Concept art from the Metroid game that never was

NeoGAF:

I've found something very interesting on the website of Tony C. Giovanni - one of the Level Designers for Retro Studios during production of the Metroid Prime games.

http://sites.google.com/site/tonygio...attredirects=0

Its a proposal document for "Metroid 1.5" (working title) a rejected Metroid game set to take place between Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It seems Tony was tasked to write it up following some internal meetings at Retro, and is nearly 7000 words long. Its fascinating!

That link wasn't working when I tried it, but there's more concept art and extensive excerpts here. Via.

*Previously: Metroid paper toy.

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Papercraft Metroid

Download the Metroid paper toy here.

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Super Smash Bros. figurines

Rust This World turned Marvel Super Hero Squd figurines into an entire line of Super Smash Bros. toys.

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Samus Mighty Mugg

Samus custom Mighty Mugg by Sid.

*See more custom Metroid toys at Toycutter.

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Watch a suped-up Samus fight a giant tentacled-space monster (spoilers)

Here's the last 10 minutes of Metroid: Other M - - Samus, at the height of her powers, fights a giant tentacled-space monster, and then, for no apparent reason, strips down to her Zero Suit to flee a self-destructing spaceship. (The writing in this game was embarrassingly bad.)

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Zero Suit Samus cosplay

Zero Suit Samus cosplay by Yukilefay.

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Death's Head Samus

Samus, Lots-o-Huggin Bear, and Read Dead Redemption by Adam Sidwell, who has prints on sale here. Via.

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Metroid: Other M playthrough

Opening cinema and first boss fight from Metroid: Other M. When I last checked, the Youtube user had uploaded the first two and a half hours or so of the game. (Samus and her new finishing moves look great, but otherwise the game gets stale fast. It's more or less the exact same Metroid scenes and enemies you've seen many, many, many times before.)

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Samus

Samus by Joe Roberts. Via.

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Lego Samus

Lego Varia Suit and Zero Suit Samus by Pepa Quin.

Relatedly, here's a roundup of fairly damning reviews of Metroid: Other M.

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Metroid custom toys

In honor of Metroid: Other M's release, here's some of the custom armored and Zero Suit Samus action figures and vinyl toys I've previously featured at my custom toy site:


GDXToyz.



red183.




KodyKoala






Narpa Sword.




red3183.



Batman1016.





Rust This World/Dylan Pommer.




Sabretooth.



SomaKun.



Artist unknown.

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Samus is the best Pokemon

Samus via these sites.

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Metroid: Other M launch trailer, lackluster reviews, desktop wallpapers, and cosplay

There are a few new Metroid desktop wallpapers at the official site. Kotaku gave it a fairly strong review (while criticizing the "annoying" controls). Destructoid gave it only a 6.5 out of 10. But the launch trailer is pretty cool.

The game comes with a $20 credit if you buy it at Amazon.

And here's a new Samus cosplay photo by Yuki LeFay. Her Samus gallery is great