Wait, we're rating this abomination? at least it had some 'decent'
music!
Frigate Orpheon
Chance: 15%
That one stage that was supposed to be a nod to the Prime series...It features the Parasite Queen which has notoriety of being the first boss battled in a 3D metroid game...in other words it's iconic because it's the first area of the game...which is actually kinda dumb if you think about it...Sure it was the first experiences of a Metroid game within a 3D environment, but it served as a tutorial area for the most part...(let that sink in for a second)
With all that said the majority of the stages we received so far for DLC are returning stages...as of now all returning stages are from 64 but who's to say we won't get melee and Brawl stages either?...But even so the Frigate Orpheon wasn't really that popular of a stage at least in my experience...it had one gimmick that made no sense, a gimmick that probably could've been handled better elsewhere...but at least the music that went with it was pretty decent, I mean the music returned but the stage didn't...
Either way i wouldn't be surprised if this stage doesn't return considering the favouritism towards Other M (despite being a hated game) but at the same time, perhaps Sakurai may include it as a way of showing the Prime fans 'hey I haven't forgotten about you guys!'
...gee...thanks...im so looking forward to that...
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Want: 0%
I think I made it pretty clear that I don't like this stage...As I stated before it served it's purpose as a tutorial area....A FRIKKIN
TUTORIAL AREA...but yet that made it a good enough representation of what the Prime series was about, apparently...Well at least the Parasite Queen is there, perhaps she'll wreak some havoc on the stage while people are Brawling...nope...she just sits there and does nothing...To say I was disappointed in this stage was an understatement...I'd literally take another lava stage over this pile of fecal matter...
One of the biggest reasons I hated this stage was because of what could've been...
Phendrana Drifts....
Torvus Bog....
Sanctuary Fortress...
Tallon Overworld....
Artifact Temple....
Dark Aether....
Impact Crater....
heck even
Magmoor Caverns would've been better...(I didn't even count any of the Prime 3 areas since the game wasn't out at the time of Brawl's initial development) and the best that we got was
this?...Hey maybe Dark Samus will be playable at least!....nope....I'm a little dumbfounded, the Prime series despite being one of Nintendo's biggest most well received series during the 2000's and despite being the most notable series within the Metroid franchise gets the short end of the stick...I don't particularly mind the content for Other M, but almost completely neglecting the Primes (save for an Assist that should've been playable and some colour swaps) is really not a good way to keep the Metroid fans happy, especially after what you've done to poor Ridley...
Sakurai, I am disappoint...at least do me a favour and not bring this stage back (how about a new Metroid Prime stage instead?)
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Abstain on that Wizard Turtle thingie...
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Nominations:
Yoshimitsu x5