I agree that Metroid looks good, but how is it that you don't consider it a sequel? Sure, it isn't Prime 4, but it's still a follow up to an established Nintendo character.
Also, although it wasn't a GREAT game, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence was pretty fun.
He's not well known (yet), but Rufus is not only the fattest character in Street Fighter IV, he's also the fastest. Getting beat down by fatties is humiliating even in the digital realm.
There's also Chang (KOF), Cheng (Fatal Fury), Earthquake (Samurai Shodown) and a bunch of others who can floor you if you don't watch it.
King's Illusion Kick super from KOF '94 and Ukyo's Bust super from Samurai Shodown III are the best special moves ever. Ryu Hayabusa's Izuna Drop is a close third.
"It's like that beautiful-but-snarky babe in every horror movie who takes off to have hot sex with her boyfriend but then gets up for a glass of water, somehow gets lost on her way to the next room, and ends up hanging naked from a tree ten miles away with a tire iron jammed through her neck."
Don't even own a Wii, but this statement made reading the review worthwhile. LOL
I loved both Space Channel 5 games. And I loved Michael as an artist.