Videogame heroine, Samus, returns next month to tell the tale of her failings, flaws and motivation in a new adventure game from Nintendo, Metroid: Other M on Wii.
Developed by Nintendo’s Yoshio Sakamoto and Team Ninja, Metroid: Other M pairs Sakamoto’s expert game design and exploratory focus of the classic Metroid series with Team Ninja’s stylish, no holds-barred action.
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In another series first, Samus gets more physical in Metroid: Other M, with a range of melee attacks up the sleeves of her Power Suit. Jump on enemies to perform the powerful Overblast attack, use the 1 Button with precise timing to counter-attack and finish off wounded enemies with a Lethal Strike.
Other new moves include dodging enemy attacks with a well-timed Sensemove and performing a health-restoring Concentration move, by holding the Wii Remote vertically and with the A Button pressed. A new weapon, the Diffusion Beam, allows the player to scatter Charge Beams after impact and hit additional enemies.
Set on a single, giant Galactic Federation vessel – Metroid: Other M contains a huge variety of locations, each with different environments, unique flora, fauna and enemies. The Biosphere, for example, is a gigantic greenhouse containing a jungle complete with waterfall, rainfall and countless tropical – and aggressive – creatures and plants. The Cryosphere, by contrast, is a cold, snowy environment where the temperature is so low that entrances are often blocked by ice.
