The Metroid: Other M Thread - GS - 8.5, IGN 8.5, NP 8.5, Etc!

RELEASE DATE:

NA - August 31st, 2010
EU - September 2nd, 2010
JP - September 3rd, 2010
AUS - September 2nd, 2010

DEVELOPED BY:

Team Ninja + Nintendo R&D1 + D-Rockets (Project M)

OFFICE SITE:

www.metroid.com

GameSpot Page

Screen Shots:

VIDEO:

• E3 2009 Trailer
• Trailer 2
• GamePlay Trailer
• Behind The Scenes
• E3 2010 Trailer
• GTTV Promo
• Samus and Me Trailer
• Action Trailer
• Live Action Ad

IWATA ASKS:

HERE (In Japanese)

HERE IN ENGLISH

REVIEWS:

• GameFan Magazine - 9.5/10
  
• Wired - 9/10
• Worth Playing - 9/10
• JoyStiq - 4.5/5
• Famtisu 35/40
• IGN - 8.5/10
• GameSpot - 8.5/10
• Nintendo Power - 8.5/10
• Digital Chumps - 8.4/10
• EuroGamer - 8/10
• GiantBomb - 4/5
• GamesRadar - 7/10
• Destructoid - 6.5/10
• GameInformer - 6.25/10
• G4TV.com - 2/5

Text Reviews:

• Kotaku
• MTV Multiplayer
• Ars Technica
• N-Sider

This game is going to be sweet.

September 2nd? That was fast

Wait, how come we can't get the Japanese box art? It's way better than the old "three heads in space" standby. :P

Wait, how come we can't get the Japanese box art? It's way better than the old "three heads in space" standby. :P

GabuEx

I'm just glad we're getting another Metroid game. You can never get enough Metroid!

I am very excited for this game. Just one more month and I finally get to play it!

This game will OWN!!! Plain and Simple. Will be buying Day One. I like the crossup of 2D and 3D even though I think they should've included the Nunchuck in the Control Scheme but they will pull it off Successfully and it will be yet another epic Metroid title. I just hope Samus doesn't talk too much. Just keep the Voice acting to a Minimum.

Great thread, and im eager to get my hands on this title and learn more of samus's story this time around.

Just keep the Voice acting to a Minimum.

nini200

LOL the japanese boxart is lame, the american looks like a summer blockbuster poster :PBrunoBRS

I agree, there's way too much Red. The black pixelation makes her suit look aweful. And I thought NSMB went overboard with red lol:roll:

The North American one looks awesome though, and I'm sure the game will be a lot of fun.

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]LOL the japanese boxart is lame, the american looks like a summer blockbuster poster :PJ_Ford

I agree, there's way too much Red. The black pixelation makes her suit look aweful. And I thought NSMB went overboard with red lol:roll:

The North American one looks awesome though, and I'm sure the game will be a lot of fun.

i think they were trying to get this effect, only with red (which, as a consequence, makes it bad :P). and yes i did this (just the image editing though... no way i can draw haku-men that well :P)

LOL the japanese boxart is lame, the american looks like a summer blockbuster poster :PBrunoBRS

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]LOL the japanese boxart is lame, the american looks like a summer blockbuster poster :Palexh_99

[QUOTE="nini200"]

Just keep the Voice acting to a Minimum.

Sepewrath

[QUOTE="alexh_99"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]LOL the japanese boxart is lame, the american looks like a summer blockbuster poster :PBrunoBRS

It's actualy kinda painful to look at :P

Just keep the Voice acting to a Minimum.

This isn't much talking in Ninja Gaiden, there is just a series of grunts of the sound of sweet death :P Its only 2 hours of cinema scenes, that's really not that much. And while she may talk during gameplay, a little monologue, I actually think that will only add to the sense that this character is alone. If you expect her to be on the com talking to Octacon every 15 secs, I don't expect they will go that far. Sepewrath

As much as I don't like the boxart, this game is going to be fantastic. :)

[QUOTE="alexh_99"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]LOL the japanese boxart is lame, the american looks like a summer blockbuster poster :PBrunoBRS

At least that boxart has some thought behind it. The NA boxart looks like it's just saying "HEY! LOOK AT ME! BUY MY CUZ I'M HOT AND HAVE ACTION!"

