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[Solune]

Can I play classic GB games in my GBA?

Yes you can, Metroid II is really under appreciated too.

Can't wait till Gamestop ships this with the art folio /drool.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

Can I play classic GB games in my GBA?

I want to say YES. I'm pretty sure you can't on the DS, but on the GBA I believe so.

 

[scitek]

Doesnt fully explain it though. Costcos by me said hell no on releasing it. It was good timing though moment it leaked online all these stores suddenly broke street date.

Huh? Costco's the only store I've seen mentioned. It's where I got mine. I rushed out to check once someone said something and they had it out already.

I want to say YES. I'm pretty sure you can't on the DS, but on the GBA I believe so.

Does the SP play GB games, too?

 

[Chet Rippo]

Seriously, thoughtful Ridley is creepier than anything in the Metroid universe...well aside from Nightmare and Metroid Prime first form's face.

Does the SP play GB games, too?

yes.

 

[donkey show]

The game can be good and still be underwhelming for a Metroid game. I highly regard this franchise.

That's pretty much my thoughts after beating it. On it's own merits, its an awesome game and definitely falls within the Metroid lineage. Yet in comparison to other Metroids, that's where it's weakest.

 

[Regulus Tera]

The Wii lacks quality action games? I mean outside of No More Heroes that is.

Sin & Punishment disagrees.

I consider that more as a shoot em up.

Since when are shoot 'em ups NOT action games?

 

[Lost Fragment]

That's pretty much my thoughts after beating it. On it's own merits, its an awesome game and definitely falls within the Metroid lineage. Yet in comparison to other Metroids, that's where it's weakest.

I agree with this. I wouldn't call it "awesome" though. Just "good."

Not $50 worth of "good," though. Sorta regretting not waiting for the price drop. But much like the Final Fantasy series, I am forever doomed buy every new Metroid game day 1 for full price.

 

[donkey show]

I agree with this. I wouldn't call it "awesome" though. Just "good."

Not $50 worth of "good," though. Sorta regretting not waiting for the price drop. But much like the Final Fantasy series, I am forever doomed buy every new Metroid game day 1 for full price.

I totally understand. I guess what makes it awesome for me is the combat. I've played all the Metroids under the sun, but I really clicked with the nuances of this one. Granted it can seem pretty simple, I really appreciated Team Ninja bringing Samus' into this particular light because it made sense in my mind that she'd be able to do all these things with her power suit. It made me feel like a badass finishing off aliens the way I envisioned. I'd love to see things like Sense move and Lethal Strikes/Overblast show up in future iterations combined with Fusion/Zero Mission controls. Overall it was a very simplified Metroid experience that left me wanting more, in a good way. At the same time, I completely understand the frustrations of so many current and future players because of the changes. I still appreciate Other M for what it was trying to do, granted with lulzy moments in between.

I think this game could've been much better if they didn't go back to the "research facility" scenario, but I'm looking forward to the added challenge of Hard Mode soon.

I guess I wouldn't be really far off in calling it Metroid Gaiden. =P

 

[Teknoman]

I wonder...hard mode doesnt introduce any new moves for enemies right?

 

[donkey show]

I wonder...hard mode doesnt introduce any new moves for enemies right?

That I have yet to experience, but I'll let you know for sure. It'd be cool if they changed it up similar to how Master Ninja difficulty is like in Ninja Gaiden. I'm planning on recording a full hard mode run in a bit.

 

[Calints Neos]

I hope the controls aren't too complex.

This will be the first Metroid game I buy

 

[donkey show]

I hope the controls aren't too complex.

This will be the first Metroid game I buy

To be honest, I think they oversimplified them, but I enjoy the end result. It'd be interesting to hear what your thoughts on the game is.

 

[JohngPR]

I finally got my release day shipped notification from Amazon around 12:30am. Weird. Hopefully I actually get it tomorrow.

 

[tomjenkins]

Metroid Bread: Baking with Samus

G4: -4/5

I saw this post and couldn't resist:

 

[donkey show]

I finally got my release day shipped notification from Amazon around 12:30am. Weird. Hopefully I actually get it tomorrow.

You'll get it tomorrow. This happens now and then with Amazon and release day shipping. It happened to me with SSFIV and FFXIII.

 

[Teknoman]

I saw this post and couldn't resist:

This is going to get a ton of mileage.

 

[Socreges]

Mejilan's impressions don't please me. He's always been pretty easy to please when it comes to Nintendo games, IIRC. (no offense, Mejilan. you're just not a, er, AniHawk-type)

The wall jumping sounds DERP. Gah.

