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Ark, one of our forum members in the UK, got a chance to check out the demo of Metroid: Other M at the London Film & Comic Convention this weekend. He confirmed that the game plays extremely well: "Let me assure you they are very fluid, and it definitely works, like the classic Metroid experience." Which is what we wanted to hear. Though he was not impressed with the game's textures, he conceded that the demo was played on a tiny LCD TV. The screenshots we've seen look very good. Here are his other observations:

-The controls are incredibly fluid
-The status screen contains a character menu with profiles of each person you meet. The other members of Adam's squad are Maurice, James Pierce (the guy with the mustache), K.G. Wong (glasses, team engineer). This is in addition to Lyle (demolitions) and Anthony Higgs.
-Samus' thumbs-down against Adam was part of her rebellious teen years.
-Missile expansions add only one missile
-Two mysterious upgrades are Energy Parts=0 and Accel. Units=0. (Current thoughts are these are related to energy tanks and the Shine Spark.)
-There are lots of cutscenes that cannot be skipped (at least on firsts play...).

Thanks a bunch, Ark!

Until next time...
Captain Commando