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[CGiRanger]

Really cool info. Again Mercury Steam returns to head development

The original idea for Metroid Dread came up 15 years ago, but development was abandoned, due to technology limitations at the time. A restart of the project a bit later also failed. After working with Mercury Steam, he felt they could properly make the game as originally envisioned.

 

[CGiRanger]

It's funny seeing comments about Mercury Steam not knowing about what makes Metroid great. When the very creator of Metroid is picking them to work on it because he feels they do.

Now, I guess if you want to make a claim that Sakamoto no longer knows about Metroid, well, that's a whole other argument.

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

Man, this is surreal. Metroid Fusion is one of my favorite Nintendo games so I'm very excited to play this!

 

[CGiRanger]

Man, this is surreal. Metroid Fusion is one of my favorite Nintendo games so I'm very excited to play this!

Yeah, it's so amazing seeing the Fusion Suit once again after so long. I also enjoyed my time with Samus Returns so I'm very excited for this.

EMMI's movements look creepy to me. Also it has one-hit kills.

 

[CamHostage]

Cool video, really wish they had included some footage or something from the prototype versions before this, but otherwise it's awesome that Nintendo acknowledged the history that got them to this point. (Metroid Dread originally broke out in rumors/leaks as a DS game, so it's been a looooooong wait...)

 

[skit_data]

OMG, I didn’t expect this!

Looks really nice!

 

[cireza]

It's funny seeing comments about Mercury Steam not knowing about what makes Metroid great. When the very creator of Metroid is picking them to work on it because he feels they do.

The very creator that allowed Other M. Quite funny indeed.

 

[Synless]

The very creator that allowed Other M. Quite funny indeed.

Outside of baby jokes Other M was a solid 3rd person adventure game.

 

[Closer]

The very creator that allowed Other M. Quite funny indeed.

But I liked Other M, daaaaad

 

[CGiRanger]

Outside of baby jokes Other M was a solid 3rd person adventure game.

I thought so too. It's clear narratives are not his strong point though, but that's why even in this interview he's downplaying that aspect. But then again, the best Metroid's are not about narrative in terms of cutscenes or such.

 

[Calverz]

When I first seen this I wasn't impressed like at all. This video has alleviated some of my fears but there is just something off with the graphics and art style. Samus look all types of wrong. Still.....a new 2d metroid game. I will of course pre order the collectors edition regardless lol

 

[CGiRanger]

Outside of baby jokes Other M was a solid 3rd person adventure game.

I thought so too. It's clear narratives are not his strong point though, but that's why even in this interview he's downplaying that aspect. But then again, the best Metroids are not about narrative.

 

[Faithless83]

Other M narrative is abismal and it affected the gameplay structure hard. "You are not allowed to use your arsenal"? WTF!?
There is a decent game deep within, but far from a great metroid game, like the 2d counterparts.

I've played a few minutes of Samus returns and it didn't felt good to control, but maybe that's the 3ds analog at work, we'll see.

 

[Oberstein]

Probably the best video of the day
Let's keep talking about Metroid.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Outside of baby jokes Other M was a solid 3rd person adventure game.

Other M was good.