Have you ever played "Metroid: Other M"? If you haven't, then I strongly recommend you never do. I tried twice to finish it, years apart. Couldn't stand to keep playing it from how frustrated I would become from all the cutscenes retconning and contradicting established lore, turning Samus who was canonically raised by Chozo into a bratty, rebellious teen receiving inferior human military training with other rank-and-file, and from all the fucking cringy monologues. Waiting years to replay it did not change my impression of the game in any way whatsoever. Avoid it if you want to keep a better impression of the Metroid series.
"Other M" was different-enough of a name that people could freely choose to believe it wasn't canon. It wasn't even made by the same company as the previous entries. Metroid Prime 4 is a different matter entirely. If it sucks, it will severely hurt the brand.
Have you ever played "Metroid: Other M"? If you haven't, then I strongly recommend you never do. I tried twice to finish it, years apart. Couldn't stand to keep playing it from how frustrated I would become from all the cutscenes retconning and contradicting established lore, turning Samus who was canonically raised by Chozo into a bratty, rebellious teen receiving inferior human military training with other rank-and-file, and from all the fucking cringy monologues. Waiting years to replay it did not change my impression of the game in any way whatsoever. Avoid it if you want to keep a better impression of the Metroid series.
Yeah I was about to say that if Metroid survived Other M, it can survive a soylennial entry.
"Other M" was different-enough of a name that people could freely choose to believe it wasn't canon. It wasn't even made by the same company as the previous entries. Metroid Prime 4 is a different matter entirely. If it sucks, it will severely hurt the brand.