The Prime trilogy has always featured some of the best world - building and story in
the Metroid series as a whole, and perhaps even in all of gaming.
Aside from that, the 2D
Metroid series as a whole inspired Koji Igarashi to create Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which has, in turn, determined the direction of all the Castlevania games we enjoy today on our GBAs and DSes.
Not exact matches
- to 3D and to a first - person perspective, it also expands wonderfully on Super
Metroid series and the action - adventure genre
as a
whole.
Metroid Prime for it's time was jaw - droppping, DKC returns is awesome
as well, i think they can add a new flavor that will help the Zelda
series as a
whole, evolve even more.
I was DEEPLY worried thyat this game would be a very... Mercury Steam experience, drawing less on the
series» roots, going strictly for atmosphere or orchestral stings, requiring the balance of aeon that only replenishes if you manage to defeat enemies with entirely too much HP with the melee counter, randomly inserting Patrick Stewart
as a new character while we discover that Samus was actually the
Metroid Queen all along
as a way to forsake and stand against the Galactic Federation that had cursed her to bounty hunting this
whole time... I might be a bit bitter, and think this studio after it leaves Nintendo's guiding wing will return to complete mediocrity.
The
Metroid series is of very high quality
as a
whole.