The greatest FPS series of all time needs to make a return

This is a beautiful series, probably Nintendo's best series ever. I have always loved Metroid, but in the Prime format, the games are elevated to something else entirely; they come to define not only themselves and the style of gameplay that they represent, but also an entire genre: this is what FPSs should play like.

A fourth one, with all the power that the Wii U affords, will be beautiful, and a thing to behold. Metroid, specifically Metroid Prime, needs to make a return.

*INBEFORENOTAFPS

i personally cannot wait to see the next Metroid game. Please not Other M though, it was frustrating. I prefer the Prime series for sense of exploration and its isolation.

I agree, it does need to make a return. The game was beautiful in 420p. I remember playing prime 1 (but particularly 2) on my gamecube so many years ago and being awed at how beautiful and graphicly amazing it was. I loved the multiplayer despite it being very limited. I can only begin to imagine how amazing Metroid prime would be with online multiplayer, maybe 6-12 people on a map at a time, and instead of everyone being samus, some can be federation troopers and others can be dark samus and whatnot.

Also, Charizard, if you have a Wii U (I havent been paying attention to System Wars recently), whats your Nintendo ID?

What's up?

I'm stuck in Metroid Prime 3 at the moment. But, I was really enjoying the game. I'll finish it eventually.

Would be keen to see a prime offering on Wii U.

Yes a Prime 4 would definitely be a day 1 buy for me. One of the few 1st person shooters that would really grab my attention. It's up there among my favourite game series of all time.

As a "pure" FPS, the Prime series fall quite short in comparison to other FPS games imo.

I mean, having just one primary weapon and the "lock on" on enemies is quite poor for FPS standards.

However, as a exploration/platformer FPS, it's pretty neat and also quite unique as there are not many such games.

Personally, I rather have the side-scrolling Metroid games than the FPS ones.

But I wouldn't mind if they made a new Prime game (of course with nice graphics, bolded exploration and isolation feel, hard bosses and also a fun multi-player in the vein of MP Hunters).

Oh, and it should make good use of the gamepad too.

Thought this was going to be a Timesplitters thread......... HEH

I'd love to see a new Prime, for sure. First one is one of my favorite games ever.

Spoilers, maybe?

We still have that mysterious ship at the end of Prime 3, so there should be a Prime 4. Retro Studios said they were finished with the series, but then why would they leave such a cliffhanger?

Spoilers, maybe?

We still have that mysterious ship at the end of Prime 3, so there should be a Prime 4. Retro Studios said they were finished with the series, but then why would they leave such a cliffhanger?

thetravman

Not a FPS, but yes.

Personally, I'd like to see Retro Studios make a side scrolling Metroid that captures the essence of Super Metroid in the same way that DKCR did for DKC.

they come to define not only themselves and the style of gameplay that they represent, but also an entire genre: this is what FPSs should play like.

charizard1605

While Metroid Prime could be placed into the FPS genre, I think it'd be naive to do so. It places more emphasis on exploration and puzzle than first person shooting. So I don't think a FPSshould play as such, as MP wasn't in the business of doing so. FPS was simply the medium to play an exploration/puzzle game.

Except Metroid Prime is boring, the series is better off as a 2D platformer or fixing Other M's formula, and it's not exactly an FPS anyway.

Yeah, Half-Life 3 is really overdue...

But yeah, we need a new Metroid Prime game too. I'd love to see what Retro can do with the power of the Wii U.

No thanks.

I would much rather have Yager (who developed Spec Ops The Line) develop Metroid for the Wii U. The game can be a third-person shooter, since there has not yet been such a game in the franchise. The game should be powered by Unreal Engine 4 to show what the Wii U is really capable of.