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Five Reasons Why Metroid: Other M Could Be The Best Game of the Year

GamingBolt writes: "The story of Metroid: Other M has been one of sheer cynicism and initial sceptisicm, followed by gradually growing cautious optimism, until now, finally, as the release of the game is less than a month away, unbriddled anticipation."

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Natsu X FairyTail5431d ago

I wont knock Metroid because I've been a big fan but i doubt that it's going to win Game of the year. Maybe it could win Game of the year on a Nintendo website? but like Spiker's gametrailers would never give game of the year to a Wii game with dated graphics. Just keeping it 100 with yall.

there's GT5 coming up who got multiplayer , Halo reach with campaign and multiplayer theres a whole bunch of games!

deadreckoning6665431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

"I wont knock Metroid because I've been a big fan but i doubt that it's going to win Game of the year"

I don't understand. Who determines Game of the Year? I've always had the understanding that each gamer chose their own game of the year based on what they've played and their personal preferences. Just keepin it 100...dawg :)

RememberThe3575431d ago

But in reality it's the game that gets the most game of the year awards for that year.

It's obvious that we can all have a favorite game of the year. One of my personal favorite game of last year was Borderlands but I also recognize that Uncharted 2 was a better game, hands down. IMO U2 is one of the best games of this, or any, generation. It deserved all the awards it received and was last years GOTY.

A Cupcake for Gabe5431d ago

GOTY, I will guess has two major at least, per console this year:

Wii: SMG2, EPIC Mickey, Other M
PS3: GOW 3, LBP 2, GT5
360: Mass Effect 2, Halo REACH, Alan Wake
PC: Mass Effect 2, Starcraft II
Multi: Red Dead Redemption, COD Black Ops
PSP: MGS Peace Walker, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

All these are the GOTY for the most part. Of course some of them haven't come out so I am not saying they will be or do good. But I am sure they all will. GOTY awards will vary for the most part, but peeps like SPIKE will surely give the game to a high rated seller like COD, Halo, or GT5.

I personally think LBP 2 is this years GOTY.

big_silky5431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

I didn't know that multiplayer=goty material. How odd then that the best games so far this gen, including most goty award winners, are single player affairs for the most part.

As for the the game that most sites will declare goty this year, let's just say that I hope Bioware has plenty of shelf space.

BuIIetproofish_5431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

Take a look at this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... Make sure you look at all of it, see what all the reviewers think. Remember, any interaction involving more than one person is multiplayer. Realize you're wrong. Its pretty balanced, but recently multiplayer it taking the lead.

nunley335431d ago

Uc2 was the runaway easy GOTY winner and it had multiplayer but yeah just like gamespot gave it to Demon's Souls And The 1st Uncharted game won GOTY with no multiplayer. Mass Effect 2 Is very GOTY worthy and single player.

qface645431d ago

actually gametrailers would give out game of the year to metroid spike on the other hand lol never

nunley335431d ago

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is on the WII and that will be on alot of short lists for game of the year so that would most likely keep it winning this title. I don't know which PS3 or 360 title will win it this year but Reach won't win it. It may be a top seller but it won't win it for the same reason any COD game won't win it either.

Gago5431d ago

thats half the reason im so excited about it

DA_SHREDDER5431d ago

Mario Galaxy and MAG are my personal GOTY candidates. So far, Galaxies 2 seems to be winning me over.

outrageous5431d ago

The gaming media picks game of the year. If gamers choose, it would be a different thing all together. Like everything else, the powers that be decide what you should like and dislike.

2009 GOTY is a perfect example. UC2 won the award. Did it deserve it???...maybe. MW2 sold 20++ million units and is still selling. UC2 sold 2.75+ million. I think it's clear that if gamers were voting UC2 would not of won GOTY. The same could be said for many awards and games. Look what happened to Avatar, the highest grossing movie ever made. It lost to a movie few people watched or even heard about. Right or wrong???...who knows...opinions are just that...OPINION.

2010 will be no different. I would think that Halo Reach, being the last Halo game from Bungie for at least the next ten years would have the inside track just from a sentimental angle, but weirder things have happened. Politics ALWAYS plays a factor.

tinybigman5431d ago

sold over 3.5 million units but i get your point. for me UC2 was my GOTY followed by Batman, Infamous, Borderlands.

