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I obtained an original NES when I was five years old and still have it, along with all the Nintendo consoles since, all of which can be hooked up and played within a moment's notice. Oh, and I still have the old Zapper. Whoopee.

I am not a Nintendo fanboy (not completely, anyway) since I did own a Playstation for a while, and now have an Xbox 360 after having the original Xbox for the last year of it's run, and find myself all over it's achievements like a madman. I'm up to 33000 or so as of this writing in July '07. Check my Gamercard if you're from the future to see where I am now!

Favourite games include, but are not limited to: Zelda, Metroid and Mario anything (BEE SUIT). Resident Evil since I got hooked on the GC remake, Halo (don't kill me!), Grim Fandango, pretty much all the N64 Rare made games including Conker's Bad Fur Day, the C&C series, Monkey Island series, YDKJ series (don't know what that is, do you?), Eternal Darkness, Killer7, GTA series, the Myst series, the Worms games before they went to 3D and even though I can't hit the orange note half the time.. Guitar Hero.

Those games were listed in the order I thought of them, I'm not going to re-arrange them in my preferance order. Who knows which I like the most?!

Oh, and for crap I own.. I'm big into soundtracks, so whenever I can, I get the soundtrack to a game. And I mean, the actualy disc, not just downloading it. That's pretty hard where I live, so.. yeah. Hardcore, I guess. Woo.
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The Truth About Mother Brain?
Amethystine | 1:44 AM on 08.14.2007 12 comments


So! Auroras, eh?

Spoilers of a trailer within:

The newest trailer for Metroid Prime 3 has some spooky details revealed about an interesting bit of technology within the Metroid Universe. Allow me to paraphrase: 'Developed by Galactic Federation scientists, an Aurora is a biological super computer. Originally intended for scientific use, they are now used by large companies, the military, etc. Thousands of Auroras have been produced and are assigned female, male, or gender neutral personas. All of them can be linked via a network, giving them access to a near limitless database.'

(Aww, isn't that cute, they have the internets too!)

The most interesting thing that can be seen in this trailer is what an Aurora looks like. Although in 3D, it's hard to recognize. Not until I saw one in a water filled, glass tube, surrounded by familiar tubing and automated defences did I realize. It's a freaking Mother Brain!

Now, anyone who's seen the trailer knows this already, of course. Although, in truth, the declaration should be: 'Mother Brain was an Aurora supercomputer!'

Thanks to this new preview, we can be certain we will see an Aurora in Prime 3. Hopefully not an evil one, though.. of course, since we know now they're really just tools used by organizations, it's really up to whoever owns these fancy PCs to dictate their personality. I guess. It may be that Samus will need to interact with one that the Federation owns and utilizes. Or one of each variety.

The unfortunate North America cartoonization of all the Nintendo franchises decades ago lead people to think 'Mother Brain' was a sort of Queen of the Space Pirates, that talked and.. well, mostly talked, I guess. And wore make-up. I never saw those old cartoons. But still, did they have to do that?



Anyway, I always believed old Brainy was simply a hub controlling force, but it seems now that it may have simply been a computer to analyse logistical data and perhaps advise on the Pirate's next move. Why make a big honking PC the end boss in those old games, though? Well, since it was such an integral part of the Pirates operation (maybe it controlled environmental systems on Zebes too, it's destruction triggering a meltdown of the base, self destruct mechanism or not), it makes sense that Samus would target it after the defeat of all her more mobile foes. Take out their information systems, why not? Of course, all those automated defences and lava didn't hurt to make leave that pile of junk for last.

(Who puts lava in a room with a supercomputer?! They need cooling. God forbid there was a Mother 360!)

Of course, one has to mention Mother Brain's sudden locomotion at the end of Super Metroid. I can only surmise the pirates made that body for their (most likely newly bought/stolen Aurora compy) current Brain, in case they ever had another run in with one of those wacky bounty hunters. Prime 1 mentions briefly that they basically made Ridley a new body after the original Metroid, resulting in Meta-Ridley, so why not make a nice last defence for their persona-acquipped hub computer? It would have worked too, if it weren't for those darn kids.. well, just one kid Metroid.

