I think you said that Other M killed the series on this thread, that reminds me of something.
just think about it, if Other M didn't "killed" the series, we would have
Its one thing to be concerned about the future of the series, i love Metroid but the series
needed a rest,after Hunters and Corruption Metroid Prime needed a break, Retro could not be the Metroid Prime developers always.
Then Nintendo gave a chance to Sakamoto, in a way im glad Other M was made, because Nintendo tried to do something different with the series while Retro was on DKC, give it to the person that made Super and Fusion to make an action packed, story driven game, of course now we know that Sakamoto is a total lunatic and doesn't deserve another chance on the series, not only story but gameplay design he isn't very good either, at least on 3D games.
And Other M is a perfect example of how to ruin an established character with dialogue,this is just unfortunate, Other M was a big dissapointment but i still don't believe the game was made out of malice or spite of the Prime games, it was just a very flawed vision,in the end i really would have liked for Other M to be good, the game had potential, its something we can learn from.
Now? its been five years and maybe its time for another Metroid game, Retro hopefully has a lot of fresh ideas if they decide to return to the series, also, Tropical Freeze is a game that gets some unnecessary hate and bashing for not being Metroid, unfortunately.