nintendo power ranking of metroid awesomeness

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kesvalk: 2010-08-27 07:50:08 am

2010-08-27 07:49:36 am

Indie Lover

nintendo power published this list of awesomeness of metroid titles;

1. Super Metroid
2. Metroid Prime
3. Zero Mission
4. Metroid Prime 3
5. Metroid Fusion
6. Metroid
7. Metroid Prime 2
8. Metroid 2
9. Metroid Prime Hunters

i really think metroid 2 should have a higher spot in the list...

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nate

2010-08-27 07:53:27 am

looks identical to when people used to be able to pick their favorite metroid on the previous previous m2k2 forum with the exception of the insertion of prime 3 which wasn't out yet at that point.

but wait, where's pinball??

Quietus

2010-08-27 07:57:33 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

Yeah, I'd generally agree with the order, with the exception of Fusion being above Zero Mission.

Idkbutlike2

2010-08-27 08:11:52 am

There's no reason why Corruption should be above Fusion. At all.

kesvalk

2010-08-27 11:29:40 am

Indie Lover

to be honest, corruption is way better than fusion in my opinion...

the only thing that was really good on fusion was SA-X

Opium

2010-08-27 12:10:54 pm

Here's my version:

1. Zero Mission
2. Super Metroid
3. Metroid Prime
4. Metroid Prime 2
5. Metroid Fusion
6. Metroid Prime 3
7. Metroid 2
8. Metroid
9. Metroid ~~Prime Hunters~~ pinball

nate

2010-08-27 01:05:40 pm

1 prime
2 super
3 hunters
4 fusion
5 prime 3
6 zero mission
7 prime 2

haven't played metroid ii enough to say anything. haven't played pinball at all.

Toozin

2010-08-27 01:46:32 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

1. Metroid Prime
2. Super Metroid
3. Zero Mission
4. Metroid Prime 3
5. Metroid Prime 2
6. Metroid 2
7. Metroid Fusion
8. Metroid
9. Metroid Prime Pinball
10. Metroid Prime Hunters

That is approximately my list, but I find I have trouble putting anything in numbered order. I'll probably look at this list tomorrow and aside from Prime wonder what I was thinking.

072

2010-08-27 02:39:49 pm

coral to complement blue

Haha. Haven't made one of these lists in a while.

1. Super
2. Prime
3. Fusion
4. Metroid
5. Metroid 2
6. Prime 2
7. Zero Mission
8. Prime 3
9. Hunters

arkarian

2010-08-27 02:54:09 pm

red chamber dream

1. prime
2. zero mission
3. fusion
4. super
5. hunters
6. corruption
7. metroid
8. echoze

i like ros in theory but only played it once a long time ago.

BioSpark

2010-08-27 03:05:39 pm

1. prime
2. fusion
3. zero mission
4. super
5. echoes
6. corruption
7. ros
8. metroid
9. hunters

Turtle

2010-08-27 03:54:51 pm

I like turtles.

1. Zero Mission - For sequence breaking goodness in its purest form - this game did a great job of distilling the series' gameplay and atmosphere.
2. Super - For all-round epicness and scope.
3. Prime - For reproducing the series fairly faithfully in 3D.
4. Return of Samus - For the Spider Ball, Plasma Beam, and Space Jump.
5. Fusion - For--despite introducing the disturbing linearity trend in Metroid titles--streamlining Super's control scheme so that it's actually conveniently playable with ten fingers.
6. Echoes - [This is the only one I really have nothing remarkable to say about.]
7. Corruption - For Hypermode. Worst mechanic ever.
8. Metroid - For having so many copy-and-paste rooms and always starting Samus with 30 energy. I wish I enjoyed it more, but I just can't like this game no matter how hard I try.

[Haven't played Prime Hunters]

UchihaSasuke

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UchihaSasuke: 2010-08-27 03:55:37 pm

2010-08-27 03:55:17 pm

my umbrella goes directly to Bankai

the list has mp3 too high and fusion and mp2 too low. that's about it.

my ranking:

1. fusion
2. mp2
3. mp1
4. zero mission
5. mp3
6. super

haven't played metroid 2 yet and i barely played metroid 1 and hunters but those wouldn't make much of a difference anyway since i doubt they would even go past super.

(
pinball is way too different to belong here imo. it should be ranked among pinball games

1. mp pinball
2. pokemon pinball RS
3. pokemon pinball
)

arkarian

2010-08-27 04:02:15 pm

red chamber dream

yeah there are only three pinball games

UchihaSasuke

2010-08-27 04:10:17 pm

my umbrella goes directly to Bankai

well, i was ranking games i have played.

