Email: Spoony agrees on Other M

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/09/05/pre-pax-ramblings/

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He agrees with you that Other M has probably destroyed the Metroid
series. At the end he even says that Samus is a rape victim!

I’d have to agree that the Metroid series is pretty much destroyed. Though I think the destruction began with Fusion with the RADICAL change Sakamoto did to Samus with the stupid Fusion suit and the ‘dialogue’ with Adam. Instead of looking for guidance from the original Metroid, Sakamoto decided to retcon it to his eccentricity (including a bizarre ending stealth sequence of Samus running around with just a pistol in her underwear). Fusion destroyed the future of Metroid (every Metroid game made since has been a prequel). Zero Mission destroyed the past of Metroid (by making young people think Metrod is about get X item to pass X barrier, complete with anime cutscenes of a game with no difficulty). Now Other M finishes the job by destroying the character of Samus and the Metroid universe as a whole.

Even if Nintendo made another 2d Metroid with all the trimmings and everything people have been asking for, I doubt anyone would care now. Super Metroid came out 16 years ago. The original Metroid came out 24 years ago. Other M is a perfect microcosm of Nintendo driving away their audience.

Consider a quote from this consumer review:

I have loved Metroid and Samus since I was a small child stumbling my way through the NES game, but I have no problem treating this game and any future games that follow in it’s footsteps like they don’t exist.

The proverbial Rubicon has been passed. Much of the audience will never return.

Consider Metroid a dead franchise now.

Pictured Above: The Destroyer of Metroid