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| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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| Writer(s) | Yoshio Sakamoto |
| Composer(s) | Kuniaki Haishima |
| Series | Metroid |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Metroid: Other M[a] is an action-adventure game developed by Tecmo Koei's Team Ninja and Nintendo and published by Nintendo for the Wii on August 31, 2010. It is the eighth main installment of the Metroid series, and takes place between the events of Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. The player controls intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran, who investigates a derelict space station with a Galactic Federation platoon, including her former commanding officer, Adam Malkovich.
Longtime Metroid director and series creator Yoshio Sakamoto approached Team Ninja to develop Other M, while animation studio D-Rockets handled the cutscenes. The development team employed a simple control scheme to make the game appealing to modern players, and gave significant focus on plot and characterization, with extensive cinematics and voice acting. Other M is played from a third-person perspective using only the Wii Remote, and focuses on exploration and combat. It introduces melee attacks which can only be executed when an enemy's health is reduced.
Metroid: Other M received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its elaborate cutscenes, graphics and action-oriented gameplay, receiving honors from several publications, but its story proved to be controversial and a point of criticism among both critics and the Metroid fanbase. Despite being the third-best-selling video game in Japan during its first week of release and the ninth best-selling game in North America during September 2010, sales were considered disappointing for a flagship Nintendo franchise. The Metroid series entered an extended hiatus following its release, not seeing an original series entry until Metroid Prime: Federation Force in 2016, and not seeing another mainline series entry until Metroid Dread in 2021.
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