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The release of Metroid: Other M has marked many changes to Metroid as we've known it. Aside from the updated gameplay, embellished story and even a voice for Samus, it has also marked a return from the Metroid Prime subseries.

Those of you who have visited the MDb for many years may recall the Metroid Prime 2 Review Diary, a day-to-day account of the Metroid Prime 2 experience by the MDb's founder, TJ. What began as an open-minded and optimistic dive into Planet Aether gradually sank into a dispirited account of his frustration with the game's blandness, difficulty and overall departure from what made the Metroid series so great in the beginning. And so, TJ walked away from his fandom for the series.

But with Other M's marked return came a return to Metroid's roots... A return to the classic trilogy's storyline, a return of classic abilities, and a return to some good-old-fashioned third-person fixed-perspective gameplay. And so like these, TJ has returned to Metroid as well. And he will be journaling the experience.

We will be periodically publishing new entries to TJ's Other M Review Diary. Check out his first entry now, and be watching our Remixes column for more to come!

-Jesse D