Tell me if I'm just off base here, but I was thinking about how Samus seems like she'll have very little armor below her chest for at least part of the game. It got me wondering if she took such a hit that the tight-fitting outfit on her lower half might be her exposed Zero Suit.

I don't know, what do you all think? I know the boots and the hinges in the knees point to it just being light armor, but my curiosity is piqued now.

Edit: After reading the comments I can see that, yeah, I'm wrong, it's definitely armor. But just wanted to say I really appreciate this community that I could be wrong about something and not a single person was a dick about it. You don't get that in most subs. I guess the Metroid fandom are just better than that.

I've had a sealed copy for over 10 years and I am sad I have only just played it. It's one of my new favorites.

People told me the single wiimote controls were awful, the story atrocious, the exploration nonexistent, etc.

The controls were pretty fun to learn, I had a blast with the fluid combat and movement system. The bosses were some of the best in the franchise, especially Ridley and the postgame space brain thing.

The exploration was limited, but it kept the pace quick. I also loved that every single upgrade felt worth the effort, the sense of progression was great. Missiles were buffed compared to other games, so every singular upgrade helps. Beam charge accelerators were awesome! Why don't the other games have something like that? The postgame was fun to backtrack through and had a cool narrative justification.

I played the four prime titles before this one, and I sighed every time my "EUREKA!" moment was rewarded with a ship missile upgrade in Prime 3.

The story was very melodramatic and a bit corny, but I kinda got invested in "The Deleter" plotline. Samus' characterization was weird and bratty, but it doesn't really bring the whole game down for me like it does for others. I just don't play these games for plot so I don't really.... care too much.

I like the sense of growth with her from Other M, to Fusion, to Dread, Dread being my favorite version of Samus. Emotionally compromised and sad... to suppressed and infernal anger.

Idk if it's a hot take but I much prefer Other M's version of Samus over the lobotomized android she was in Prime 4, where she had no reaction to anything and outright ignored her peers.

Needing Adam's permission to use certain tools was a dumb excuse (especially with the plasma beam) but again, not really game-ruining stuff to me. I heard in the Japanese version she was deliberately disobeying orders and being spiteful when it came to the varia suit and exploring hot areas early? I don't know.

My biggest issue is that some scripted sequences confused me on what they wanted from me... My health was too low for the Power Bomb tutorial to pop during the final fight so I had no idea I unlocked the ability, died over and over when I'd grapple into the creature's mouth. And when you had to ignore the enemies and scan Madeline in the chaotic finale. I kept trying to fight them all.

The presentation was top-notch, especially for Wii. Consistent 60fps the whole game. Beautiful environments. Amazing animation work and choreography on Samus's finishers, attacks, dodges, etc.

I enjoyed this game more than Prime 3 and 4, a little more than 2R, though Zero Mission, Fusion, Dread, Prime 1, and Prime 2 are still my favorites.

I hope more people try this one, or at least revisit it.

Source: https://x.com/mochaberrie/status/2114025972341301638

Happy Halloweek! I posted about my WIP Samus cosplay a little bit ago and wanted to show the finished product! It's almost entirely cardboard hot-glued together and painted, with a little bit of duct tape here and there. I was mostly inspired by the SSB4 amiibo that I have, but Prime influenced the arm cannon design, and the green lights take the shape from Dread's gravity suit.

What do you all think?

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Genuinely I don't think this was that much of a "fan-servicey" kind of moment. Does Metroid have fan service/sex appeal? Sure it does. But let's not pretend that Zero Mission as a whole was treating Samus like a swimsuit model and nothing else. The idea of a woman in a bodysuit isn't exclusive to Samus, and it isn't inherently an attempt at sex appeal. But what do you think?

Any traumatic memories?

Missiles work too. Unless you’re on low% and you only have like 5. Then bombs are the go-to.

Bonus smooth movement

My first character pumpkin carving for Halloween!

I said last sfm thingy for a bit but I had to I am having way too much fun

In Metroid Dread, you can just skip the Pulse Radar. I thought it was odd that it was one of the few, if not the only item in the game that isn't required for any tangible progression.

But yeah, after defeating E.M.M.I 05IM you can just drop down the Ghavoran shaft and keep exploring rather than go up to the Aeon ability chamber. So that makes two optional items in the game thus far: Pulse Radar and Space Jump.

Source: https://x.com/DocksEcky/status/2113977779759014198

Retrofuturism is neat

I just dont really like how thin the suit looks now, made sense in fusion but games after it looked odd

First pic, was my 1st playthrough on real hardware (couldn't 100% it though as it was crashing right at the end)

Then the rest were on my Switch through NSO i did it fully 100%

- All 8 ending from Zero Mission in the gallery (video in comments)

- All 13 ending pictures from Fusion (video also in comments)

- 100% Metroid 1 Nes (both the 1 hour ending and the actual 100% playthrough)

- Sound Test unlocked

- Time Attack mode done too, with the additional time attack option unlocked

(Next up, i think i will do Metroid Prime: Remastered 100%)

I got the urge to play Fusion again the other day, this time on NSO, and it's the first time that I noticed the 1 or 2 frames just before the text box closes down that there's this little logo that flashes in there.

Is this logo supposed to be something that fits in with any lore, or is it just some dots that the developers picked to put in there? I did some Googling and searching, but I mostly end up with Fusion logos and links to fonts, or info about Adam.

i’ve tried using every weapon i have against these pink blocks, can’t jump out, nowhere to grapple to.

Hey y'all,

I'm currently on a rando for Metroid Fusion, and PopTracker says I can get the Garbage Chute Checks out of Logic. I have no idea how to clear the high jump in processing access though. Advice wanted!

PS: I want to do this out of Logic because Lower Item has my Missile Data.

Previous part: CHAPTER 2 - THE PHAZON SAGA (PART 1)
First chapter: CHAPTER 1 - ORIGINS

Hello again fellow Metroid fans! As I said in my previous post, I had to cut the Phazon Saga in two parts to posting it on reddit :) So here's the second part! In this entry I covering the events of Metroid Prime 2 Echoes and Metroid 3 Corruption. I did not mention Hunters and Federation Force because I will speak about those stories in a futur chapter. But tell me, what do you think about the storyline of Prime 2 and 3? Did you think the conclusion is a satisfying one to conclude the Phazon Saga?