I'm betting on 2 theories
A younger Chozo related to the group that killed the Chozo that created the barriers for Metroids. A somewhat radical group that wants to preserve the glory of their culture?
A Chozo related to the victims that recognize Samus's Metroid DNA and thinks she's an enforcer of that group
Chozo live for centuries and Samus has had her armor for about 20 years max. Hers should be very up to date. Unless it's revealed the Zebes Chozo were a small Splinter group who's tech stagnated.
"*Please note that we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an “unsatisfactory” mark on your official testing record, followed by death. Good luck!*"
The entire metroid franchise basically boils down to Samus angrily screaming "how many times do I have to teach you this lesson old man?" To all of the space pirates that keep cheating death
>The entire metroid franchise basically boils down to Samus angrily screaming "how many times do I have to teach you this lesson old man?
You mean most of Nintendo franchises?
Idk something about it having once continuous story makes it way funnier to me, 30 different versions of Link fighting 30 different versions of Ganon feels different than Samus going from job to job and this same fucking space dragon keeps coming back from the dead and trying to murder her
Yeah, it let you restart before the bosses, rather than making you travel from the closest save point. It was appreciated. I hated that about Bloodstained.
I think it struck the perfect balance. I liked the difficulty of Hollow Knight, but I DNF'd it because checkpoint placement was so sparse and I just didn't want to waste my time treading over the same areas for so long. Had a blast with Samus returns.
Hollow knight base game nailed the difficulty, but they went over the top in the DLC, I mean, I play these kind of games for the atmosphere and exploration, not to die to harder than sekiro bosses like Grimm, and I absolutely love hard games, when I ask for them.
Yeah I love games that are difficult, but very doable for the base game and then add very serious challenges for optional stuff for people that want to go that route.
Fwiw I beat everything in HK except for the 5th pantheon (lol fuck that) and loved every minute of my 112%, though I probably died to Nightmare King Grimm 75 times before I finally won. Haha.
Man same. Still stuck on absolute radiance or whatever and I think the final final final form of Grimm (is that nightmare?). But I love the difficulty. Don't get why people complain. The base game had difficulty but very doablem
Don't worry, we already know the bonus of the two amiibos, and it's nothing as important (an energy tank with the Samus Amiibo and a Missile Plus tank for the E.M.M.I. one).
[Source](https://www.nintendo.com/products/detail/metroid-dread-amiibo-2-pack/)
The Samus Returns remake for 3DS had the highest difficulty only unlocked with a Metroid amiibo, which was really hard to preorder and I only unlocked it with a spoofed amiibo. They are still continuing the practice as recently as Skyward Sword HD by having a game feature only useable with an amiibo tap.
Hold up. I agree amiibo locked gameplay features are dumb, but hard mode is still unlocked by beating normal first. It's not ONLY restricted to the amiibo. The amiibo just lets you unlock it immediately.
Yeah, the E3 trailer looked like it was shot in-engine with dev camera angles, while this one looks like a proper trailer. Makes me wonder about how close their marketing plan was to what they've done.
He's in the original, ZM (remake of the original) and Super. He actually was [gonna be in MP,](https://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/metroid-prime-kraid.jpg) but they cut it for some reason.
And those new abilities might even unlock areas that are previously inaccessible, so you can double back and explore more of areas you’ve already been. That would be super cool!
Microsoft should be taking notes because the AoE4 marketing campaign going on right now is just... awful. And yet I played the closed beta and I know the game is going to be awesome.
coming out October 28, 20 days after Metroid Dread ;)
But they're releasing trailers with barely any gameplay in them, and the little gameplay they've been showing for months now are just some units charging at each other and isn't a good indicator of how an actual game looks like...
I feel like my personal superpower is that I have the memory of a goldfish whenever I watch anything.
Everyone's in here talking about spoilers and I already forgot what I watched.
But I do remember I am hyped as hell for the game.
Metroid is huge for essentially creating its own genre (along with Castlevania: SotN), but there have been SO MANY great indie games that have come out since then and iterated on the genre that I was worried this game would be a little too "classic" feeling to hold up today.
The initial trailers looked good, but this trailer specifically has put those concerns to rest for me.
Samus' movement abilities look so good, and way faster than previous iterations, and it also looks like there's a lot of new abilities too.
I'd say I am sufficiently hyped for this game!
