I beat Metroid Prime and am starting up Echoes. I played some of the original but got frustrated and gave up. I also tried out Super Metroid by emulating it on my comp - but it's not the same. I need to get a Super Nintendo at some point.
"That's it?" is kind of my reaction to this. Then again, I think Zelda only got like a little website for the anniversary or something, lol.
Well, I replayed Super Metroid last year, maybe I'll try and replay another game again sometime soon. Then said I did try playing Metroid II again earlier this year, as much as I love the series, I can't really get into that one.
Check it out! There's a promo video for it via the link as well. It's not just one genre but a whole bunch, and the guys that do Metroid Metal contributed a track. I think it's available for download but if enough people email them they will send out hardcopies with a nifty poster for only 12 bucks.
Check it out! There's a promo video for it via the link as well. It's not just one genre but a whole bunch, and the guys that do Metroid Metal contributed a track. I think it's available for download but if enough people email them they will send out hardcopies with a nifty poster for only 12 bucks.
I was kinda disappointed that Nintendo only celebrated Zelda's 25th. I know that Zelda is the more dependable cash-cow but you'd think Metroid would get something!
A series with such a strong library of games should have gotten some kind of nod. Maybe it's the Gunpei Yokoi connection and Nintendo's irrational habit of distancing itself from everything that man touched.
Maybe now Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid has a fanbase?
Flake wrote:I was kinda disappointed that Nintendo only celebrated Zelda's 25th. I know that Zelda is the more dependable cash-cow but you'd think Metroid would get something!
A series with such a strong library of games should have gotten some kind of nod. Maybe it's the Gunpei Yokoi connection and Nintendo's irrational habit of distancing itself from everything that man touched.
More likely it's the fact that Japan doesn't really seem to like the series that much. It might sell well over here, but I hear they're all quite poor sellers for first party nintendo games over there.
Flake wrote:I was kinda disappointed that Nintendo only celebrated Zelda's 25th. I know that Zelda is the more dependable cash-cow but you'd think Metroid would get something!
A series with such a strong library of games should have gotten some kind of nod. Maybe it's the Gunpei Yokoi connection and Nintendo's irrational habit of distancing itself from everything that man touched.
More likely it's the fact that Japan doesn't really seem to like the series that much. It might sell well over here, but I hear they're all quite poor sellers for first party nintendo games over there.
Although they are Japanese developed, just like MGS, they seem to be made more with a Western audience in mind than anyone else. The Japanese don't generally go for shooters as much as we do, except for Resident Evil.
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BoringSupreez wrote:Although they are Japanese developed, just like MGS, they seem to be made more with a Western audience in mind than anyone else. The Japanese don't generally go for shooters as much as we do, except for Resident Evil.
Except that only the Prime series falls under shooters. The rest are platformers that play like the recent Castlevanias, and those games DO do well in Japan. I wonder if it's due to a weaker narrative and the general sense of lonliness you don't get in the Castlevania games. That would explain why more recent Metroid games have stronger narratives than the older ones.
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BoringSupreez wrote:Although they are Japanese developed, just like MGS, they seem to be made more with a Western audience in mind than anyone else. The Japanese don't generally go for shooters as much as we do, except for Resident Evil.
Except that only the Prime series falls under shooters. The rest are platformers that play like the recent Castlevanias, and those games DO do well in Japan. I wonder if it's due to a weaker narrative and the general sense of lonliness you don't get in the Castlevania games. That would explain why more recent Metroid games have stronger narratives than the older ones.
I wonder if the armoured, gun weilding sci-fi protagonist is just not as popular over there? Their RPG heroes always seem under-dressed