I will admit that I'm also of the opinion that Sakamoto made some of these choices, not just about the way the story is presented but also Samus' character in and of itself, with the thought of making her a more popular and sympathetic character to the Japanese audience, which typically hasn't held Metroid up to the levels of popularity the series sees elsewhere. He made it a point that improving accessibility was a major focus for him during development.

Yep. There was also probably an attraction to bring Metroid into the next generation properly which would mean cinematics and the like. I think it's all pretty unfortunate, though, personally. I'm all for high-level presentation, VA, and such in Metroid games, but there are certain things that are better left unchanged, I think.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

I caved and did a Gamestop preorder because I realized I couldn't wait for Amazon's free shipping on a Metroid game. Not only because I can't wait to play the game, but because I don't know if I would be able to avoid this thread in the meantime. :lol

 

[donkey show]

I caved and did a Gamestop preorder because I realized I couldn't wait for Amazon's free shipping on a Metroid game. Not only because I can't wait to play the game, but because I don't know if I would be able to avoid this thread in the meantime. :lol

LOL, you shoulda went with Wal-Mart since some of them are having a midnight release tonight.

 

[Osuwari]

That I have yet to experience, but I'll let you know for sure. It'd be cool if they changed it up similar to how Master Ninja difficulty is like in Ninja Gaiden. I'm planning on recording a full hard mode run in a bit.

i just beat the game in hard mode.
unlike normal, it doesn't save after beating the game so you can't do the escape sequence. my final save before the last boss is at 3 hours 57 minutes.
also, there's no pickups in the game so you have to make it through with 99 HP and 10 missiles. the game is less forgiving too because you don't stop at 1 HP like in normal when you get hit by an attack that would kill you.
there's no new moves, enemies or unlockables by playing hard mode though so it is mostly a challenge for hardcore gamers.

 

[udivision]

Hail, the greatest game never made.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

LOL, you shoulda went with Wal-Mart since some of them are having a midnight release tonight.

I don't even think there's a Walmart within 25 miles of here.

 

[Doogington]

i just beat the game in hard mode.
unlike normal, it doesn't save after beating the game so you can't do the escape sequence. my final save before the last boss is at 3 hours 57 minutes.
also, there's no pickups in the game so you have to make it through with 99 HP and 10 missiles. the game is less forgiving too because you don't stop at 1 HP like in normal when you get hit by an attack that would kill you.
there's no new moves, enemies or unlockables by playing hard mode though so it is mostly a challenge for hardcore gamers.

So other than hard mode(which doesn't count), this is the ONLY metroid game that doesn't have a bonus for finishing 100%?
Very weak.

 

[Thoraxes]

Your avatar perfectly illustrates how I feel every time I check my amazon account to see it hasn't shipped yet.

:lol

Well now, after checking it just 20 minutes ago, I have tracking that it's shipped from Kansas at 5:30ish PM today by air-express mail, and that it'll be here sometime tomorrow.

Guess they just took a while to get the tracking numbers up is all.

 

[Kard8p3]

So other than hard mode(which doesn't count), this is the ONLY metroid game that doesn't have a bonus for finishing 100%?
Very weak.

What bonus did super have for getting 100%?

 

[Osuwari]

So other than hard mode(which doesn't count), this is the ONLY metroid game that doesn't have a bonus for finishing 100%?
Very weak.

yeah. that's it. no special ending or extra cutscene like the prime series.

this is a lot like the 2D games. Fusion and ZM only have different pictures as 100% prizes and the others don't even give you anything for 100%.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Off-topic warning:

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

 

[Chet Rippo]

Well, Super does say what percentage of items you got at the end, which is more than the first two. I was actually pretty pissed that the Prime games did't have different endings based on how fast you completed the game, but maybe I'm alone on that.

 

[Kard8p3]

Game Revolution Review
http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/wii/metroid-other-m

They gave it a B+

 

[andymcc]

i've played for about an hour or so and, while i'll agree the cutscenes are a little much, the combat and mechanics are pretty fucking fun. if this game didn't have the immeasurable weight that a metroid title carries with it, i think people would be far less critical.

 

[Socreges]

i just beat the game in hard mode.
unlike normal, it doesn't save after beating the game so you can't do the escape sequence. my final save before the last boss is at 3 hours 57 minutes.
also, there's no pickups in the [hard mode] so you have to make it through with 99 HP and 10 missiles. the game is less forgiving too because you don't stop at 1 HP like in normal when you get hit by an attack that would kill you.
there's no new moves, enemies or unlockables by playing hard mode though so it is mostly a challenge for hardcore gamers.

....wha? So it basically becomes an action game. Do they not understand that I actually enjoy the exploration and uncovering involved in acquiring items? Surely there are other ways to make it more challenging. They could have left the upgrades in and just given bonuses for completing the game in under 5, in under 2 hours, etc. You'd get people skipping most upgrades anyway then and a much more complex challenge.

