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The story begins | The story begins with Samus reminiscing about her [[Super Metroid|previous mission]], particularly her confrontation on [[Zebes]] with the mechanical monstrosity [[Mother Brain]]. She awakes in a [[Galactic Federation]] facility and is directed to a training room by a quarantine officer, where she tests her various abilities. She then reports the results of her mission and presumably leaves. Sometime later, she receives a distress signal known as "Baby's Cry" from a decommissioned vessel later identified as the [[Bottle Ship]]. After boarding, Samus soon comes into contact with the [[Galactic Federation 07th Platoon]], headed by her former commanding officer, [[Adam Malkovich]]. Samus tries to discern their reason for boarding, and she, as an "outsider," is denied this information, and the platoon moves on ahead. Samus meets up with them in the [[Main Sector]]'s Control Room, where they find the corpse of a scientist. The [[Brug Mass]] is engaged shortly thereafter, and upon its defeat, Adam allows Samus to offer the platoon aid under the stipulation that she follow his orders. The platoon is then briefed, and exploration of the facility begins. | ||
===Manual | Samus rendezvous with the platoon in the Exam Center, located in the [[Sector 1 (Biosphere)|Biosphere]] Test Area. Before this, however, she encounters the body of another scientist (found in the Biosphere's Breeding Room) and a [[Little Birdie|peculiar bird-like creature]]. Samus and the platoon learn that the Bottle Ship is operated by the Galactic Federation and was designed for the propagation of bioweapons. They are then distracted by a [[Mystery Creature|mysterious, reptilian creature]], which assaults Samus before being repelled by [[Anthony Higgs]] and escaping. Samus is sent to the [[Sector 3 (Pyrosphere)|Pyrosphere]] in pursuit of this creature, but she is quickly directed to the [[Sector 2 (Cryosphere)|Cryosphere]], where she finds the body of [[Maurice Favreau]] and is attacked by the [[RB176 Ferrocrusher]] while in pursuit of [[MB|an unidentified woman]], who claims that Maurice was killed by another soldier. Samus calls this unknown assailant [[the Deleter]]. Returning to the Pyrosphere, Samus saves Anthony from the [[Rhedogian]] (first encountered on an elevator while leaving the Cryosphere) and, possessing conflicting feelings about Adam, remembers the events leading to death of Adam's younger brother, [[Ian Malkovich]]. Samus later encounters [[Ridley]] in the Geothermal Power Plant, and Anthony is seemingly killed. Contact with Adam is also inexplicably severed, and [[K.G. Misawa]] is incinerated in an unknown area of the sector. | ||
Samus leaves the Pyrosphere and witnesses an unknown soldier (most likely the Deleter) entering the elevator to the Biosphere. She pursues him to a building in the rear of the sector, the [[Bioweapon Research Center]]. Here, she meets the woman from before, who identifies herself as [[Madeline Bergman]]. Bergman tells Samus that the Federation planned to create a force of bioweapons with [[Zebesian]]s at its center, but that Ridley had caused them to go rogue. However, the Federation was also propagating [[Metroid (species)|Metroid]]s from cellular material taken from Samus's [[Power Suit]]. Ridley was also created in this fashion, albeit accidentally. Bergman states that an AI program based on Mother Brain (called MB) was created to control the Metroids, harbored in a secret area known as [[Sector Zero]]. Samus heads to the Cryosphere to reach Sector Zero, encountering [[Nightmare]] on the way. Defeating the creature, she proceeds, reaching the hallway before the entrance. She is startled by an infant Metroid, and just as she is about to kill it, Samus is shot in the back by a [[Freeze Gun]] and is knocked unconscious. She awakes to Adam's voice. Adam tells her that the Metroids in Sector Zero are most likely unfreezable, leaving Samus with no means to dispatch them, though they can be killed if the sector's self-destruct protocol is activated. Adam leaves to do this, sacrificing himself in the process, driving Samus to tears. However, before he goes, Adam commands Samus to kill Ridley and search for survivors in the Bioweapon Research Center's Room MW. Samus then retraces her steps as the sector detaches, and, unbeknownst to her, the ship's propulsion system activates. | |||
Samus permanently defeats Nightmare and, upon reaching the Bioweapon Research Center, finds the body of [[James Pierce]] (on the way, Ridley is shown being killed by unknown means). She eventually stumbles upon Room MW, where she finds a female scientist in a holding cell. This scientist panics and opens a hatch. Samus enters and encounters a [[Queen Metroid]]. At one point in the difficult battle, the ship's PA system announces that the ship will intercept Galactic Federation orbit in thirty seconds. Just before it intercepts orbit, the engines are cut. Samus defeats the creature and pursues the scientist, who also identifies herself as Madeline Bergman. She tells Samus that MB was the person met earlier, an android created to establish a relationship with Metroids similar to that established between Samus and the [[Metroid Hatchling]]. MB developed emotions and began contradicting Bergman and the other scientists. They planned to reprogram her, but Ridley escaped the same day, and MB became violent. She telepathically commanded the creatures of the Bottle Ship to attack those on board. Samus deduces that MB was the one who activated the ship's propulsion system. Samus and Madeline are then interrupted by MB, who plans to kill them. A platoon of Galactic Federation soldiers rushes into the room, and MB unleashes [[Desbrachian]]s upon them. Madeline freezes MB, who is then killed by the Federation soldiers, and Samus and Madeline are separated by a Federation colonel, who orders her to be escorted off of the ship. A soldier complies, and when stopped by the colonel, identifies himself as Anthony and as the one who cut the engines. Samus, Madeline, and Anthony then leave in [[Samus Aran's Gunship|Samus's ship]]. At Galactic Federation Headquarters, Samus resolves not to grieve Adam's death, but she does decide to return to the Bottle Ship, now marked for destruction, to retrieve Adam's helmet. She encounters and defeats [[Phantoon]] before escaping the facility in her [[Zero Suit]]. Samus then returns to her ship and flies off into the distance with the helmet beside her, closing another chapter in the hunter's saga. | |||
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Baby's Cry...
