Metroid madness

August 15, 2007, 7:56 PM

I noticed that there were no threads on any Metroid games and as odd as it seemed, thought I'd make one so people can discuss any of the old Metroid games or the upcoming Metroid Prime 3 for Wii. I myself have played/own most (bought Super Metroid for SNES but swapped it for Super Punch Out, and own pretty much all the other Metroid games to date). Right now I'm playing Metroid Prime but will play Metroid Prime 2 soon after I'm done. I have to say that the transistion from 2D to 3D was done in an amazing way. Not only does it look great but the attention to detail is simply stunning (and we're talking for a Gamecube too). I look forward to seeing what Samus Aran is capable of in MP3.

Backloggery · August 20, 2007, 11:00 AM

One of my top 5 franchises easily with pretty much every title being a first class game, I own all the games from the main series barring the first two in the series on the NES and original GB. Metroid Prime to me is one of the best games ever and a great example of how to convert a 2D series into 3D properly (Sonic/Castlevania take note).

Looking forward to seeing how MP3 works with the Wii controls, Retro Studios have a hell of a task to make it work but I'm hoping and have a little faith that they'll surprise me again. And if they fail I still have Super Metroid to fall back on.

August 21, 2007, 8:35 PM

I picked up Metroid Zero Mission for GBA today, its my first Metroid game and i cant put it down

its really addictive and the gameplay is solid, i didn't really like platformers before, but i bought it becuase i heard that its awsome, and it was an absolute bargain, i found a second hand copy for £2, and the cheapest one you can get on Amazon is about £15
I wanna get more metroid games now.....fusion, and maybe hunters for ds...

August 22, 2007, 9:26 AM

Yeah, Zero Mission is a great remake of the original Metroid. I'd really love to see a remake done of Metroid 2 as I was never able to buy it for GB. Fusion for GBA is probably the next best choice as it's for GBA and it plays exactly the same but it's the last of the Metroid games so far (I think). If you do have a Wii/Gamecube, get the Prime games as soon as possible as they are just amazing. Prime Hunters for DS is a good game but I would have rather prefered if they'd kept the side scolling gameplay of old and made the world absolutely huge as well as lots of secrets. Look at games like Castlevania for DS....if they look that good, how good would a Metroid look.

August 22, 2007, 7:06 PM

Yeah, new Metroid for the DS with old gameplay would be good, DS is quite restricted when it comes to huge 3d games like metroid prime hunters.

I wanna get a Wii, so i can play resident evil for Gamecube, and i could pick up metriod prime for GC and MP 3 for wii aswell.....

August 22, 2007, 10:35 PM

I have a Wii but I last played a Wii game (Zelda) months ago....been playing Gamecube games since then. I'm still in the middle of Tales of Symphonia, but am trying to finish Metroid Prime, then will go for MP2:Echoes. After that, will play Resident Evil 0 (got the other day) and once that's finished, will replay the Remake of Resident Evil. Then...after that, I'll continue with Tales.....though I should probably have a break instead.

Back to Metroid.....I prefer Prime Hunters to the new Pinball game but I just don't feel that Hunters should have been made like the Gamecube games. Sure, it looks good but it just feels odd to me.

August 23, 2007, 6:57 PM

Nice, i would love to play the GC remake of the first Resident Evil....Umbrella chronicles lookes sweet for Wii

I wanna get another DS game, but i cant decide if i should get, MP Hunters, FF3 or something else...

August 24, 2007, 7:40 AM

It all depends of what sort of game you like. I have to say that FF3 is a very good RPG. The castlevania games are also very good.

As for the Remake of Resident Evil...it's SO much better than the original. Crimson Heads are very scary.

August 24, 2007, 5:13 PM

I just got FF3 and KH2 like an hour ago, i couldnt find Metroid Prime Hunters anywhere, and also i couldn't be bothered to order it...is there any other 2D Metroid games out for GBA?, i wanna get fusion.

August 25, 2007, 8:37 AM

The only ones that I know of is Zero Mission and Fusion so far.....maybe they'll make one more in future?

KH2 is a great game....but trying to get 100% is just too much. I couldn't be bothered to do it all so next time I get around to playing it, I'll do hard mode to get the secret ending.

FF3 is also a great game. Haven't played it in a while but have started it again recently. It's a slow starter in terms of what you can do but when you get some money and more jobs available, it's a lot better. Only thing I don't like is that if you want certain things, you MUST send mail to others over Wifi or DS to DS. Sure, it's a way of using the Wifi but what about people who don't have it? I myself don't but I can still go to my aunts to use it.