Metroid Database.com

Following up on the release date of Other M that I reported yesterday, the official Japanese Other M site is no longer a "teaser" site, but now a full-fledged website, focusing on different aspects of the game. It is complete with some excellent background music by composer Kuniaki Haishima (Title Theme & Theme of Samus Aran), and features new screenshots (just 4 for the moment) and some awesome new prerendered CG footage. Get over to Metroid.jp and check it out!

We can only hope the English site will get the same treatment eventually... Only time will tell.

UPDATE: ph00tbag from the forums has run the text on the Japanese site through a translator, confirming the presence of Ice Beam, Wave Beam/Scatter Beam and what appears to be missile fire rate increased from that of Metroid Prime. Names of Samus' dodge and counterattack abilities include Dodge, Lethal Strike (counterattack like a kick), and Overblast (leaping onto an enemy and shooting him). In addition, the site emphasizes NES-style controls. We also discovered that the Bottle Ship is a colony of some kind... -CC

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