It was as though it was crying specifically for me...
— Samus Aran
Metroid: Other M is a game released on the Wii on August 31, 2010. The game was developed by Team Ninja together with Nintendo SPD. It is the second to last game on the chronological timeline. Events in this game follow those after Super Metroid and precede those of Metroid Fusion. This game is the first Metroid installment to ever have a voice actor speak dialogue as Samus Aran. Rather than using Jennifer Hale from the Metroid Prime series, who only voiced Samus by making grunting noises after an impact from an enemy, the game uses Jessica Martin to give Samus her first true speaking role.
Plot
The story begins with Samus reminiscing about her previous mission, particularly her confrontation on Zebes with the mechanical monstrosity Mother Brain. She awakes in a Galactic Federation facility and is directed to a training room by a quarantine officer, where she tests her various abilities. She then reports the results of her mission and presumably leaves. Sometime later, she receives a distress signal known as "Baby's Cry" from a decommissioned vessel later identified as the Bottle Ship. After boarding, Samus soon comes into contact with the Galactic Federation 07th Platoon, headed by her former commanding officer, Adam Malkovich. Samus tries to discern their reason for boarding, and she, as an "outsider," is denied this information, and the platoon moves on ahead. Samus meets up with them in the Main Sector's Control Room, where they find the corpse of a scientist. The Brug Mass is engaged shortly thereafter, and upon its defeat, Adam allows Samus to offer the platoon aid under the stipulation that she follow his orders. The platoon is then briefed, and exploration of the facility begins.
Samus rendezvous with the platoon in the Exam Center, located in the Biosphere Test Area. Before this, however, she encounters the body of another scientist (found in the Biosphere's Breeding Room) and a peculiar bird-like creature. Samus and the platoon learn that the Bottle Ship is operated by the Galactic Federation and was designed for the propagation of bioweapons. They are then distracted by a mysterious, reptilian creature, which assaults Samus before being repelled by Anthony Higgs and escaping. Samus is sent to the Pyrosphere in pursuit of this creature, but she is quickly directed to the Cryosphere, where she finds the body of Maurice Favreau and is attacked by the RB176 Ferrocrusher while in pursuit of an unidentified woman, who claims that Maurice was killed by another soldier. Samus calls this unknown assailant the Deleter. Returning to the Pyrosphere, Samus saves Anthony from the Rhedogian (first encountered on an elevator while leaving the Cryosphere) and, possessing conflicting feelings about Adam, remembers the events leading to death of Adam's younger brother, Ian Malkovich. Samus later encounters Ridley in the Geothermal Power Plant, and Anthony is seemingly killed. Contact with Adam is also inexplicably severed, and K.G. Misawa is incinerated in an unknown area of the sector.
Samus leaves the Pyrosphere and witnesses an unknown soldier (most likely the Deleter) entering the elevator to the Biosphere. She pursues him to a building in the rear of the sector, the Bioweapon Research Center. Here, she meets the woman from before, who identifies herself as Madeline Bergman. Bergman tells Samus that the Federation planned to create a force of bioweapons with Zebesians at its center, but that Ridley had caused them to go rogue. However, the Federation was also propagating Metroids from cellular material taken from Samus's Power Suit. Ridley was also created in this fashion, albeit accidentally. Bergman states that an AI program based on Mother Brain (called MB) was created to control the Metroids, harbored in a secret area known as Sector Zero. Samus heads to the Cryosphere to reach Sector Zero, encountering Nightmare on the way. Defeating the creature, she proceeds, reaching the hallway before the entrance. She is startled by an infant Metroid, and just as she is about to kill it, Samus is shot in the back by a Freeze Gun and is knocked unconscious. She awakes to Adam's voice. Adam tells her that the Metroids in Sector Zero are most likely unfreezable, leaving Samus with no means to dispatch them, though they can be killed if the sector's self-destruct protocol is activated. Adam leaves to do this, sacrificing himself in the process, driving Samus to tears. However, before he goes, Adam commands Samus to kill Ridley and search for survivors in the Bioweapon Research Center's Room MW. Samus then retraces her steps as the sector detaches, and, unbeknownst to her, the ship's propulsion system activates.
