Topic: Metroid: Samus Returns

I own the the "new" 2DSXL; Will i be missing out on 3D much? Will my version look ok?

It will look exactly the same as in every other 3ds console. Just without the effect of depth from the 3D.

Famitsu reviewed this game and gave it 8's all round. That's good but not great. Then again, Japan has never really loved the Metroid franchise.

Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS) – 8/8/8/8

http://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-review-scores-952017/

@SLIGEACH_EIRE id say great but not ground-breaking. Remember the scale starts at 1 not 7.

Famitsu gave Uncharted a 9/9/9/10, so I doubt it had anything to do with Japan not loving Metroid or whatever. Nobody gives a rat's arse about Uncharted in Japan.

And 8/8/8/8 sounds like a great game to me. I'd be more interested in what they actually have to say about the game though.

The video game scale is like an actual grading scale (like in school) now. Anything below a 7 is failure, 8 is good, 9 is great and 10 is perfect-ish. It's weird.

Unless you're on Metacritic, in which case you'll see mostly 10s and 0s.

@BLP_Software I'd say 8 is very good, 9 is great and 10 is near perfection.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE But on a scale, that means 7 is ok, 6 is also ok but slightly lesser, which are "average" in qualititative terms. So what is 5 and below?

Thats my issue with these scales. Its weighted heavily.

@BLP_Software No 7 is good, 6 is o.k. and 5 is average.

8 is kind of what I expected. I never expected it to be groundbreaking or a massive high for the series. Still its good enough for me.

I expect my enjoyment factor to push it to a 9 for me personally.

Looks more like a 9 to me.

@FX102A
I know my personal liking for metroid will push my overall enjoyment as well. Being able to hunt down metroid in a side scrolling adventure does that for me. 2D Metroid games have a solid foundation in their design which I don't get tired of.

Actually, the series became more popular with each entry on Japan with Uncharted 4 topping the japanese charts. The last Uncharted entries have been more succesful than the Metroid Prime games by a considerable amount.

https://m2k2.taigaforum.com/post/the_overall_metroid_sales_da... in case anyone wants to see how bad the Metroid games sell there.

8 is still gr8, m8. This is an enhanced remake, so I wasn't expecting BotW-level scores. I'm curious to see how it'll fare with other reviewers.

Pretty much the 3DS Swan Song.

@Samus7Killer Maybe for you but Atlus still has a few games I want coming out over the next 6 months or so.

@Spoony_Tech how can i forget??
but Nintendo developed, what other big stuff is coming?

@Samus7Killer Um, um, and um! Yeah those 3 games.....

Oh and Pokemon of which I don't really care about. I still consider Pokemon Nintendo btw.

Bleh Pokemon rehash.
Samus the Queen of Nintendo.

Aaahh I can't wait to relive the story of that time Samus basically made everything worse.

You know, killing all the apex predators keeping a parasitic monster under control which ended with her getting infected by said monster which ended with the destruction of the entire planet, imprinting herself with the baby, which made her realize she has family issues, keeping said baby as a pet, which gave the pirates AND the federation the chance to clone more metroids... Which directly led to the events of Other M.

Good times. And it all started in this one game.