... When will this Apple scourge stop... Jobs, the most influential person on the gaming industry? Apple, the biggest influence? Have I ever seen a worse choice ever? I can't think of one, if I have...
Have you played it? If you want a good understanding of it, take Super Metroid, Zero Mission and Fusion, then mix it in a 3D blender. Not only is it "Metroid" in 3D, it even takes from all the Prime games in gameplay (such as charging your beam to fire a super missile which costs 5 missiles). The whole package is genius, it slowly takes you away from the group until its just you alone on a huge space station, the feeling of isolation is intense, to the point that when you hit a main elevator you take a sigh of relief. So, its perfect? Quite frankly yes. It's exactly what Metroid should be. I'm on my phone so I can't go In to huge detail, but the haters of this game (calling it sexist) have no idea what they're even saying. Other M is the Kubrickian patchwork of the Metroid series made whole. In the first it was so subdued it was transparent, in Zero mission the Zebesians flew around in sperm shaped vehicles. Just a BIT over the top in Its hidden meaning (of lack of) but got the job done. There's a big reason the phonetic sound of Samus Aran is Same As A Man and that you fight "Ridley" as in the director of alien - a story about a woman fighting a man's world. The cross of Aran's fascination of the 'baby' to Bergman's fascination of Melissa proves an awesome point. The relationship with Adam has nothing to do with sexism or women being told what to do. Adam is, for the role he fulfills, Samus Aran's father.
Man its hard making paragraphs. So before my browser force closes on me I want everyone to know that the resident Metroid guru is in love with this game. Not as much replay as the prime games and doesnt feel as big but eh, for what its offering its more than enough. Get ready for a gameplay twist that melds survival horror elements with classic Metroid. Disappointments? Sure:
Kraid is no where to be seen, there's a lack of 'natural' fauna but that becomes a plot point. The real difficulty curve just isn't there, even the items are bizarrely easy to find. Zero challenge. And don't look for intense shinespark puzzles because other than SHINESPARK HERE there's no thinking involved. Having said that the combat and mechanics is magical, if Nintendo released a remake of the original Metroid and Metroid 2 and hell Super Metroid with this format I'd be fine with it though theyd all 3 need tweaking in order to work, especially for the 'real' spiderball or X-ray.
Bottom line - don't pass judgement on this game, tear a part the story and trust me you will be impressed. Silent hill 2 levels of being impressed maybe even more so. Watch for some creatures getting angry/frustrated when they can't get to you and experiment with killing methods on every enemy. I don't see how anyone can be let down by this game other than its lacking replay or difficulty, both can be found in the 'hard' mode though (unlocked after beating it)
So I was a Walgreen's the other day, and I happened to notice the guy in front of me getting a flu shot.. The person administrating the medicine asked him something kind of neat. Apparently you now have the choice of a standard needle injection or something new bearing a strong resemblance to a Startrek hypospray. Just like a hypospray the device is a subdermal transfer that doesn't actually break the skin (on to the shoulder of your choice). The guy in front of me chose the hypospray like device and the two of them went behind a private carton, so I couldn't see any more..
The guy later told his friend later that it was about as painful as a shot.. So I guess theirs still some work todo before it is just like the StarTrek counterpart. But this is still neat. Also, theirs no chance of infection like you have with a needle and no need for a cumbersome bandaid or disinfectant wipes before hand..
If I can muster up enough courage to try it, I will let you guys know how it was..
Hmm, it could be interesting, but I have no idea what sort of game it's supposed to be.
At this point, I'm pretty sure there's nothing left of old Rare in the current shell. The old members are too fractured to really stand out any more, so that's that. At this point, Retro's pretty much become Nintendo's Rare replacement.
Now, the Zapper is a nice accessory, and actually has good game support. That's great. I do wish Nintendo had more first-party titles for it -- it's too bad that there's just one first party one on disc (the pack-in Link's Crossbow Training), and one more on WiiWare (Eco Shooter, I think it's called), but third party support is solid. It's got to be the most successful lightgun-shooter console in generations.
I do have one thing that confuses me, though. Um, so there's this cover for the place where you're supposed to wrap the nunchuck-to-wiimote cord... but you can't have the cover over that compartment on when you have the cord plugged in, because there's no outlet hole (going to the Wiimote) to let you keep the cover on while you have the cord wrapped inside. I don't get it.
