It's in the same fucking line.
EDIT: Wait, hold on, I hope it's not saying you unlock it after beating the game IF you use the amiibo but you can ALSO unlock it by beating the game once...
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Metroid: Samus Returns (Mercury Steam, Metroid 2 reimagining, 9/15) announced for 3DS
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It's in the same fucking line.
EDIT: Wait, hold on, I hope it's not saying you unlock it after beating the game IF you use the amiibo but you can ALSO unlock it by beating the game once...
dancrane212
Member
If they tie a difficulty mode to needing an Amiibo I'll be incredibly sour. Micro-transactions at it's worst.
That's how I read it. Why else would they break up the endgame unlockables by figure?
I wonder if the opening of Super Metroid could be the epilogue of SR. Could be neat to play a remade Ridley fight and escape sequence.
That's how I read it. Why else would they break up the endgame unlockables by figure?
I wonder if the opening of Super Metroid could be the epilogue of SR. Could be neat to play a remade Ridley fight and escape sequence.
Stallion Dan
Member
Really, hiding a difficulty behind an amiibo?
Yeah that's why i kinda did not see the clear meaning of it it's kinda worded in a non clear way and as english is not my primary language i could not make out clearly what it means.
idk it could be this
In which case you get the first thing by having the amiibo and the 2nd item after beating the game
purseowner
Member
amiibo purchase redeemed.
sixteen-bit
Member
I like the fusion suit a lot, but I'm not sure I wanna buy an amiibo for it...
balladofwindfishes
Member
It looks like you can unlock it by beating the game, the Amiibo is just a faster unlock method
Unless I'm reading it wrong?
To me it reads like you unlock those after beating the game unlockables immediately with the amiibos.
To translate that picture:
If you touch the Metroid amiibo:
- During gameplay, you can use the Metroid Marker, alerting you of the location of the closest Metroid.
- After beating the game, you can choose the new game mode "FUSION" when starting a new game, which includes the fusion suit and a higher difficulty.
I don't see any room for doubt: they are locking a whole difficulty mode with the Fusion suit beyond an amiibo. I'm quite disgusted tbh.
If you touch the Metroid amiibo:
- During gameplay, you can use the Metroid Marker, alerting you of the location of the closest Metroid.
- After beating the game, you can choose the new game mode "FUSION" when starting a new game, which includes the fusion suit and a higher difficulty.
I don't see any room for doubt: they are locking a whole difficulty mode with the Fusion suit beyond an amiibo. I'm quite disgusted tbh.
FloweryMarston
Member
amiibos were a mistake
AlexFlame116
Member
I wonder why they're even forcing you to beat the game anyway instead of just unlocking the mode using the amiibo from the get go. They're already making you buy the amiibo so keeping it locked anyway will make the already negative reputation worse.
FloweryMarston
Member
so the metroid amiibo is literally the best amiibo ever made right? squishy and unlocks difficulty mode + fusion suiit.
sixteen-bit
Member
Fusion suit the GOAT
Oh wow, that sounds like a pile of trash. That seems like the wolf in BotW all over again. Something that was clearly in the game, but they just force you to spent 20 bucks ( that's how much the amiibos cost here) just to get a feature that should be in the same in the first place.
TheMoon
Member
WhatWeLeftBehind
Member
Locking content behind amiibo would break the convention Nintendo's established with games like Kirby Planet Robobot and Star Fox Zero where you could unlock the amiibo content after completing the game.
I'll believe it when I see it in regards to locked content. Wouldn't be the first time NeoGaf has gone full 'jump-to-conclusions' only to be wrong.
I'll believe it when I see it in regards to locked content. Wouldn't be the first time NeoGaf has gone full 'jump-to-conclusions' only to be wrong.
If beating the game first is a requirement, that doesn't seem to bode well for these things being unlockable normally. Unless there's a non-amiibo method that's gated behind additional requirements, i.e. beat game in under a certain amount of time.
Stallion Dan
Member
I got an original 3DS so if I want a difficulty mode I need a £12-15 amiibo and a £20 NFC reader.
Disgusting. Also never gonna happen.
Might scalp my EU LE and buy a used copy of the base game to feel better about it.
EternalWolf
Neo Member
These have to be early unlocks. There is no reason to have an extra missle tank, energy tank and special ability tank and it would "break" the user interface/hud and possibly the special abilities pending how they work in game. Plus there is just no reason to have extra tanks when there will already be so many. Like is there really a difference between having 500 misses compared to 505?
