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    What game are you guys playing?  I've been playing it almost exclusively in handheld mode and yes it's a little soft but never what I'd describe as pixelated.

    I have noticed the framerate dropping though, usually the first thirty seconds or so after I've woke it from sleep mode.

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    The digital + season pass bundle is a bit naff, there's no discount versus buying separately.

    Having new quests and brand new story content separate makes me hopeful that this is an expansion-esque download to backup that steep price.  Not hopeful enough that I'm going to blindly buy it though.

    I had got the Collector's Edition pre-ordered but I think I'm going to just cancel that and buy the standard.

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    Well Amazon have screwed me over with the Xbox One X.  Ordered within minutes of it going up and they've not delivered it today, not told me why they haven't delivered it today and the website is still saying it's going to be despatched today to arrive today.  My friend who ordered five days later has received theirs today.

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    I’m really enjoying this.  Easily as much as I enjoyed Hyrule Warriors.

    I do have two issues with it though and they’re not exclusive to this game.

    1. Let me have English audio with no subtitles.
    2. Let me use the touch screen in portable mode.  This is another game where there are menu items all over the screen but instead of being able to click on them, I have to navigate using the controller.

    Has anybody picked up the 3DS version?

    I wonder if the season pass will be as good as the Hyrule Warriors one.  I haven’t looked at the details for it yet so I have no idea what it includes.

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    8 hours ago, Ike said:

    Glad you got yours, just got shipping confirmation now. Hoping it arrives tomorrow.

    If you’re on Prime try having a moan over CS. I know it’s only a day but what’s the point of pre-ordering if you don’t get it on release day?

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    2 hours ago, Ike said:

    Did you order the LE or the regular edition? My LE still says "shipping soon".

    I ordered the LE.  In a weird twist of events, I got an email about twenty minutes ago saying it's out for delivery today and received it just now.  It sounds like they've had a bit of trouble getting these out to people.

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    Super Metroid is my favourite game of all time and it was the first Metroid game that I played.  I first got my hands on it on my now brother-in-law's SNES in the 90s.  I played it many times over back then and now play it once a year or so via the Virtual Console.

    I remember the first time I played it I felt a genuine rush during the intro when trying to escape the space station.  When I finally got to the planet and kept finding new places to explore as I progressed I honestly thought that games would never get bigger than it. 

    The music is cracking.  I still find myself whistling the tunes.  And some people have made very good covers of them.

    The sprite work is excellent and it still looks really good to this day.  The story and atmosphere are amazing.  Yes there's not much in the way of story segments after you get past the intro, but that's all you need to know.  If you try to put too much in you end up with Metroid Other M.  It's very much an example of less is more.

    There are a couple of gameplay functions that have aged a little.  For example, the later games have had the ability to hold onto ledges and don't get me started on space jump timing.  Both of which annoy me when I go back to Super Metroid now.  This is going to sound a little like heresy but if MercurySteam were to remake it in Samus Returns vision, I think I'd be okay with it.

    I firmly believe that without this game we wouldn't have the awesome Batman Arkham series.

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    On 04/04/2017 at 1:16 AM, nekunando said:

     

    Strangely, I too have been considering picking up a couple of VC games on Wii before it's too late! I may look tomorrow :hehe:

    There’s now an official date where it will be too late.

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    End date of each service

    • Adding points to the Wii Shop Channel: Monday 26th March 2018 at 20:00 UK time
    • Purchase of WiiWare, Virtual Console software, Wii Channels (including free software)*: Thursday, 31st January 2019 at 06:00 UK time
    • Full closure of the Wii Shop Channel and disabling of redownload functions in 2019 (more details to be announced at a later date)

     

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    10 hours ago, Glen-i said:

    It might be easier on your eyes to have the slider up only partway through. Not everyone is comfortable with full whack 3D. I know I'm not, and the 3D is strong in this particular game. Looks great though.

    I went back and re-enabled Super Stable 3D and set the slider to half way, it still kept snapping out of focus.  So I still think the tracking camera is either failing or struggling to work when playing the game.

    Thankfully using 3D on full but without Super Stable 3D works fine, I just have to get in the sweet spot like the original 3DS.

  25. Posted

    Finally got around to playing this today.  I've just used the second elevator and now have a flashing red light on my 3DS.

    I'm really enjoying the game.  It's fairly linear so far but Metroid II was fairly linear to begin with.  The detail in everything is amazing.  Plus all the musical cues are spot on!

    The most annoying thing has been that the R button doesn't point your gun downwards.  That's purely an issue because of how much I've played Super Metroid.  I'm also not a fan of how the ice beam doesn't destroy a basic enemy on a second hit.

    I really like the melee counter ability, it makes Samus seem even more badass.  Not so keen on Aeion abilities, the scan pulse feels a bit out of place at the minute.  Maybe they'll grow on me.

    The enemies are nice 3D versions of the ones seen in Metroid II & Fusion.

    The stereoscopic 3D is really well used in this game.  Gives a good depth to the areas and makes the shattering ice have more effect.  I've experienced no noticeable frame dips so far, which is very impressive with how much detail there seems to be.  Saying all that... I wouldn't have complained had this been 1080p on my TV without 3D either... 

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