he is one of those people that used to play games in the 80s, tapered off or quit entirely during 16-bit (or the transition into 32-bit) and only came back to gaming because of what Wii and DS have brought to the table, i.e. he is the personification of the self-aware (in that he knows there's a larger gaming 'culture' out there) casual gamer and all of his writing is driven from that perspsective. (So if you love 'hardcore' or story-driven games, you're going to, from time to time, disagree with him, perhaps vehemently...but, overall, he seems to have grasped the greater truth of what Nintendo has wrought this generation better than any of the so-called analysts and, though he is wrong once in a while, his batting average, as it pertains to this generation is far, far better than anyone else.)

@exindguy
Hear! Hear!

That's basically what I think is happening. To sum up: he's a lapsed (casual) gamer talking about current games, which doesn't happen on the internet often. Most video game discussions/articles are by continuing (hardcore) gamers.

It stands to reason that Continuing Gamers wouldn't agree with Lapsed Gamers about the same games.

Maelstrom needs to distuinguish his opinions from his Blue Ocean relations. Cause his opinions are full of gamers bias as anyone else. Seriously he bought a game on appearance? I thought he was an informed gamer. I know I read his decleration as a expanded market. BS. He plays PC violents games all the time.

I can see where he's coming from on some points but not others.. He really should stick to the business side..

That post was confusing, wasn't sure who was arguing what point. Whoever complained about the Zelda series using the OOT formula needs to be slapped tho.

Yeah, that was malstrom that said that. (The emailer is in italics)

I haven't played much zelda... so are you saying this because they don't use Zelda: Ocarina Of Time's formula or because you like that they use that formula.

About Metroid, Other M. I think he has overlooked the possibillity that now that Nintendo has pulled the rug from under Microsoft and Sony, they want the Wii to look more appealing to those gamers that love story driven games, and decided that another Metroid game was the way to go to appeal to the traditional 360/PS3 audience. Perhaps the game is just another step in the disruption cycle. Maybe Nintendo is making a typical "HDtwins" game just to silence all complaints about the Wii not having that type of games.

Im saying that the OOT formula works great for the series, it's what really gave the series a fresh breath of life.