Metroid: Other M
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North American and PAL region box art
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| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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| Writer(s) | Yoshio Sakamoto |
| Composer(s) | Kuniaki Haishima |
| Series | Metroid |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 79/100 (71 reviews) |
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| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B- |
| Edge | 8/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Famitsu | 35/40 |
| G4 | 2/5 |
| Game Informer |
US 6.25/10 AUS 8.0/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GamesRadar | 7/10 |
| GameTrailers | 8.6/10 |
| IGN | 8.5/10 |
| ONM | 91 percent |
| The Daily Telegraph | 7/10 |
| The A.V. Club | B |
| Wired | 9/10 |
Metroid: Other M is an action-adventure video game developed by "Project M", a team consisting of members from Nintendo, Team Ninja and D-Rockets, and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. It is part of the Metroid series, and was released in North America on August 31, 2010. This was shortly followed by the release in Japan, Australia and Europe in September 2010. The game is set between the events of Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. The player assumes the role of bounty hunter Samus Aran, who investigates a derelict space station along with a Galactic Federation platoon, which includes her former commanding officer, Adam Malkovich.
Other M is played from a third-person perspective using only the Wii Remote, and focuses on exploration and combat. The game introduces melee attacks which could only be executed when an enemy's health was reduced to a certain degree. Impressed with the 2004 action game Ninja Gaiden, series co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto approached Team Ninja to develop Other M, while D-Rockets was brought in to handle the in-game cutscenes. The development team employed a simple control scheme to make the game more intuitive and attractive, and gave significant focus on plot and characterization, with extensive usage of cinematics and voice acting.
Upon release, Other M received favorable reviews, with much praise to its gameplay, music, graphics and overall atmosphere. Some journalists, however, criticized its plot and Samus' characterization in the game, which was considered negative deviation from the series' norm. The game also received honors and distinctions from several journalistic sites and magazines, including Entertainment Weekly, Game Informer, Wired, GameTrailers, and IGN. Other M was the third best-selling video game in Japan during its week of release, and the ninth best-selling game in North America during September 2010. The game's long-term sales numbers were far below Nintendo's expectations, as a half a million copies were sold in North America by November 2010. Other M was re-released in Japan and Europe on the Wii U's Nintendo eShop in March 2016 and in North America in December 2016.
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