Metroid Prime
 

I know Im a bit early, but I wanted to get a feel for how excited, or how not excited some of you are about this game. I saw a review of it on Extended Play this afternoon, and they showed a few things that werent shown at E3. Namely a few enemies, but Im not going to say what....ok fine



Needless to say I put my pre-order down for this game today. Yeah I know I work for the store, but if it helps our numbers :).

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Anyone else excited?

I don't think you need to use spoiler tags for a game that came out a decade ago. I'm not sure why you'd be surprised that there are metroids in a Metroid game, of course they're going to come up with an excuse to bring them back.

been looking forward to this game for a while now. i posted before that the offical website had launched. although there is not much there, you can watch the trailer for the game.... the site's address is www.metroidprime.com

i'm curious how the first person metroid perspective is going to work... anyway, i've got mine pre-ordered.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. I don't want to get overly hyped.

Can't wait to play it.

I'm very excited about this one. I for one believe it will be interesting to see the evolution of a great game franchise. Sure, the game may feel and play differently, but it's still Metroid.

stoolie

I'm excited to play this GC game! This game looks awesome! Very creepy, suspenseful atmosphere! It's going to be awesome. Metroid is going to kick some serious ass! Mario was so lame this game has novel spin on a FPS. The only reason to keep a GC is for this game!

THat's quite the opinion you've got there. There are a lot more reasons to keep a GC than this game.

I'm sorry, but your logic and reason are no match for the eloquent argument of "Mario was so lame".

They hype is already off the charts for Metroid Prime. Especially from the people who not only played the E3 2002 demo, but also from those who recently played an updated demo of MP a few weeks ago at a media only Nintendo event. Here is what they are saying:


IGN :Gamers.com :MSNBC :EGM (August 2002):http://images.nintendo.com/nintendo/..._gcn_game2.jpg

:D

I personally cannot wait for this game. I am still leery of the jump from 2D to 3D and Retro/Nintendo calling it a First Person Adventure instead of a First Person Shooter.

This week I plan on pre-paying for both this and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game coming out the same day...will be a LOT like Super Metroid and is the chapter right after Super Metroid).

Nintendo is really putting all its eggs in one basket for Christmas (but then again so are the other consoles), I certainly hope Metroid Prime sells well.

I can't wait for this. I had my reservations about it going to 3D, and was afraid it would just feel like a standard FPS, rather than a Metroid game.

But from all the impressions I've read that's not the case at all. Apparently "first person adventure" is an accurate description as there is much more emphasis on exploration, scanning things to look for secrets (or weaknesses in the case of enemies) and not as much emphasis on shooting things, which is very true to the Metroid series.

It's definitely the game I'm looking forward to the most this holiday season.

Oh yea? List them for me buddy.

Its all going to come down to control for me. I can't play the James Bond gamecube FPS. My hands just don't work the way they need to to move and aim at the same time with that control scheme. Too many years of keyboard and mouse controlling for me I think.

So if the 'lock on' ability works well, and there really is MORE adventuring than shooting then I'll be in. I've got to play a demo first though.

Uhhh, lets not and say we did okay? Or maybe you can start a new thread if you guys want to argue about it.

I agree...I just hate it when someone gets in my grill and pushes their opinions on me. For me this game is a staple for holding onto my GC.

back to topic...

Another feature that is innovative are all the different types of visor scanners you can utilize such as x-ray, thermal and motion. This game is the reason why I'm holding onto my GC.

Bring on the chick bounty hunter!

You were the one that started threadcrapping with console bashing and irrelevent remarks about Mario, stating your opinions as if they were objective facts.

Whose threadcrapping? I was saying that I'm looking forward to Metroid!!!!!!!! If you didn't like my opinion with Mario who care! That's my opinion and I'm holding to it!!!!! I thought Mario was lame! I was holding onto my GC for Mario and Mario left me dry. Metroid on the other hand looks to be a keeper! Metroid looks to be a great game! And I'm not selling my GC because of Metroid. I'm not threadcrapping! I'm only voicing my opinion! People who own a GC need to not be so sensitive.

There's nothing wrong about your opinion on Mario. But this is the wrong thread for it.

First it was a simple sentence....I wasn't harping on it. The majority of my posts dealt with Metroid.....so dude stop harping on my statement. And my comment with Mario was relevant to my statement with Metroid.

In addition to what you said about me threadcrapping. What have you attributed to this threat? Other than pick on all my posts. Not once did you post anything remotely related to the topic of Metroid!

Okay ... this is really stupid, especially b/c both of you seem to LIKE the GameCube.

So White Knight, no more comments to Groucho please.
And Grouch, no more comments to White Knight please.

Metroid Prime looks like a great game. Let's not ruin a thread dedicated to that because of Mario.


namja
Moderator, DVD Talk Forums

What's the release date on this game?

That pretty much sums it up for me. I've been so burned in the past with these "incredible ground-breaking games of the year" and will not get into this one (right now) at all. I refuse to read all the hype, download all the pics and movies and just wait 'til the reviews come out. I've been hyped up for the Sunshine's, Ocarina's, Rogue Leader's, DK64's, Banjo-Kazooie-Tooie's and others and have been let down miserably.

