Unofficial Official Metroid: Other M Thread

[Ciaran]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep

Except it was made by Nintendo.
The people who complain it sucks, are complaining about Samus having emotion and crying in one scene at the face of her arch rival. Everything people complain about was the work of Sakomoto, one of the very original creators of Metroid.

What about the horrible controls???

Being put there deliberately doesn't make the controls good.

I've yet to see anyone complaining about anything other than Samus being a babby.

Well go read some reviews then, all of the reviews Ive read mentioned the camera not shifting when you're backtracking and the clunky D-Pad and first person controls.

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Alright, I'm interested in getting this game, and now would be the time to get it. I have a coupon for 15 dollars off it, plus if I get it between now and the 10th, I get three free ringtones. Not a big incentive to get it ASAP, but meh. Anyway, my question is, if I never played any metroid games really (except a bit of the first and maybe one level of prime) but I still get the story, can I play this now? Or should I experience previous titles first? If I don't get this right away, I would get the Prime Trilogy.

Prime Trilogy isn't in stores anymore, bucko.

And you might want to play Super Metroid before you play Other M. Just a suggestion...

Funny, I see the Trilogy in stores all the time.

 

[Tyeforce]

Alright, I'm interested in getting this game, and now would be the time to get it. I have a coupon for 15 dollars off it, plus if I get it between now and the 10th, I get three free ringtones. Not a big incentive to get it ASAP, but meh. Anyway, my question is, if I never played any metroid games really (except a bit of the first and maybe one level of prime) but I still get the story, can I play this now? Or should I experience previous titles first? If I don't get this right away, I would get the Prime Trilogy.

Prime Trilogy isn't in stores anymore, bucko.

And you might want to play Super Metroid before you play Other M. Just a suggestion...

Really? I thought it was just out of stock. So it was just for a sale a limited time? T_T Oh well. So basically, if I get the story I could play this and not be too confused?

You'd have to play Super Metroid first to get the story.

No, you really don't. Metroid: Other M retells the ending of Super Metroid in the very beginning. Also, I recommend watching the Metroid and Me video.

Anyway, you do not have to have played any past Metroid game in order to understand and enjoy Other M. I'm in the same boat as Jami, and I'm loving the game so far.

 

[Bacon Boy]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep

I've yet to see anyone complaining about anything other than Samus being a babby.

She's one sexy baby, then.

And there's a reason for it in this game. It explains why she's so cold in the rest of the games.

Except Other M is the second to last game in the timeline and
<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>

That wouldn't make any sense. That would mean it came after Echoes, which is didn't. It followed Super Metroid and preceded Fusion.

 

[Psychonaut]

OH GOD HERE COMES THE TIMELINE DISCUSSION

also, i heard that the game auto-aims for you, more or less.
also, infinite/rechargeable missiles/health when low, whut?

I think i'll pass on this metroid. in summary, i think this is the best thing that came out of the conversation with my friend about it:

"NO NUNCHUK, NO CLASSIC CONTROLLER, FINAL DESTINATION," as what the developers had in mind. also, metroid, other gaiden. whut.

edit: he bought it, was telling me about how awful of a metroid game it is/telling me not to get it. he could have been messing with me, but auto-aim and infinite missiles = wtf, nintendo. wtf.

 

[PaJami]

I got it today, and it's pretty fun so far. After watching several "story" videos, I think I got it good. Loving it so far, and hopefully I'll also end up getting the Trilogy on eBay sometime

 

[Megamannt125]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep

She's one sexy baby, then.

And there's a reason for it in this game. It explains why she's so cold in the rest of the games.

Except Other M is the second to last game in the timeline and
<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>

That wouldn't make any sense. That would mean it came after Echoes, which is didn't. It followed Super Metroid and preceded Fusion.

The timeline is this:
Metroid
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Echoes
Metroid Prime: Corruption
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Fusion

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep

Except Other M is the second to last game in the timeline and
<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>

That wouldn't make any sense. That would mean it came after Echoes, which is didn't. It followed Super Metroid and preceded Fusion.

The timeline is this:
Metroid
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Echoes
Metroid Prime: Corruption
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Fusion

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

Actually confirmed or just fan made out of curiosity?

 

[Psychonaut]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>

That wouldn't make any sense. That would mean it came after Echoes, which is didn't. It followed Super Metroid and preceded Fusion.

The timeline is this:
Metroid
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Echoes
Metroid Prime: Corruption
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Fusion

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

Actually confirmed or just fan made out of curiosity?

makes sense, nintendo's usually hush-hush about timeline/story stuff.

fanmade i guess, but not without good reason

 

[Rawburt]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>

The timeline is this:
Metroid
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Echoes
Metroid Prime: Corruption
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Fusion

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

Actually confirmed or just fan made out of curiosity?

makes sense, nintendo's usually hush-hush about timeline/story stuff.

fanmade i guess, but not without good reason

I think this timeline is confirmed by Nintendo actually.

