Astral Dog
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This is mostly about the story, not the game, as its kinda decent but mediocre Metroid.
So i want to talk about the story in the latest Metroid game,before Kid Icarus Uprising this was the last time Nintendo hyped up the plot in a game,this thing broken my heart first i will say the "good" things about it:
How they showed Ridley was interesting, we see him as he grows up and becomes the monster that Samus hates and fears, he was threatening on this game and at least there was an explanation of why he was there unlike Corruption, they even explained why he ended up in Metroid Fusion, nice.
The last scene when Samus grabs Adams helmet could work better if Adam was not a disaster.
It gave us this commercial
"Any objections, Adam?"
The concept of how the environments of the Bottle Ship are simple holograms to simulate Planet Zebes was cool.
Finally, the concept of the game,
After Metroid Corruption and Hunters, i thought Prime needed a rest and the return of Sakamoto on Metroid seemed like a good choice, i lliked Metroid Fusion, even the story and love the Metroid universe, so a new 2.5D, action packed, story driven Metroid was an exciting proposition, this game was also going to flesh out stuff in Fusion and the Manga, coming after Super Metroid.
Now on the bad things:
Where to begin, Samus finished her mission on Zebes, and thinks a lot about "The Baby" Metroid that saved her, she recieves a distress signal called baby`s cry from the Bottle Ship, a spaceship shaped like a feeding bottle.
Here Samus meets her last and only commanding officer on the Galactic Federation, Adam Malkovich, wich makes Samus nervous as there was some incident that resulted in her becoming an independent bounty hunter, also her partner friend Anthony Higgs, and the others, they decide to team up and Samus is forced to follow Adam` s commands, also there is a "deleter" planted by the GF to sabotage the mission who is later killed.
Confession Time this is one of the worst game cutscenes i ever watched, Samus gives a long explanation of the thumbs up thing, then explaining why Adam is special and the only person that understands her and her father, best friend, but im not sure why, Samus was raised by the Chozo,Old Bird i think from the manga, they protected,loved and even gave her
the special armor, the fact that the Chozo are not even mentioned on Other M, a game that focuses on Samus past, is very weird, i guess its because Adam is human like her.
Adam then forces Samus to limit her power, this story excuse could had worked at the beggining but it soon becomes stupid, as Samus enters a high temperature room filled with Lava without her Varia Suit. there was never a question by Samus about why Adam is not authorizing her some of the weapons, except for one little scene, that was very nice and would be better if that was expanded.
Samus then reveals the reason she left the Federation, Adams brother, Ian was in danger and Samus wanted to help him, Adam knew that it would be dangerous and left him to die so Samus was not at risk, she then left the Federation with a grudge until she realized Adam was right and she was foolish, im not sure why Samus never apologized for this, or if she did.
They discover all is a plot by the GF to produce bioweapons, specifically ones that were found on Zebes, including Metroids, Mother Brain is reborn as a teenager girl called MB or Melissa Bergman, Samus battles a mature Ridley in one of the most infamous scenes of the game, while Samus was right in being afraid after seeing her old nemesis alive, the way this scene plays out is weird, she becomes a little girl, this scene doesn`t have much meaning unless you read the japanese manga, something i think most people that played the game didn`t do Anthony helps her and she battles Ridley, he escapes.
Overall the portrayal of Samus makes it hard to believe that she was the woman that destroyed the space pirates and Metroids alone, that was something that she achieved after years of training and preparation, Other M Samus doesn`t appear to be that.
Then this scene happens Samus is going against Metroids and a Mother Brain clone in a lab based on Tourian, she is stopped by Adam who shoots her and insists these Metroids are invulnerable against her weapons, he says that its "probable" that Samus can`t win against them, he repeats this as he is not sure himself, then goes to destroy the facility to "save" Samus, we never got to fight Mother Brain on Tourian thanks to him, but what made this scene is when Samus screams at Adam to trust her, like when she was younger, Adam ignores her and goes alone, this meant that Adam was right all along and Samus is still the naive girl from years ago.
Samus then repeats what happened in her creepy monologue showing the same scenes again, she then goes to kill Ridley only to find him dead at the hands of a Metroid Queen, she is the final boss, although i kind of wish the FB was something more original
Samus then finds a scientist named Madeline Bergman, she reveals the whole story, that MB was a cyborg designed after the original Mother Brain and Samus convined, she rebelled against the Federation and used her telephatic powers to control the Metroids and Space Pirates on the ship. MB appears and tries to kill them, she has like superhuman strenght for some reason, that was a little unneccesary as we never battle her and her powers are better suited for controlling anyways.
MB is stopped (killed?) by the GF arriving on the ship, then they tried to take Samus but Anthony manages to get her out of there, MB could had been like a new antagonist, she is Mother Brain reborn but doesn` t do much, Samus even says that the Federation could easily destroy the whole ship if they wanted to.
So Adam is the savior of the universe, Samus finally gives him a thumbs up and the game ends, the game is referenced other times like in Smash wich i think its not a really bad thing compared to other people, its still part of the Metroid franchise but unfortunately Other M damaged the brand, in such a way im not sure Nintendo knows what to do next. still i would like something more than a Prime 4, however.
Im no Mama Robotnik
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I know this is really a thumbs up by Samus but whatever.