Series ender as in, like I said, Super Metroid feels like a conclusion only to its own game, while Fusion feels like a conclusion to an overall storyline. A lot of Fusion is spent reminiscing on past events. It's past events that allow the X to flourish (events of Return of Samus), allow Samus to survive the X (events of Super Metroid), and the ending itself, given the amount of time spent on it, carries far more gravitas than Super Metroid which is Samus escaping Zebes, planet blows up, the end. No reflection, no character development, nothing. So like I said, fine for capping off the game, but to me, it would feel hollow if the series had ended there.Canadamus Prime said:Series ender?
Granted, my order of playing metroid games is Fusion-Zero Mission-Hunters-Prime (never finished)-Super Metroid, so there is that.
I'll agree to disagree there.Canadamus Prime said:Fusion had to contrive a new threat just to exist, not that the idea of a threat greater than the Metroids is a bad one even if the name is unimaginative.
I don't think three colours counts as "technicolour," exactly.Canadamus Prime said:However Metroid Fusion gave Samus the stupid technicolour suit, the explanation for which I don't buy for a second.
It's stated that the suit has biological components, and it's known that the suit bonds with Samus biologically.Canadamus Prime said:Also at one point it's mentioned that there are probably several dozen SA-Xs running around. Ok I'll buy that the X could duplicate Samus' biology multiple times, but how the FUCK could they duplicate her suit.
That's a fair critique, but it's a critique that can be labeled at practically every Ridley appearance bar the original. Ridley keeps coming back, with no explanation whatsoever, and is never commented on, ever, as far as I'm aware. The only exception I can think of is Other M. But an X parasite mimicking Ridley is far easier to swallow than, say, Super Metroid, where he comes back and the game offers no explanation for it.Canadamus Prime said:Also we were never given an explanation as to why the Federation has Ridley's corpse in the freezer. When I first discovered that I expected it to be a plot point, but nope, he's just there for the customary Ridley boss fight and is never mentioned again. Actually he's never mentioned PERIOD.
I can sympathize with that, but I prefer Fusion's approach. Start off linear, keep injecting narrative and character development, give latitude over time, keep the ramping sense of dread and escalation, to the point where Samus does strike off on her own, it feels meaningful. I much prefer it to Super Metroid where the approach is "yeah, here's Zebes, have fun," and where the only actual plot point from the point of Samus landing is after defeating Ridley and finding the shattered capsule. It's more down to personal preference than anything else, but it's partly why I prefer Fusion and Zero Mission to Super Metroid, even if SM is still a good game at the end of the day.Canadamus Prime said:Also it was way too linear for a Metroid game. Adam would tell you where you had to go and you went there and there was very little wiggle room.
The Omega Metroid hardly comes out of nowhere, you can see metroid specimens in the restricted area that include metroids further along the life-cycle. Sector 1 is in of itself foreshadowing for the plot reveal. And, personally, I found it fitting. We get to fight a SA-X earlier, but fighting a metroid works from a series perspective (in a series called "Metroid," the final boss is a...well, metroid), from an empowerment perspective (Samus finally gets the ice beam back, effectively regaining every piece of power she's lost), and from a thematic perspective (metroid overcomes the X, Samus overcomes the metroid, Samus has completed her character arc). Not that fighting the X is bereft of these things (since the SA-X has been stalking you all game, turning the tables has some weight), but I appreciate the rationale behind the Omega fight.Canadamus Prime said:And finally, why the fuck was the final boss a Metroid? They introduced this incredible new threat that required an Earth Shattering KABOOM in order to ensure the galaxy's safety from, but our final fight is against the old threat? Why? Why couldn't the SA-X be the final boss fight? The Omega Metroid came right the fuck out of nowhere.