Metroid: Other M
The week between the summer releases and the fall releases is here, and thusly the games have reached a low point in release volume. The only game even worth talking about this week is Metroid: Other M. The story presented in this new installment is an interquel which finally tells the story of why Samus left the Interstellar Police and the Galactic Federation between the story of Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion, in which she had mysteriously gone freelance. Samus has just defeated the Space Pirates for the third time, and is dealing with the loss of the baby Metroid who, after imprinting on her at birth, located her on her second mission to Zebes—where it sacrificed itself to save her from the clone of Mother Brain before the planet was destroyed. This episode is being touted as both the plot-heavy explanation of Samus’ past that fans have been wanting for years, as well as the most advanced and accessible action game in the Metroid series to date. The new control scheme will require players to hold the WiiMote on its side for third-person action and exploring, and point the WiiMote at the screen to switch seamlessly into first person look-mode. Personally, I hate using the WiiMote on its side for anything, as it instantly becomes the least comfortable Nintendo controller ever in that orientation. Hopefully, the game will offer other control scheme otptions. If there is one thing all game designers should have learned over the last 35 years of game design, it’s that people like to have control options.
Following is a full list of this week’s announced North American releases:
Windows
- Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
- Prison Tycoon: Alcatraz
Wii
- Disney: Guilty Party
- Metroid: Other M
- Tales of Elastic Boy – Mission 1
DS
- Camp Rock: The Final Jam
- Cosmos X2
- Little Bears
- Music on: Learning Piano
- myNotebook: Pearl
Xbox 360
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
PS3
- Castle Crashers
PSP
- Ace Combat: Joint Assault
- Valkyria Chronicles II
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