Metroid: Samus Returns

[DAB]

2 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Gameboy original.

So it was. I've edited that mistake, thanks.

[deKay]

2 hours ago, DAB said:

A bit like Metroid 1 came on the cartridge for its remake, Zero Mission, on the GBA.

 

It did what now

[Cyhwuhx]

59 minutes ago, deKay said:

 

It did what now

 

What it says on the tin. Both ZM and Fusion have Metroid I on the cart.

[deKay]

6 minutes ago, Cyhwuhx said:

 

What it says on the tin. Both ZM and Fusion have Metroid I on the cart.

 

I have both of these games and never knew this.

[ryodi]

You need to connect Fusion to Prime to unlock it in that game. You only have to beat the game to unlock it in Zero Mission. 

[Alex W.]

Metroid 1 is unlocked in Prime, and Zero Mission, but not Fusion.

 

Also if you have two GBAs and link Fusion and Zero Mission together you unlock all the Fusion art galleries in ZM, including the Japan-only ones telling Samus' official backstory. 

[gizmo1990]

Managed to grab one from Nintendo too. At least I think I have. My order just appears on their site as 'Processing'. Is that normal for pre orders on their site?

[BossSaru]

Vanilla version available for £29.85 from Simply Games.

[ryodi]

 

[Cyhwuhx]

 

Spoiler

Looking at that maybe they'll finally confirm Mother Brains/Aurora Units to be Chozo constructs. Those Aeion Abilities look a bit key-lock-ish. Hopefully they'll have more applications beyond the obvious.

 

[Kevvy Metal]

1 hour ago, Cyhwuhx said:

 

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Looking at that maybe they'll finally confirm Mother Brains/Aurora Units to be Chozo constructs. Those Aeion Abilities look a bit key-lock-ish. Hopefully they'll have more applications beyond the obvious.

 

 

 

That's fucking Henry Rollins doing the voice over!

[Nespresso]

Calling it now: Phase Drift will also be featured in MP4 (for better or worse). 

 

 

[spanky debrest]

I'll be gutted if this doesn't run at 60fps on a N3DS. Plenty of games run at 30fps on an O3DS whilst switching up to 60 on New models so I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the same for this, even with the 3D on. It's a super late generation release after all.

[Alex W.]

That video is so 1990s it could've been running on a whining CRT hanging from the ceiling of EB.

[Nespresso]

On 24-8-2017 at 20:25, spanky debrest said:

I'll be gutted if this doesn't run at 60fps on a N3DS. Plenty of games run at 30fps on an O3DS whilst switching up to 60 on New models so I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the same for this, even with the 3D on. It's a super late generation release after all.

Have they said anything about the performance on a regular 3DS(XL) yet? 

 

Just managed to grab this for only €35 even.

[MidWalian]

GameXplain have put up some vids. Here are a couple:

 

 

I'll spoiler tag the boss fight one.

 

Spoiler

 

 

[MidWalian]

 

[deKay]

This is "out there" if you have the means and the lack of morals necessary.

[Cyhwuhx]

1 hour ago, deKay said:

This is "out there" if you have the means and the lack of morals necessary.

 

[deKay]

@Purin It was more to point out that people will be playing it so impressions are likely to be incoming. I'm not condoning doing it!

[Dig Dug]

Still not pleased with how amiibo is being used. Fusion suit is fine, but also locking a difficulty behind it as well? Does anyone know yet if the amiibo missile and e tank go towards collection %?

 

Other than that it looks decent.

[Cyhwuhx]

Just ignore it. It's meant to instil that feeling and get you over the edge to buy the damned things anyway.

[MidWalian]

REVIEWS INCOMING!

 

http://opencritic.com/game/4498/metroid-samus-returns

 

87% based on 12 reviews when I just checked.

 

 

[Cyhwuhx]

So far, only Eurogamer (no award) seems to have soured the stock a bit. Unfortunately they do prey on a lot of the issues I had beforehand... Oh well, we'll see come Friday.

[Rudderless]

27 minutes ago, Cyhwuhx said:

So far, only Eurogamer (no award) seems to have soured the stock a bit. Unfortunately they do prey on a lot of the issues I had beforehand... Oh well, we'll see come Friday.

 

Mark Brown and Jeremy Parish both had misgivings, too. And, um, me. 

[gizmo1990]

Great review from Nintendo Life though. I'm still all in.

 

You're always gonna get the odd negative tone from one or two reviewers, regardless of how many others sing a title's praises. I do think it's a shame to see Eurogamer single out Mercurystream's supposed bad history though. Everything Ive seen thus far point to them being very respectful and understanding of Metroid and its heritage.

 

 

[ryodi]

 

Good review from Jeremy Parish who wrote a book on Metroid.

[Cyhwuhx]

1 hour ago, Rudderless said:

 

Mark Brown and Jeremy Parish both had misgivings, too. And, um, me. 

 

Well, it is a complex issue.

 

It's not only that MercurySteam is doing a remake, they're also doing a remake of Metroid II of all games... Deviate from the linearity and its not M2, don't retread ZM/Super and people will scream the devs don't understand Metroid. Go combat heavy and people will moan as they did with Echoes. I'm kind of fearful this title will become "anOther M" debacle, with the fans cutting right through to the heart and discovering a diluted Metroid-experience (especially when compared to AM2R) in drags, while whatever writer is out there and slightly pro-Nintendo will rate it sky-high because it's Metroid and not Federation Force.

 

That said, I really dislike its graphics and understand the Samus cosplay remarks. She really does look horrid and even the rendered artwork is intensely ugly.

 

I'll get it regardless, because Metroid, but if this fails, I can't really be bothered because AM2R exists in this reality (which has its own share of issues btw).

[HarMGM]

Parish's review managed to put me off on the game so I'll hold out on it for the time being.

 

Prime 4 is coming as well and I've wanted to replay Zero Mission anyway. That way I can compare it to AM2R which hasn't really impressed me.

 

This game turning into a shitstorm like Other M I don't see happening. The complaints with that hame always focused on the story problems and horrid rewriting of Samus's character.

[gizmo1990]

Why is other m even being brought up here..? Sheesh.. it's a sad time when I'm forced to read the gaf thread to be on the happy train. The reviews are almost overwhelmingly positive! Rejoice!