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Samus Schools You On The History Of Metroid

Get ready for the release of Other M with a little narrated history lesson.

Aug. 18 2010

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Metroid: Other M

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finally, this quest was dumb

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Nice 

Haha I fail.

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Jeff was right, that voice actor is terrible.
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Oh man the voice acting is so bad it's amazing.

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Edited By zor

Hmm... still not sure if i'll get this game... blah, who am i kidding, i'll go pre-order it right now.

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It's pronounced "Ze-Bess"???

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Wow now I know why Nintendo doesn't give their characters voices...

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I don't know... to me, the boring voice totally 100% suits the boring character...

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please make the writing as painless as possible.

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They should have brought back Jennifer Hale.

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Edited By syrupychinadian

ZEH-BEHS?? 
 
 All these years I thought it was Z-EE-BS

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I like the voice, i feel like there is something behind the tone being so flat, a story to it. I kinda wanna know what it is if it exists at all. 
 
Here's hoping that's what Other M will explain!

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@Wiseblood said:
" They should have brought back Jennifer Hale. "
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Yeah. Total generic cold anime female protagonist with identity problems. Also they skipped over Metroid Prime in the timeline.  
 
Thanks, Japan!


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Edited By Piranesi

Is the other M "meh"?
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@LiquidPenguins said:
" Oh man the voice acting is so bad it's amazing. "
It's not bad, just incredibly lacking in life. Still, I want this game.
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Wow, they totally ignored Prime.
Also, what the hell do you want out of the voice? Her to be peppy and cheery? Or still silent. Maybe silence is the better option, but if it's between bubbly annoying girl or dour somber girl, I'd go with the somber lady.
In this case at least.

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Edited By Bones8677

Way-to-go guys. 
 
Samus' first speaking role and you thought this was the actress to play her? sigh...

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Saw it today, it's ace! Good summary for newbies.

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@neoepoch said:
" Wow, they totally ignored Prime. Also, what the hell do you want out of the voice? Her to be peppy and cheery? Or still silent. Maybe silence is the better option, but if it's between bubbly annoying girl or dour somber girl, I'd go with the somber lady. In this case at least. "
You can be somber without being lifeless.
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This video is awesome, I love how it retells the backstory.  More games should do that.

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@neoepoch: I think what people want is some semblance of  emotion.
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Samus Schools you in how stupid the story of Metroid is.

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This video is about like an extended version of the Linda Hamilton monologue in Terminator 2

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Samus just doesn't give a shit.
 
She feels nothing.

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Edited By Bones8677

Also, Aran is pronounced Aaron? 
 
I thought it was pronounced Ah-Ron.

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Wow, so much negativity. I think this trailer is actually pretty good.

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"How do we choose a voice actor?"
"Talent?"
"No, dumbass."
"How, then?"
"Muh."

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@neoepoch said:
" Wow, they totally ignored Prime. Also, what the hell do you want out of the voice? Her to be peppy and cheery? Or still silent. Maybe silence is the better option, but if it's between bubbly annoying girl or dour somber girl, I'd go with the somber lady. In this case at least. "
This game takes place before Prime though I believe.
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Huh, I always pronounced it "Zeebs." Anyway, cool recap. If Samus needed a voice, I kinda wish they had just coughed up the money to hire Sigourney Weaver.

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Really just makes me want to play Super Metroid again.  Man that game was awesome.  Still not sure if Other M will be good or if it'll be another Hunters.

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@Afroman269 said:
" @neoepoch said:
" Wow, they totally ignored Prime. Also, what the hell do you want out of the voice? Her to be peppy and cheery? Or still silent. Maybe silence is the better option, but if it's between bubbly annoying girl or dour somber girl, I'd go with the somber lady. In this case at least. "
This game takes place before Prime though I believe. "

The Prime games take place between Metroid I and II.
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bad voice :(

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@Afroman269 said:
" @neoepoch said:
" Wow, they totally ignored Prime. Also, what the hell do you want out of the voice? Her to be peppy and cheery? Or still silent. Maybe silence is the better option, but if it's between bubbly annoying girl or dour somber girl, I'd go with the somber lady. In this case at least. "
This game takes place before Prime though I believe. "
No, Prime Trilogy takes place between Metroid 1 and Metroid II.
 
Which is probably why they ignored it, it would be confusing to go into and explain all this stuff about what was really a self-contained trilogy.
 
And yeah, Samus' voice is bad. Apparently they wanted a Samus who doesn't speak very well because she never interacts with other human beings, but this girl just sounds bored. Should have stuck with Jennifer Hale, but maybe they were too cheap.
 
Oh well, I'll just tone her out and read the subtitles.
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SAMUR /ERIN/?!  a-ran is wrong?  Damnit...

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Well, she's good at reading a script :o
 
Nice recap of the story though.

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@Afroman269:  It can't have because Prime takes place between Metroid 1 and Metroid 2. It was confirmed by Nintendo.
 
Also, somber to me isn't really bristling with emotion. I really think you guys are just making a large amount of hay over something that is pretty minor. It isn't grating and it isn't annoying. It seems to be with as much emotion as male Shepard in Mass Effect 1.
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Good ad.

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Man she sounds so pumped.

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God dammit. I love Metroid, but way to have the dullest voice ever...
 
Edit: I swear, it sounds like someone just typed a script and had it read from my Macbook's computer-ass voice.

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I thought this would be the worst video ever, but I'm disappointed because it's too long and boring to watch just for bad voice overs. Still though, definitely going to skip this game, I couldn't care less how it rates, because the emphasis on story and other characters sounds straight up like the worst thing that could happen to metroid.

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NOT THE BAHBAYYY!

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The female character who is strong but emotionally stunted is one of the most lazy and reprehensible cliches and it's particularly grating that they've taken that characterization and bolted it onto Samus Aran while at the same time giving her the voice and body of a pubescent girl.

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@Bones8677: 
Aran in Japanese is close to "Aaron" in English.  Ah-rahn.
But my habit was always "a-RAN".
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That was a really nice recap, especially since the only Metroid I am even remotely familiar with is Super Metroid.

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@august said:
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The female character who is strong but emotionally stunted is one of the most lazy and reprehensible cliches and it's particularly grating that they've taken that characterization and bolted it onto Samus Aran while at the same time giving her the voice and body of a pubescent girl.

"
Three cheers for writing in video games.
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Episode 1: I killed the metroids and then I killed the boss, nearly dying in the process.
Episode 2: I killed the metroids and then I killed the boss, nearly dying in the process .
Episode 3: I killed the metroids and then I killed the boss, nearly dying in the process .
Episode 4...??

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"Other M"  LMAO!  SO corny and bad.  
 
Guess if your still stuck in the 90s, this might look kewl to you.  lol 

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hawt

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@Insectecutor said:
" Episode 1: I killed the metroids and then I killed the boss, nearly dying in the process. Episode 2: I killed the metroids and then I killed the boss, nearly dying in the process . Episode 3: I killed the metroids and then I killed the boss, nearly dying in the process . Episode 4...?? "
If you change 'metroids' to just 'enemies' isn't that the premise for most games?