See Metroid: Other M in action [update]
by Justin McElroy 
{ Jun 2nd 2009 at 2:37PM } 
Sorry about the shaky-cam nonsense, as Nintendo hasn't started spreading the clip around yet. We'll update as soon as we can.
[Update: official trailer!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
goldeneyesoldier ( noble prophet of rant and ownage ) @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:40PM
Somebody pinch me.....0_0
wiiluver135 @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:11PM
*pinched*
did that help?
Brodo @ Jun 2nd 2009 6:02PM
YES!!! I havent bought a wii game since mario kart last April.
At least now there is a game that I know I will have to get
Ghen @ Jun 2nd 2009 6:10PM
This is the biggest surprise of E3 so far for me. That looked so good! I haven't touched my wii since mario kart.
Lustis @ Jun 3rd 2009 3:57AM
Every time I've said something exactly like that I've been hated on. I don't get it. It is the truth. This game looks awesome and I haven't bought any other game for a Wii in a while or even played it really.
Ace Steel @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:42PM
I think it's worth buying a wii now.
Rob Accomando @ Jun 2nd 2009 5:25PM
Wii has been out since FOREVER and you don't have one yet? ;o)
tim @ Jun 2nd 2009 10:24PM
That's because it's been pretty worthless to real gamers since inception, Rob.
Shmil @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:43PM
i need to go change my pants, underwear, socks and shoes... shirt too just to be safe.
Dr. steve brule (formerly ronald.raygun) @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:37PM
who are you peter north?
Hashbrown Hunter @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:54PM
What about that mustache? That's bound to get some splash on it.
Erik Stroud @ Jun 2nd 2009 5:43PM
I made a romantic explosion in my pants. It was that awesome. For the first time in a while, Nintendo has made me want to turn my Wii on again. But, 2010 can't come fast enough.
Sqube27 @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:43PM
Samus from Metroid universe: Check
Kinetic madness from Ninja Gaiden universe: Check
Sweet, SWEET set pieces: (Presumably) Check
Mother Brain: Check
Ridley: Check
General awesomeness: Check to the extreme
Hey Nintendo: THIS is how you appeal to the core gamers. I'll be getting that game on the Wii - or Wii 2.0, if if it's out by then.
TwEE @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:55PM
I thought that was Mother Brain.. she better have that sassy voice from the Captain N cartoon or I'm going to join Killjebus and Tmac and help bring down Nintendo one post at a time..
...and motion plus IS the wii 2.0
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:17PM
i agree completely! this is what we have been asking for. i've been looking for this video all day since i forgot E3 was being broadcast live on G4 until the Sony conference and it did not disappoint.
it's all well and good if they want to rope in a bigger audience but they have to keep doing stuff like this to keep the core gamer happy still. this seriously elevates my entire opinion of the Nintendo conference. THIS GAME WILL BE AWESOME!
DeoWulf @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:19PM
I think with the current economy, console manufacturers will only be adding things (like Natal) to their consoles instead of creating new ones. Much easier to wax money from consumers that way.
TwEE @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:49PM
DeoWulf.. you think natal will ever come out? And at what price?
Sounds like vaporware to me..
Smak @ Jun 2nd 2009 5:21PM
That's totally a metroid saving you from Motherbrain's blast. Is this a Super Metroid re-make or something?
Jason Statham (Aka Vegeta) @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:43PM
That really does look badass.
DeoWulf @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:46PM
IS THAT (black) ARMSTRONG HOUSTON?
Oh dear.
But this game looks amazing. That kind of acrobatic work is what Samus SHOULD be doing. She's no slow "walking tank"... she's equal parts Tank and Acrobat. That's what makes her so deadly. And the fact that Adam Malkovich has made his official appearance (in living form) just makes this my top game for 2010. That and the fact that we finally get to hear Ms. Aran speak a few words. And her voice is creepy, just like it should be.
Rop @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:36PM
Thank fuck for this!! This is how Metroid should have been in 3D! So glad Retro Studios is not on board. I absolutely agree with you that Samus is no tank, like the games of yore by Retro Studios.
I'm very excited! THIS is good news and finally an incentive to get my hands on a Wii console.
Descender @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:44PM
Rod, I think you missed back in the older, Pre-Prime Metroids, Samus still collected a massive amount of energy; big, massive guns; a plethora of missiles; and several other types of power-ups. Samus could take a hit from just about anything, keep walking as if nothing had happened. "Tank" rather fits her well.
Give Retro Studios a break. I think they did a wonderful job with the Prime series. It's just harder to convey a lot of acrobatic movement in a first-person scenario without giving the player seizures or vertigo.
DeoWulf @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:48PM
@Descender- which may say that first-person wasn't the best venue for Metroid. Not that I didn't enjoy the Primes- I loved them- but they felt a little too slow for Samus. They got the tank part right (because she IS a tank), but they didn't get the acrobat part. What I've seen so far of this game seems to capture both.
aMac @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:46PM
I...I don't think I should stand up for a while.
