[Lynk Former]

Metroid, an energy based parasitic predatory life form, also the name of a series of action/adventure videogames which no one in their right mind should overlook.

Samus Aran, the mysterious bounty hunter made famous by the Metroid series, also the first true kickass heroine in any videogame and still the only truly credible woman to exist in a videogame.

Not many people know or realise this but Metroid is actually based off of Alien, the creator, Gunpei Yokoi, going as far as to name one of the bosses in the game Ridley, after Ridley Scott. And for the most part the story of Metroid has also been shaped from the series of movies. Even Alien Resurrection had influenced the storyline of Metroid Fusion. I'm sure you can find some articles about it on the net if you looked hard enough XD I remember there being one somewhere but I forgot where it is.

I love this series and the ways in which it has evolved over the years. And the new paths it's taking. I love the way Super Metroid makes you feel so isolated and alone, the way the space pirates research lab in Metroid Prime makes you feel so damn uneasy as you wander around in the dark not knowing what's around the next corner. I love how you KNOW you're going to get killed by S-AX if you don't get the hell out of there in Metroid Fusion and the exciting battles you have with Dark Samus in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. And throughout all... well, most of the games, I love how you're left to explore the world yourself, to find every little nook and cranny and all those lil hidden items littered around the place. And to find a door or breakable wall you can't get through with your current inventory.

I love how the Metroid Prime series stays true to its origins and adds greatly to the series. I love scanning different objects, learning about the local environment and the lifeforms that live there. I love it when you walk into a room and they're several dead bodies there, and when you scan them you learn exactly how they became this way and what had happened. I also love the way that the Metroid Prime series has made the existance of the Metroids themselves more mysterious and far more dangerous than anyone realises.

I also like where it's going, Metroid Prime Pinball has been so much fun to play, it's been a long time since I've played a game where it's purely about the highscore and nothing else. And I love how Metroid Prime Hunters is gonna be so much fast paced multiplayer (both local and online) fun. And I can't wait to see what Retro Studios has in store for us for Metroid Prime 3. I'm sure that with the Revolution controller setup it's going to be so damn kickass and look so damn good. I so so so can't wait @.@

Of course I still want another traditional 2D Metroid game. They remade the original, they could easily remake Metroid II: Return of Samus at least, if a brand new game isn't on their list.

[Black Howling]

It's Metroid i have yet to own a disappointing Metroid yet i am sure Metroid Prime 3 will rock.

[InsaneSith]

Samus makes me all sunshiney in the pants.

<3 Super Metroid.

[Sam-Mag]

I love this series! My personal faves are Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Metroid Zero Mission and Super Metroid.

I've still been stuck with a low percent run on Super Metroid, getting pwned by Ridley countless times. I've gotten close to giving up on trying to speedrun altogether... >_<;

[Rach]

answering your post in the C3F reunion thread;

ahhaha ! but fusion is the game with LOTS of story in it! and that sure counts a lot for me when playing something. Super Metroid is awesome, i love it, but there ya go, you got 4 minutes of story in the beggining of the game and you're on your own for the rest of the game. Come on, let Samus talk, dammit XP

[Black Howling]

answering your post in the C3F reunion thread;

ahhaha ! but fusion is the game with LOTS of story in it! and that sure counts a lot for me when playing something. Super Metroid is awesome, i love it, but there ya go, you got 4 minutes of story in the beggining of the game and you're on your own for the rest of the game. Come on, let Samus talk, dammit XP

I would like her to talk as well, but then again i would like Link to talk too. Oh well metroid still rocks.

[Maverick]

Gordon is a guy of few words too XD

[Rach]

I would like her to talk as well, but then again i would like Link to talk too. Oh well metroid still rocks.

Or Crono! Or many many heroes =/ But oh well. I like the plot in Metroid Fusion. And i so love the suit T__________________T

[Lynk Former]

That's the last thing I want in Metroid, a story in the sense that it'll turn into a movie story, with a movie plot. That's the trend videogames have followed in recent years and I don't want Metroid to follow that trend because then it becomes less unique, it just becomes one of the crowd.

The most limiting thing about Fusion, IMO was the story. Because there was a story you were led around by Adam, told to go around different parts of the station to do lil things and such. This IS bad, but why you ask? Well Metroid has always been a game about isolation and it's always been a game where the story has always been what YOU think the story is. The point of having 4 minutes of story at the start of Super Metroid and that's it is that it's trying to put you into the shoes of Samus, rather than putting you into a third persons role, WATCHING the story of Samus. Metroid Fusion is one hellova good game, it had some really kickass moments with SA-X, but the most important parts of a Metroid game were forsaken.

