I hate this game. I still beat it though...I still HATE IT.

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2005-07-12 04:46:39 am

Quote from Arkarian:

Mine? Metroid Prime.

Wow, I'm kinda surprised with MP's popularity. I'm not saying it's bad or anything (hell, MP is incredible) but most of the people I know prefer the classic Metroid games (side-scrollers). Maybe it's because I live in England. Oh well. My fave has gotta be SM, just for being so original, and having tons of little (and big) twists in its storyline. Also, it was the only one that let you equip/unequip your upgrades at will, an effect I liked quite a lot. And then there's all the little (and big) tricks in the game, such as the Murder Beam and the Time/Space beam.

nate

2005-07-12 09:16:52 am

i think this site is probably pretty biased toward metroid prime for historical reasons. you're right to see it like that.

Sasuke_Kun

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2005-07-12 10:11:19 am

Gotta love the classics, eh? So Nate, which would you say is your fave?

nate

2005-07-12 10:15:51 am

metroid prime. :P it owes virtually everything to super metroid, though.

arkarian

2005-07-12 10:22:35 am

red chamber dream

Very true. Yeah, Metroid Prime was the game that lead me to this site. I had played all of the other Metroid games before it, but Prime was the one that made me want to actually find a forum in which to talk about it. Maybe it's because I grew up more in the era of N64 (although I played a lot of SNES as a kid), but I think I'm partial to 3D games. They give have a better atmosphere, IMO.

Sasuke_Kun

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2005-07-12 10:30:38 am

There are definitely a lot of links between SM and MP, whether it's about the things you can find, the enemies, the upgrades etc. And it would also seem the quality was transmitted between them too.

Andrew Mills

2005-07-12 01:16:10 pm

Strategy Guide Writer

Quote from njahnke:

metroid prime. :P it owes virtually everything to super metroid, though.

And that'd be because Retro admitted that it was heavily infulenced by SM during development (with regards to abilities, atmosphere and overall design ethos) in a special making of for EDGE magazine a while back.

Sasuke_Kun

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2005-07-13 06:34:25 am

And any game that owes its design to SM has gotta be great, right?

nate

2005-07-13 11:18:58 am

fusion was also supposedly a sequel to super metroid ...

Mr. Aran

2005-07-13 01:51:43 pm

everybody knows it's true

Somewhat it is

arkarian

2005-07-13 02:35:10 pm

red chamber dream

In the storyline, yes; in pretty much everything else, no.

Yoshi348

2005-07-13 03:29:55 pm

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Ready and willing.

It has missles...

tomatobob

2005-07-14 01:52:55 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

And a defective Wall Jump.

Sasuke_Kun

(user is banned)

2005-07-14 07:28:25 am

Not to mention it has a very similar ending...

Mr. Aran

2005-07-14 09:59:42 am

everybody knows it's true

Fusion has a hotter ending

arkarian

2005-07-14 10:02:46 am

red chamber dream

Than Prime I, yes, but it's not hotter than Echoes's ending.

Mr. Aran

2005-07-14 10:04:05 am

everybody knows it's true

I'm hoping that the above is sarcastic

arkarian

2005-07-14 10:34:07 am

red chamber dream

If it wasn't, I'd ask you to kill me.

Mr. Aran

2005-07-14 11:50:39 am

everybody knows it's true

*gets out uzi just in case*

Sasuke_Kun

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2005-07-15 04:17:43 am

NO MR. ARAN!!! DON'T DO IT!!!! Errr...is shooting mods with Uzis against the rules of the forum? Only we wouldn't want Mr. Aran banned...but then again, Ark wouldn't say that unless he was sarcastic...unless he has a death wish...that would explain the missing sarcasm tags...oh whatever. Echoes had a pretty naff ending in my view. SM had the best, as you got to see Zebes explode in the background as you flew away. That was cool.

arkarian

2005-07-15 01:03:56 pm

red chamber dream

Okay. Any more off-topic posts in here will be deleted (and yes, Dark_SA-X, I realise that your post wasn't completely off-topic).

Sasuke_Kun

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2005-07-18 04:31:10 am

Sorry, Ark. I have a bad habit of rambling. Anyway, I think MZM had a pretty rubbish ending, to be honest. The fact it was so short spoiled it too. I reckon having a more SM style setup would've been better, as the last half just seemed tagged on; it didn't really seem to be a major part of the game. Sorta like an emulsion: there's 2 layers to the game that just don't mix, and that spoils it.

spineshark

2005-07-18 01:25:53 pm

in the name of justice!

Quote from Dark_SA-X:

Sorry, Ark. I have a bad habit of rambling. Anyway, I think MZM had a pretty rubbish ending, to be honest. The fact it was so short spoiled it too. I reckon having a more SM style setup would've been better, as the last half just seemed tagged on; it didn't really seem to be a major part of the game. Sorta like an emulsion: there's 2 layers to the game that just don't mix, and that spoils it.

whoa! i agree with dsax! well, i've never vocally disagreed, but...

the whole ending sequence was weird. there's a stealth part that ranges from easy to irritating. then, you get the beam of mystical power and beat the shit out of everyone. then, there's a kraid difficulty boss fight. at the end you run away (again). then you fight two guys that can either be cheaped or are a major pain. at the end one more worthless pirate jumps out of the escape ship, then another moron tries to stop your ship...by jumping in front of it. what?

i might get ros soon. the closest gamestop carries all generations of gameboy games, so i'll check it out this week.

[quote="Dark_SA-X"]Sorry, Ark. I have a bad habit of rambling. Anyway, I think MZM had a pretty rubbish ending, to be honest. The fact it was so short spoiled it too. I reckon having a more SM style setup would've been better, as the last half just seemed tagged on; it didn't really seem to be a major part of the game. Sorta like an emulsion: there's 2 layers to the game that just don't mix, and that spoils it.[/quote]
whoa!  i agree with dsax!  well, i've never vocally disagreed, but...

the whole ending sequence was weird.  there's a stealth part that ranges from easy to irritating.  then, you get the beam of mystical power and beat the shit out of everyone.  then, there's a kraid difficulty boss fight.  at the end you run away (again).  then you fight two guys that can either be cheaped or are a major pain.  at the end one more worthless pirate jumps out of the escape ship, then another moron tries to stop your ship...by jumping in front of it.  what?

i might get ros soon.  the closest gamestop carries all generations of gameboy games, so i'll check it out this week.

Sasuke_Kun

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2005-07-19 05:16:57 am

Dsax? Weird shortened version of my name...kinda sounds like an emu...I like it.

That last pirate was freaky. Why the hell would you jump in front of a moving ship in an attempt to stop it? The ship probably weighs at least 20 times as much as the Pirate! They could've put a robot Kraid at the end of the shaft, then the ship crashes into it, Samus loses her suit (again...) and has to sneak about inside the robot Kraid, and then has to face Phantoon and Draygon to get out! (Obviously getting her suit back first-how about the Dark Suit instead...) and then has to escape before Robokraid explodes. Sounds great, don't it? Nah, didn't think so...

Super metroid fan

2005-07-21 11:29:52 pm

Why would he say it's the worst metroid game it's not it's equal to every other one except super metroid which is the best.