Prime Hunter

2010-08-27 04:27:17 pm

Just made one of these the other day, but I'll do it again since everyone else is making one here.

1: Super/Prime
2: Zero Mission/Fusion
3: Metroid/Return of Samus/Echoes/Corruption
4: Hunters

(Pinball doesn't count on this list to me. But I still enjoyed it a lot since it was able to incorporate a lot of Metroid elements into it.)

It's very hard for me to choose specific titles over others these days. Any of them other than Hunters has something that I really love about them, and overall my list ends up being which games have more things in them that make them stand out from the other Metroid titles. Plus the fact that it's also become nearly impossible for me to rank the 2D versus the 3D titles because of how different they can be from one another.

tjp7154

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tjp7154: 2010-08-27 04:31:54 pm

2010-08-27 04:30:55 pm

Bananas GOOD, Kremlings BAD

*** Ranked in order of what I would play most IF they all came out on the same day AND I knew NOTHING about them and WITHOUT sequence-breaking in mind: ***

GAME (IMPRESSIONS)

. Super Metroid (2d, Music, Atmospheric, "Woah")
. Metroid Prime (3d, Music, Atmospheric, "Wow, Super Metroid ... in 3d!!!, nice handling!")
. Metroid: Zero Mission (2d, "Metroid only BETTER! SUPER!")
. Metroid 2 ("Wow, even BETTER than Metroid! ... Cool new moves!")
. Metroid ("Where do I go???? ... Now I know! Cool!")
. Metroid Prime 3 ("Nice graphics!, but eh... Stop annoying me NPCs!!!")
. Metroid Prime 2 ("Yikes! Dark Aether makes me afraid!", "I do NOT want to go back to that big bug again... Come on! :/", "Argh! I HATE that Boost Guardian. I don't even want to deal with him again... :/")
. Metroid Fusion ("Argh, let me INNNN! Maybe I don't WANT to listen to you!")
. Metroid Pinball ("Cool I Guess, but meh ... ooh, a bike!")

Poision Envy

2010-08-27 04:33:29 pm

Club 27 Goals

1. Zero Mission
2. Super Metroid
3. Metroid Prime Hunters
4. Metroid Fusion
5. Metroid Prime Pinball

The order of how much FUN I had playing them.

tomatobob

2010-08-27 05:57:07 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

1.Prime - Owns
2.Zero Mission - Fuck the haters, intentional "breaks" own.
3.Fusion - Still a ton of fun despite Nintendo's best efforts.
3.Corruption - Stop trying to be like Fusion.
4.Return of Samus - Almost put it above Corruption, I don't know, I really like it.
5.Super - Fuck those controls, fuck the boring intro shit.
6.Metrode - Has its moments but it really has not aged well, as is the way of NES games
7.Echoez - God damn it.

kesvalk

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kesvalk: 2010-08-27 08:42:32 pm

2010-08-27 08:41:35 pm

Indie Lover

well, i think i will make mine too then...

1 - Super (best wall-jump controls in the series)
2 - prime (diferent visors, beams had diferent roles)
3 - corruption (rundas, PED suit, lack of water area)
4 - zero mission (a playable original metroid)
5 - Metroid 2 (metroid hunt FTW, a pity is kind of unplayable at this age...)
6 - fusion (SA-X)
7 - prime 2 (don't have pros)
8 - Hunters (new hunters, better FPS control on the DS)
9 - Metroid (where i am? oh i think i know... WHERE I AM!?)

penguinseatsocks

2010-08-27 09:21:04 pm

1. Prime
2. Super
3. Echoes
4. Zero Mission
5. Corruption
6. Metroid II
7. Hunters
8. Pinball
9. Fusion
10. Metroid

bartendorsparky

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bartendorsparky: 2010-08-28 12:58:37 am

2010-08-28 12:57:39 am

always move fast

i think the objectively correct list looks something like:

1. prime
2. ros
3. zero mission
4. fusion
5. prime 2
6/7. pinball/super (not sure which order atm)
8. metroid
[ if i never play other m it would go here ]
9. corruption
10. hunters

sabata2

2010-08-28 04:19:13 am

ANKOKU

That seems like a decent list. Though I'm wondering why RoS is #2.

It is a quintessential Metroid game, but god damn what I'd give for a map screen in that game.

Prime Hunter

2010-08-28 04:34:17 am

It's kinda odd looking at everyone's list and realizing how different all of our opinions are for the most part. (More than I had realized based on previous conversations) Looks like Prime is the overall winner though as far as most popular goes, seeing as it's the only Metroid game that's in the top 3 for nearly everyone.

arkarian

2010-08-28 04:39:02 am

red chamber dream

i really enjoyed ros when i played it. something about the black and white maybe.