Ever since I got this game, I'm not even hyped to play it. I played through the first 10 minutes (not counting cutscenes) and the game is way to mindful of non-gamers. It's all intro to controls and gameplay. The game also feels like its gonna be too easy because it auto-aims amazingly and dodges pretty much automatically. 
 
And in the meantime I am just playing more Starcraft 2 and waiting for Halo. I guess what I'm trying to say is, why am I not excited, much less playing this game? Is it possible that a metroid game is seriously too boring for me (metroid is one of the best on one of my favorite franchises)?

The first ten minutes of gameplay are a basic tutorial and maybe getting as far as the first boss if you're quick.  Maybe.  Is it an especially challenging game in terms of combat?  No, it's not Ninja Gaiden, but it wasn't meant to be.  The difficulty is more in line with a standard Metroid title, where a lot of the difficulty comes from the environmental puzzles and not so much from the cannon fodder enemies.

The game does get a ton better and far more interesting a little ways in. I say you should go back and not give up on it quite yet. It's not the best Metroid game ever, but there's a lot of reason to love it anyway.

" The first ten minutes of gameplay are a basic tutorial and maybe getting as far as the first boss if you're quick.  Maybe.  Is it an especially challenging game in terms of combat?  No, it's not Ninja Gaiden, but it wasn't meant to be.  The difficulty is more in line with a standard Metroid title, where a lot of the difficulty comes from the environmental puzzles and not so much from the cannon fodder enemies. "

" The game does get a ton better and far more interesting a little ways in. I say you should go back and not give up on it quite yet. It's not the best Metroid game ever, but there's a lot of reason to love it anyway. "

" No, it's not Ninja Gaiden, "

I can completely understand you for not liking it. I too thought it was very underwhelming. I finished it in a single session and, all the while, I felt like the game had not yet really begun. I couldn't get into the controllers and I hated what they did to Samus. Still, try playing it a bit more, maybe around an hour. After that, if you still don't feel it, then stop. It should be enough to know if you like it or not. Oh, and thankfully, the cutscenes appear less and less in the middle of the game.

I have Other M sitting on my shelf still, unwrapped, but not played. My Wii is kind of in an inconvenient place because it doesn't work on my main monitor. 
I want to play it, it looks fun and different... theres just too much to play right now. Reach, Valkyria Chronicles 2, P3P, Phantasy Star... list goes on.

" @Hailinel said:

" No, it's not Ninja Gaiden, "

You're right it's Metroid Gaiden where the running animations and wall jumps are lifted straight from the other Ninja Gaiden games.  I wanted to like Other M but it's really a huge disappointment in my view.  So generic and filled with really awful, awful characterisations and dialogue. "