Metroid: Other M

We recently posted a hefty preview from NGamer UK that spoke quite highly of Other M’s unique mix of Nintendo-minded gameplay and Team Ninja’s penchant for balls-out combat. This contrasts our very first exposure to the game, which at the time felt fairly barren and had some really awkward controls. Now, having spent an hour in a more action-packed area of the game, we can reconcile these two disparate views and say we’re finally starting to see the magic... » Read Full Metroid: Other M preview

Every element of Metroid: Other M defies convention. Nintendo’s demure space lady is in the hands of a studio best known for their jiggling lady-tech (don’t pretend you’ve never heard of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball). Players discover a third-person adventure that becomes first-person with a flick of the wrist. Surprising, alienating, alarming. Nintendo isn’t playing by its own rules. Exciting, isn’t it? » Read Full Metroid: Other M preview

Yoshio Sakamoto is known as the father of Metroid. Not that he likes the title. “I feel resistance when people credit me for creating the series,” he explained. “Maybe you could say I’m the one who raised Samus. But the Metroids were born by the Queen Metroid!” So began a fascinating peek into the brain of one of Nintendo’s oddest minds. Coy on Other M specifics, Sakamoto’s thought processes give us a salivating taster of what’s to come later this year… » Read Full Metroid: Other M preview

  We’ve been talking a bit about Metroid: Other M’s weird (and a bit worrisome) controls in both our podcast and a recent preview, but it might make things more clear if we break them down into chart form, so without further ado: » Read Full Metroid: Other M preview

Briefly teased during E3 2009 and then spirited back into the shadowy halls of Nintendo, Metroid: Other M was one of last year’s most talked about games that no one knew a damn thing about. The only tidbits revealed were the developer (Team Ninja, best known for Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive) and that it was a brand new take on the long-lived series. Other M wasn’t going to be an FPS like the Prime series, nor was it a » Read Full Metroid: Other M preview