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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Nintendo Treehouse Live E3 2017 Day 1: Metroid Samus Returns

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Hey, look! Metroid gets attention.

Sorry for being behind, but there's so much Nintendo stuff to cover AND SUDDENLY IT'S A NEW WORLD PREMIERE. Keep track of everything using our E3 Weeks 2017 Schedule.

It's Metroid: Samus Returns, a reimagining of Metroid II for the Nintendo 3DS! We live react to it!

(1:05:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf world premiere

(1:05:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: right now

(1:05:59 PM) (rawkhawk2010) whaaaaaaaaaat

(1:06:01 PM) (rawkhawk2010) k

(1:06:07 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: and then demo

(1:06:08 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Woah, unexpected much.

(1:06:08 PM) (rawkhawk2010) JESUS CHRIST

(1:06:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: and developers

(1:06:13 PM) (rawkhawk2010) HOW LONG WILL THIS LOG GO

(1:06:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: WAIT RIGHT NOW

(1:06:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: SHIT

(1:06:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: WHAT IS THIS

(1:06:29 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) METROID

(1:06:29 PM) (rawkhawk2010) MORE METROID

(1:06:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: A METROID

(1:06:31 PM) (rawkhawk2010) GOOD GOD

Metroid Samus Returns trailer
Blasting stuff.


(1:06:37 PM) (rawkhawk2010) WHY WASN'T THIS IN THE DIRECT LOL

(1:06:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: BECAUSE DIRECT WAS SWITCH ONLY

(1:06:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: CHOZO

(1:06:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: SAMUS

(1:06:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: IT'S SAMUS

(1:07:03 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: GRPOSSSVDFN GFG

(1:07:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: IT'S 2D

(1:07:10 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Calling it, this is a Metroid II remake.

(1:07:17 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) It HAS to be.

(1:07:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: METROID SAMUS RETURNS

(1:07:43 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Samus Returns

(1:07:45 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: IT'S A REFERENCE TO FEDERATION FORCE

(1:07:50 PM) (rawkhawk2010) So like Donkey Kong Country Returns?

(1:07:53 PM) (rawkhawk2010) But Samus?

(1:08:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) It looked like Pikmin 3DS except Metroid.

(1:08:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: fbgidfgvdr

(1:08:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Audrey <3

(1:08:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is Teresa a new character?

(1:08:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ya

(1:08:34 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: erm

(1:08:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: employee

(1:08:39 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Teresa > Audrey

(1:08:41 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Exploration based sci-fi action game

(1:08:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Annihilate Metroids

(1:08:54 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: RE-IMAGINATION

(1:08:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: OF METROID II

(1:08:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: VORTEX WAS RIGHT

(1:09:00 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) CLOSE ENOUGH

(1:09:09 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) YES

(1:09:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Releasing September 15

(1:09:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ISOLATION EXPLORATION AND SAMUS IN GENERAL

(1:10:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Samus can aim in 360 degrees


Metroid Samus Returns free aim degrees
Free aim!


(1:10:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: instead of 45 degree angles

(1:11:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Melee Counters

(1:11:15 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ludwig

(1:11:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: yo

(1:11:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) http://i.imgur.com/Lk4Cxgd.png

(1:11:19 PM) (rawkhawk2010) pic ^

(1:11:24 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: EEK

(1:11:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) a pic that no one else will have

(1:11:30 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(1:12:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: is Vortex ok

(1:12:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Morph Ball acquired

(1:12:49 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Concentrating

(1:12:50 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) on

(1:12:52 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) breathing

Metroid Samus Returns Metroid sex nonconsensual
Heavy breathing...


(1:12:53 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Mercyry Steam partner

(1:12:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: *Mercury Steam

(1:13:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: who is Mercury Steam

(1:13:40 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: PAINFUL PURPLE LIQUID

(1:14:05 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MercurySteam

(1:14:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: They worked on Castlevania.

(1:14:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Eon Abilities?

(1:14:28 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Aon?

(1:14:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Got a Scan Pulse

(1:14:37 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Aeion

(1:15:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Scan Pulse scans quadrant and breakable blocks

(1:15:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: makes game easier

(1:15:45 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: But Aeion is limited

(1:16:59 PM) (rawkhawk2010) btw

(1:17:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Metroid detector

(1:17:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "you don't wanna hug a Metroid... necessarily"

(1:17:23 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: There are MAP PINS

(1:17:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: AND NOTES

(1:17:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: makes Metroidvanias much better

(1:18:08 PM) (rawkhawk2010) So is this just a remake or an actual reimagining?

