METROID PRIME 4 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT SERIES
Despite the solid critical reception, word-of-mouth spread, the game quickly found itself in bargain bins, and the series remained dormant for the next half-decade。 This isn’t even mentioning the shockingly inept story: while I admittedly find certain oft-criticized elements to be overblown (namely anything to do with “The Baby”), there’s no use defending the dropped plot points, repeat contradictions of series lore, nonsensical actions by its characters, and the disappointing treatment of Samus Aran herself. Sakamoto’s ill-fated ambitions for Other M resulted in a hodgepodge of gameplay elements that never gelled together, all of which undermined the series’ focus on exploration. (As in, creators who’d lost touch with why their works were so beloved) However, despite our wishes coming true, fans are at an awkward impasse in that Sakamoto and Tanabe are at the helm behind the new games: the former behind Samus Returns alongside Spanish developer MercurySteam, and Tanabe with an unknown new team for Metroid Prime 4.Īre these fears unfounded? Let us not mince words: Metroid: Other M and Metroid Prime: Federation Force were failures. Both games, respectively developed by series co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto and Metroid Prime producer Kensuke Tanabe,were perceived as a betrayal to the series’ core values, and many were quick to file both individuals into the “George Lucas” category. The answer is a simple one: for the past seven years, fans had convinced themselves the series was shelved after two misfires in the form of Metroid: Other M and Metroid Prime: Federation Force. It only took one glimpse at Metroid Prime 4‘s logo send fans into a frenzy, but presenting the first 2D Metroid in fourteen years (a remake of 1991’s Metroid II: Return of Samus for Game Boy) on top of that in the form of Metroid: Samus Returns was enough to launch us Samus geeks into sweet, sweet euphoria.
The explosion of ideas that is Super Mario Odyssey resulted in the best game Nintendo showed off at E3, but it was the sudden one-two punch of Metroid announcements that captivated fans most.
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