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="alexh_99"] i thought i was the only one who didnt really care for the japanese boxart. everyone seemse to be praising it :SJordanElek

At least that boxart has some thought behind it. The NA boxart looks like it's just saying "HEY! LOOK AT ME! BUY MY CUZ I'M HOT AND HAVE ACTION!"

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="alexh_99"] i thought i was the only one who didnt really care for the japanese boxart. everyone seemse to be praising it :SJordanElek

At least that boxart has some thought behind it. The NA boxart looks like it's just saying "HEY! LOOK AT ME! BUY MY CUZ I'M HOT AND HAVE ACTION!"

Im expecting zero suit samus and bouncing boobies...but I don't think I will get it. :P

i think you're the over giving it too much thought :PBrunoBRS

If that's too much thought, then I'd hate to know what just a little bit of thought is. ;)

I like the Japanese box art because there's at least some artistic value to it, regardless of intention. It doesn't matter if every detail of that art was meticulously planned for a reason or if it was just thrown together because some drunk guys thought it looked cool. It has the same effect either way, and that effect is to force the astute viewer to notice that such a high-tech face is placed in stark contrast to a red and black old-school looking suit.

It's definitely eye-catching to a Metroid fan but not so much to the average person, which is probably why it isn't being used in the West.

Both boxart looks surprisingly good...I usually tend to dislike western boxart imo they usually tend to look worse than Japanese ones.

The NA boxart looks like it's just saying "HEY! LOOK AT ME! BUY MY CUZ I'M HOT AND HAVE ACTION!"

JordanElek

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]i think you're the over giving it too much thought :PJordanElek

If that's too much thought, then I'd hate to know what just a little bit of thought is. ;)

and the suit doesn't look old school/pixelated at all, at least to me. to me it just looks like the artist just found this new fancy filter and used it for the hell of it. hunters (the demo version at least) had a pretty similar approach on their boxart and it looked freaking awesome. what i'm saying is, they could've kept the concept and implemented it in a much better way than what they did.

I can't wait to never open my copy.

[QUOTE="JordanElek"]

The NA boxart looks like it's just saying "HEY! LOOK AT ME! BUY MY CUZ I'M HOT AND HAVE ACTION!"

Sepewrath

See, I had to do some overthinking in order to make sense of that boxart. The Japanese one is clearly superior. :P

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"][QUOTE="JordanElek"]

The NA boxart looks like it's just saying "HEY! LOOK AT ME! BUY MY CUZ I'M HOT AND HAVE ACTION!"

JordanElek

See, I had to do some overthinking in order to make sense of that boxart. The Japanese one is clearly superior. :P

But she's got that look in her eye! Determination, honor. Only someone who's going to put her life on the line (via ACTION) would have that look.

See, I had to do some overthinking in order to make sense of that boxart. The Japanese one is clearly superior. :P

JordanElek

love interest went bad, past memories get in her way (basically the adam "ghost" behind her), gonna have some pissed off main character blowing **** up (samus) and takes place in space. summarizes the game perfectly, as cheesy and generic as it might be.BrunoBRS

I'm imagining what we would be saying if the boxart were the very first bit of info we got about the game. No details about the game whatsoever, just the boxart. Which one would end up being more telling about how the game actually plays? To me, the NA boxart just gives a couple of clues about what the story might be, while it would be really easy to guess from the Japanese art that this game would be going back to the series' roots in some way.

NOW I'm thinking too much about this, but it's a good thinking exercise. They're both good when it comes to boxart, but the Japanese art is exceptional.

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]love interest went bad, past memories get in her way (basically the adam "ghost" behind her), gonna have some pissed off main character blowing **** up (samus) and takes place in space. summarizes the game perfectly, as cheesy and generic as it might be.JordanElek

I'm imagining what we would be saying if the boxart were the very first bit of info we got about the game. No details about the game whatsoever, just the boxart. Which one would end up being more telling about how the game actually plays? To me, the NA boxart just gives a couple of clues about what the story might be, while it would be really easy to guess from the Japanese art that this game would be going back to the series' roots in some way.

NOW I'm thinking too much about this, but it's a good thinking exercise. They're both good when it comes to boxart, but the Japanese art is exceptional.

Japan always has the best boxart for metroid games with the obvious exception of Corruption which looks downright laughable

lol, the Zero Mission boxart kind of reminds me of a James Bond intro.JordanElek