This is why I think Metroid Prime is more of a traditional Metroid experience than Fusion is. There is about a minute of written/spoken story at the beginning (depending on which version of the game you have) and that's it, as soon as Samus gets out from her gunship, you become Samus and that's that. The there is no story, there is only a living breathing world around you which you need to investigate on your own. There is also a very strong sense of isolation.

But then wait, there IS a story in Metroid Prime, the thing that makes it acceptable is the form that the story comes in. The scans. They're a brilliant answer Retro Studios have come up with to make the Metroid experience a unique one. To find out about what happened on Tallon IV you have to scan object and computers to find out, and as you read through all of those logs, YOU start piecing together the mystery yourself, because YOU are Samus.

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is a bit of an enigma, and it seems to me that it's an effort by Nintendo to try to give Metroid a story without disrupting what Metroid is. There was still a minimum amount of story, but you still had to figure out everything about Aether yourself. The story was there but it was thin and spread throughout the game. It was a little distracting for me, but it wasn't that bad.

Oh and... @ Black Howling: Link talking?! ARE YOU NUTS?! That's worse than Metroid having a movie type story/plot!!

[Scar da Kookee]

i say keep link with his grunting and yelling noises he makes in OoT

[Lynk Former]

I think people need to think for a second about Samus talking... if Samus talks... who is she gonna talk to? Herself? XD

[Black Howling]

Lynk you have a point, but maybe her suit has a AI or something Samus can talk too

But yeah i am nuts i knew if i mentioned Link talking i was certain i would for got that type of reaction.

[Lynk Former]

Her suit does have an OS that talks, but Samus doesn't talk to it. As for Adam, I wish him a fiery death before he can do any more damage to the Metroid universe.

[spectre]

It would be terrible if samus spoke. Right now her voice is a mystery, which is kind of cool, and undeniably lends to her badass, take-no-crap, bounty hunter persona.

Also if they gave samus a voice, they'd never be able to satisfy everybody (oooh she sounds to masculine, oooh why did you make her sound so girly, etc. etc...)

she's a very sexy suit of power armour though.

[Lynk Former]

At least we can hear her scream when she dies in Metroid Prime 1 and 2 XD

[Black Howling]

I guess that works

[Lynk Former]

This just in!

Metroid Prime Hunters Gets Voice Chat

[Black Howling]

Thats cool

[Digital Dreamer]

They are planning a movie for Metroid. There is a rumor saying that paris hilton was auditioning for the role of Samus Aran

[Lynk Former]

Yeah there's a lot of stupid rumours like that. It's true that Nintendo is interested in creating a Metroid movie as well as a Legend of Zelda movie some time down the track but no real plans have been made. It's just interest.

I've already heard all the stupid rumours, a large list of stupid whores supposedly auditioning but it's not true, it's just Internet geeks doing what they do best

[Scar da Kookee]

..Also for duke nukem. but i think they desided not to do it.

besides its always these rumors that have VERY FAMOUS ACTOR(S) that will play the part in these game-to-movie movies. IE: 'The Rock' as Duke.

OMFG i cant stand it!! >.<
why cant the damn movie industry come up with something oringal, if not STOP MAKING MOVIES!!!! >.<
they should stop trying to ruin my entertainment and ruin a game frantchise and prehaps ruin any futher game of that series. Cus thats what will happen with a Legend of Zelda movie. It's likey that it didn't die with that silly cartoon they've had.

*reads up*
Oookay, i'm going to stop here.

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[Black Howling]

Paris playing Samus... *sends shivers down my spine* Thank god its not true

[Moelman]

Well hopefully if they do make movies out of those games they don't screw them up like most game-to-movie movies do. XP I'd love to see a metroid movie but I always have my doubts about game-based movies.

And I couldn't see Paris Hilton being in any kind of movie like that

[Scar da Kookee]

a metroid movie better be 6 hours long

[spectre]

and they better not throw in some stupid, completely unrelated story that writes the metroids completely out in favour of "genetically engineered super-zombies" or whatever else it is that the public despises most right now (you know they'll do it).

[Lynk Former]

No point in talking about a Metroid movie when it's only just an idea and nothing more.