Metroid: Other M wrote: Samus*: Say that the Zebesians, under Ridley's influence, became super-aggressive... Would that really lead to the resurrection of the Space Pirates?
(The camera switches to different scenes of Cyborg Zebesians and empty, messy laboratories. Each camera feed is identified as "CAM" 003, 007, 012, 017, 019, 015 and 005)
Samus*: Without a malicious force to lead them down that path, wouldn't they continue to merely follow their instincts, ultimately becoming no more than a swarm of feral creatures?
Metroid: Zero Mission wrote: Planet Zebes... I called this place home once, in peaceful times, long before evil haunted the caverns below. Now, I shall finally tell the tale of my first battle here
Metroid Game Manual wrote: After a desperate search, the Federation Police have at last found the pirates' headquarters, the fortress planet Zebes, and luanched a general attack. But the pirates' resistance is strong, and the Police have been unable to take the planet
Metroid Game Manual wrote: Ridley
It's the original life form of planet Zebes and is controlled by Mother Brain.
Metroid: Zero Mission wrote: As a last resort, the Federation police decided on a risky strategy: to send a lone space hunter to penetrate the pirate base and destroy the mechanical life-form that controlled the fortress and its defenses-the Mother Brain.
Here we have a contradictions with the first Metroid game, Super Metroid, and Metroid: Zero Mission. The Pirates are not Zebesians, and they are not animals who need a computer to tell them what to do.Super Metroid Game Manual wrote: Space Pirate-Keyhunters
These creature are pirates from another galactic system who helped rebuild Zebes. When they lose their wings, they spit powerful acid.
This is a direct contradiction to Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, but the Prime series is disregarded by Other M in general.Metroid: Other M wrote: Samus*: It was the first joint mission I'd been a part of since becoming a freelance bounty hunter. And, of course, it was the first time since my Federation days that I was following the orders of a commanding officer.
wrote: (The camera slowly moves toward a cluster of asteroids and space debris. Large blue energy particles streak through the debris, impacting several objects. A stylised human fetus is then shown within a nebulous environment. The camera zooms in on the child within, revealing it as a young Samus. As the young Samus opens her eyes, the cry of a Metroid is heard. The eyes morph into an adult Samus, wearing her Varia Suit)
Samus*: Why am I still alive?
(From Samus' point of view, she perceives an industrial environment. Her Energy Tanks are slowly recharging. The camera slowly pans away from Samus, showing her hanging in mid-air, held up by the massive infant Metroid)
Samus*: The baby...
(The colossal shape of Mother Brain - as her final boss form in Super Metroid - eventually comes into view. Mother Brain repeatedly fires at the infant Metroid. Samus' Energy Tanks continue to recharge. The infant Metroid completely restores Samus' Energy Tanks. It releases Samus and dives at Mother Brain, only to be struck by a fatal energy beam. Samus falls to the ground, reaching up to the dying Metroid. Samus hits the ground and slowly rises from the floor. The infant Metroid explodes, sending millions of particles raining down on Samus. Mother Brain advances on Samus, unaware of the danger Samus now poses)
Samus: Mother... Time to go!
(Samus prepares her Hyper Beam, intending to utterly destroy Mother Brain. The screen white-outs to the present. Samus is resting within a pristine laboratory, fitted with a respirator over her mouth. Her Varia Suit is deactivated, and her Zero Suit is visible. The respirator swings away from her mouth, and a video screen moves into position above her. A man wearing glasses appears on the video screen)
Head Quarantine Officer: OK, Samus. Everything's normal.
(Samus slowly opens her eyes)
Samus*: I awoke to the familiar voice of a quarantine officer. Head Quarantine Officer: Let's try sitting up, huh? Slowly now.
(Samus begins to move her limbs, as though recovering from a deep sleep)
Samus*: A dream—I had been reliving the tragic moments of my recent past. Thanks to the Hyper Beam, which was given to me somehow by the baby, I laid Mother Brain to waste.
(A visual flashback is shown to the moment when Samus defeated Mother Brain. Samus' gunship rockets away from the exploding planet Zebes)
Samus*: And the explosion that followed destroyed planet Zebes, along with the remains of Mother Brain, the Space Pirates, and my long-standing nemesis, Ridley.
(Galactic Federation personnel are shown inspecting Samus' battle-damaged armour. The camera pans out from Samus' left eye, returning to the present)
Samus*: And the baby...
Super Metroid wrote: I next fought the metroids on their home world, SR388. I completely eradicated them except for a larva, which after hatching followed me like a confused child...
I personally delivered it to the Galactic research station at Ceres so the Scientists could study its energy producing qualities...
The scientists' findings were astounding! They discovered that the powers of the metroid might be harnessed for the good of civilization!
Satisfied that all was well, i left the station to seek a new bounty to hunt. But, I had hardly gone beyond the asteroid belt when I picked up a distress signal!
Ceres station was under attack!!