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BuIIetproofish_5431d ago

I must not be seeing something. I don't like to bad mouth things, but why does this look good?

tdogg060519915431d ago

I dont think I know what a good game is anymore. But it looks like Shadow Complex for the Wii Am I missing something cause Im no hyped p for Rage either.

nunley335431d ago (Edited 5431d ago )

Looks like shadow complex because that game borrowed about everything from the metroid series is why you think that. Its a nice compliment to Metroid that epic did this.You would see shadow complex all over Super Metroid for SNES and the gameboy ones too. You'll really like these games if you liked Shadow Complex. And Castlevania too,and this is why when some does this style of game they are refered too as "METROIDVANIA" games.

qface645431d ago

i know he did not say looks like shadow complex for the wii ok CONFIRMED you are trolling and nothing more

CrazyForGames5431d ago

you only think something is good if its on the 360

BuIIetproofish_5431d ago

No PS3 and PC too. I can't wait until I get the money for a PS3, college kind of killed it for now though. Little Big Planet 2, Gran Turismo 5 and Twisted Metal all look good. As soon as I upgrade my RAM I'll get Starcraft 2. I see nothing about this particular game that is appealing.

The Tingler5431d ago

Potentially, but I remain wary of it. Just one decision keeps me waiting for reviews before I buy it, and it can be summed up with two words: D-Pad Movement. Why? I HATE using the Wii's D-Pad to move! It's a stupid idea in this day and age. Even 2D games I prefer using analogue sticks.

It's the main reason I stayed out of the console landscape until the late 90s! Well, that and having parents who refused to buy me any.

Alos885431d ago

It could be great, but I'm withholding my judgment until I play it. I don't like that Samus speaks, and if they flashback to that famous scene in Super Metroid and she cries "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I will consider the shark jumped.

MiltonZep5431d ago

...but it will kick ass. It's Metroid after all. No console Metroid sucks.

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bunt-custardly896d ago

Nioh games definitely up there at the top alongside Ninja Gaiden BLK.

LoveSpuds895d ago

There is a decent fan base for the Nioh games, but still think they are criminally overlooked and under appreciated.

I just bought the PS5 collection to replay them again with all their DLC, a sweet collection for my games shelf for sure.

deleted895d ago

Yea, those gardens haven't been plowed in over 10 years now though. Imagine if they cultivated it, let it grow again.

Starman69895d ago

Amazing what ya can do with a samurai sword lol 🤣

tehpees3896d ago

The honourable mention though.

TheSenorCheese895d ago

originally it wasn't going to be included because of their take on Samus' character. But the gameplay's actually not bad.

Vits895d ago

Honestly, I don't know if we can even blame them for that take. Nintendo's Sakamoto was credited as the writer and from what we learned later with the Retro Studios interviews for the Prime series, Nintendo apparently never saw Samus as this stoic badass that most of the west imagined her as. Going as far as describing her as "motherly".

shinoff2183895d ago

Ninja Gaiden was dope but I don't really care for alot of their games.

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Reggie originally thought Metroid: Other M would be a "killer moment" for the series

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime reflects on Metroid: Other M and his initial high hopes for the game.

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NecrumOddBoy1141d ago

Well it almost killed Metroid so…

PhillyDillyDee1141d ago

Yeah we all loved how you took a stoic badass and turned her into a whiny shrew. All those writers should be sacked.

H91141d ago

I mean it was a killer

Terry_B1141d ago

Sometimes, I doubt that Reggie was that great for Nintendo after all.

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2D Metroid Retrospective: Bring on the Remakes

VGChartz's Paul Broussard: "The early-mid 2000s saw something of a golden age for Metroid games. After an eight year hiatus, Metroid burst back onto the scene in dramatic fashion. Largely buoyed by the critical and financial success of Metroid Prime (at least, relative to other Metroid releases), Metroid saw a whopping six new titles between 2002 and 2007, as well as one rather bizarre pinball spin-off that wound up being much better than it had any right to be. Metroid had never been this popular before."

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Highrevz1360d ago

Never though the day would come where I say this but I’d be fine with having every 2D Metroid remade the way Dread plays.

INMATEofARKHAM1359d ago

I just want them all in the Switch.