Hunters had very good Multiplayer, pioneering the DS's and even Nintendo's online at the time, and being a really fun unreal tournament like FPS.

HOWEVER, the SP is one of the worst in Metroid's history.

[QUOTE="Zeviander"]Hopefully Metroid on the Wii U even exists. Given the poor reception of Other M, and dismal commercial viability of the series (each Mario Kart iteration outsells the ENTIRE Metroid SERIES), I'd be surprised if Nintendo has any plans to even make a new game in the series. And if it does, the last thing they need to do is turn it into another console multiplayer shooter and be called out by the few "fans" left for turning it into Call of Duty (which they will need to do in order to get any sort of interest to budget for it). Metroid needs either Another M and more narrative structure (with a better script), or it needs to go back to it's 2D roots, where it's gameplay was at it's best. The Prime series is all but dead to Nintendo, and personally, as much as I enjoyed the games, Super, Fusion and Zero Mission are the games I feel best represent the series. A remake of Super Metroid, with brand new assets and layout in 1080p would sell far more than any other Metroid game Nintendo could come up with... including Prime 4 (they were never popular enough to really warrant sequels within the series, but they got them anyways). Hell, I'd rather Nintendo remake Prime and Echoes in HD than see a new Prime.[/QUOTE]

Prime is an amazingly well done adaption of Metroid in 3D. Super Metroid and Metroid Prime are very similar games at their core. They are also the best 2, no doubt.

Though I doubt IGN will be right, if you take a look at their article Gaming 10 Years From Now, you will see what they believe Metroid will do. What they say for Metroid and Mario are spot on to what needs to be done. I would love nothing more than for this to come true.

PS - I can see why someone would want Metroid to be a third person game too though, as well as other changes. Bottom line is it needs to return to the creepy and isolated feel (epic music in Super Metroid), and emphasize exploration yet again.

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[QUOTE="Zeviander"]Hopefully Metroid on the Wii U even exists. Given the poor reception of Other M, and dismal commercial viability of the series (each Mario Kart iteration outsells the ENTIRE Metroid SERIES), I'd be surprised if Nintendo has any plans to even make a new game in the series. And if it does, the last thing they need to do is turn it into another console multiplayer shooter and be called out by the few "fans" left for turning it into Call of Duty (which they will need to do in order to get any sort of interest to budget for it). Metroid needs either Another M and more narrative structure (with a better script), or it needs to go back to it's 2D roots, where it's gameplay was at it's best. The Prime series is all but dead to Nintendo, and personally, as much as I enjoyed the games, Super, Fusion and Zero Mission are the games I feel best represent the series. A remake of Super Metroid, with brand new assets and layout in 1080p would sell far more than any other Metroid game Nintendo could come up with... including Prime 4 (they were never popular enough to really warrant sequels within the series, but they got them anyways). Hell, I'd rather Nintendo remake Prime and Echoes in HD than see a new Prime.[/QUOTE]

Prime is an amazingly well done adaption of Metroid in 3D. Super Metroid and Metroid Prime are very similar games at their core. They are also the best 2, no doubt.

Though I doubt IGN will be right, if you take a look at their article Gaming 10 Years From Now, you will see what they believe Metroid will do. What they say for Metroid and Mario are spot on to what needs to be done. I would love nothing more than for this to come true.

PS - I can see why someone would want Metroid to be a third person game too though, as well as other changes. Bottom line is it needs to return to the creepy and isolated feel (epic music in Super Metroid), and emphasize exploration yet again.

[/QUOTE]Something like galaxy but with bigger levels would be nice but turning it into a big open sandbox? Not everything needs to be skyrim.

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Why does everyone need to compare big open worlds to The Elder Scrolls? All I am saying is it could be really cool to have it be a bigger open world than 64 and sunshine.

I am a firm believer that making a world TOO big can result in repetitive and boring environments and content. I feel like the vast majority of games today are either super linear, or super huge open worlds. I in no way want the world to become SO big it is boring and nothign feels unique. With that said, there are games that do fairly large worlds really well. Guild Wars 2 seems to be one so far. It is beauitufl, varied, and there are many unique monuments and points of interest.

Nintendo has been getting more linear in all their games. I just wish they would instead go back to their expertly open worlds, maybe even bigger than before. With that said, still a rather small scale open world, in order to keep them fun to explore throughout. Seeing as to how Nintendo has always done this best, and almost no one even tries anymore, it makes me sad to see Nintendo cutting it out of their games.

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]Open worlds come at the cost of platforming focus, I would rather Mario stay focused on platforming. They have plenty of other franchises where they can play with an open world. [/QUOTE]

First of all, while you are right, I wish and think they could do a great job of a more open world one, while enhancing the platforming. Part of the fun in 64 and Sunshine is thinking about how to get somewhere or do something. In Galaxy, most of the time it is just pure platforming and quick reflexes rather than thought of how to tackle the situation. NOt saying that is bad, but I miss the other.

WIth that said, this IS a metroid thread and I never meant for Mario to take the front stage. I am applying the exploration to all their games, meaning Zelda and Metroid more than Mario. I miss the open worlds that require more thought and exploration. Metroid was never just about the action, and neither was Zelda. They are first and foremost, an adventure.