ratcliffja
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Bingo.
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Super Metroid |OT| Prequel to Other M
- Thread starter Robin64
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Bingo.
Gotcha. That makes sense.
I can't wait to follow this thread with new people...I just hope people play it right and don't get stuck and resort to guides.
I find the part that gets me stuck the most is pre-power bomb.
Totally disagree. I mean, I didn't pay 30 cents for it. But of the ambassador games it's probably my second most played. I've gotten way more than 30 cents worth out of it trying to outdo myself in Balloon Trip. I also really enjoyed it back in Animal Crossing. It was probably the best of the games available without cheating.
oh, i get why... it's just sorta bizarre.
Yep, Balloon Trip is a super addictive and fun high score game, perfect for Miiverse bragging (assuming people don't cheat with save states). If you're looking for deep and enthralling single player experience it's not here, but that and Runner 2 are the most fun I've had with my Wii U yet
NinjaCatfish
Member
I'm partway through a run of Super Metroid already, but I think I will restart for the sake of playing on Wii U.
Will probably use my SNES classic controller though, so none of this GamePad malarkey.
You can do that on Wii U, right?
Will probably use my SNES classic controller though, so none of this GamePad malarkey.
You can do that on Wii U, right?
BolognaSoup
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The details screen for eShop VC games lists supported controllers.
Dragoon En Regalia
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One thing I must mention is how cool Super Metroid's save station looks.
It's got such a Buck Rogers, 50s space-age aesthetic, and it clashes well with its surroundings. Other Metroid games have all of this high-tech stuff going on whenever Samus ducks in to have her suit scanned and all, but this tall capsule's so diminished by the scale of the save room in comparison. I think its diminutive size and industrial brevity has something to say about the game itself: not too flashy, but enough of a stand-out thing to work just right.
It's got such a Buck Rogers, 50s space-age aesthetic, and it clashes well with its surroundings. Other Metroid games have all of this high-tech stuff going on whenever Samus ducks in to have her suit scanned and all, but this tall capsule's so diminished by the scale of the save room in comparison. I think its diminutive size and industrial brevity has something to say about the game itself: not too flashy, but enough of a stand-out thing to work just right.
ThatsMytrunks
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Not in the US store yet. I want to jump on the 30 cent sale.
I've never played more than five minutes of Super Metroid before. I think I own a cart of it, though I might be wrong. I'm happy to boot my Wii U up again though.
I've never played more than five minutes of Super Metroid before. I think I own a cart of it, though I might be wrong. I'm happy to boot my Wii U up again though.
Have to wait about 12 hours for someone at NoA to get to work in the morning and put it up on the eShop.
Nintendo doesn't update the eShop until after 9AM PST or 12 Noon EST.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Good to know. Got a reminder set to make me buy it tomorrow evening.
Brainiac 8
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Only classy folk appreciate Balloon Fight.
I'm so offended. Let's get back on topic of Super Metroid instead of some bad NES game
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Balloon fight is wholesome fun. Leave it alone.
SteelYoshi
Neo Member
I went and bought Metroid 2 on my 3DS to play while I wait for Super.
NinjaCatfish
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Care to elaborate on exactly what those problems are? After playing the 60Hz ROM and the 50Hz PAL cart, I struggle to tell any difference.
The music is fine, the movement speed is fine, I am at a loss as to exactly what the issue is.
Robin64
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The issue comes from running an optimised 50hz ROM on the Wii U, which only outputs 60hz. I'm hoping it's not too bad and Europeans can still compete with the completion times.
I expect to see a lot of scores submitted shortly.
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gamespot: waited 13 years for it, would not bang
Robin64
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No, sorry. No SNES games announced for 3DS VC yet.
The Xtortionist
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It would be so awesome if the Wii U and 3DS VCs were at parity for the games both of them could run. Cross-buy would be ace.
At least I can attempt to play Super Metroid on the crapper with the Wii U gamepad.
Robin64
Member
You can. However, I think the benefit of ZR and ZL on the Gamepad will make that the best option this time. You no longer need to have run, shoot and jump all on the face buttons. (Or give up aiming up/down to have run on a shoulder button)
Mentioning a masterpiece and a turn mound in the same sentence. Yeah. What's more, is it makes it seem like SM has the honor of being the prequel to such a disgrace.
