The Nintendo Media Summit is currently happening and there are some news about upcoming titles for this summer. One of them is Metroid: Other M, which will be released on June 27 in the United States. There is also a demo playable at the summit and there are some new screenshots, like those three:
There are also news about the controls and I'm somehow skeptical. The game is played with the Wiimote only. You hold it sideways for the 2D parts and you use the pointer for the first person perspective, which you can always activate by just pointing at the screen. However, this sounds like you can't move during the first person gameplay (like in the 3D Zeldas for example) and like you only can shoot in eight directions in the 2D gameplay sections. I was more hoping for a Nunchuk control scheme, where you always use the pointer to aim.
UPDATE: Looks like I understood it right, you can always switch into first person mode, but it will be stationary. The rest will classic Metroid gameplay. It sounds like an interesting hybrid, but I'm not sure if it works well. I guess you have to try it out for yourself.
The game will take place on a giant space ship and there's more word on how deep the story will be. This sounds a lot like Metroid Fusion, which isn't exactly my favorite Metroid game. It was too linear and exploring the space station wasn't much fun. It's nowhere as good as Super Metroid was. And since Other M looks more like the successor of Fusion I remain very skeptical.
Nintendo also releases Super Mario Galaxy 2 in May. This makes perfectly sense considering that both of those games are not MotionPlus titles and that Nintendo really should focus on MotionPlus from now on. A lot of people bought MotionPlus, but all they got so far from Nintendo was Wii Sports Resort. Zelda Wii, which uses MotionPlus, is anticipated and a Christmas 2010 release looks even more likely after today. But I'm also expecting some nice surprise titles this E3.
UPDATE2: Apparently the European release date is "third quarter". I really hope, it's the early third quarter, somewhen in July. But I guess the European version will take its time because of the localization.
Source: Kotaku.com
There are also news about the controls and I'm somehow skeptical. The game is played with the Wiimote only. You hold it sideways for the 2D parts and you use the pointer for the first person perspective, which you can always activate by just pointing at the screen. However, this sounds like you can't move during the first person gameplay (like in the 3D Zeldas for example) and like you only can shoot in eight directions in the 2D gameplay sections. I was more hoping for a Nunchuk control scheme, where you always use the pointer to aim.
UPDATE: Looks like I understood it right, you can always switch into first person mode, but it will be stationary. The rest will classic Metroid gameplay. It sounds like an interesting hybrid, but I'm not sure if it works well. I guess you have to try it out for yourself.
The game will take place on a giant space ship and there's more word on how deep the story will be. This sounds a lot like Metroid Fusion, which isn't exactly my favorite Metroid game. It was too linear and exploring the space station wasn't much fun. It's nowhere as good as Super Metroid was. And since Other M looks more like the successor of Fusion I remain very skeptical.
Nintendo also releases Super Mario Galaxy 2 in May. This makes perfectly sense considering that both of those games are not MotionPlus titles and that Nintendo really should focus on MotionPlus from now on. A lot of people bought MotionPlus, but all they got so far from Nintendo was Wii Sports Resort. Zelda Wii, which uses MotionPlus, is anticipated and a Christmas 2010 release looks even more likely after today. But I'm also expecting some nice surprise titles this E3.
UPDATE2: Apparently the European release date is "third quarter". I really hope, it's the early third quarter, somewhen in July. But I guess the European version will take its time because of the localization.
Source: Kotaku.com
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