D.Lo
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And yet it isn't numbered. The game itself defines itself as a spinoff.
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Metroid: Samus Returns (Mercury Steam, Metroid 2 reimagining, 9/15) announced for 3DS
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Astral Dog
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Because its in between Super and Fusion
Alex_Mexico
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I could live without a Dark protagonist storyline in any future Metroid for the rest of my life.
Hell, I could do without it for any future Nintendo game, period. Dark Link, Dark Mario (Sunshine), Dark Samus (in TWO games), think of something g new, Nintendo!
And the prime games are in between Zero mission and Samus Returns.
If Samus Returns sells enough.
Incidentally it's in the same sequence she reveal the Zero Suit which is a direct input given to retro to mesh well with Zero Mission.
For all we know there's a button inside the suit that we can't see that deactivate the suit.
More fitting if you ask me >.>
Hell no, Dark Link is awesome and the only one that has any right to actually be there.
Dark Samus was great in how the encounters happened.
Dark Link is the OG, the fights are always awesome and ALBW even showed how you could implement online elements with it.
The Prime games were spinoffs billed as such.
Other M was always the game they wanted to please 2D Metroid fans after all
For all we know, she removed the suit, put it in storage somewhere in the shit.
Ship got shot, she no longer has access to the suit.
It was not meant to be complicated.
The Prime games were never billed as "spin off". Metroid Prime was the 3D evolution of Metroid like Ocarina of Time was for Zelda, not a Paper Mario-esque spinoff.
Metroid Prime were billed as spinoff or side story since it was announced.
Metroid Fusion wasn't, hence why it was Metroid IV.
3D Zelda and 3D Mario were made by the core teams behind 2D Zelda and 2D Mario.
3D Metroid was given to noob studio that was in trouble to much fan dismay.
It became the most popular part of Metroid so of course now it's viewed in a better light.
I'm sure he'll throw some kind of veiled Other M threat, er reference, in there somewhere.
Side story is different than "spin off". Majora's Mask was originally "Zelda Gaiden" and has no connection to the main Zelda narrative (Ganondorf, Triforce etc.), but would you label it as a "spinoff"? The same can be said for Minish Cap, which want even made by Nintendo. But it's still a main Zelda.
Edit: See here https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Metroid-Prime-268423.html
It was always considered the 3D evolution of the series, it's the "fourth chapter" after Metroid, II and Super.
D.Lo
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Agreed. Gaiden, not spin-off.
And the Prime games are set between 1 and 2.
Nintendo could have done a numbered sequel. You can even number things that are actually prequels (see Street Fighter) They didn't, other M is is side story set between 3 and 4. It has little consequence either, just a little rough up on a space station. Fusion is that too, but ends with the destruction of SR388, which is a larger implication for history.
Zelda is a horrible example to use.
Everything being released in the Zelda franchise is "major" and part of the timeline.
as far as the timeline is concerned Four Swords is as important as Twilight Princess.
They've tried to make major releases out of every single Zelda games, even clear spinoffs like 4Swords+.
Metroid Prime is basically akin to Mario Kart.
Sure it's a spinoff but it's a huge release with high budget.
D.Lo
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Ridiculous nonsense. It's not anything like Mario Kart, a cute spin-off that makes absolutely no sense as 'cannon', it's bad guys and good guys clowning around together in another genre. And Mario is already a dream-ish lighthearted no-timeline series.
Metroid Prime is same genre, and has all the same principal characteristics (Samus hero defeating bad space pirates who want to use a bad bioweapon), plots, setting, characters, enemies and tone.
Blast Ball, Pinball, Prime 2 multiplayer, these are the Mario Kart style spin offs. Federation Force is the closest thing to a 'main' spin off, as you do not play as Samus.
That's a terrible comparison. Prime Pinball is comparable to mario kart...not prime. Prime isn't a spinoff.
Samus Returns 3DS theme is up on My Nintendo for 20 gold coins: https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/ce0baa5bd48ff163
Hell yes. Thanks for the heads up!
Wow. Pre-loading. I totally forgot Nintendo did that because it's not on the Switch >_<
Weird, I was able to download it just fine.
I lovvvvvvvve me some spoilers. Bring on the leak thread!
I don't want to be spoiled this game of all games. I'll do everything possible to avoid them if leaks happen. I mostly just don't want the game to be pirated though to really affect sales.
Lol, yea I never used a code for a theme before so I got it now.
Claude Augario
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Didn't Fusion leak like a month before release? It's tradition at this point.
I got my pre-order down on Amazon, but I need to blast through Mario and Rabbids first. I'm really looking forward to this, I haven't played a new 2D Metroid in 13 years (And that was a remake technically, although I guess this one is too lol).
I was 16 when Zero Mission came out, that is hard to believe. :/
I was 16 when Zero Mission came out, that is hard to believe. :/
TheDinoman
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I just downloaded it and tried it out, and wow yeah that's fucking wicked.
So excited for this game.
Reviewers already got their copies, too. So...yeah.
Well if a reviewer leaks it, they will get in big trouble if caught.
Clean rip of the Super metroid remixed theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoMEu5_XVQ0
Reminds me of the Genesis version of the theme, but that's from the 3DS theme.
I'd still like an orchestrated version of the theme that actually uses Drums to keep the beat
TheDinoman
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Now to wait two whole weeks.
Now to wait two whole weeks.
That's a nice clean icon, I'm glad they didn't use like Samus's head or something like they do for a lot of mario games.
-shadow-
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Feels good to have those Prime vibes back. I think Yamamoto went a little heavy with the chanting in 3, but this feels about right.
TheMoon
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Last few pages are basically:
QED
lol
[..] I'm just not really understanding why more people don't embrace this as it would lead to way less headache, heartache, and butthurt quarreling on message boards
QED
lol
That's pretty cool guess i will claim it then hopefully i have enough gold coins lol.
Edit: oh i have 300+ lol dunno how does the Switch automaticly claim em from games you bought?
It seems to me that the people who struggle the most are those that have to bend over backwards to not have the Prime games be part of the mainline.
Charles Brandon
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"Not available in your country"
Fuck
Seriously. Who region locks this sort of crap? And why? Cunts - that's who!
Omfg... Will I really get this theme on a console I won't use? Fucking hell...
The timelline wasn't even a thing when Majoras Mask was made. "akin to Mario Kart." Fucking lmao.
*Meanwhile in Europe
Yeah just saw that meh:/ i am sure we will get it too tho.
Yeah after my gold coins are all gone probably. Fuck this.
Yea, lol, Nintendo never gave a fuck about the timeline. It wasn't even a thing in consideration to people until windwaker. Then a few more games came out that basically split lore up.