Samus permanently defeats Nightmare and, upon reaching the Bioweapon Research Center, finds the body of James Pierce (on the way, Ridley is shown being killed by unknown means). She eventually stumbles upon Room MW, where she finds a female scientist in a holding cell. This scientist panics and opens a hatch. Samus enters and encounters a Queen Metroid. At one point in the difficult battle, the ship's PA system announces that the ship will intercept Galactic Federation orbit in thirty seconds. Just before it intercepts orbit, the engines are cut. Samus defeats the creature and pursues the scientist, who also identifies herself as Madeline Bergman. She tells Samus that MB was the person met earlier, an android created to establish a relationship with Metroids similar to that established between Samus and the Metroid Hatchling. MB developed emotions and began contradicting Bergman and the other scientists. They planned to reprogram her, but Ridley escaped the same day, and MB became violent. She telepathically commanded the creatures of the Bottle Ship to attack those on board. Samus deduces that MB was the one who activated the ship's propulsion system. Samus and Madeline are then interrupted by MB, who plans to kill them. A platoon of Galactic Federation soldiers rushes into the room, and MB unleashes Desbrachians upon them. Madeline freezes MB, who is then killed by the Federation soldiers, and Samus and Madeline are separated by a Federation colonel, who orders her to be escorted off of the ship. A soldier complies, and when stopped by the colonel, identifies himself as Anthony and as the one who cut the engines. Samus, Madeline, and Anthony then leave in Samus's ship. At Galactic Federation Headquarters, Samus resolves not to grieve Adam's death, but she does decide to return to the Bottle Ship, now marked for destruction, to retrieve Adam's helmet. She encounters and defeats Phantoon before escaping the facility in her Zero Suit. Samus then returns to her ship and flies off into the distance with the helmet beside her, closing another chapter in the hunter's saga.
Manual Intro to Plot
Gameplay
Metroid: Other M's gameplay is much more different than the gameplay from the Metroid Prime series, as Metroid: Other M is taken from a third-person perspective rather than the first-person view from Samus's visor in the Prime games. The gameplay in Metroid: Other M is unique in its own manner; certain events are scripted to occur to give the game a cinematic and "fast-paced action movie" feel. Samus appears to be more acrobatic and more flexible in this game, as she is able to perform athletic blows to enemies, such as the Overblast and various kicks and throws. Another unique addition currently exclusive to Metroid: Other M is the ability to dodge incoming attacks or obstacles by moving the D-Pad in any direction before the attack makes contact.
Unlike the Metroid Prime series, however, Samus in Metroid: Other M does not need to scan as much as she did in the aforementioned series. Whenever an object needs to be examined, the player can convert Samus's third-person view to a first-person perspective, similar to the Prime games. When the targeting reticule locks on to a point of interest, the camera zooms in and tells Samus what is needed to destroy or bypass the structure, whether it be items like Bombs or Missiles. Missiles work in the same manner in the first-person mode.
Because Samus Aran is being monitored by her commanding officer, Adam Malkovich, she needs to wait until Adam authorizes her power-ups instead of having Samus collect the item like in most Metroid games. An example of this is when Samus is in the Pyrosphere and is taking damage by the heat because she is unable to have her Varia Suit (which can resist extreme heat) authorized via Adam's approval. Adam does not approve her Varia Suit's activation until the very end of the section, in which Samus is in a very dangerous situation.
Controls
Metroid: Other M's control is very unique in terms of how to use the Wii remote to navigate Samus Aran throughout the game. To control Samus in her third-person perspective, the Wii remote is held sideways, similar to a Nintendo Entertainment System's controller. To switch from the third-person camera to the first-person view, the Wii remote is pointed at the screen, similar to the controls in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Because a Wii nunchuck is not utilized to play the game (since playing with the Wii remote sideways attached to a nunchuck was not preferable by the developers), Samus can only point and shoot in this mode. Samus cannot move forwards, backwards, or sideways in the first-person view, but can dodge attacks from enemies before impact as well in this mode. Samus can switch to first-person to third-person at any time, unless she is in a "hunt the pixel" situation in which she is forced to be stationary in first-person mode until she determines a point of interest. Samus can also switch from first-person to third-person in midjump, which can be effective in using Missile/Overblast combos on enemies.