 

[perfectchaos007]

what the fuck is X-play smoking? First that morgan webb trashes Mario Galaxy for being kiddy, now this!? X-play just lost all their credibility to me

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

I just got my shipping confirmation an hour ago. This has never happened to me before with Amazon. I dont see how it will get from Kansas to me by 7pm today.

 

[vazel]

I just got my shipping confirmation an hour ago. This has never happened to me before with Amazon. I dont see how it will get from Kansas to me by 7pm today.

If it's just one state over it can happen. I've gotten packages from Nevada to me in California the next day. If you don't get the package just send off an email they have the best customer service of any company I've tried.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Game Revolution Review
http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/wii/metroid-other-m

They gave it a B+

Does it contain spoilers? I like their reviews, but I don't want anything spoiled and most likely won't be getting the game for a couple of weeks (have to import it).
[EDIT]
Nevermind, I already read it :lol Couldn't contain myself. HYPE!

 

[Deleted member 30609]

what the fuck is X-play smoking? First that slut morgan webb trashes Mario Galaxy for being kiddy, now this!? X-play just lost all their credibility to me

hmm.

 

[Snuggles]

what the fuck is X-play smoking? First that slut morgan webb trashes Mario Galaxy for being kiddy, now this!? X-play just lost all their credibility to me

Later dude.

 

[Doogington]

What bonus did super have for getting 100%?

Well back then the bonuses were awarded by completion time. 1-3 had a little bonus. This has no ending bonus. Don't count the gallery.

 

[perfectchaos007]

hmm.

I mean she says this game is an insult to metroid fans. The same girl who says Mario Galaxy is too kiddy. How can I take his woman seriously?

Later dude.

before I get banned just know that I really didn't mean "slut" as a term for her being permiscuous, just as a term for being dumb and it slipped out. my appologies.

 

[Kard8p3]

Well back then the bonuses were awarded by completion time. 1-3 had a little bonus. This has no ending bonus. Don't count the gallery.

I wouldn't consider seeing samus without her suit in super a bonus either. At least getting 100% on Other M gets you Hard mode, theater mode, and a gallery.

 

[donkey show]

Phew, hard mode's intense.

 

[Kevtones]

E-White Knights are out in full-force tonight and they're backseat modding... Hurrah.


I mean fuck, Jeff Gertsmann is a slutty slutmanwhore but at least he gave this game a legit score.

 

[Kevtones]

Phew, hard mode's intense.

See, I've met you in real life which means I know what your looks like and I can actually trust your adoration. PUMPED.

 

[Kard8p3]

E-White Knights are out in full-force tonight and they're backseat modding... Hurrah.


I mean fuck, Jeff Gertsmann is a slutty slutmanwhore but at least he gave this game a legit score.

I could have sworn that brad did the review.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

I mean she says this game is an insult to metroid fans. The same girl who says Mario Galaxy is too kiddy. How can I take his woman seriously?


before I get banned just know that I really didn't mean "slut" as a term for her being permiscuous, just as a term for being dumb and it slipped out. my appologies.

Morgan Webb and Abbie Heppe are not the same person.

I for one found the G4 review stellar. I only wish they had addressed the terrible racism in the game. Anthony Higgs, an African-Galactic-Federationian, takes orders from Adam Malkovich, a Caucasian-Galactic-Federationian. I think the implications are fairly obvious and the game really should have been docked for that kind of poor social message.

 

[Osuwari]

I wouldn't consider seeing samus without her suit in super a bonus either. At least getting 100% on Other M gets you Hard mode, theater mode, and a gallery.

theater and gallery are unlocked by just beating the game.

 

[Kard8p3]

theater and gallery are unlocked by just beating the game.

Oh ok so it's just hard mode then?

 

[Kevtones]

I could have sworn that brad did the review.

Probably. Doesn't change Jeff's slutteration. He's a good dude though, 8.8 and all.

 

[Osuwari]

Morgan Webb and Abbie Heppe are not the same person.

I for one found the G4 review stellar. I only wish they had addressed the terrible racism in the game. Anthony Higgs, an African-Galactic-Federationian, takes orders from Adam Malkovich, a Caucasian-Galactic-Federationian. I think the implications are fairly obvious and the game really should have been docked for that kind of poor social message.

isolation isn't that bad after all heh.

Oh ok so it's just hard mode then?

yeah

 

[andymcc]

Morgan Webb and Abbie Heppe are not the same person.

I for one found the G4 review stellar. I only wish they had addressed the terrible racism in the game. Anthony Higgs, an African-Galactic-Federationian, takes orders from Adam Malkovich, a Caucasian-Galactic-Federationian. I think the implications are fairly obvious and the game really should have been docked for that kind of poor social message.

:lol