Quote Originally Posted by Whacker
Are you kidding mate? Metroid Prime was/is one of the best examples of how to take a fresh look at an immortal series without ruining it or losing it's essence. They turned it from a side scrolling shooter into a first person shooter, and they did a fantastic job at it. Prime 2 wasn't all that wonderful IMO, but Prime is still my favorite game ever for the Gamecube.

Edit - We need a burning at the stake smiley. Bijo, suffice to say I am mentally burning you at the stake for your heresy, in the friendliest manner possible.
It is true that it's a good example of how to change a game that has always been 2D into 3D, but still... 3D for Metroid is unnecessary complication (to me, though it's a breeze to play it). Perhaps it is my old-school nature that adores the SNES (and NES, and so forth). I guess it is... acceptable that Nintendo has been -- and is -- "improving" it via 3D (among other things). Since Metroid's gameplay was already (near) perfect I guess its transition to 3D graphics was the only (logical) option to "elevate" the series' quality.

Still, I'd rather play old-school 2D Metroid on the NES, SNES, and GBA, than 3D Metroid. Nintendo should allow the creation of such another old-school style Metroid on the DS -- or even better GBA(!).