EternalWolf
Neo Member
Yeah but anybody can but that DLC any time they want. These amiibos are already sold out and the game isn't even out nor has the content it unlocks been announced anywhere but Japan.
-shadow-
Member
I absolutely love this suit, also really like the small detail that Samus has to support her canon. Something that she never had to do before this game.
It wouldn't be the first game to have sizeable content locked behind amiibos.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I like it, but yeah it doesn't make sense as a redesign
EternalWolf
Neo Member
I like how everyone is talking about Fusion being locked rather than what the mode actually is. SR388 is the home world of the X Parasites after all and it is called Fusion Mode, not Hard Mode. Wonder if it's a "what if" mode where the X Parasites break out and instead of hunting Metroids we basically get Metroid Fusion on SR388, with X Parasites mimicking everything in a more traditional Metroid Map.
Or even a "sequel" where Samus Returns to SR388 after Fusion.
Or even a "sequel" where Samus Returns to SR388 after Fusion.
TheMoon
Member
If you'd read the rest of the thread too, you'd see that you're jumping the gun there a bit as it's not clear yet if this is the only way to unlock this content.
Also nice one on the bolded. Great move.
I think it's just a new model xD
Fair point. I was replying more about the poster saying it won't be behind a paywall.
EternalWolf
Neo Member
But why would they call it Fusion Mode? I highly doubt you can only play Hard Mode with the Fusion Suit, that would make no sense. But if Fusion Mode is a harder difficulty that requires the Fusion Suit then it is likely that there is something actually new about the mode.
Also, Fusion is the easiest Metroid game, not something you would name a Hard Mode after.
Payable DLC mode is different from amiibo locked mode.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I thought it was awesome.
Stallion Dan
Member
Agree with this. Thankfully it was ditched by the ending.
Synless
Member
Where did they ditch it? The final suit is still the same but orange.
She didn't ditch it, but since she's able to take it off now, I guess some people think she's got a Power Suit in reserve or something? I dunno.
Well the power suit is made of magic, so I would think that if she had time to concentrate enough she could restore it back to factory condition. I think the Chozo are supposed to still be alive, too. So they can help out. That's probably where she's gotten her ship and suit redesigns over the years.
What? No, they're not jumping the gun as far as what the text actually says. Sure the text doesn't say that you can't unlock it by just playing the game, but it sure as heck doesn't imply that you can.
The text says "using [X] amiibo after beating the game unlocks [y]". That's it. At best it's unclear messaging, which isn't great and at worst it's locking interesting psot-game modes behind amiibo, which I don't really care for either.
But assuming the text means what it says is not jumping the gun.
TheMoon
Member
It's jumping the gun because there's precedent of the amiibo unlock being only an alternative to an in-game requirement, as has been pointed out already. Hence the need for clarification.
The ship in Fusion was provided by the Federation and the ship in Prime 3 was built at a Federation shipyard and designed by Samus. So it seems like it's the Federation and Samus doing the ship redesigns.But one of Zero Mission's endings shows Samus meeting with what looks like a Chozo, so I could see her getting some help from them.
Also, the idea of Samus being able to concentrate the Power Suit back doesn't make sense to me. If Samus could just concentrate to get anything, why does she need to pick up suit upgrades? Why does she need to download missiles or absorb the Varia Suit in Fusion when she can just concentrate them? How does Samus get stranded without her equipment in Zero Mission, and stripped of most of it in Prime 1 and 2?
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Love the Fusion suit. The Light suit from Echoes on the other hand... yuck.
Stallion Dan
Member
The Fusion suit was part of her and couldn't be taken off, but after bonding with the SA-X parasite she was able to remove it.
Can't take you seriously ever again after this comment, sorry.
But no really, I fucking love the Light Suit. Sleek and sexy with a great color scheme, and the power it provides feels like a breath of fresh air in the oppressive Prime 2. Plus, it doesn't make Samus look like she's covered in taffy.
They've retconned other details of Fusion.
But I doubt that they'll retcon
SR388 getting nuked by Samus.
Stallion Dan
Member
You can tap this amiibo to find out if there's a Metroid nearby. After completing the game, you can tap this amiibo to unlock Fusion mode.
^^This sounds like the mode isn't unlocked by beating the game, and only through amiibo.
^^This sounds like the mode isn't unlocked by beating the game, and only through amiibo.