Metroid Series

[Johnthegalactic]

Lanowen just hates Prime cause it was made in the US and he is Canadian. lol

 

[Lanowen]

As I said with name-calling, I only resort to it when people are being completely irrational. Case in point; you. Because clearly being polite just doesn't get through to you, you're just going to be nuts about it anyways. I enjoy debates, but when you start attacking my video game career, you've crossed a line. Because, as I may or may not have said here, video games are my life.
Oh, and completely off-topic, nice explosion of swearing in your post.

I don't get it. What is wrong with language to express oneself?

On to the topic...

You're saying that anyone who has not been playing since the original doesn't know what they're talking about. That's different from people who haven't played it at all. I've played retro Metroid for a while. I got my hands on Super Metroid as soon as it came out on VC (which, by the way, is why I didn't play it until now; by the time I got into Metroid, the SNES was kind of...you know, dead?), but I've had Metroid 2 for years, as well as the original Metroid. Heck, I own every game except for freakin' Prime Pinball and Zero Mission, so how can you tell me I haven't played it? Probably because you get a power trip out of putting down people who you believe are inferior to you because they haven't been into Metroid as long as you. That's just as mature as saying that someone is inferior because they haven't been on a forum for as long.

I am pretty sure I said both, but I really meant your second sentence more. Playing Prime first does influence your opinion somewhat.

Emulation.

Ever notice how respected noob-callers are?

Why would I?

Also, you're not just saying that Prime is different from Metroid. You're saying that Prime is different from Metroid, and you are also saying it's a really bad game and requires no skill, yet at least the first retains a lot of the Metroid series. Other than the fact that it's 3D, you can scan, and you occasionally get hints I don't see it as being much different from Super Metroid. It feels pretty much the same to me, now that I think about it. Prime still pales in comparison to Super Metroid, but the atmosphere and everything remains similar. My guess is you just have some problem with 3D games in general, you cannot and will not accept change, so you are taking it out on Prime for changing the series and being 3D. At least, that's what it sounds like to me. While 2D will always beat 3D in every way, you can't come in judging Prime with the attitude that it's 3D so it can't be any good.

I wouldn't go as far as saying that it retains a lot of the Metroid series, I would say a little less than that. I think it is quite different, with the auto targeting and restrained vision/movement.
I couldn't ****ing wait for Prime to come out, and I couldn't wait to play it. Don't tell me what I did or did not do.

Attacking my career as a gamer is great. Your assumption doesn't fit. I was an avid gamer (by the way, avid means someone has a passion for it, loves doing it, etc.) at the beginning of my career, yes;

I was saying in general.

but A)My first system was a Sega Genesis.

It was my third.

Should've gotten Super Metroid for it, ye--oh wait, Super Metroid is for SNES.

ha

B)Playing and loving games doesn't mean I was completely involved in every aspect of them as I am now, anticipating releases, reserving games, going on forums to discuss games, etc. It just means I played them and loved it. C) As I mentioned before, I didn't get into Metroid until Metroid Fusion (a while after it came out, too), at which time, SNES was kind of dead. Makes it sort of hard to play it, doesn't it?

Emulation.

Until I got really involved in the series, doing speed runs etc. I didn't even think of spending an arm and a leg on a SNES just to play Super Metroid on the original console. As it is, buying a game I already had was a little foolish. But the fact that I bought it twice should clue you in to the fact that I love Metroid just as much as you do.

I've played it on just about anything you can play it on.

Just because I'm not like you doesn't mean that I'm a horrible failure. Believe it or not, you are not the Metroid King. I'm (seriously) very sorry I didn't pick up a SNES years ago, but it's too late to change that now, isn't it?

Are you asking me or telling me?
And I am sure I didn't say that at all.

The Metroid Prime series is part of the Metroid series. At WORST it's a spinoff of the series, if that. And I'm still inclined to say that the few additions to the Metroid series from Prime do not constitute a spinoff. I mean, by that logic, Brawl is a spinoff of Melee, because there are a TON of things changed from Melee to Brawl.

You aren't very coherent here. Classic to Prime has many more changes than Melee to Brawl.

Again, I've played every game except for Pinball (played a demo of Zero Mission) so I do know where you're coming from.

Pinball is pretty fun. You should try it. And you aren't the only one I am talking to of course.

Also, in regards to what you call spam, you're wrong. Even if they're completely misinformed, spam is defined as a Stupid, Pointless, Annoying Message. Like an ad or something off-topic. They're not off-topic, just misinformed.

What about the other ones you listed?

Even so, I'd bet money that there are very few people who are posting in the Metroid Thread that haven't played anything more than the Prime series. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that there are none who haven't played anything but Prime here.

That is what I said.

Lanowen just hates Prime cause it was made in the US and he is Canadian. lol

Spam

Clearly the internet is serious freakin' business to this guy.

Spam

ect...

