CaptainDurangis made note of a little problem with Super Smash Bros. Brawl up until now--the problem being for us in particular. What might be any problem, you ask? Where is all the Metroid? So far, we have Samus as a character, a song, a Metroid assist trophy, and a stage for Norfair (info here). Seems like there should be a little more so such an old and well known series. He explains in one of his posts:

I'm still waiting for ANY playable Metroid characters. And no...Zero Suit Samus does not count as an extra character even if she's separate...it's still Samus. Ridley in one of his forms? Dark Samus? Something else? Come on...we need some representation here...this being one of Nintendo's top franchises.

Some more Metroid-themed ATs would be nice too. We know we've got a Metroid...what about Ninja Space Pirate, Etecoons and Dachoras, or a boss character? Actually, now that I think about it, an X Parasite AT could be pretty cool...it comes out and makes a bunch of copies of a character.

I don't really care. Metroid is just too under-represented.

My own opinions? I think it is still too early to be demanding much... though that stage or assist trophy up on the website would be some good coverage. I'm half expecting to see Dark Samus as a character in the end, what with all the attention she's been getting for the past two Metroid titles.

Labels: Metroid, ssbb