I’ll admit, I haven’t played any of the FPS Metroid games.  Hell, I haven’t played a Metroid since the SNES installment.  I’ve never been much of a fan of the console FPS games.  I learned pretty well with Call of Duty: World at War and CoD4, but that was in the PS3 era; I hadn’t yet grown accustomed to FPS when the GameCube was in it’s “Prime” (LOL puns make me laugh).

Anyway, what makes this new episode (prequel?) in the Metroid line special is that it’s developed by Team Ninja who brought us stunning visuals in Ninja Gaiden Sigma and the Dead or Alive series.  Not to mention the boobtastic DOA Xtreme.

Other M appears to incorporate a variety of gameplay styles, from side-scroller, 3rd person and FPS alike.  Ridley makes an appearence in the video as well as some new otherworldly baddies.

The only complaint I have is the apparent short hair Samus exhibits.  Her voice is awesome, her zero-suit is sexy, but she’s always had lengthy locks.  It’s that long hair style that gives her just enough feminism to juxtapose the violence she delivers while suited up.  Cropping it short seems to take away a little from that quality.  But I digress.

–SnowytheGeek

**UPDATE**

Apparently I didn’t watch the trailer close enough.  The brief shot of Samus in her Zero suit shows long hair.  Which begs the question: who is the other gal?  Sister?  Younger self?  The shot below appears at the 0:54 mark.

Samus has long hair.