Australia gets Galaxy 2 and Other M this summer, what the-

[Mirai Gen]

Ohh, that's right, for some reason I always thought Metroid Prime 2 released before Zero Mission. I thought the ending with Samus shedding her armor in front of the Lumoth was the first appearance of the ZS.

...Goddamn that was dumb. "Duhurrr Zero suit first showed up in a game that isn't Zero Mission."

Originally Posted by Jagos

Actually, it is. Retro had no track record whatsoever and yet they've gone on to build the Metroid franchise into a strong first person platformer. Nintendo watched over them but at the very least, Retro was able to invigorate new life into the franchise.

Retro also took the entire Metroid franchise in a complete different direction.

Team Ninja is aping old school side-scrolling with first-person perspective gameplay. Retro at least did something entirely different that many fans chided them for early on. Before they found it it was, you know, perfect.

Plus Team Ninja kinda has a bad rep anyway.