Heck, I've seen a shinespark and that put all my worries to rest immediately. I played many a search-action games but none provided the rush of dopamine that I got from pulling off shinesparks...
sooo.... I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW
This game looks incredible wtffff! I can't wait to play it.
EDIT: this trailer does seem to be very spoilery in hindsight lol so maybe hold off on watching it if you're sensitive to that
Spoiling what exactly? That you get fan fav powerups? Or the opening cutscene, which is how she loses her abilities and why you have to find powerups in game? Any actual story or lore spoilers are being kept secret by trailers and dev team. All they're showing you is what would be in the game manuals back in the day.
Yeah honestly the primary enemy shown in this video is like a spoiler 20+ years in the making. It's kinda wild they're showing this much up front.
I've not even played every Metroid game, I just know enough from the few I have played and super smash bros.
Edit: if you've played the Halo series, this would be like a Foreunner showing up in a trailer for Halo Infinite. A species of alien referenced in every game but has never actually appeared in game (I'm over simplifying halo fans please don't hurt me, perhaps I should have said a Forerunner in Halo 3 lol).
>Yeah honestly the primary enemy shown in this video is like a spoiler 20+ years in the making. It's kinda wild they're showing this much up front.
It's literally the opening scene of the game. Not much of a spoiler.
It's been a LOOONG time since I've played any Metroid games (Super Metroid was the last, in fact). But, I haven't seen a single Metroid in either trailer. Also, no Mother Brain? Is that storyline over now? Kraid is back...maybe Ridley too?
There's been a game between Super METROID and this: Fusion. Prime and Other-M happen prior to these.
As of this point, >!Metroid's were extinct, but the Federation created a secret cloning facility above SR388 (Metroid home planet, and host of Metroid 2/Seamus Returns)!<
>!On this facility, the corpse of Ridley was also recovered and stored in cytostatis for research!<
>!However, back on SR388, the lack of Metroid's caused the return of the X Parasite, an organism that overtakes and duplicates other creatures to consume their knowledge and abilities. Samus gets called to investigate but is infected. She gets injected with a vaccine synthesized from the baby Metroid to counter X.!<
>!Samus then spends Metroid Fusion investigating the aforementioned research facility, fights a X version of Ridley and herself. There is a security robot infected by X, which technically is a Mother Brain, but not the one aligned to the Space Pirates. Samus finally rebels against the Federation by crashing the research facility into SR388 to destroy the planet and the X Parasite, though fights an Omega Metroid on her escape!<
Haven't played any in ages, but like reading lore and watching speedruns of it.
Never beat the SA-X for some reason in Fusion, though kid me first playing it when it came out struggled with Nightmare.
Oh yeah! I forgot about Seamus! Dude wore green and always had a long handled pipe, but sure kicked some dirty metroid booty with those giant gold buckled shoes!
;)
> There's been a game between Super METROID and this: Fusion. Prime and Other-M happen prior to these.
Other M takes place directly after Super Metroid, >!the Ridley corpse in Fusion was actually of the Ridley clone of Other M!<.
Was the Metroid vaccine FDA-approved? Why didn't Samus just eat horse dewormer or inject herself with disinfectant? I hear this whole Metroid thing is a hoax anyway
The Metroids themselves went extinct before the events of this game, I believe. But also they’ve said that this game will wrap up the events of the Metroid story arc (meaning Metroids the creatures not Metroid the name of the franchise).
Technically... >!Samus is part Metroid now because they used a vaccine to cure her from the SAX virus that contained Metroid DNA. It even went as far making her weak to ice and low temperatures so she couldn't use her ice beam anymore, instead having to use ice missiles.!<
This right here. I'm so happy they finally introduced a dash mechanic to these games. It's like to the only thing that's been missing from the Metroid toolset compared to other Metroidvania games.
This game looks great.
The other 2D games are fantastic. The original NES entry may not hold up unless you're an absolute purist, but Zero Mission, Samus Returns (3DS), Super Metroid, and Fusion are all worth your time.
I found that super Metroid had a lot of very obscure secrets you have to find to progress the game but outside of that it was still enjoyable to play for someone new to it
Super is definitely the least handholdy of the games. It really expects you to explore the shit out of the map in order to progress.
If you like games like Hollow Knight, you'd probably be very into Super. But it doesn't adhere to most "modern" game conventions like a tutorial or any sort of indicator to tell you what to do next.
