Preordered both through HLJ. Thank for the heads-up.

Aw man, Zero Suit Samus!?
Dammit, what I wouldn't give for money in my pocket.

It does look incredible, but Other M was so disappointing I couldn't possibly be excited for this figure.

Retro Studios needs to save Metroid again!

and a figma is slightly bigger than a nendo but smaller than a 1/10th

@Armoured Badger
Thanks I only saw a european price and I don't know how to convert rupees to US dollars. That's not an insane price I must say. I think I may partake.

Question: Will the energy blast break off if I clean my ear with it?

@NickCull

Authorization granted.

People told me Other M was bad, so for over a year, I missed out on it.

Then I got it for $20 and loved it - it's a great game.

Of course, it's a great game provided you ignore ANY and ALL story and dialogue, and mute it during any talking scenes. If you do that, it's a really fun, solid action game - and plays just like all the other pre-Prime old school Metroid games with no story.

I don't get it? Why does everyone hate other m, I don't even like metroid that much and the onl. Games I like are suPer metroid and other m, I just dont get it, sorta sickens me that every time I'd go to GameStop I'd see sonic 06 for $15 and other m for $8. Just curious as to why the game repels people.

If you're seriously thinking about pre-ordering these, and are clueless about importing Japanese figures I'd recommend Ami Ami. They're the cheapest, have the fastest/cheapest shipping, and best customer service. Hobby Search is decent, Otacute is pretty good too they give the price in USD so you don't have to worry too much about currency fluctuation.

Blood Splooge Attack!

@Magnalon

Aside from Metroid that has next to nothing to do with this article in particular, but I'd like to make a response. I won't cite the story since that's been done to death. I just want to talk about my displeasure with playing it.

I personally felt that Other M was clunky at best and a colossal mess at worst. Navigating a 3D plane with a D-pad is nearly as ridiculous as either turning the Wii remote to aim missiles in a first person view (which by the way also immobilizes you) or gaining a heat resistant suit only after suffering an entire lava area in the game.

The game was not well thought out in story or design IMO. It's not a great game and it certainly does not compare to the originals and especially not the Prime series that it so eagerly ignored. Also, the auto aiming shooting mechanic was stupid; there was hardly any skill involved.

It was a good idea in concept; fuck I hyped the shit out of that game. But my expectations as a Metroid fan were clearly too high. The game was trash and needs to be retconned (again IMO).

As for putting the TV on mute, the cutscenes are fairly lengthy (hell, they were so proud they fashioned them into a movie) and are can't be skipped when playing. It's difficult to just ignore the cutscenes when you don't even have the option to skip them.

AWWWWWW YEEEEEAAAAAAH

I am always compelled to to put in a vote for Other M being awesome. Opinions!

Its a unique game with a unique control system (than I found very effective) and a nice B-movie plot.

Do they ask for payment as soon as you preorder? Didn't find that in the faqs, or maybe I didn't search well

this is one of the best figures i have seen O____O

quality and color is amazing, and Samus is hot as hell!!!!!!!!!!

Other m is one of my fave wii games and better than all the prime games imho... I hope they stick to a similar formula for a wii u game.

Other M was great. A big (false)complaint that was repeated by lazy reviewers including xplay(big surprise) was that you can't dodge in 1st person mode. You can easily just point off screen, making the game very beatable on expert, The story & voice acting is a matter of opinion-I was happy but it's Nintendo so there is always a bash bandwagon to jump on. I have an old Metroid figure you can replace the helmet with a Samus head. I need these on each side of it!