Spuer Metroid Game Manual wrote: Her final victory was against the enormous Metroid Queen. When the queen was defeated, Samus discovered a metroid egg which hatched before her eyes. Even this hardened bounty hunter could not destroy the metroid larva. When the larva sensed Samus' presence, it clung to her as though it had found its mother.
Samus packed up the metroid larva and took it with her to the Space Science Academy on the Galactic Federation Space Colony where scientists could study the creature and understand its special organic structure.
Other M would have us believe that Samus had a strong emotional bond with the metroid hatchling, but Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion do not seem to show a strong emotional bond. Super Metroid seems to paint Samus as caring little for the metroid, and willing to leave the creature with people who may vivisect or do other horrible things it. Samus's actions don't seem to be those of a caring mother.Metroid: Fusion wrote: They prposed using a Metroid cell to make an anti-X vaccine. It seems that the Federation had managed to preserve a cell culture from the last infant Metroid from SR388. The serum was prepared and injected without delay.
The X-parasites were immediately and completely destroyed.
As for me, one life ended... yet I survived, reborn as something different.
Pondering this fact, I realize... i owe the Metroid hatchling my life twice over.
It should also be noted that Samus has also had friends and loved ones killed in front of her before as part of her basic back story, and yet never seemed to freak out.
Metroid: Other M wrote: Samus: Adam, was the Galactic Federation experimenting with bioweapons? Adam: Looks like it. Samus: Use of bioweapons is strictly prohibited. Adam: Of course it is. What's happened here is illegal. Samus: Who is Madeline Bergman? Adam: Must be the person in charge here. Is that all you've got? Samus*: I didn't need to press Adam about it any further. I knew his mind. Not only was he a strong opponent of bioweapons, he was against the use of living things for unnecessary reasons, period.
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Survivor: You're lying! I know the Galactic Federation wants to silence everyone who knows about our work here!
Metroid: Fusion wrote:SC: It's gotten worse. The damage seems to have been caused by a creature kept here by the researchers, who named it... the Nightmare. Apparently, it was a bio-mechanical organism designed for military applications... It possesses uncommon power and can manipulate gravity. We must assume that it's become an X-host. We have no choice. You must find it and defeat it. I can't confirm the location. Is your objective clear? Yes No.
So in spite of what happened in Other M the Federation expects Samus to just walk away?Metroid: Fusion wrote: Samus: I'd been assigned to watch over Biologic's research team, so I once again found myself on the surface of SR388.
(Pan down a wide open landscape on SR388 to an underground chamber)
(Samus and two Federation officers enter the chamber and encounter a lone Hornoad. Samus opens fire and destroys the target with a missile. A free-floating X parasite emerges and attaches itself to Samus)
Samus: It was there that I was attacked by a life-form I had never encountered before.
SC: Samus, we're done here. Leave the rest to the Federation... We should be preparing to evacuate the station...
(Samus' portrait appears along with a speech box)
Samus: Are you joking?! Do they know how dangerous the X are? ...How quickly they reproduce? SC: The Federation has taken an interest in the X and SA-X. They believe this life-form had endless potential applications. Samus: This is ridiculous! The X are heartless abominations! What potential could they have? SC: It is not necessary that you understand such matters. The Federation is coming now. You should just leave quietly... Samus: This is madness! They won't stand a chance here! This station will devour them! What could be worth the risk!? SC: Capturing the SA-X, of course. Samus: ...Are you serious? Do they really think they can succeed? SC: It will certainly be difficult. They don't expect your help. They knew you would try to destroy the SA-X... That's why they stopped sending you support data... The Plasma Beam modification was ready some time ago, but they withheld it to keep you from engaging the SA-X. Yet somehow you restored that function on your own... They also tried to withhold the Diffusion Missile upgrade because they didn't want you to grow too powerful. But they had already sent it, and you tracked it down... Bravo, Samus. Samus: They must cancel this mission! Open a channel to HQ! I won't let this happen! SC: They are already on their way. Samus: Fools...
Why isn't Samus talking about the fact that biological weapons are illegal?
Why is Samus working for the Federation at all? They just tried to have her killed.
Metroid: Other M wrote: With Samus' help, Adam's team defeats a gigantic creature. Adam uses the incident as an opportunity to ask Samus for her aid if she'll be willing to follow his orders. As the soldiers split up to search the area, Samus begins on her assigned task: restoring power to the Main Sector.
So Adam is suppose to be a competent commander if not a military genius according to Metroid: Fusion, and Computer Adam is competent, but Other M Adam is a total idiot.Metroid: Fusion wrote: Samus: That perfect military mind... The wisdom of Adam Malkovich continued to serve even after death. Until today, I had no idea that the minds of leaders and scientists were frequently uploaded to computers. My incredible reunion with Adam may have saved the universe...
After needing all firepower his men and Samus had to defeat a single monster he plans to split his men up. In the end only one of Adam's men survived do to what amounts to dumb luck after being thrown into lava, and not being seen again until the very end.