I haven't found any real dispute over it.

 

[Tyeforce]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>

That wouldn't make any sense. That would mean it came after Echoes, which is didn't. It followed Super Metroid and preceded Fusion.

The timeline is this:
Metroid
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Echoes
Metroid Prime: Corruption
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Fusion

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

Actually confirmed or just fan made out of curiosity?

It's 100% confirmed by Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

 

[Psychonaut]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>

The timeline is this:
Metroid
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Echoes
Metroid Prime: Corruption
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Super Metroid
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Fusion

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

Actually confirmed or just fan made out of curiosity?

It's 100% confirmed by Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

except they said metroid prime isn't even on the same timeline as the "main series", in that link.

they (the link) said it goes...

metroid
metroid 2
super metroid
metroid other m
metroid fusion

and that the metroid prime series goes

metroid prime/metroid prime pinball (same story apparently)
metroid prime hunters
metroid prime 2
metroid prime 3

wat.

 

[Ciaran]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

Actually confirmed or just fan made out of curiosity?

It's 100% confirmed by Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

except they said metroid prime isn't even on the same timeline as the "main series", in that ]No, Tye was right.

I remember reading somewhere about it...

 

[Psychonaut]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timeline

It's 100% confirmed by Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

except they said metroid prime isn't even on the same timeline as the "main series", in that ]No, Tye was right.

I remember reading somewhere about it...

click the link that tye provided to prove that the timeline was correct.

scroll to where they put them in order.

be amazed.

 

[Ciaran]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timelineby Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

except they said metroid prime isn't even on the same timeline as the "main series", in that ]No, Tye was right.

I remember reading somewhere about it...

click the link that tye provided to prove that the timeline was correct.

scroll to where they put them in order.

be amazed.

Metroid Prime Series (in order of in-game timeline):
The Metroid Prime series is a separate collection of games featuring Samus Aran which has a different concept and game design to Metroid games.

Well that's just... not right...
It didnt say it doesnt take place in the same timeline anyway.
And here's the timeline laid out in a better way, anyway.

 

[Psychonaut]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timelineby Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

No, Tye was right.

I remember reading somewhere about it...

click the ]Metroid Prime Series (in order of in-game timeline):
The Metroid Prime series is a separate collection of games featuring Samus Aran which has a different concept and game design to Metroid games.

Well that's just... not right...
It didnt say it doesnt take place in the same timeline anyway.
And here's the timeline laid out in a better way, anyway.

yeah.. it does make sense i guess, except for the whole phazon never being mentioned at all/again..

but my point was that tye's link did nothing to prove that. it disproved what he was saying, though it was an "official" source.

 

[Thunder]

No, Tye was right.

Holy *censored.2.0*.

 

[Ciaran]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timelineby Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

click the ]Metroid Prime Series (in order of in-game timeline):
The Metroid Prime series is a separate collection of games featuring Samus Aran which has a different concept and game design to Metroid games.

Well that's just... not right...
It didnt say it doesnt take place in the same timeline anyway.
And here's the timeline laid out in a better way, anyway.

yeah.. it does make sense i guess, except for the whole phazon never being mentioned at all/again..

but my point was that tye's link did nothing to prove that. it disproved what he was saying, though it was an "official" source.

Well, the prime series is the latest in the series, save for Other M, which focused more on Super Metroid than Prime, and Other M was probably in development since before the prime series was even finished.

 

[Psychonaut]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Spoiler: click to toggle</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">she's never frozen up and cried when confronted by Ridley in past games</div>http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Timelineby Nintendo. They even restated it just a few days ago.
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134762

Metroid Prime Series (in order of in-game timeline):
The Metroid Prime series is a separate collection of games featuring Samus Aran which has a different concept and game design to Metroid games.

Well that's just... not right...
It didnt say it doesnt take place in the same timeline anyway.
And here's the timeline laid out in a better way, anyway.

yeah.. it does make sense i guess, except for the whole phazon never being mentioned at all/again..

but my point was that tye's ]Well, the prime series is the latest in the series, save for Other M, which focused more on Super Metroid than Prime, and Other M was probably in development since before the prime series was even finished.

yeah, i just wasn't sure if other m had anything to do with it/mentioned any of it.

the story might have been in development.. but i doubt the game itself went beyond that, and maybe a little bit of concept art/direction.. but maybe, since i don't remember how long it's been since prime 3 came out.

point still stands that tye's link doesn't confirm it, yes?

 

[NikoKing]

olawd.