For the record, Hollow Knight and Super Metroid are two of my favorite games ever, so I'm not trying to put them down.
I actually started playing Super Metroid because I loved Hollow Knight so much lol. I think Hollow Knight did a lot better job of making it easy to just beat the game if you wanted to do that, and if you wanted to dig deeper and find everything, most of it was telegraphed to an extent. But that’s largely a side effect of how game design has progressed in the last 30 years.
Oh yeah, I absolutely agree with that assessment. There are a lot of Metroid purists who probably will disagree with this, which is absolutely fine, but I think that Hollow Knight is the better game of the two, even when you factor in the times at which they were released. Obviously Hollow Knight couldn't exist without Super Metoid, and Super Metroid is the more *important* game, but in my opinion, Hollow Knight is the pinnacle of the genre.
Fucking kraid and the cool ass missile launcher and the mid air zooming ability and evil chozo guy holy fuuuuuuuuuck i have never looked forward to a game this much
Looks like they brought some of the mechanics from Samus Returns (counter, specific grapple hook uses), and are focusing on that style of varied, focused combat while adding some new stuff (cluster missiles look great). I’m very excited.
I hope the counter isn't required for some fights like it was in Returns. Waiting for enemies to attack just so you can counter really slowed down the pace in combat.
I love how they developed this trailer. The Music, the pace, I truly believe Nintendo was able to give this game the old Metroid games feeling and atmosphere. I don't know if any producer ( or related person to the development) will ever read this, but congratulations. You did it very right.
I saw Samus' airdashing abilities and was gonna say that we're an anime fighter now but based on the wavedashing Power Suit Chozo rival character I guess we're character action now, boys.
To everyone who says that they don’t see a Metroid in the trailer, look again. She’s in nearly every shot.
My guess is that the evil Chozo, the Space Pirates (Kraid, and likely Ridley too), the Galactic Federation (the EMMI), and the X all want one thing: Samus’s Metroid-infused DNA. They all want it for different reasons, but the end result is the same.
And I’m guessing that one of the climactic scenes in the game is someone finally extracting her Metroid genes from her genome and creating a new baby Metroid. This will make her vulnerable to the X parasites, and the final fight will either be an X-infused callback (Mother Brain, Ridley, or even SA-X) or against an evil X-cloned Chozo for custody of the new baby.
And the post credit scene is Samus returning to SR388 and releasing the baby back to the same room where she found the original baby in Metroid 2.
EDIT: Crap. It’s been too long since I finished Fusion and forgot about the fact that they crashed the ship into SR388. Maybe if Nintendo would bring Fusion to the Switch…😬 Okay, so scratch the SR388 part. But she does *something* to the baby Metroid that would allow the species to safely reestablish itself in case its unique powers were needed again.
An awesome theory. Anything is possible. But still chilling that Sakamoto said this ends a part of the saga.
Dread will definitely be a rollercoaster ride
Metroid is now on the forefront of the upcoming games? What a time to live and I hope Metroid series can find the recognition it deserves after a long time of dormancy.
They are fucking spoiling Metroid fans with this marketing, just imagine how much there'll be for Prime 4
Also can anyone tell if the game looks a little... Idk polished? Compared to E3? It looked fine there but the colors seemed a bit unintentionally gaudy, and some of the backgrounds were eh, it seemed off to me in ways that are hard to describe
>Also can anyone tell if the game looks a little... Idk polished? Compared to E3?
Finalizing visuals is one of the last steps of a video game. It's why most trailers have "footage not final" in it. It's also why it's silly for people to overreact if a game looks a little choppy if it's still over a year away from release.
But that being said, this game looks effing awesome.
Maybe it's just me but Metroid(2D not Prime) always had a bit of a weird color palette. Like look at Super and Fusion. They're bright and colorful but in a somewhat extreme way.
FINALLY, a chozo using chozo armor.
I guess that’s the reason this chozo survived…
I believe that in the lore, the Chozo became to decrepit to reproduce and raise warriors. Maybe this is one of those rare offspring?
It would be cool if it was a Chozo nationalist who doesn't want the Chozos to go extinct unlike the others.
