I would suggest this game to only Metroid fans and/or pinball addicts.
It’s a pinball game. Need I say more? Same pinball elements... Flippers, bumpers and of course a ball (Samus). A great thing that Fuse left in was the Morph Ball bombs. Besides hitting Samus with a flipper in order to kill an enemy, you can also lay bombs to harm them too. That’s not all though. There are mini-games to go along with it. In Combat Mode, Samus switches to human form and you can finally shoot enemies with the Power Beam (it’s green?) and Missiles. One of my favorites is the wall jump mini-game. You also switch to human form, briefly, and jump against walls to acquire an Artifact.
Most of the time you just use the flipper to move the ball around. Is that it? Nope. You can still shoot and lay bombs. Where the buttons were placed for the certain actions, are perfect and couldn’t be better. While you can still use the classic weapons, you won’t be finding yourself to be using them all the time. One more control which was kind of pointless. You can use your stylus to shake the screen to slightly bounce the ball. It’s easy to remember where the flipper buttons are and those are probably the most important ones.
I was pleasantly surprised with the graphics. Every aspect of the game is very detailed and has nice vibrant colors (especially Phazon Mines, my favorite level). Unfortunately, some parts of the boss battles get a little choppy. The movement of the enemies skip some action sequences which explains why it’s choppy. Fortunately though, I think the majority of the players will be happy with the graphics and won’t be too over critical.
The music is exactly the same of Metroid Primes with a little more of a remix added in. It sort of has that techno beat that makes it more of a catchier tune. I was very happy with the changes of the music and the choices of spots where to put them in the game. For me and I’m sure with other people the music will have you humming it sooner or later.
Closing Remarks
If you like Metroid and pinball games you should go out and get this game now. It’s a pretty decent game overall. It will give you at least 7 hours of gameplay with learning the controls and getting used to the game. I recommend it to mostly Metroid fans, though.