Visuals
The graphical style of Metroid: Other M is slightly different than what fans are used to in the Metroid Prime series, as a different art direction is taken due to the different camera angles from the said series. The graphical detail in the several environments is overhauled, as the advantage of the Wii's expanded memory space and enhanced processor from the Nintendo GameCube gives Metroid: Other M a technical boost in visual flair. Although the game may look astonishing in many sectors during the adventure, some low-resolution textures are used to prevent gameplay slowdowns. The game mostly runs around a solid 50-60 frames per second (FPS), but will occasionally slow down if too much action is on the screen.
A variety of graphical techniques are seen throughout Metroid: Other M, such as complex bump-mapping, bloom lighting, and the use of Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI). The water effects on the surface of rivers make heavy use of bump-mapping and texture-mapping, as the reflection of the water accurately displays the reflection while maintaining a real-time flowing effect. Bloom lighting is very consistent throughout the game; it is used for many of Samus's beams and Space Pirate beam attacks. Bloom lighting and afterimage techniques are heavily used in the Pyrosphere section, as the lava appears very bright onscreen and appears to "bleed" onto surrounding areas. The lava effects, however, are somewhat lacking in detail, as the effect is only a moving 2D plane. However still, the game manages to maintain a steady frame rate while utilizing many graphical touches and technical boosts, which is what many video game websites praised during their review of Metroid: Other M.
Music
The music in Metroid: Other M is much different than what fans are used to in the other games in the Metroid series. Metroid: Other M's music is more ambient and atmospheric than the diverse memorable tunes from other games in the series. A prime example of this is in the game's title screen, which plays the main theme of Metroid with several ambient effects adding tension and suspense to the game, which hints that Samus will experience a very movie-like adventure. The music in this game is orchestrated unlike the other games, which use mostly Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) effects or synthesizers used many times in the Prime games. The music in Metroid: Other M has more of a fast-paced beat with several panic-inducing effects such as loud percussion or the various musical techniques used by the strings, such as a vibrating tremolo effect.
However, when the action cools down, the orchestra's mood changes with the current events Samus is experiencing. When Samus is investigating the sectors in the game, the music changes to a suspenseful tone which often lets Samus know that something will occur and that she must stay on alert at all times. Some examples of this are the sudden beating of drums which ensues with strings. Samus's theme consists of only a piano, depicting her feeling near the end of the mission with Adam, instead of a remake of the series theme in Corruption in the credits or a remix of Brinstar in Metroid Prime.
Critical Acclaim
Metroid: Other M did not have an as much welcoming embrace from the fans as the previous installments of the Metroid franchise did. This is due to the unexpected and prioritized story telling and cinematic linear game design. The aspect, that has marked the Metroid series mostly unique and outstanding to other action adventure games is the free and progressive exploring of open worlds, hence the genre neologism "Metroidvaganza". Because of the absence of this familiar gaming aspect, Mixed Reactions are to be seen in the critics reviews and longterm fans' sentiments.
Bosses
- Brug Mass
- Fune and Namihe
- King Kihunter
- Mystery Creature
- Goyagma
- RB176 Ferrocrusher
- Vorash
- Ridley
- Nightmare
- Queen Metroid
- MB
- Phantoon
Gallery
Videos
Images
Official art
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Promotional Artwork for Other M
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Full boxart image of Metroid: Other M
Screenshots
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Other M's title screen. This image is also seen after Samus's introductory dialogue.
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A screenshot released in E3 2009 of creatures resembling Reos.
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An E3 2009 released screenshot of Vorash.
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Another early screenshot depicting close-range combat.
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GF troopers and Samus attack the Brug Mass with Ice Beam-related weapons.
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Samus's new HUD system revealed, showing the radar, health, and Accel Charge display.
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Samus's First Person Mode, similar to that in the Metroid Prime games.
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Samus being swarmed by Geemers.
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Samus using a Missile while grabbing onto a ledge, portraying various gameplay tactics.
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Reos viewed up close. It is notable that when Samus has low energy, her visor's illuminated display flashes red.
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Samus and the Galactic Federation squad, the 07th Platoon.
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Anthony Higgs turns to Samus, hinting that some cutscenes will be taking place in First Person View.
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Samus runs through a dark setting, indicating the structure of the Bottle Ship.
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Samus taking down an enemy from up close. The move being performed is the Overblast, one of Samus's several close-range attacks.
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The teaser website seen in January. It depicts Samus looking toward the skyline.
External links
- Official Website (North America)
- Official Website (Japan)
- Metroid Recon's game maps of the sectors in Other M's Bottle Ship
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