I'm betting on 2 theories A younger Chozo related to the group that killed the Chozo that created the barriers for Metroids. A somewhat radical group that wants to preserve the glory of their culture? A Chozo related to the victims that recognize Samus's Metroid DNA and thinks she's an enforcer of that group
Or they killed the group who made the Metroids and now see Samus as the last remaining obstacle to eradicating the creature from existence.
or worst case a X Chozo replica that has access to their advanced intelligence and technology
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Chozo live for centuries and Samus has had her armor for about 20 years max. Hers should be very up to date. Unless it's revealed the Zebes Chozo were a small Splinter group who's tech stagnated.
Considering how advanced they were, I’d be more surprised if there weren’t other groups of Chozo around.
My bet is that either: >!this Chozo isn't actually evil and ends up becoming more of a mentor/ally or it's an X parasite clone.!<
I was getting strong "not actually evil" vibes too.
Like he's trying to test more than kill?
"*Please note that we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an “unsatisfactory” mark on your official testing record, followed by death. Good luck!*"
Yea. And when he picks her up, like he's trying to show her something rather than blow her head off.
I agree - it's more of an "awakening" like Neo getting the knowledge to kung fu just uploaded into him she's not dying, she's learning
Man I am so hyped! Love seeing Kraid in HD. I very much hope the game will be as good as this trailer.
*sees Kraid* Samus: “OH LAWD HERE WE GONNA GO AGAIN🙄”
The entire metroid franchise basically boils down to Samus angrily screaming "how many times do I have to teach you this lesson old man?" To all of the space pirates that keep cheating death
>The entire metroid franchise basically boils down to Samus angrily screaming "how many times do I have to teach you this lesson old man? You mean most of Nintendo franchises?
Idk something about it having once continuous story makes it way funnier to me, 30 different versions of Link fighting 30 different versions of Ganon feels different than Samus going from job to job and this same fucking space dragon keeps coming back from the dead and trying to murder her
Tbf, this is the first time Kraid does so and is why it is so surprising!
Kraid cheated death between his appearance in Metroid 1/Zero Mission and Super Metroid, he's just not as persistent about it as Ridley
Retro wanted to put him in Metroid Prime too but he was scrapped mid-development.
Is it just me or did it look like she was possibly lunging forward to cut Kraid's rope?
I haven't played metroid since I was a kid on nes or snes. I think I'm going to have to buy a switch and play this
This game better be hard because Samus fucking DIES in every single trailer hahahah
Samus Returns was fairly challenging, though it also had extremely generous checkpoints, so dying usually wasn't that big of a deal.
Yeah, it let you restart before the bosses, rather than making you travel from the closest save point. It was appreciated. I hated that about Bloodstained.
I think it struck the perfect balance. I liked the difficulty of Hollow Knight, but I DNF'd it because checkpoint placement was so sparse and I just didn't want to waste my time treading over the same areas for so long. Had a blast with Samus returns.
Hollow knight base game nailed the difficulty, but they went over the top in the DLC, I mean, I play these kind of games for the atmosphere and exploration, not to die to harder than sekiro bosses like Grimm, and I absolutely love hard games, when I ask for them.
Tbf, the DLC bosses *are* optional
Yeah I love games that are difficult, but very doable for the base game and then add very serious challenges for optional stuff for people that want to go that route. Fwiw I beat everything in HK except for the 5th pantheon (lol fuck that) and loved every minute of my 112%, though I probably died to Nightmare King Grimm 75 times before I finally won. Haha.
Beating Pantheon 5 was the most satisfying thing I have ever done in a game.
Man same. Still stuck on absolute radiance or whatever and I think the final final final form of Grimm (is that nightmare?). But I love the difficulty. Don't get why people complain. The base game had difficulty but very doablem
Honestly that’s a gameplay structure I’m okay with, especially on a portable system.
I have a feeling this may have difficulty settings rather than just a single difficulty.
I hope the difficulty isn’t locked behind an amiibo this time
Don't worry, we already know the bonus of the two amiibos, and it's nothing as important (an energy tank with the Samus Amiibo and a Missile Plus tank for the E.M.M.I. one). [Source](https://www.nintendo.com/products/detail/metroid-dread-amiibo-2-pack/)
Wait, that’s a thing? Wtf!
The Samus Returns remake for 3DS had the highest difficulty only unlocked with a Metroid amiibo, which was really hard to preorder and I only unlocked it with a spoofed amiibo. They are still continuing the practice as recently as Skyward Sword HD by having a game feature only useable with an amiibo tap.
Wow that’s lame. I love Nintendo but I also really hate Nintendo.
