In the trailer for Metroid: Other M, this commander asks “Samus” if there was “Any objections, lady?”. The only person in the entire Metroid series to even refer to Samus as a Lady was Adam Malkovich. Who is apparently dead in the Metroid Fusion timeline, so we know this game is going to be before that one.
In the trailer it suggests that their is another Samus, but according to an interview with Yoshio Sakamoto and Yusuke Hayashi the blonde woman in the trailer is not “a second Samus” of any kind, but another “very important character”.
However, dealing with Metroid games in the past, it seems that Nintendo likes having a “Evil Samus”. So it does seem like it could be a possibility, I mean what is the chances of their being another Samus, it’s not like the past four metroid games did that. The most interesting thing about the title of the game is that its an Acronym for “M.O.M.” and if you take Other M, and move the M before other it’s Mother.
It’s not like “M.O.M.” stands for Mother Brain, or has anything to do with a Giant Metroid… It probably has nothing to do with that at all.
I concur.
I noticed that right off the bat. The other thing I’m curious about, though, is the origin of the project title itself “Other M”. I believe this is taken from the epilogue text in the original Metroid game. Upon defeating the Mother Brain and escaping the self-destructing base, you get the following with every one of the game’s endings:
“Great! You have fulfilled your mission. It will revive peace in space. But, it may be invaded by the Other Metroid (<<<See there?). Pray for a true peace in space!”
I thought about that the moment I saw that the project was called “Metroid: Other M”. Y’all tell me if I’m crazy…..
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makes me all the more excited for the game. metroid fusion was my favorite and i loved the story….
You guys should read the IGN interview with Yoshio Sakamoto. It explains a lot about the direction this game is going in terms of Samus’ character development and presentation of the game.
The game is set between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion so presumably, we will get to witness how Adam Malkovich died before the advent of Metroid Fusion. Sakamoto also dismisses the idea that the ‘Other M’ title comes from the ending of the NES Metroid (Sorry Kale). Samus already had two evil doppelgangers (Dark Samus and SA-X). Adding another one would be serious overkill not to mention a really tired and cliche idea.
The whole mother theme has a lot of connotations. As stated before, the abbreviations for the game is M.O.M, Other M is an anagram for Mother, Other M could mean Other Mother. This can refer to Samus’ motherly bond with the Super Metroid who just recently sacrificed its life for her, Samus’ own mother who was killed on K-2L, or Mother Brain. Right now, it’s all fan speculation and I’m a huge fan. In any case, this game is going to be amazing.
Will, I hate to break it to you, but EVERYONE noticed that was Adam.
The internet has been buzzing about the trailer for days.
Did anyone pay attention to this?
http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/metroid-other-m-f-by-f/319769?playlist=featured
Snap, Sunday morning nerd out. That was awesome, keeping it coming baby.
The Mother thing was sheer genius sir. I say the federation decided to fight itself from its own parallel plane, where the good Motherbrain resides. Which means Samus “flip” into the other plane super paper mario style and helping out the good M.O.M. from the evils of the dark federation. And the “important” character(you) act like Link, scan, collect, and explore the delicate balance of power between her own reflections.
Soooooo yea. That’s what you have inspired me, so far. Mr. Will.
Aw, come on man. Don’t be joshing us. We’ve realized that a Metroid, Mother Brain, the acronym MoM, the arrangement of Other M, and Adam Malkovich appear in the story. We’ve also noticed that there is a polt revolving around the biological engineering of living weapons, such as Samus herself. (Read the computer screen before the “other Samus” appears.) Finally, we concur that there is a new Samus doppelganger, even though she supposedly isn’t.
What intrigues me though, is that her suit looks remarkably different from when this all supposedly takes place. As far I I’ve seen, it never looked like that in Super Metroid, so maybe her Fusion Suit got repaired and replaced with this one and that this is a sequel to Fusion. The Adam could be a fake, since the Adam computer was a rehash of the human’s mind, so this “human” Adam could be a cyborg. It happened with Ghor in Corruption.
By the way, if anything I just said ends up being true…
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I recognized the “Lady” reference. I remember thinking of Metroid Fusion when they were unveiling the trailer, and “Lady” was said before we knew it was a Metroid-related trailer.
Anyway, I’m not going to make any speculation. My brain is too tired for that today.
I still think it’s her long lost sister, or something…
Maybe her sister turns evil!
I was really hoping this game would include the SA-X, because of Adam, and they talked about him in Metroid Fusion.