Quote:After much speculation over the authenticity of screenshots circulating forums across the internet, Nintendo has finally officially released the first screens of Metroid Prime 2, and have tacked on the subtitle 'Echoes.' This is hopefully still a tentative title and with any luck, it will be condensed before the official release. We've also been given a tidbit of the storyline:

"In this highly anticipated sequel to Metroid Prime, become the bounty hunter behind the visor once more and travel to a planet torn into light and darkness. Hunted by a mysterious entity and a warring race called the Ing, Samus Aran must explore the light and dark worlds of this doomed planet to discover secrets and augment her suit's weapons and abilities."

Quote:All metroid games (2-D) have a singular time line (Zero to 4). The 3-D ones, so far, have taken place in other time lines, or like I said, I side story.

Quote:Intelligent Systems IS Nintendo. Retro is a company that Nintendo bought to use right now, they could drop retro studios next year. But Intelligent Systems is actually a part of Nintendo's in-house development.

Quote:It's just that, you know, prime makes me think too hard and results in "hey, 1 is a prime number, metroid prime might be considered metroid 1 now...".

All of them have numbers in their titles, even if 3 and 4 only show that part of the title when you turn the game on, it's still part of the title. I consider Metroid 3 to be "Metroid 3: Super Metroid" with the standard title being more of a subtitle. It's also the only SNES game with "super" in the title outside of the Mario games where Super actually FITS the story of the game, what with a major part of the story being an ACTUAL super metroid.

Quote:I think Majora's Mask might end up a lot more important down the line if my theory is correct, and the original Link was consumed by the demon mask at the end of the game, thus the Link of winds may need to face him and free him from it, and maybe "Wind Waker 2" involves just that, with Link of Time being the final enemy. Wow that would be sweet...

Quote:Prime 2 is totally messing it up, THAT'S what it's number is. They work to get the numbering right, then screw it up with games in the middle of the story, if Prime 2 is in fact in the middle. No matter really though.

Quote:About Zelda: Anyway, that's exactly my thinking on that, the developer being the same as with Majora. However, they already made Link evil in MM anyway, by making him resort to the evil fierce diety mask, a mask with darkness even greater than Majora, in order to defeat him. Well, yeah you don't HAVE to, but that option is right there if they take the story that way. Plus, where did Link of Time go when Ganon emerged shortly after his imprisonment? Remember, he emerged once long ago before Wind Waker, according to the WW storyline, and the original Link was no where to be found to save the day. There's gotta be a reason for that. He DID return to Hyrule after all, not stay in Termina, and as far as I know he didn't give up the Fierce Diety Mask (which is called the Oni, or demon, mask in the Japanese version). It could now be his "precious", and let's face it, it wouldn't be the first time Zelda copied off of Lord of the Rings. I'm not saying they WILL do it, and if they do, I have a feeling I already know the ending would HAVE to have Link of Time saved from the mask and returned to the light, just that they COULD and that it would be AWESOME. Link vs Link would also make for a great battle, as it always has in the past fighting "shadow Links", which may I remind you are the dark side of the Links who fought them incarnate, proving that Link has never been completely devoid of evil thought.