So! Mother Brain: Evil bio-supercomputer with a mind of it's own and a penchant for galatic domination? Or simply an effective, well guarded tool used by the pirates to strategize and organize?



Also, now I can't help but think about comparisons and paralells between these newly detailed Auroras and the human-personality endowed holographic AIs of Halo.

Uh oh, you can't mix Metroid and Halo! Especially not on Dtoid! I'm doomed!



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Lukich's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 03:28
Lukich
First off, if you check out metroid's website and read the info they have on MP3: Corruption, they say "The Galactic Federation's network computer, Aurora Unit, is suddenly and completely corrupted with something like a virus." SO! I'm going to go with "Evil bio-supercomputer with a mind of it's own and a penchant for galatic domination?" Then again, maybe the Aurora unit is in fact being manipulated, if not by the space pirates, but rather a "virus."
kadosho's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 05:51
kadosho
With the "Aurora" project unveiled, maybe what everyone thought where Prime fitted within the timeline, was actually nix'd. If this is Mother Brain's origin.. everything we thought we knew is on the shelf. But the keynote is that the AI has significance in telling us about 20 years ago, this project was underway until it was corrupted.

*better yet, this makes ai having a persona akin to halo, a walk in the park.. yeah right. But Mother Brain could cause a war ten times worse. If every side of the galaxy endowed these parts within their system, imagine the possibilties. Which is what makes "Corruption" unfold, and Metroid Prime has some taint in this undertow. I wouldnt be surprised if she "fuses" with the one from Zebes chosen to become a harvest. When you think about it, it works in alot of ways.

Then again, Samus being tainted by the Phazon like an addiction could lead to something more. Maybe its the way we undertake in this venture, that could lead to various endings. Lots of possbilties, definitely open for discussion.
Lukich's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 06:50
Lukich
Aww, maybe we don't have many serious Metroid fans on Destructoid? (woot for rhymes!) Whatever, I think the story will be fantastic!
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 07:46
Tubatic
Its interesting giving the Mother Brain a different context. Rather than being the mastermind (no pun intended) behind evil works, maybe it was just this Phazon/Metroid/Aurora hybrid thing that Space Pirates figured they could control, but ultimately got owned by.

Also, this makes Prime more interesting as a pre-quel (which I kind of sort of considered it to be for some reason). It also sets up some reasoning, maybe, behind Samus starting the original Metroid with a stripped down super suit. She gave it all up to save herself from corruption. But, given whatever circumstance that makes the run on Mother Brain at Zebes personal, she pulls her self back in. And picks up all her old toys along the way.

But then, if Prime is truly a sequel after Super Metroid, this could take us down a whole new, very self aware, Samus story. Where now, understanding where all her super crap came from, what the fuck a Metroid really is, and knowing the true nature of Auroras, she's come to enact a personal agenda.

For one last mission. Whatever that means.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 07:48
Tubatic
And, was that maybe the Prime Metroid floating through space? on a rendevous with an Aurora? To become mother brain? SPECULATIONS!!!!!
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 09:01
topgeargorilla
Oh, so I guessed right when I thought it was mother brain. I never played the old metroid, so I wouldn't know.
kintaeb's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 09:58
kintaeb
@topgeargorilla
Go download that right now off VC! $5 for Metroid. :o
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 10:01
topgeargorilla
but I don't Wanna!!!!! :0

I played it on an emulator, and lost interest. Super metroid, now that's a different story...
Amethystine's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 12:15
Amethystine
Ok, stop it. Just stop it. Metroid Prime 1, 2 and 3 all take place firmly between the original Metroid 1 and Metroid 2: The Return of Samus. It's a triology story in the middle, not a prequel or a sequel to Super Metroid. Jeez!

And all this speculation about the Aurora unit in Prime 3 becoming Mother Brain later on is also dumb. They told us there are THOUSANDS of Aurora computers. They practically tell us every big organization has one!

The fact that the pirates had one in the first Metroid and have another one in Super Metroid (or the same, rebuilt one) means nothing! The Aurora(s) in Prime 3 are probably completely unrelated!

That's kind of what I've been trying to say here, gah!
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