I think Metroid is a series that we can get an extra level of immersion if the federation characters spoke, and the Space Pirates spoke their own language ---> that was cipherable.

The voices and stuff can be done in post production.  In under a week if they wanted.  But most likely they already casted her long ago.  As for the game coming out, its supposedly coming out in the 'First Half of 2010'.  Hopefully Nintendo will lock down the actual release soon.

Can someone explain to me why people are so excited about Metrid Other M (not just on this site apparently), when it's being made by a developer unproven to the franchise?

Also, I may be wrong, but there aint very much info about the principal design and style of the game yet, right? No gameplay trailers and that kind of stuff either.

So what do u all base your hype on?

She spoke an awful lot in Fusion. Its only natural for that to evolve into an audible form. Personallly, i thought what we heard at E3 was handled well.

It's a collaboration. Team Ninja is involved but it's still very much helmed by Nintendo and Sakamoto.

Also we do know about thr style and design from interviews. Sakamoto said it's like the older games but with some action sequences like what was in the trailer.

As for why people are excited, take your pick:

- First console Metroid made by Nintendo since Super Metroid in 1994
- Story is expanding on Samus and the Metroid universe, which people have wanted to see for ages
- It's not a Prime
- Team Ninja is involved
- It's primarily 3rd person, which people were expecting since before Prime
- It's a new Metroid game. This is reason enough alone.

I'm only going to complain because if Nintendo sees a mostly positive reaction to Samus's voice, they may give one to Link.......

Uh....Team Ninja may not have any ties to Metroid, but they certainly have a proven track record.  Personally, they have made one of my favorite Action titles ever (Ninja Gaiden) and fighting series (Dead or Alive).  I feel they are more than capable and this project is pretty much a dream project for me on the scale of what Chrono Trigger was back on the SNES.  And if it turns out as good as it can, it may just be as big of an impact as Chrono Trigger was.

Also to expand on what ClaudeLv250 was saying, some key points of why everyone is hyped for this game:

-The game is taking place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion.

-The Game is featuring the back story for Adam Malkovitch (The CO computer AI from Fusion) as well as promised 'unseen insight into the backstory of Samus'.

-The game is going to be fully 3D and third person, which is going to utilize something they couldn't do during the development of Metroid Prime (which is why all the Metroid Prime games ended up being First Person).  In other words, a whole new direction for 3D Metroid that Nintendo has been waiting to do ever since the N64.

-The game is promising to push the boundaries of how we look at both Wii games and Action/Platformers.

If you really look at the way the game is developing and the type of game it is, its completly logical why Team Ninja was picked to work on it.  If any developer could help make a new and innovative action/platformer game engine, it would be Team Ninja, who already did so back on the XBOX with Ninja Gaiden.  With Nintendo and Sakamoto overseeing the development, Metroid: Other M may just be the next step in innovating the action genre.

Where the fuck is the "I didn't care" option?

I play Metroid for gameplay, not for story. Who cares if she speaks?

Being Metroid my favorite game series ever, i love the fact that Samus is going to talk during the adventure giving her a more deep personality....

This is my most anticipated game of 2010!!, one of the reasons is that Yoshio Sakamoto is once again in front of the development of this game, and of course i want to see who good is the work of team ninja

Its pretty good, but I prefer her voice from Brawl. Personally, I prefer the air I'd say that fits her perfectly.