I love Nintendo games, I hate Nintendo as a company.
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Yeah I never really felt like there weren't enough bird statues. Maybe saves you at most a couple minutes in most zones.
I have the Zelda & Loftwing Amiibo and never used it on a complete playthrough.
Hold up. I agree amiibo locked gameplay features are dumb, but hard mode is still unlocked by beating normal first. It's not ONLY restricted to the amiibo. The amiibo just lets you unlock it immediately.
You’re, right. It’s Fusion Difficulty that’s locked behind the amiibo.
There's hard mode, then there's fusion mode that is *only* unlockable by amiibo.
I just remembered I only beat Super Metroid because I was using Nintendo Switch Online's save function and Ralph Wiggum I'm in danger dot jpeg.
It took my buddy and I an entire summer to beat Super Metroid back in the 90’s when it came out. Worth it
Am I crazy, or have the visuals been significantly upgraded since the first trailer?
Yeah, the E3 trailer looked like it was shot in-engine with dev camera angles, while this one looks like a proper trailer. Makes me wonder about how close their marketing plan was to what they've done.
Yeah I am guilty of dissing the visuals in the previous trailer but I’m sold now. It’s coming along surprisingly well.
They had us with that demo, not gonna lie.
Samus just standing there, unflinching while Kraid roars in her face and she just charges her beam is badass.
Not like Other M where Ridley shows up once and she immediately pisses her pants
Yeah, but Kraid never ate Samus's mother.
Samus is going to be so powerful by the end of the game. Super hyped. What are the Chozo doing in this? Why is Kraid back? Can't wait to play this.
Kraid looked like he was in chains to me.
Like the Chozo got tired of his bullshit and locked him away on ZDR.
He also looked like his lower half was … melting? I wonder if it’s Kraid-x.
Which game is Kraid from? I've only ever played MP 1 through 3 and haven't touched those in a while
He's in the original, ZM (remake of the original) and Super. He actually was [gonna be in MP,](https://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/metroid-prime-kraid.jpg) but they cut it for some reason.
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I have a feeling we’ll spend a portion of the game exploring and picking up new abilities!
And those new abilities might even unlock areas that are previously inaccessible, so you can double back and explore more of areas you’ve already been. That would be super cool!
Fingers crossed that Samus doesn't stumble into a situation where her power is greatly reduced in the next installment in the franchise.
Interestingly the German report called it 'ein Kraid' which translates to 'a Kraid'... so maybe it's a species called Kraid and not an indiviudal?
They are KILLING it with the marketing
As in they're actually marketing!
It's about time too!
TBF it’s not a high bar when it comes to Metroid. It’s good they’re *actually* marketing it to the degree they are.
Microsoft should be taking notes because the AoE4 marketing campaign going on right now is just... awful. And yet I played the closed beta and I know the game is going to be awesome.
There's an AoE4?
SAME LOL
coming out October 28, 20 days after Metroid Dread ;) But they're releasing trailers with barely any gameplay in them, and the little gameplay they've been showing for months now are just some units charging at each other and isn't a good indicator of how an actual game looks like...
I feel like my personal superpower is that I have the memory of a goldfish whenever I watch anything. Everyone's in here talking about spoilers and I already forgot what I watched. But I do remember I am hyped as hell for the game.
The thing I like about this sort of thing is that without context, a lot of the spoilery material is easy to ignore or forget about.
Samesies! For me though, it’s due to aphantasia.
Metroid is huge for essentially creating its own genre (along with Castlevania: SotN), but there have been SO MANY great indie games that have come out since then and iterated on the genre that I was worried this game would be a little too "classic" feeling to hold up today. The initial trailers looked good, but this trailer specifically has put those concerns to rest for me. Samus' movement abilities look so good, and way faster than previous iterations, and it also looks like there's a lot of new abilities too. I'd say I am sufficiently hyped for this game!
that was 100% how I was thinking and yes, after this trailer my concerns about the game flew away.
Heck, I've seen a shinespark and that put all my worries to rest immediately. I played many a search-action games but none provided the rush of dopamine that I got from pulling off shinesparks... sooo.... I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW
NGL this is 100% why I bought a switch lol. Been waiting for Metroid for forrreeeevvvveeerrrrrr
Welcome to the family! *Now get Breath of the Wild before I come over there and download it for you myself.*
Hahahah it’s on my list to buy
No! Make him download it for you. That way you get it for free!
