Metroid Database.com

So I check the Japanese Metroid: Other M website at 9 AM this morning after the Minna no Nintendo Channel update and it's all old stuff. Come back this afternoon, and there's LOTS of new things! This includes a much-desired high resolution version of the "Action & Story" trailer as well as some new gameplay footage in the 'Action' section - including footage of a giant monster from the arctic region. The story section has been updated as well with a recap of Metroid, Metroid 2, and Super Metroid as well as the game's intro cutscenes. There is also a MASSIVE Iwata Asks interview with Mr. Sakamoto, Mr. Hayashi, and Mr. Kitaura which contains a good half-dozen new videos spread throughout. The new footage is direct feed from the jungle, station, and forest zones - including an underground area with some unsettling seismic activity - giving a good sense of the audio as well as some of the moves Samus can make. The interview seems to be covering a lot of territory already discussed in the Minna no Nintendo Channel video interview we recently translated (controls and sense move, cutscene flow, Samus' appearance), though a quick-and-dirty glance through the ever-hilarious Google translate reveals some interesting comments on the third page regarding the production of the cutscenes (300 storyboard images!) and the importance of eye movement for character expression. Hopefully Nintendo will provide us with a translation over the next couple of weeks...

Until next time...
Captain Commando