Metroid: Other M

A part of the Metroid series, it features gameplay in both first- and third-person perspectives, and is the first installment of the franchise to feature melee attacks which could only be executed when an enemy's health was reduced to a certain degree. The game gave significant focus on plot and characterization, with extensive usage of cinematics and voice acting. The regular gameplay features a third person perspective, where players hold the Wii Remote horizontally. Samus can jump, fire the arm cannon, and turn into a morph ball, which can roll into narrow passages and drop energy bombs. While gameplay is similar to early Metroid titles, the game's environments are three-dimensional and movement is not limited to a two-dimensional plane. Other M is the first in the series to feature a melee combat system. With well-timed button presses, players can use special techniques such as the Sense Move, which allows them to dodge enemy attacks, and the Overblast, where Samus jumps on the enemy and fires a charged shot at point-blank range. When the Wii Remote is pointed towards the screen, the angle switches to a first-person view, where players can lock onto targets and fire missiles; however, players cannot move in this perspective. There are several instances where players will have to constantly switch between play modes; for example, fighting off a horde of flying enemies in third person, while switching to first person to destroy their spawn points. Additionally, the first-person mode is also used in exploration, such as locating hidden items.

Main story

9.5 h

Main + extras

11 h

Completionist

13 h

Released

2010 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player

Perspective

First person · Third person

• DD-RocketsDeveloper
• Team NINJADeveloper
• NintendoPublisher

• AAdam Malkovich
• AAnthony Higgs
• BBottle Ship P.A. Announcer
• HHead Quarantine Officer
• IIan Malkovich
• JJeames Pierce
• KK.G. Misawa
• LLyle Smithsonian
• MMadeline Bergman
• MMaurice Favreau
• MMelissa Bergman
• OOperator
• QQuarantine Officer
• Samus Aran
• TThe Colonel

• ESRBTAnimated Blood, Violence
• PEGI16Violence
• CEROBViolence
• USK12No content descriptors
• CLASS IND12Violência (Violence)
• ACBMNo content descriptors

• Action
• Science fiction
• action-adventure
• auto-aim
• backtracking
• behind the waterfall
• betrayal
• bull
• camera shift
• completion percentage
• countdown timer
• cutscene menu
• damsel in distress
• difficulty level

1. Metroid: Zero Mission2004 · Remake
2. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes2004
3. Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt2004
4. Metroid Prime Pinball2005
5. Metroid Prime Hunters2006
6. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption2007
7. Special Mission2008
8. This gameMetroid: Other M2010
9. Metroid: Samus Returns2017 · Remake
10. Metroid Dread2021
11. Metroid Prime Remastered2023 · Remaster
12. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond2025

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• Super Mario Galaxy2007
• Resident Evil 42005
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword2011
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta2010

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