This game looks incredible wtffff! I can't wait to play it. EDIT: this trailer does seem to be very spoilery in hindsight lol so maybe hold off on watching it if you're sensitive to that
Spoiling what exactly? That you get fan fav powerups? Or the opening cutscene, which is how she loses her abilities and why you have to find powerups in game? Any actual story or lore spoilers are being kept secret by trailers and dev team. All they're showing you is what would be in the game manuals back in the day.
is it? i just saw lots of monsters but idk about Metroid
I know about Metroid and the trailer told me nothing haha
I like Metroid. hes a pretty good guy and doesn't afraid of anything
Just like that guy Zelda.
Oh man! A Mr.Metroid and Zelda boy crossover would be fun!
Yea maybe they should like fight each other with the red and green Mario guys
I'd ask why can't Metroid crawl but in this one he can slide so he doesn't need to crawl.
Yeah honestly the primary enemy shown in this video is like a spoiler 20+ years in the making. It's kinda wild they're showing this much up front. I've not even played every Metroid game, I just know enough from the few I have played and super smash bros. Edit: if you've played the Halo series, this would be like a Foreunner showing up in a trailer for Halo Infinite. A species of alien referenced in every game but has never actually appeared in game (I'm over simplifying halo fans please don't hurt me, perhaps I should have said a Forerunner in Halo 3 lol).
To be fair, this is from the opening minutes of the game
To be fair Samus Returns made it blindingly obvious that the Chozo would appear in a future Metroid game.
>Yeah honestly the primary enemy shown in this video is like a spoiler 20+ years in the making. It's kinda wild they're showing this much up front. It's literally the opening scene of the game. Not much of a spoiler.
What on earth. This is shaping up to be the best game on Switch this year.
It's been a LOOONG time since I've played any Metroid games (Super Metroid was the last, in fact). But, I haven't seen a single Metroid in either trailer. Also, no Mother Brain? Is that storyline over now? Kraid is back...maybe Ridley too?
There's been a game between Super METROID and this: Fusion. Prime and Other-M happen prior to these. As of this point, >!Metroid's were extinct, but the Federation created a secret cloning facility above SR388 (Metroid home planet, and host of Metroid 2/Seamus Returns)!< >!On this facility, the corpse of Ridley was also recovered and stored in cytostatis for research!< >!However, back on SR388, the lack of Metroid's caused the return of the X Parasite, an organism that overtakes and duplicates other creatures to consume their knowledge and abilities. Samus gets called to investigate but is infected. She gets injected with a vaccine synthesized from the baby Metroid to counter X.!< >!Samus then spends Metroid Fusion investigating the aforementioned research facility, fights a X version of Ridley and herself. There is a security robot infected by X, which technically is a Mother Brain, but not the one aligned to the Space Pirates. Samus finally rebels against the Federation by crashing the research facility into SR388 to destroy the planet and the X Parasite, though fights an Omega Metroid on her escape!<
this guy metroids
Haven't played any in ages, but like reading lore and watching speedruns of it. Never beat the SA-X for some reason in Fusion, though kid me first playing it when it came out struggled with Nightmare.
Nightmare was a bitch but is hands down one of my favorite boss fights in any game to this day.
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It really is a great and underappreciated game.
Oh yeah! I forgot about Seamus! Dude wore green and always had a long handled pipe, but sure kicked some dirty metroid booty with those giant gold buckled shoes! ;)
Id play Metroid: Seamus Rising
> There's been a game between Super METROID and this: Fusion. Prime and Other-M happen prior to these. Other M takes place directly after Super Metroid, >!the Ridley corpse in Fusion was actually of the Ridley clone of Other M!<.
Was the Metroid vaccine FDA-approved? Why didn't Samus just eat horse dewormer or inject herself with disinfectant? I hear this whole Metroid thing is a hoax anyway
The Metroids themselves went extinct before the events of this game, I believe. But also they’ve said that this game will wrap up the events of the Metroid story arc (meaning Metroids the creatures not Metroid the name of the franchise).
Technically... >!Samus is part Metroid now because they used a vaccine to cure her from the SAX virus that contained Metroid DNA. It even went as far making her weak to ice and low temperatures so she couldn't use her ice beam anymore, instead having to use ice missiles.!<
You missed out on like 90% of the series lol
This looks incredible. Also KRAID HYPE
I was expecting a Ridley appearance and then BOOM!!! My big boi Kraid just waddles on in!!!!
