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- Platform: Nintendo Wii
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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- Metroid: Other M takes the best elements of 1st-person and 3rd-person gaming to create a seamless blend between gameplay, story-telling and dynamic cinematography, that feels like a movie the player can control. Players hold the Wii Remote controller sideways while navigating and battling in 3rd-person. However, at any moment, players can switch immediately to Wii Remote pointer controls to examine and explore the environments in 1st-person perspective
- Metroid fans know more about Samus' suits and weapons than they do about what drives her. That's about to change. The story begins immediately following the events of Super Metroid, when a baby Metroid gave its life to protect Samus. With voice acting and a rich story, players learn the engaging backstory of Samus as she weaves through an action-packed adventure aboard the Bottle Ship, a decommissioned space facility. As she hurtles into this new adventure, Samus will encounter her first mentor and Commanding Officer of the Galactic Federation, Adam Malkovich
- The development of Metroid: Other M is an exciting collaboration between Nintendo's Yoshio Sakamoto and Team Ninja. Sakamoto was the director of Super Metroid in 1994. Team Ninja is the renowned action developer of Ninja Gaiden. Metroid: Other M pairs Sakamoto's expert level design and exploratory focus of the classic Metroid series with Team Ninja's signature stylish, no-holds-barred action.
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Metroid: Other M is an unprecedented collaboration that blends the slick, action-packed production of the world-renowned Team Ninja development team with the game design talents of the creators of the original Metroid. Metroid: Other M is a dramatic new direction for a legendary franchise and a bold new blend between cinematics, storytelling and the best in interactive entertainment. For decades, Samus Aran has been known as one of the first female protagonists in video games, and one of the most enigmatic. Having traded her haunted past for the solitary life of a bounty hunter, Samus finally tells her own tale in this revealing, personal story of her failings, her flaws and ultimately her motivation.<
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Metroid: Other M is an unprecedented collaboration that blends the slick, action-packed production of the world-renowned Team Ninja development team with the game design talents of the creators of the original Metroid. Metroid: Other M is a dramatic new direction for a legendary franchise and a bold new blend between cinematics, storytelling and the best in interactive entertainment. For decades, Samus Aran has been known as one of the first female protagonists in video games, and one of the most enigmatic. Having traded her haunted past for the solitary life of a bounty hunter, Samus finally tells her own tale in this revealing, personal story of her failings, her flaws and ultimately her motivation
- Metroid: Other M takes the best elements of 1st-person and 3rd-person gaming to create a seamless blend between gameplay, story-telling and dynamic cinematography, that feels like a movie the player can control. Players hold the Wii Remote controller sideways while navigating and battling in 3rd-person. However, at any moment, players can switch immediately to Wii Remote pointer controls to examine and explore the environments in 1st-person perspective
- Metroid fans know more about Samus' suits and weapons than they do about what drives her. That's about to change. The story begins immediately following the events of Super Metroid, when a baby Metroid gave its life to protect Samus. With voice acting and a rich story, players learn the engaging backstory of Samus as she weaves through an action-packed adventure aboard the Bottle Ship, a decommissioned space facility. As she hurtles into this new adventure, Samus will encounter her first mentor and Commanding Officer of the Galactic Federation, Adam Malkovich
- The development of Metroid: Other M is an exciting collaboration between Nintendo's Yoshio Sakamoto and Team Ninja. Sakamoto was the director of Super Metroid in 1994. Team Ninja is the renowned acti
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Okay, I don't normally write a review this close to purchase but seeing so much negativity from the US. and various other places, I felt obliged to reassure the average gamers out there!
As a game in its own right, this is a top notch platform blaster! As an addition to the series, it may and obviously has polarized the community. I think it's important for me to address the issues that people have been having first.
POINTING: Such a major "problem" for so many people is really quite well implemented. The transition between sideways control and pointing the remote at the screen to fire missiles etc. at a locked-on point is smooth and you get used to it fairly early on. Just don't rely on it in the heat of battle until you absolutely need to to defeat the current enemy.
SHOOTING: You have something of an auto-locking system which purists say goes against the series norm, but in reality, it's the only way to implement a firing system in this format. You will soon get used to just facing the general direction and pumping away to dispatch your foes.
VOICE ACTING: Samus's voice has been deliberately chosen to deliver the sense of her loner nature and therefore unfamiliarity with dialogue. It isn't bad acting, it's been purposely detailed and it's not THAT important a feature of ANY game which is 90% gaming and 10% talking.
CONTROLS: Use of just the Wii remote is somewhat foreign at first, if you're used to playing the 3D games but anyone who has played sidescrollers, whether of the series or not, will pick up the intricasies in no time. I have yet to find a situation which necessitated the use of the Nunchuck over the D-Pad. Sure, it's a little less accurate in the wider sections but you still have 8 directions at your disposal.
MUSIC: Yeah, you'll have to go a long way to match the majestic scores of the Prime series but there is an atmospheric air about the levels and although it could have done with a little more memorability, it shouldn't detract from your enjoyment and involvement in the intensity of battle.
So, that out of the way, what you are left with is an altogether different animal to the 3D games of the series but an intuitive blending of styles which, for the most part, has been pulled off with a good deal of accuracy. For newcomers, this will be a challenge without any shadow of doubt. I've been gaming for nearly 30 years now and I still died several times against the same enemy until I worked out what to do! For me, this makes for a good experience, as just breezing past the opposition is no real fun at all, whereas, using your noggin gives you a greater sense of achievement. Yes, the path to the end is relatively short and linear but you will have many a good battle on the way and although there is a sense of repetition for some of the enemies, the new death-blow sequences are really cool and different for each enemy.