Metroid: Other M wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQ5GDld-5w
Metroid: Zero Mission wrote: The timing of my escape couldn't have been worse. i was attacked by Space Pirates and left nearly defenseless, stripped of my Power Suit. All I had for protection was my rather useless emergency pistol. Infiltrating the Space Pirate Mother Ship so armed may have been foolish, but i had no choice... Could i survive long enough to escape?
Other m would have us believe Samus' armor is not a physical construct, but this contradicts every other Metroid game.Metroid: Fusion wrote: It then came to light that the organic components of my Power Suit had become so integrated with my system that it could not be removed while I was unconscious. Large portions of my suit had to be surgically removed, dramatically altering my physical appearance. However, the X in my central nervous system were too embedded to be removed safely. I was given a minimal chance of survival.
Why is Samus back to her old self by the time of Metroid Fusion? PTSD and other problems like that don't go away. they aren't something you ever actually get over, and yet there is no sign of the behaviors witnessed in Other M, and to be honest, she never would have even gotten the mission in the first Metroid game had she not been mentally sound.
Metroid: Other M wrote:Samus: But in order to control Metroids, you need Mother Brain's telepathy. You don't... You didn't re-create a Mother Brain clone, did you?
(Madeline shakes her head, no)
Madeline: It's artificial intelligence.
(She looks up at Samus)
Madeline: We developed an AI program that would reproduce Mother Brain's thought processes.
(A computer representation of a brain is shown among flickering scenes of a human eye)
Madeline: We called it "MB." Samus: But it was just a program. It wasn't the mother herself. Madeline: MB evolved as it communicated with the Metroids. It appears as though it began to become self-aware... much like the original Mother Brain. It's really quite remarkable...
Metroid: Fusion wrote:Samus: That perfect military mind... The wisdom of Adam Malkovich continued to serve even after death. Until today, I had no idea that the minds of leaders and scientists were frequently uploaded to computers. My incredible reunion with Adam may have saved the universe...
Metroid Game Boy Advanced Game Manual wrote: As a last resort, the Federation Police decided on a risky strategy: to send a lone space hunter to penetrate the pirate base and destroy the mechanical life-forn that controlled the fortress and its defenses-the Mother Brain.
In spite of what Other M might say, A.I. are nothing unusual to Samus or the Federation, and Mother Brain style computers are not rare as well. They use them in security robots.
Metroid: Other M wrote: Madeline: MB was trying to get revenge on the Federation Army... and on us. It's possible all humans have become the target of her hatred.
So Other M seems to claim that the Galactic Federation is only made up of humans in spite of the fact that Metroid always stated the Federation was a multi-species organization?Metroid Game Manual page 3 wrote: http://metroid.retropixel.net/gallery.p ... image_id=3
Metroid: Other M wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6OFEftJBa4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ez4VOH2v3s
Metroid: Fusion wrote:Following the commands of this blunt, computerized CO is something I have to bear, as it was a condition of my taking the ship. For someone who dislikes taking orders, this is the second time I've found myself having to do so. It makes me recall my other CO...
Metroid: Fusion wrote:Samus, you shouldn't have done that. You ignored your orders. You may have to pay a price for that quite soon...
Metroid: Fusion wrote:Samus: Open the hatch! SC: I have been ordered to confine you until the ships arrive. Samus: Don't let them do this. Can't you see what will happen, Adam?
Samus in Other m has no problem with following orders no matter how dangerous and stupid they are.Metroid: Fusion wrote:Samus: As soon as the Federation ships land, the X will overwhelm them and absorb the knowledge and power of their occupants. The X are just waiting for the hunt to begin, and then they'll spread across the universe. Galactic civilization will end. The X hunger for form, knowledge, and power. They mimic these perfectly. But they cannot copy the soul. They're single-minded, instinctively seeking to increase in number. They're a plague, and the Federation underestimates their threat. The X must not leave here. I must destroy them all before the Federation arrives. This station has a self-destruct mechanism. I must use it to destroy the X here and on the planet. I must send them to oblivion. Them, the station, and myself, if I have to.
Samus in Fusion follows orders if she feels like it, and will do what she feels needs to be done orders be damned. She hates being told what to do.
Samus's statement about not liking to have a CO telling her what to do would imply she has not had anyone ordering her around since she left the military. This would seem to imply the Samus seen in Fusion never lived through the events of Other M. If she had, she would be comparing
You'll note Samus's in Other M reaction is drastically different from every other battle. Her freezing up like that does not make sense because she never did that at any other time. The closest thing to the panic attack in Other M is the cartoon in Zero Mission, but that does not cause the same problems, does not appear in later battles.Every Battle Samus has with a Ridley wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJW1KcaD80k
Conclusion
Other M is suppose to take place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion, but I conclude that it takes place in an alternate timeline/universe from every other Metroid game, or is some sort of test of a Samus clone by an undefined party.