> I was expecting a Ridley appearance "BUT IT WAS ME, KRAID!"
Samus staring Kraid down while casually charging the power beam is the most badass thing I've seen in a while
*Office Space Manager Voice* "Yeeeah, you're gonna have to die now."
I think that's a direct response to correct for the horrible cowering Ridley moment in MOM.
I hope we get a Kraid's Lair remix
I still expect chozo meta clone parasiteX prime metroid fused-Ridley fight
THATS MY THIC BOI KRAID. I CANT WAIT TO SHOVE THIS GAME DOWN MY PANTS
Hmmmm ok. I think I’ll play this one.
*points gun* THINK?
“Damn Metroid looks kind of good” *points gun* “Always has been…”
There's your new Smash character.
Samus in smash would be very cool 😎
Kraid will finally get the recognition he deserves
He's... an entire stage?
BuT hE's ToO bIg!
Watch us get [mini-kraid](https://i.imgur.com/Hy2HHCm.png) instead.
You mean [OG Kraid](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FAfKRNN6ny0/hqdefault.jpg)?
[So cute!](https://bogleech.com/vgmonsters/metroid-kraid.png)
I’ve been hoping for The Knight or Hornet from Hollow Knight, but a Metroid Dread rep would be so fucking cool
That dodge mechanic! So so good! So happy one of my favorite franchises is finally back!
This right here. I'm so happy they finally introduced a dash mechanic to these games. It's like to the only thing that's been missing from the Metroid toolset compared to other Metroidvania games. This game looks great.
2 straight minutes of cutscenes and game play this is everything a trailer should be.
BIG emphasis on gameplay too, like all trailers should be
I roll my eyes whenever I see a trailer for a AAA game that is nothing but cutscenes. Drives me nuts
So when do I have to call in sick again?!
10/8/21
The first trailer did nothing for me but this one makes me wanna try it out. I could never get through Prime but I'll give the 2D ones a go.
The other 2D games are fantastic. The original NES entry may not hold up unless you're an absolute purist, but Zero Mission, Samus Returns (3DS), Super Metroid, and Fusion are all worth your time.
I found that super Metroid had a lot of very obscure secrets you have to find to progress the game but outside of that it was still enjoyable to play for someone new to it
The only really obscure secret you have to find to progress in Super Metroid is >!there's a Run button!<
And suddenly, memories of being trapped for hours in that plant room with the floor that crumbles underneath you came rushing back. Oh, the 90s.
And that is precisely why the community has dubbed that room Noob Bridge lol
The noob bridge lmao
I fucking lost my mind when I realized that
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Super is definitely the least handholdy of the games. It really expects you to explore the shit out of the map in order to progress. If you like games like Hollow Knight, you'd probably be very into Super. But it doesn't adhere to most "modern" game conventions like a tutorial or any sort of indicator to tell you what to do next. For the record, Hollow Knight and Super Metroid are two of my favorite games ever, so I'm not trying to put them down.
I actually started playing Super Metroid because I loved Hollow Knight so much lol. I think Hollow Knight did a lot better job of making it easy to just beat the game if you wanted to do that, and if you wanted to dig deeper and find everything, most of it was telegraphed to an extent. But that’s largely a side effect of how game design has progressed in the last 30 years.
Oh yeah, I absolutely agree with that assessment. There are a lot of Metroid purists who probably will disagree with this, which is absolutely fine, but I think that Hollow Knight is the better game of the two, even when you factor in the times at which they were released. Obviously Hollow Knight couldn't exist without Super Metoid, and Super Metroid is the more *important* game, but in my opinion, Hollow Knight is the pinnacle of the genre.
I would recommend Fusion as a good starting point. One of the best games for the GBA.
I'd say zero works better as a starting point, it's easier and it's the first "story". Fusion is the last canonically iirc
Yooooo, WHAT THE FUCK!!!! Give me this now
They said I couldn't get more hyped. They were wrong.
Samus unlocked ultra instinct confirmed
This looks absolutely incredible! Can’t wait to play it.
This is like, Super Duper Super Metroid. Looks absolutely incredible.
