EvilTwin

From Wired.com ( http://www.wired.com/gameli...

Wired.com: I think people were really interested to know, are they going to release Mario and Metroid and Zelda all in one year?

Dunaway: And you said we wouldn’t. You bet no, right?

Wired.com: I bet no. Are you going to hold me to that? Do I owe you a steak dinner?

Dunaway: I think you do.

I was just giving the events in order; the author is partially right with Other M coming after the events of Super Metroid. No clue how he thought MPT was late in the timeline, not earlier, though.

"You can't shoot missiles in third-person, and you can't move to avoid damage in first-person mode. While the switch-off is doable, it seems this mechanic could have been avoided entirely by using a Remote and Nunchuk combination. That is, the control is good, but frustration is sure to increase with the intensity of enemy attack."
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This is my biggest concern with the game.

It looks marvelous and I'm gonna buy it, but why not any nunc...

"Moving around and killing things in Other M is, frankly, a bit brilliant. Most of the action is viewed from a controlled-perspective third-person viewpoint. As with something like Shadow Complex, Team Ninja frames the action as it sees best, often turning the game into a side-scroller, albeit a three dimensional one with no fixed plane of movement - but the developer's just as willing to have the camera spin round, seeing you running into or out of the screen."
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Actually...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

But anyways, the author of this article must not have played Fusion. Yes, it was through text, but it was still supposed to be Samus talking, so her being a bit talkative isn't really new for a Sakamoto-san 'Troid.

And him talking about Team Ninja making their presence known in the cut scenes? Team Ninja isn't doing the cut scenes....

"They have lost their creative spark."
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You couldn't have picked a worse thread to say that.

How many other 3D platformers like Galaxy have you played?

How many games have you played like Other M, which looks to include 2D/2.5D and 3D gameplay in first and third person perspectives?

And this is without even getting into motion controls; we're just talking about the level design, perspective choices and gameplay in ...

I think Other M has the potential to be bigger than the Prime games.

The Prime trilogy was in a first-person perspective, but it had a fairly methodical pace (unlike the action-packed FPS games most people are used to, and really, unlike Super Metroid), so it was an acquired taste. A very delicious acquired taste.

M:OM looks like it's going back to the pace of Super Metroid, plus the cut scenes. It could appeal to a wider audience.

But, like you guys, ...

I don't think they'll have to worry about difficulty. Vandenberghe said in another interview that he still has trouble beating the bosses on ninja difficulty.

Can't. Wait.

Thanks for the head's up, Arius. I just read through the GoNintendo impressions.

Good stuff. I must say that the comments on the voice acting make me a little uneasy...

Beats me, megatron. I'm sure Nintendo has often wondered the same thing, lol.

Perhaps the setting and genre just focus it toward a narrow audience. I mean, Mario is a bright, colorful platformer. Link is on an epic countryside adventure (you could almost substitute Middle Earth for Hyrule in LoZ:TP).

Samus? She's in a sci-fi story where she genocides an entire species.

And she's usually alone in a very threatening environment; Link gets sidekicks and...

tiamat5 -- The 100,000th Metroid game?

Counting Other M, there have been 6 console Metroids and 4 handhelds (with one compilation and one oddball pinball spinoff).

That's over a 24 year span. For the sake of comparison, if we charitably subtract minor expansion packs and DLC, there have been 6 console GTA games in 13 years.

And Other M will be only the THIRD 'Troid with a third-person perspective to see a console release.

It's hardly like t...

Syriel -- A 3D world with a 2D camera, then? I'm not sure if I'd really call it 2.5D, either, as you aren't restricted to the 2D plane so that you can't walk up to something.

It's an interesting design choice. With narrow hallways in a spaceship, it makes sense. And since Project M is going for a "cinematic" feel, it also makes sense for that. I wonder how it plays out in the rest of the game...

This little tidbit from Destructoid got my attention:

It's strange reading some of the differing views on a game some of these guys just played, though.

Worthplaying -- "Everything is rendered in 3-D, but movement is usually limited to a 2-D plane with just a bit of depth."

Wired -- "Other M is a more traditional game, but not entirely: It incorporates some first-person elements, but is largely played in third-person 3-D. The levels don’t keep you locked to a 2-D plane of movement as in previous games — y...

"Samus has a heavy-handed inner monologue that narrates each scene, even when it's blatantly unneeded, filling the game with depressing descriptions of the "finality" of the Metroid species' extinction -- as though they won't be back somehow."
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Gee, you don't think single handedly genociding an entire species wouldn't weigh on a person? That's the whole point of this game: we're getting to know the costs of being Samus.

I do...

"Other M is a more traditional game, but not entirely: It incorporates some first-person elements, but is largely played in third-person 3-D. The levels don’t keep you locked to a 2-D plane of movement as in previous games — you can always walk in four directions wherever you are."
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That's what I'm talkin' about. You can move on a 2D plane, but you are never restricted to it. You can play in third person, but you can jump at any time into first person. ...

They talk about Other M gaving 2D-centric gameplay, which is at odds with Wired's hands on:

"Other M is a more traditional game, but not entirely: It incorporates some first-person elements, but is largely played in third-person 3-D. The levels don’t keep you locked to a 2-D plane of movement as in previous games — you can always walk in four directions wherever you are."
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There's really too much good stuff coming out. I simply can't buy all of it. I've already come to the conclusion that MH:Tri will go to the back burner in favor of RS2.

Now I'll have to wait to buy S&P2 (and maybe even SMG2). Metroid is my priority, and has been since the last E3.

Nintendo doesn't usually have much trouble selling their core first-party titles.

Metroid is an exception. It has never really been the kind of blockbuster that Mario is, and it doesn't get the across-the-spectrum love that Zelda does.

Other M is a risk. And a very intriguing one, at that.

Except that the game isn't really 2D...just as it isn't totally like your usual 3D game, either.

Destructoid's hands on:
"Other M doesn't simply play along a 2D plane, as the early trailer suggested. While there are some areas that feel like standard 2D action and platforming, Other M's camera and depth of navigation actually change depending on the situation and the area, some of which will allow you to move around in a in fully three-dimensional space."
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I do kinda wonder about the difficulty curve; all of the hands-on articles mention a simple auto-targeting system (and even a lock-on in first-person perspective). Then again, I don't suppose a manual lock-on by pressing a button then firing is really that big of a difference.