Metroid

Well, yes, plus Fire Emblem and SMT x Fire Emblem.

But most of the DLC was stuff they already announced last year.

Honestly I'd rather have Joey. Or at least Fusion Suit Samus.

I voted for Shantae.

My hands were tied. But loosely enough that I could still type.

Anatomy of Fusion 8: Heat of the Moment

edited 6th Apr '15 10:40:39 AM by Bocaj

Bit of a long shot but I think it'd be cool to have a game with another protagonist. Kinda pull a MGS 2.

She's in the game and is this goal for the new protagonist to reach. Like you start off pretty weak but work your way to being her equal.

Could be interesting. Have Samus be this untouchable badass legend who's always overshadowing you when she shows up, then by the end you finally get to work alongside her and it turns out that not only are you now pretty close to her in terms of skill, but she's surprisingly humble and... normal for someone your character has idolized and built up as being godlike the whole game.

And then, of course, reveal that she just got to the mission and, of course, somehow lost almost all her powers.

Man, it's making me so sad Ang Seth didn't live long enough to meet Samus.

Personally, I'd like a post-Fusion game where it's only revealed that the PC isn't Samus at the very end, (with a bit more elaboration if you complete it fast enough).

Hmm, Samus as Zero? I could see it!

If it was Metal Gear Solid 2 style you would HAVE to find a way to reenact yet corrupt the events of a previous popular Metroid game like Prime or Super. I doubt Raiden was the single most controversial thing about MGS 2 so much as its post modernist commentary on games and shit and how it basically took the piss out of both gamers and the previous game.

SAS: The "Samus Aran Simulation." A project that reenacts the events of Zebes with a different planet playing the role of Zebes, a new array of monsters playing the parts of the Super Metroid bosses with some new monsters playing two parts by themselves, one previous antagonist (Colonel Fuckface from Other M comes to mind) playing everyone for fools and working for the Federation and the reveal that SAS actually stands for "Selection for Anthrosocial Sanity" and is a complex way of keeping humans (the most paranoid and questioning of galactic races) complacent.

We might not need to follow MGS 2 so closely, even. For instance, we could just put the player into situations where following their impulses from previous Metroid games would have bad results, then don't give them any guidance to avoid these pitfalls. "That's what you wanted, isn't it?"

I guess you'd have to keep its place in the timeline ambiguous until the ending then, presuming that "Samus" is running around in a variant of the Power Suit rather than the Fusion Suit.

edited 8th Apr '15 9:11:30 AM by Prime32

Finally started on Corruption; just landed on Bryyo.

Speaking as someone who actually kinda likes the mechanic sorta- Get ready, Retro was really proud of the Grapple Lasso.

Rundas was a really cool fight (no pun intended).

Vs. Rundas is one of the best tracks in the whole series. Not just Prime, the whole of Metroid.

I think Skytown is my favorite area in the series so far, at least aesthetically.

Anatomy of Fusion 9: bad mister frosty

Yeah, there was no way that lone Federation trooper wasn't Gandrayda. Neat fight, though. (Speaking of bosses, Helios was also pretty interesting. Rundas is still the best fight, though.)

BOOOOOOOOM

edited 17th Apr '15 10:08:46 PM by Blueeyedrat

Did you like getting to nuke the shield?

She's more bird than machine now.

Finally managed to get the Trilogy. It's gonna take me a bit to get used to the controls, especially being able to aim at other things while locking onto an enemy. Just gotta keep my hand steady. Man I wish the Classic Controller was an option.

Interesting that it delves into Wii mode to play it. It's like a virtual disk or something.

edited 22nd Apr '15 12:55:06 AM by GreatT

You can actually turn off free aim while locked on. I actually recommend doing so as there's only one or two occasions where you want to be able to aim at other places while locked on.

I have to disagree, being able to aim at other things while locked on is extremely helpful, and one of the things that makes Metroid Prime 1 and 2 quite a bit easier on the Trilogy edition than it was in the original release.