Interesting ideas! For me, Metroid is defined by-
1) Exploring unpredictable, alien spaces where traps, treasure, dead ends, and secret passages could be anywhere.
2) Gaining strange new abilities that make previously ordinary things appear extraordinary
3) Being allowed to follow your own path
4) Feeling alone
5) Working precision shots and jumps
Those are the things that define the series for me. Other M lost most of those things, making the game feel like Metroid in name only. I don't think it would be hard for Nintendo to bring those core elements back though.
1) Exploring unpredictable, alien spaces where traps, treasure, dead ends, and secret passages could be anywhere.
2) Gaining strange new abilities that make previously ordinary things appear extraordinary
3) Being allowed to follow your own path
4) Feeling alone
5) Working precision shots and jumps
Those are the things that define the series for me. Other M lost most of those things, making the game feel like Metroid in name only. I don't think it would be hard for Nintendo to bring those core elements back though.
@Jonathan Holmes Those are what makes the game great for me as well. I honestly hope the next Metroid is not a prequel or interquel. I want it to be a continuation of the series from Fusion, when Samus ends in deep shit with the feds because of what she did. She'll have her friends on the inside supporting her but maybe the next game should the federation up against Samus other than with her. And her AI companion might be able return, but not in the way that it will make the game linear. It's a game about a bounty hunter. Nothing should be linear. Oh, and maybe they should let her buy things like weapons, she is a bounty hunter after all. She must be swimming in money.
I guess I'm the opposite: Metroid is my favorite Nintendo franchise, too, and I loved Other M. I thought the story was great, I didn't mind the voice acting, and I have no idea why people complained about Samus so much. The lack of exploration was kind of a turn-off, I will admit, but the game itself is very much welcome in the series, as far as I'm concerned.

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