So, if you can rent this one, it may be the way to go first with all the different opinions out there. Everyone is entitled to their own and a few will disagree with some of what I've said here, no doubt...fact is...I enjoyed it...end of!
As a game in its own right, this is a top notch platform blaster! As an addition to the series, it may and obviously has polarized the community. I think it's important for me to address the issues that people have been having first.
POINTING: Such a major "problem" for so many people is really quite well implemented. The transition between sideways control and pointing the remote at the screen to fire missiles etc. at a locked-on point is smooth and you get used to it fairly early on. Just don't rely on it in the heat of battle until you absolutely need to to defeat the current enemy.
SHOOTING: You have something of an auto-locking system which purists say goes against the series norm, but in reality, it's the only way to implement a firing system in this format. You will soon get used to just facing the general direction and pumping away to dispatch your foes.
VOICE ACTING: Samus's voice has been deliberately chosen to deliver the sense of her loner nature and therefore unfamiliarity with dialogue. It isn't bad acting, it's been purposely detailed and it's not THAT important a feature of ANY game which is 90% gaming and 10% talking.
CONTROLS: Use of just the Wii remote is somewhat foreign at first, if you're used to playing the 3D games but anyone who has played sidescrollers, whether of the series or not, will pick up the intricasies in no time. I have yet to find a situation which necessitated the use of the Nunchuck over the D-Pad. Sure, it's a little less accurate in the wider sections but you still have 8 directions at your disposal.
MUSIC: Yeah, you'll have to go a long way to match the majestic scores of the Prime series but there is an atmospheric air about the levels and although it could have done with a little more memorability, it shouldn't detract from your enjoyment and involvement in the intensity of battle.
So, that out of the way, what you are left with is an altogether different animal to the 3D games of the series but an intuitive blending of styles which, for the most part, has been pulled off with a good deal of accuracy. For newcomers, this will be a challenge without any shadow of doubt. I've been gaming for nearly 30 years now and I still died several times against the same enemy until I worked out what to do! For me, this makes for a good experience, as just breezing past the opposition is no real fun at all, whereas, using your noggin gives you a greater sense of achievement. Yes, the path to the end is relatively short and linear but you will have many a good battle on the way and although there is a sense of repetition for some of the enemies, the new death-blow sequences are really cool and different for each enemy.
So, if you can rent this one, it may be the way to go first with all the different opinions out there. Everyone is entitled to their own and a few will disagree with some of what I've said here, no doubt...fact is...I enjoyed it...end of!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Great game with amazing creepy atmosphere. If you're a fan of the other titles in the series you won't be dissapointed. I actually find it a refressing change from the excellent Metroid Prime installments. This game has been heavily discounted recently which is unusual for a Nintendo game. I highly recommend it. Its one of the best games on the Wii.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The METROID franchise was slowly going astray, falling "victim" to innovations that mostly worked yet, at the same time, were turning METROID games into a typical space shooter. Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoyed the Metroid Prime: Trilogy - it just did not give off the sense of a classic METROID game. Well, NINTENDO made sure to take care of that.
THE OTHER M is an old-school platform shooter, only equipped with the latest innovations that enhance rather than hinder the true character of the game. Samus Aran can now move in 3D (and not only in a sidescrolling manner), yet this is and feels like a classic platform game. There is some puzzle-solving and expect to spend quite some time in the form of a morphing ball, zipping through pipes, bypassing obstacles, unlocking security doors and finding powerups; and the FirstPerson perspective is still available to deliver devastating missile shots (while keeping Samus stationary and vulnerable to enemy attacks, one cannot play the game as an FPS). Nevertheless, this is an pure action-shooter game that is greatly enjoyable.
Visually this must be the best game I ever played on Wii, with beautiful and distinct environments than never get boring and never interfere with the gameplay. And, following the tradition of the classic Metroid games, the THE OTHER M experience is enhanced by great orchestral music. Nothing epic, but it sure fits the mood of the scene it accompanies.
THE OTHER M is a tad story-heavier than I would have liked and the cinematic sequences are unskipable(?) whereas, annoyingly, the story at times throws Samus in the midst of her enemies with minimal firepower and often without her Varia suit. Other than those minor complains (and it being a bit short), this is one of the best games I have ever played on a console.
I dare say, this is a title that is comparable to the monumental Super Metroid.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
THE OTHER M is an old-school platform shooter, only equipped with the latest innovations that enhance rather than hinder the true character of the game. Samus Aran can now move in 3D (and not only in a sidescrolling manner), yet this is and feels like a classic platform game. There is some puzzle-solving and expect to spend quite some time in the form of a morphing ball, zipping through pipes, bypassing obstacles, unlocking security doors and finding powerups; and the FirstPerson perspective is still available to deliver devastating missile shots (while keeping Samus stationary and vulnerable to enemy attacks, one cannot play the game as an FPS). Nevertheless, this is an pure action-shooter game that is greatly enjoyable.
Visually this must be the best game I ever played on Wii, with beautiful and distinct environments than never get boring and never interfere with the gameplay. And, following the tradition of the classic Metroid games, the THE OTHER M experience is enhanced by great orchestral music. Nothing epic, but it sure fits the mood of the scene it accompanies.
THE OTHER M is a tad story-heavier than I would have liked and the cinematic sequences are unskipable(?) whereas, annoyingly, the story at times throws Samus in the midst of her enemies with minimal firepower and often without her Varia suit. Other than those minor complains (and it being a bit short), this is one of the best games I have ever played on a console.
I dare say, this is a title that is comparable to the monumental Super Metroid.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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