>>12480546
Of course, it says Metroid on the cover

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This game kinda rocks.

>>12480546
I think it's pretty neat. Looks good, sounds good, good controls, very cool atmosphere right from the beginning.
Didn't even mind the linearity, although I admit it's mostly because it's the first Metroid I ever beat.

>>12480546
the worst you can say about is that it's a decent action adventure.

>>12480581
>better music
>dark color palette
>real non-linearity
>non casual movement mechanics
>engine not stolen from a puzzle platformer
You're right it would've been better on SNES

>>12480546
Take that back right now. Fusion is great, damn it.

>>12480546
It's about a girl, of course she blows.

It's maybe disappointing compared to other Metroid games(at the time it was really only disappointing next to Super.). Even then it's still a really solid action adventure, one of the best 2D ones of it's kind.

More like Metroid Filter

>First Metroid in 8 years
I saw flaws, it didn't *feel* like the previous games somehow, but I still was excited to play it and liked it well enough.

>>12481365
All of its flaws came from being adapted to a small screen and battery-limited handheld. It lost the big momentum jumps because screen space was limited. It had guidance and linearity so a person could keep track of what they were doing between 20 minute play sessions on a train every other day.
Despite those things it still found some areas to improve on Super, was the second best Metroid game overall, and did the near-impossible of making a relevant and significant followup after the plot of Super.

>>12481365
I wonder if anything would be different with Gunpei Yokoi was still alive and around Nintendo. It was his baby, so Miyamoto was fine with whoring it out to others
Like any alt history question, it requires so many variables and stars to be aligned so might as well not think about it too much