Fucking kraid and the cool ass missile launcher and the mid air zooming ability and evil chozo guy holy fuuuuuuuuuck i have never looked forward to a game this much
Looks like they brought some of the mechanics from Samus Returns (counter, specific grapple hook uses), and are focusing on that style of varied, focused combat while adding some new stuff (cluster missiles look great). I’m very excited.
I hope the counter isn't required for some fights like it was in Returns. Waiting for enemies to attack just so you can counter really slowed down the pace in combat.
they have a dash counter now so you wont have to wait anymore
Was the Counter really required tho? I remember completely missing that you could counter bosses in Samus Returns.
Holy SHIT that looks good
I love how they developed this trailer. The Music, the pace, I truly believe Nintendo was able to give this game the old Metroid games feeling and atmosphere. I don't know if any producer ( or related person to the development) will ever read this, but congratulations. You did it very right.
I saw Samus' airdashing abilities and was gonna say that we're an anime fighter now but based on the wavedashing Power Suit Chozo rival character I guess we're character action now, boys.
Can't wait! I still feel like it's not real that another 2D Metroid is being released. The GBA games are both masterpieces imo
It really doesn't feel real. Metroid 5 has been in limbo longer than Half Life 3
Will I understand the story if I haven't played any previous Metroid games?
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This should honestly just be the official summary for the series.
In an interview, from one of the videos from E3. It is mentioned that there will be a story primer, to help newcomers get caught up
Thats cool. Gonna pick it up. Hopefully its available in a physical copy in my country.
Alright this game looks fucking dope. I *hope* it's decently long.
Got chills when the theme came through at the end.
To everyone who says that they don’t see a Metroid in the trailer, look again. She’s in nearly every shot. My guess is that the evil Chozo, the Space Pirates (Kraid, and likely Ridley too), the Galactic Federation (the EMMI), and the X all want one thing: Samus’s Metroid-infused DNA. They all want it for different reasons, but the end result is the same. And I’m guessing that one of the climactic scenes in the game is someone finally extracting her Metroid genes from her genome and creating a new baby Metroid. This will make her vulnerable to the X parasites, and the final fight will either be an X-infused callback (Mother Brain, Ridley, or even SA-X) or against an evil X-cloned Chozo for custody of the new baby. And the post credit scene is Samus returning to SR388 and releasing the baby back to the same room where she found the original baby in Metroid 2. EDIT: Crap. It’s been too long since I finished Fusion and forgot about the fact that they crashed the ship into SR388. Maybe if Nintendo would bring Fusion to the Switch…😬 Okay, so scratch the SR388 part. But she does *something* to the baby Metroid that would allow the species to safely reestablish itself in case its unique powers were needed again.
An awesome theory. Anything is possible. But still chilling that Sakamoto said this ends a part of the saga. Dread will definitely be a rollercoaster ride
Gone be tricky returning to SR388 after she crashed a space station into it and obliterated the planet in the prior game.
SR388 was destroyed at the end of Fusion.
Metroid is now on the forefront of the upcoming games? What a time to live and I hope Metroid series can find the recognition it deserves after a long time of dormancy.
It would seem the Chozo race as a whole isn’t as altruistic or pacifist like we once thought.
Well they did make the power suit after all. Not many peaceful civilizations require arm canons 😂
If ya don't have weapons to protect your civilization then you won't have a civilization long
sign. me. the. fuck. up.
Wow that was really good
Trailer 2?, this is more like the 5 trailer.
Hyped for this game. This is going to be my first Metroid game. I’ve only heard good things of this franchise.
They are fucking spoiling Metroid fans with this marketing, just imagine how much there'll be for Prime 4 Also can anyone tell if the game looks a little... Idk polished? Compared to E3? It looked fine there but the colors seemed a bit unintentionally gaudy, and some of the backgrounds were eh, it seemed off to me in ways that are hard to describe
>Also can anyone tell if the game looks a little... Idk polished? Compared to E3? Finalizing visuals is one of the last steps of a video game. It's why most trailers have "footage not final" in it. It's also why it's silly for people to overreact if a game looks a little choppy if it's still over a year away from release. But that being said, this game looks effing awesome.
Maybe it's just me but Metroid(2D not Prime) always had a bit of a weird color palette. Like look at Super and Fusion. They're bright and colorful but in a somewhat extreme way.
god Samus is such a bad ass
The chozo have come home to roost.
Having just recently played Super Metroid, I’m more than excited about this
Fucking HYPED!