Metroid

Depends on how deep in Norfair.

The upper areas should be fine, if a little warm. Some rooms even have water in them, so it can't be boiling hot everywhere. The rooms with large acid pits are a no-no regardless of heat level, though. The air is probably corrosive, not to mention incredibly toxic. If she holds her breath she might survive, but not without consequences.

And of course lower Norfair is out of the question entirely due to heat. Especially the lava chambers, she'd probably fry in an instant.

edited 5th May '17 10:09:51 AM by Anomalocaris20

Not to mention the intensity of the chanting stripped of the helmet's muffling of sound.

Oh, definitely not in the acid rooms. I think poor Crocomire was a good example of how awful that acid is.

Double post, sorry about that, but seriously fuck Yakuza.

I wonder why the translators thought 'Yakuza' was totally a good name for a spider boss...

Maybe the Japanese mafia sent it as an enforcer to collect from one of the scientists.

Deus Ex composer working on mystery project with Metroid Prime studio

Dance Dance Metroid Frenzy!

I hate to tell you all, but Samus's application to join the cast of Nerf NOW!! was rejected.

In completely unrelated news, they have hired a new worker named Zamus.

I fully expected filthy ningen. Was disappointed,

The spider boss is called Yakuza because in its final phase it's spitting severed, rotten pinky fingers at you.

I can accept this logic.

I just finished a Metroid Prime 2 playthrough.

You know what's immensely satisfying? Finishing Emperor Ing off with a Sonic Boom.

Through that little hole in its back.

I can't wait for Samus's Prime 3 figma, the sculpt is even better than the Other M Varia Suit version.

So I was looking at some old posts in this thread, back from 2014 or so, and, uh....

edited 15th May '17 11:54:51 PM by Anomalocaris20

Be Careful What You Wish For?

edited 16th May '17 1:55:24 AM by Jaryl

Okay, who wished upon a Kyubey here?

...Besides me? (and I wished for something else)

Eh, I really liked Federation Force and honestly wouldn't mind a sequel, but I had my brothers to play the game with, so it was more fun overall (plus I really love co-op multiplayer games). I have some gripes (mostly with the finale) with it but nothing substantial enough to mention right now.

It's not a bad idea by any means. It's just that instead of making a serviceable Halo clone like any sane person would, they went for something even less appealing.

"Samus has gone missing, and a bunch of Federation grunts have to go find her" is a pretty solid premise. With the right marketing and a not chibi art style, it could've done well, methinks.

Only if the game ends with the Marines starting to explore the planet that was Samus' last known location only to see her run by them because the planet is about to explode.

I mean, I'm fairly certain it was supposed to be for the Original DS, not the 3DS, and that PROBABLY would've been a better place for it.

It'd be a lot less egregious if it came out only a few years after Prime 3, when we thought Nintendo still liked the franchise.

Speaking as a Donkey Kong Country fan, y'all are exaggerating. Metroid may be on hiatus, but I guarantee it is neither dead nor dying.

I mean, after the Rare buyout, Nintendo actively tried to bury my pet series and all its characters and imagery for at least eleven years.

For example, when a fan wrote to Nintendo Power saying they wanted a new Donkey Kong Country game, the magazine said something like, "We'd rather have a new game that takes Donkey Kong back to his arcade roots." They also referred to Dixie Kong as "Daisy Kong" at least twice.

In an interview about Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, the director shit-talked the Country series, calling the stories "superfluous" and the characters "not fresh enough for modern players."

Donkey Kong himself was demoted to non-playable in Mario Party 4-9. And of course, despite the Country series being (tentatively) back, there's still no sign of like 75% of the cast, including once-reliable standbys like Enguarde and King K. Rool.

I'm just sayin', that's what it looks like when Nintendo wants to undermine its own product and convince you that, no, you don't really like it. By contrast, Nintendo still plasters Samus all over its marketing and makes those really cool toys. I know Metroid fans are upset because the last two games kinda sucked, but for my money, all this doom and gloom about the franchise's future is really unwarranted.

...of course, I may still be a tiny bit bitter about the massive hissy fit Metroid fans threw when Retro announced Tropical Freeze in 2013 (example). Like, you guys got three Primes from Retro; is me getting two DKCs in eighteen years really such a goddamned outrage? But I digress.

My point is, relax. Nintendo clearly still wants to profit from Metroid, which means it's safe. I'm sure there's going to be a new game in the next two or three years, max, and it'll probably be good (my money's on a 2D return to form).

I think part of the reason fans are so frustrated with Nintendo's handling of the situation is precisely because they appear to be sincerely scratching their heads, wondering why, one day, the series just stopped working.

It's astonishing how Nintendo seems to genuinely want to get the series back on its feet (even if it isn't top priority for them) and yet still be so clueless as to what they need to do at this point. The creation and marketing of Federation Force and the lack of anything in the horizon even after 7.5 years has understandably riled fans up. Yeah, it can get embarrassing (e.g., "fucking Donkey Kong again?!", that petition to can Federation Force), but I do believe the fanbase has legitimate grievances.

It's clear to fans what went wrong with the series that "one day" and what it's going to take to put it back on track, and that is: use Super Metroid and Metroid Prime as a model for the next installment. With this blueprint, a series as accomplished as Metroid really shouldn't be suffering a SECOND years-long drought

Of course, that's a tall order. A game in the vein of SM or MP isn't exactly cheap or easy to make, but that's what it's going to take, really. But who knows? Maybe, if they hadn't twiddled their thumbs for years and years after Other M, thereby creating an omnipresent Franchise Killer myth on the level of the Star Wars prequels, and had instead gotten to work ASAP on a cheap, modest — but pure — Metroid experience (like what Federation Force maybe could have been?), it wouldn't be necessary to make "The Next Super Metroid."

It's Valentroid
Another Valentroid
Chozo Ruins
A Samus
She's a big grump
Hero to girls everywhere
Nofair
blamblam
She's popular

I mean the latter sounds rad as hell.
A bad bounty hunter?

edited 23rd May '17 7:39:01 PM by Bocaj