That being said, in the back of my mind I am excited for this one. Will rent it first however (or give it some gameplay time)...once again, I've just been burned so many times before by these overly-hyped titles.

The release date is November 18! :D

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Same here! I love metroid, Samus is my favorite femme fatale, she rocks!! People were saying that it is a first person adventure which is sounds more interesting to me than a regular FPS. But I'll wait until i play it, its coming out pretty soon I think, sometime in november or decmeber.

I'll also be picking up Metroid Fusion the same day :).

nevermind about my speculated release date, creatureX beat me to the real one ;).

I don't think I'll be buying MP on release date, but I'll probably eventually pick it up. I'll wait and see what y'all think of it first.

I have enough games to hold me over for the moment. MP might make a good Christmas present to myself. :)

Mike AA, I agree with you. I try to play games for the first time with as little premade opinions as possible. It's Metroid, so I AM excited to play it, but I'll reserve final opinions until I play it. Alas, I can't help look at the screens and movies though.

The convex appearance of the visor is very interesting. I wonder if it will warp the images at all, like some sunglasses do. That would be a neat effect.

One of the things I am most interested in is the music. The original Metroid music was very memorable, and the updates for the Smash Brothers games were terrific. I wonder if they will use the original themes. Does anybody know who composed the music for Metroid?

stoolie

I try to avoid most hype as some people have stated, but I do check in on previews and watch some videos, but I never try to get overexcited about a game. I seem to enjoy games more the less I am waiting for them. Nevertheless I love Metroid and will probably purchase this on release day no matter what.

I know that graphics alone wont do it for games anymore (actually it never does), but this game is a visual master piece. A testament to the power the GC has. The controls are odd at first but adaptable. Im not sure which mag said it but (maybe it was GI) they said they were unhappy with the controls and wrote off Metroid Prime as "just another franchiise ruined by a change in formula". I dont see how, I mean I played the demo and thought it rocked. And if the demo is only a taste of what to expect then I say bring it on :). Well anyways...the visor feature is pretty slick. You scan doors before blasting them open, sort of like a key. Im not sure how the GBA game works with the GC version, but Im sure it will be explained in due time. One damn cool aspect for the intro of the game is..... I think I was only one in the Nintendo booth who heard it and cheered. :p yeah Im a dork.

I just hope that by November 18 I'm able to peel myself away from Animal Crossing long enough to play this game. :)

Too many games!!

So little money and so little time. Life sucks. :D

Yack yack yack....get a job :p.

No kidding. Of games recently released and coming out by years end I'm interested in:

Star Fox Adventures
Kingdom Hearts
Super Monkey Ball 2
Tekken 4
Metroid Prime
Metroid Fusion
Shinobi
Rygar
Contra: Shattered Soldiers
Rayman 3
Sly Cooper
Rachet and Clank
and probably a few more I'm forgetting.

The first four I've held off on in favor of Mario Sunshine and Castlevania: HOD.

I'll probably only be able to make time (and money) for 3 or 4 of these games. :( And that's not counting the backlog of PS2 games like MGS2 and Devil May Cry that I still want to pick up.

Oh well, I guess it's better to have too many good games, than not enough. I'm considering holding off on buying any of the next gen systems right at launch, and catching up on all the PS2 and GCN games I missed as they should be dirt cheap by then.

I agree, that SSB:M remix in particullar was superb!! The original composer of the NES Metroid was Tanaka Hirokazu aka Hip/Hiro Tanaka. He also did a few other games you might have heard of, like Kid Icarus(!), Mother 1 and 2 (Earthbound in the states), and Dr. Mario.

However, the music in Super Metroid was co-composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano. If i recall correctly the only music from the first game they used in the sequel was the intro melody when you start. Still the game had some awesome tunes. The sites are reporting that Kenji Yamamoto is indeed returning to do the music for Metroid Prime. From the movies I have watched of the game the music seems to be very atomospheric and moody, but its hard to tell just from a small 1 minute montage clip. But we won't have to wait much longer to find out :).

Zero, I also cheered when that happened, it was so cool i actually yelled out in my house "hell yeah!!" and got a lot of funny looks from people around me lol.

<h1> HELL YEA!!</h1> :lol:


I was pretty excited too. Not a 'hell yea' excited, more like a whoo-ooh excited

Yeah i cant wait, i thought starfox was going to be awesome and it was and this game looks 10 times better, so i cant wait, im ganna wait to pre-order it so i can find the best deal, cause usually theyhave like buy it and get a free strategy guide or something

Some new information on the Metroid Prime storyline has been revealed from Gamecube preview DVD being given out at the Cube Clubs. Many were wondering where the MP storyline fits in with the rest of the series.

Also check out what the guy who runs the best Metroid fansite on the net (The Metroid Database) has done in honor of the series:

http://www.classicgaming.com/mdb/current.jpg

Nice tattoo! :D

PlanetGamecube just posted a whole bunch of new exciting Metroid info. They are even saying that the original Metroid will be included as a hiddin goodie, and will have a "save" option so you don't have to use those stupid passwords! Hot dog!

Man.. it is so hard to avoid reading everything and watching all the movies.. but I just know it will be worth it when I finally play. ME NEED METROID.

Me need it too :p

or Two, it couldn't hurt with all the stuff coming out in November and December.