(1:18:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: uhhhh

(1:18:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Well there's a lot of features from Metroid II

(1:18:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: erm

(1:18:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: In this

(1:18:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: that definitely weren't in II

(1:18:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: But hunting Metroids was the whole purpose

(1:18:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: with evolutions

(1:18:45 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol I heard coins being collected as the Metroid was transforming.

(1:18:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: of II

(1:18:56 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I guess the show floor opened.

(1:18:58 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And thought I was hallucinating

(1:19:07 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Dude

(1:19:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) DK Vine is furious.

(1:19:11 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol.

(1:19:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: why

(1:19:20 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Two Metroids

(1:19:24 PM) (rawkhawk2010) No Donkey Kong

(1:19:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: pft

(1:19:35 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) These different Metroid variations haven't been in nearly enough games.

(1:19:36 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: He gets to be a Rabbid

(1:19:39 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ...even though I have a feeling DK will be in Odyssey.

(1:19:45 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: and Odyssey

(1:20:00 PM) (rawkhawk2010) The Rabbid makes DK look bad though tbh.

(1:20:03 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Two Super Metroid composers on the team.

(1:20:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (and worked on every Metroid title since)

(1:20:24 PM) (rawkhawk2010) #LOCKTHEMUP

(1:21:02 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: In this game there are GATES

(1:21:11 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: That you open with Metroid DNA

(1:21:18 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: and now can explore more areas.

(1:21:23 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (instead of ominous rumbles)

(1:22:43 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) I hope the Spiderball controls are better. That was one of the worst parts of Metroid II.

Metroid Samus Returns spring ball acquired
Spring Ball acquired! (But we're using the Spiderball.)

(1:22:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: The 3D effects help the world

(1:23:00 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: but wasn't the whole point that Reggie introduced this on the New 2DS XL?

(1:23:09 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Oh crap this guy is speaking in ENGLISH

(1:23:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I thought he was a Japanese guy

(1:23:35 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Samus woke this guy up from nap

(1:24:07 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "all of the enemies have been redesigned for this version"

(1:24:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf is this guy saying

(1:25:12 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Bomb jump hax

(1:25:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: This looks hard

(1:25:31 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: "Metroid fans have spent hours trying to get to the craziest places using bomb jumps"

(1:25:40 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Maps have been redesigned.

(1:25:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And Jose keeps babbling incoherently.

(1:26:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: TELEPORT STATION

(1:26:36 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: NEW FEATURE

(1:26:57 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So this is opposed to speedrunners saving and quitting and restarting?

(1:28:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: VARIA SUIT

(1:28:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Samus without the shoulder pads looks weird.

(1:28:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ooh I remember this music

(1:29:25 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Apparently Metroid Prime 4 is being developed by Nintendo in Kyoto.

(1:29:27 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Lightning Armour ability

(1:29:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Not Retro.

(1:29:29 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Ya. Magmoor Caverns from Metroid Prime.

(1:29:53 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: dat resource management

(1:29:53 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I dunno about anything Metroid except for what's in Smash and Hunters.

(1:30:06 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Hunters was garbage.

(1:30:10 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Unspeakable dreck.

(1:30:13 PM) (rawkhawk2010) lol

(1:30:43 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I think everyone on the staff has played Metroid Prime except Rawk.

(1:30:50 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I know Kamek adores it.

(1:30:50 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I've played it.

(1:30:58 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I have it.

(1:31:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ...uhhh

(1:31:05 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Fighting Gamma Metroid.

(1:31:08 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I have the whole trilogy.

(1:31:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So why don't you know anything about it?

(1:31:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: So do I!

(1:31:17 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I borrowed them from a friend and...never gave them back.

(1:31:20 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: .......

(1:31:21 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: <_<

(1:31:24 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) So stole them.

(1:31:35 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And quit playing Metroid Prime when I got to an area where Samus was burning.

(1:31:40 PM) (rawkhawk2010) from high temperatures

(1:31:44 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Magmoor Caverns?

(1:31:45 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Then I quit.

(1:31:48 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Maybe.

(1:31:57 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I didn't like it.

(1:32:22 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is this the Fire Emblem Echoes of Metroid?

(1:32:30 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Literally, yes.

(1:32:31 PM) (rawkhawk2010) A reimagining of the second game in the franchise?

(1:32:49 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Reminder that Metroid II was also like

(1:32:55 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: the least cared-for game in the franchise, too.

(1:32:59 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Like Gaiden.

(1:33:03 PM) (rawkhawk2010) yeah

(1:33:12 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Just like Zelda II, too.