 

[Firus]

I don't get it. What is wrong with language to express oneself?

Well, there's a reason it's censored on the forum...it's sort of crude language.
In any case, my point was that I name-called you, you swore.

I am pretty sure I said both, but I really meant your second sentence more. Playing Prime first does influence your opinion somewhat.

Yes, possibly a little, but I played Fusion first and still insist that Super Metroid is better. If you haven't played Super Metroid, you wouldn't know how good it is. But once you do, I'd imagine that your opinion would be the same regardless of the first game you played.

Why would I?

Okay, let me rephrase that; noob-callers aren't respected.

I wouldn't go as far as saying that it retains a lot of the Metroid series, I would say a little less than that. I think it is quite different, with the auto targeting and restrained vision/movement.
I couldn't ****ing wait for Prime to come out, and I couldn't wait to play it. Don't tell me what I did or did not do.

Well, I suppose the auto-targeting does change it to an extent, but you're not forced to use it if you don't want to. In Prime 3 you're even given the option to get rid of it. As for restrained vision/movement, that's just something that's inevitable for a 3D game. I mean, what can you do? Although I suppose there is the option of not making it an FPS, which may have actually served the game better. Still, I do like how the visor interacts with the environment (most noticeably in Prime 1...can't recall if it happened in the others) and you feel like you're actually Samus. But an option to switch between 3rd person and 1st person could've been nice.
And yeah, that may have been inaccurate, I said that's what it seems to me. Sorry, that was a stupid thing to say.

I was saying in general.

Saying what in general? I'm confused.

Emulation.

I did indeed think of getting the ROM, but I have a strict policy with ROMs. I know they're illegal regardless, unless you dump it yourself, but I have a policy that I only get a ROM if I own the game and have a good reason to own the ROM. For example, if I want to rip sprites. Considering I didn't have the game, I wasn't going to download the ROM. So yes, I could've gone against principles to get it, but they're principles for a reason. I'm not going to abandon them.

I've played it on just about anything you can play it on.

That's great; I'm not saying you haven't, just saying that buying a game twice doesn't scream "I'm not a fan of the series".

Are you asking me or telling me?
And I am sure I didn't say that at all.

Telling you. I can't go back 10 years and get myself a SNES then.
And you didn't say that I should've picked one up, but you imply that not getting the game years ago makes me less of a fan. Since emulation is out of the question, that would be the only option to match up with you in terms of being a fan.

You aren't very coherent here. Classic to Prime has many more changes than Melee to Brawl.

Brawl removed ATs, changed the physics completely, changed the graphics, added items, added characters, added...well, okay, added a lot of stuff, took away a lot of stuff. Then there's online, Adventure, All-Star, and Classic got a complete makeover, new techniques were added (e.g. Footstool jump), 3rd Party Characters...lots of things were changed. I don't see Prime as having that many differences, other than 3D, FPS, Auto-target, scanning...things like that.

Pinball is pretty fun. You should try it. And you aren't the only one I am talking to of course.

I've often thought of picking it up, but I still haven't gotten around to it yet. Believe me, as soon as I can, I will.
I realize you're not just talking to me; I was saying that, for my part, I know what you're talking about.

What about the other ones you listed?

...wait, what other things that I listed?

Spam

Spam

ect...

Yeah...I agree. If you're going to put comments like this somewhere, put it in with something else. Otherwise it really doesn't contribute much. And the Canadian comment was unnecessary, and not applicable to this discussion.

 

[Yuna-Maria]

BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

If you don't like it here then leave. There's no chains keeping you here. Get out.

 

[Gerbil]

I wish Nintendo would hurry and announce Metroid Dread... >.>

 

[1337ZSS]

Glad there's a thread on this

I love Fusion. That really has to be the first Metroid game I've owned. I was addicted. The Primes were also very nice, although I have yet to beat them =_=

I did beat Hunters. Multiplayer is great, except for the hackers/glitchers now?

And Samus is pretty pwnsome in the Smash series, let's say xD

 

[Hyper_Ridley]

I really hope the next game is a sidescroller. We haven't seen one of those in a long time.

 

[Firus]

Oh my god!

So I've been replaying Prime 3 for fun, and I'm on the Pirate Homeworld. I got to the part where you meet up with the GF and Admiral Dane, and I just realized that, while Admiral Dane is talking to you, there's a remix of the Super Metroid Theme playing! Is that awesome or what? I don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but I was excited and thought I'd share that with you guys.

 

[SkylerOcon]

If you don't like it here then leave. There's no chains keeping you here. Get out.

Be careful not to do to much to him. Mind you, there are still rules one and two.

 

[Plazma]

that fanmade game looks really awesome. I don't really like the newer metroid games as much as the older ones. I think I prefer the sidescrolling ones instead of the whole first person view thing. Metroid prime hunters for the ds is fun on wifi though