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Banned
In my opinion, Metroid Fusion was one of the most beautiful looking
Game Boy Advance
games when it came out 18 years ago, and the different color schemes unique to each level played a large part in immersing me in the game's atmosphere. It's also the first Metroid game that I played, so I remember it fondly like how some people think back to Final Fantasy VII or GTA: Vice City, the first games for many in their respective series. But on top of the great graphics, atmosphere and music, Metroid Fusion had an intriguing concept where you were not only stripped of your abilities and had to work to regain them over time but you were also being hunted by a parasite, the SA-X, that mimicked your original appearance and full power. The idea of the hunter, Samus Aran, becoming the hunted was really cool as well as the look of her new suit that translated beautifully on a small 16-bit handheld screen.
When I think about Metroid Dread, the cancelled sequel to Fusion reportedly for the
Nintendo DS
, the first thing that always comes to mind is a possible spookier iteration of Metroid where Samus is also being hunted by the Galactic Federation. I think about the potential of an even better-looking 2D Metroid instead of what we actually ended up getting - Metroid Prime: Hunters - which I just hated because I could not get used to the controls. Don't get me wrong, I think the DS and 3DS are great handhelds, but how ironic is it to try to port the Metroid Prime experience on them knowing it's not going to control the same. But I digress...
I'm curious what other fans of Metroid Fusion were expecting of Metroid Dread, what it might look like and the direction Nintendo would take the story? What are some 2D games available for the DS that might more or less represent what a superior 2D Metroid could have looked like?
As far as actual Metroid 5 news is concerned, to my knowledge there is just the idea that Samus Aran might confront a rebel faction of Chozo, based on this almost 3-year old video by GameXplain.
Game Boy Advance
games when it came out 18 years ago, and the different color schemes unique to each level played a large part in immersing me in the game's atmosphere. It's also the first Metroid game that I played, so I remember it fondly like how some people think back to Final Fantasy VII or GTA: Vice City, the first games for many in their respective series. But on top of the great graphics, atmosphere and music, Metroid Fusion had an intriguing concept where you were not only stripped of your abilities and had to work to regain them over time but you were also being hunted by a parasite, the SA-X, that mimicked your original appearance and full power. The idea of the hunter, Samus Aran, becoming the hunted was really cool as well as the look of her new suit that translated beautifully on a small 16-bit handheld screen.
When I think about Metroid Dread, the cancelled sequel to Fusion reportedly for the
Nintendo DS
, the first thing that always comes to mind is a possible spookier iteration of Metroid where Samus is also being hunted by the Galactic Federation. I think about the potential of an even better-looking 2D Metroid instead of what we actually ended up getting - Metroid Prime: Hunters - which I just hated because I could not get used to the controls. Don't get me wrong, I think the DS and 3DS are great handhelds, but how ironic is it to try to port the Metroid Prime experience on them knowing it's not going to control the same. But I digress...I'm curious what other fans of Metroid Fusion were expecting of Metroid Dread, what it might look like and the direction Nintendo would take the story? What are some 2D games available for the DS that might more or less represent what a superior 2D Metroid could have looked like?
As far as actual Metroid 5 news is concerned, to my knowledge there is just the idea that Samus Aran might confront a rebel faction of Chozo, based on this almost 3-year old video by GameXplain.