(1:33:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) what the hell is it with that?

(1:33:19 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: And SMB2 USA

(1:33:40 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: The only one that did the opposite was Mega Man 2

(1:33:45 PM) (rawkhawk2010) And Star Fox 2

(1:33:49 PM) (rawkhawk2010) because it was literally canceled

(1:33:51 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(1:33:53 PM) (rawkhawk2010) despite being completed

(1:33:55 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) lol

(1:34:36 PM) (rawkhawk2010) *checks Nintendo's stock*

(1:34:44 PM) (rawkhawk2010) It's been rising since noon.

(1:35:45 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Is Samus gonna get this uppercut for Smash?

(1:37:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: eeek

(1:37:06 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Are they showing the whole game?

(1:37:08 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Zeta Metroid

(1:38:14 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: game over

(1:38:17 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Shows Zero Suit Samus

Metroid Samus Returns Zeta boss fight battle Nintendo Treehouse Live 3DS
Will Samus ever be able to beat this thing?


(1:39:12 PM) (rawkhawk2010) metroid's environments are all too dark

(1:39:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) can't these people spend some time outside?

(1:39:38 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Theresa keeps getting game overs.

(1:39:55 PM) (rawkhawk2010) wait, Samus can infinitely jump?

(1:40:08 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Depending on her upgrades.

(1:40:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Not from the start.

(1:40:32 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: (hence why the bomb jump hax exists)

(1:41:24 PM) (rawkhawk2010) teresa sucks

Metroid Samus Returns Zero Suit game over
Hey, I only got this screenshot the THIRD time she got a game over!


(1:41:36 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I'm gonna call her Teresa May

(1:41:47 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

(1:42:01 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Do you acknowledge Audrey's superiority? :)

(1:42:14 PM) (rawkhawk2010) nah she looks like sarah silverman

(1:42:18 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: >_>

(1:43:04 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Theresa won.

(1:43:15 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS

(1:43:17 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Done with Metroid.

(1:43:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Good.

(1:43:27 PM) (rawkhawk2010) ......wait.

(1:43:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: amiibo functionality is active

(1:43:30 PM) (rawkhawk2010) No they're not.

(1:43:39 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: SSB Samus and SSB Zero Suit Samus

(1:43:42 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: and two new amiibo

(1:43:52 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: A Metroid amiibo

(1:43:53 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) QUISHY METROID

(1:43:53 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: HE'S SQUISHY

Metroid amiibo Samus Returns squishy Audrey Nintendo Treehouse Live
SQUISHY


(1:43:54 PM) (rawkhawk2010) squishy metroid

(1:44:04 PM) (rawkhawk2010) IS SAMUS SQUISHY

(1:44:13 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: no

(1:44:16 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Just shiny.

(1:44:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: I forgot Jose was here.

(1:45:07 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Why is a guy who can barely speak English a translator?

(1:45:10 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Where's Bill?

(1:45:22 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: He's not a translator.

(1:45:24 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: He's the developer.

(1:45:26 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: From Spain.

(1:45:28 PM) (rawkhawk2010) .......

(1:45:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: From Mercury Steam.

(1:45:30 PM) (rawkhawk2010) the fuck?

(1:45:33 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: ONE MORE THING TO TALK ABOUT

(1:45:38 PM) (rawkhawk2010) They have developers in Spain?

(1:45:46 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: LAUNCH

(1:45:48 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: SPECIAL EDITION

(1:45:56 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) *gasp*

(1:45:57 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Is that a soundtrack?

(1:45:58 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: of Metroid Samus Returns

(1:45:59 PM) (rawkhawk2010) Yes.

(1:46:10 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: Soundtrack and reversible cover.

(1:46:12 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: 25 tracks.

(1:46:18 PM) (rawkhawk2010) I think I have a crush on Teresa.

(1:47:20 PM) (breezinabout@msn.com) Trailer has 3D functionality on 3DS.

(1:47:25 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: NOOOOOOOOO

(1:47:29 PM) Ludwig Von Koopa: NEXT ARE RABBIDS

(1:47:35 PM) (rawkhawk2010) More Mario. More Rabbids.



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6 comments :

  1. Is there going to be anything on the new Metroid Prime?

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    1. My best guess is "no", since all they had to show was a "4" and it's a 2018 game meaning it shouldn't even have been there.

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    2. Thank you for those details--I hadn't seen it myself, only heard it from a friend and he only said there was going to be a Metroid Prime 4.

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    3. In the log, you see the picture of the 4? They had the 4 for a second or three and then it was Metroid Prime 4 and that's it.

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