JJ @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:47PM
imagine how good that would look if it were on the PS3 or 360
TwEE @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:48PM
And covered in TITS!!
DeoWulf @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:49PM
Catch-22.
goldeneyesoldier ( noble prophet of rant and ownage ) @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:49PM
Imagine how butthurt people are because its not.
mr nimblewick @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:52PM
Do you say this about every Wii game announced?
If it were on 360 or PS3 you would have to make the following adjustments:
Reds are to replaced with browns.
Purples are to be replaced with grays.
Samus would have to fight without her helmet on and with short, cropped hair.
There would have to be at least one chainsaw.
WRYYYYYY @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:04PM
I plus'd this. This game will rock, no doubt, but 480p isn't gonna do it justice.
vagreville @ Jun 3rd 2009 7:32AM
Oooh and big jiggly boobies, don't forget the boobies. They're a must on the other systems!
TwEE @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:47PM
Pfff.. Not 2D but it'll do.
Is this a straight up action game instead of a exploration type game? Either way I'm cool with it. Its going to be nice to see more the the Metroid universe.
bongoes @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:49PM
I just got on Joystiq after a bad day and this is the first thing I see. Today was totally worth it.
Brian @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:50PM
IGN's got the full trailer, just an FYI.
Looks pretty sick.
MowDownJoe @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:51PM
To all those worried that Samus would be sexed up... she seems smaller, breastwise, in this game compared to her zero-suit model in Brawl.
Also... why no Jennifer Hale as Samus' voice actor?
DBuck_Eye @ Jun 2nd 2009 5:17PM
I think the real make-or-break part of this game will be whether or not they bounce, not the size.
pliny5678 @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:57PM
There were times I was playing MP3 and when I saw the suit in the transition from first person to morph ball, I thought, "Why can't you just stay in third person?!"
playwhutyalike @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:58PM
FUCK. YES.
BlaqueJezus @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:58PM
It is about damn time. This is what I was waiting for.
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:22PM
yes this is why i didn't sell my Wii. after last years presentation (if you can even call it that) i knew they had to have something big and i gotta tell ya, i'm even more excited for this than Super Mario Galaxy 2. this looks almost too badass to be a Nintendo game. they have really outdone themselves this time.
i dont expect it until holidays 2010 since their big name games always seem to get delayed just like Sony's but it will be awesome when it gets here.
DaveMcRae the Haiku Artist @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:08PM
Samus, is that you? Be still my pounding heart! I feel it, our love will blossom anew!
wiiluver135 @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:10PM
I think I cried a little...that was beautiful!
mrbigjonstud @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:10PM
my gizz in my pants just gizzed in its pants :)
freaking awesome trailer
Quiggy @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:37PM
Dude, it's "jizz". Spell your spunk synonyms properly.
Jetfire @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:12PM
Direct feed goodness.
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/143/14354733/vids_1.html
YW
Levi @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:14PM
can't see the video till I get home. I'm dying to know: does this look mor like a Prime game or like a proper Metroid translated to 3D?
The old games are some of my favorites of all time, and I didn't care for the Prime series, because they just didn't feel like Metroid to me. I've been waiting for a proper 2D to 3D 3rd person style Metroid game since N64. I hope this one ends up being more Metroidy than Prime. Still, I'll be buying the Trilogy new play control Prime when it comes out in a couple months to give the series a second chance.
DeoWulf @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:30PM
It's definitely not Prime. Much closer to a true Metroid 3D game. Not that I didn't like the Primes, but I think this one portrays Samus' awesomeness in a much better fashion.
Thanatos @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:51PM
This seems less "Metroidy" as you call it than the Prime series did.
Levi @ Jun 2nd 2009 5:57PM
ooohhh... I dunno... It looks far more third person to me from the trailer... that one first person shot didn't look like real gameplay to me, and all of that third person stuff looked a lot closer to old Metroid than Prime. It does look they injected it with quite a bit of Japanese. After this trailer, I might just let my hopes get high.
I think the trailer makes the gameplay look closer to the original Metroids. So for storyline, well, the originals didn't have a ton of story going on. There was the base storyline that started and ended each game, and they tied together, but for the most part, the games were just pure awesome exploration and action between the story elements that happened at the beginning and ending of each game. I'd expect a newer game to try to inject way more story throughout, so in that sense, I'd say it looks less classic Metroid, but I don't hold that against them.
I held the drastic changes they made to the core gameplay against them going from Super Metroid to Prime. I know Prime is an incredibly popular series, but I could never enjoy it because of the sheer fact that they changed so much about what I liked from the previous games. I thought they could have done a much better job of translating the classics to 3D. Prime just didn't feel like Metroid to me. Instead, it felt like an atypical first person game that borrowed elements from the Metroid universe.
This trailer looks like a much closer translation. I'm getting giddy going on this tangent... :P
eilegz @ Jun 2nd 2009 6:05PM
Agree, i skipped prime series which its more like a crappy FPS