It is quite amazing to go from Super Metroid to Other M (and vice versa) just to see how far they've fallen recently.
It is funny because one game is the best in the series while the other is dog shit
and they are supposed to be related
lololololololololololol
21st century cowboy
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The lack of a 60hz version is total bs. Why are Nintendo flip flopping with the versions. I'm tempted to not bother picking it up now.
NinjaCatfish
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Is the text a lot more integral to the experience with Super Matroid compared to F-Zero? That's my suspicion.
If they put up the 60Hz version, they'd be forcing all the non-English speaking Europeans (Italian, French, German etc) to play in English. It would be quite a task to essentially re-localise the 60Hz US version, and I figure Nintendo just decided that it wasn't worth the effort doing so to satiate a relatively small player base that would give a shit about the refresh rate difference.
GlamFM
Banned
Giving us 2 versions and letting is choose is always an option...
There really is no excuse.
There's no text on Fzero AT ALL.
The whole thing would be the JPN version we wouldn't notice if only for the strange name of the races (if they were not already in english to begin with).
NinjaCatfish
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That would be a great option, catering to everyone. I guess Nintendo just want to keep shit simple which is a shame.
Yes there is...
Grand Prix, Practice, Select your car, Engine Unit, Max Power, Max Speed, Weight, Acceleration, League, Knight League, Queen League, King League, Class, Beginner, 1. Mute City, Rank, Speed, Power, Ready, Go!!, #Laps Left, etc
That's all text. All that shit's gotta be translated. You could stumble through the menus if you don't know English and figure it out through trial and error, but that's not as good as a translation. Europe has more languages. I don't know if this is a good excuse for the 50Hz thing, just pointing out that there is a lot of text.
Super Metroid has explanations for weapons and stuff, but they contain pictures and symbols as well that should make them get past language.
SM is only in German and French. Shitty translation, a couple of sentances and nothing to really care about.
That's exactly how it appeared in the European versions of the game.
As far as text goes there's no difference between PAL and NTSC version.
The French version of Fzero has really the same text as the NA version, I'd know I played that before.
Heck for what it's worth, Mario Kart was all in English too.
They translated jackshit for these 2 games, hence why they had no problem giving us the NA version in the 1rst place.
Does the Japanese version even have any Japanese on screen?
joffocakes
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Me too. Though this time I'll make more of an effort to try 100% it as well as trying for a fast completion time.
Probably in my top five games ever. I haven't played Zero Mission but Fusion was definitely nowhere near as excellent. Still good, mind. I did blast through it in one 4 hour sitting though, so maybe that dampened it a little.
Also, off topic, but who is that in your avatar? Looks like someone I know.
I was just pointing out that there is a lot of text. Shitty localization doesn't make it not exist. The person you were replying to was asking if the PAL version of Super Metroid has non-English translations that make it more suitable for Europe than the NTSC version.
Bill Rizer
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Only partial 'solution' to alleviate the 50Hz wound is to have the WiiU output 576i via analog cables (scart rgb / component for best pic), preferably on your old crt, because that resolution looks dreadful on an hdtv. This removes the stuttering at least.
That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying that there's ZERO localisation work done on Fzero and Mario Kart except for the packaging of the PAL version.
Super Metroid is different, same for Secret of Mana.
Both had an extensive localisation that goes pretty deep in the game (despite the quality, especially for SoM).
Other M is good in the same way that the localisation of Super Metroid in german is a treaty on existentialism in north Korea in the 70's.
Releasing this in 50hz is like throwing swine on a pearl.
What is the extensive localization for Super Metroid? And why should people outside of Germany and France have to pay for a shitty translation almost 20 years ago?
I got ahead of myself on Super Metroid, the translation is not that important.
Still doesn't change the fact that the 2 versions of the game are more different to each other unlike Fzero/mariokart/smw who were really Nintendo France/Germany taking the game's ROM making them run in 50hz and calling it a day without any other modifications.
There's a reason they would consider it 2 different products.
I'm not defending the move to get SM at 50hz but I can totally see why they would do it, like for Kirby's Adventure.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Did I miss something? Super Metroid (NTSC) has multiple language options in the game settings.