Ugh, I just started playing and this is... what the hell. Samus sounds so lifeless and says "baby" so many god damn times at first. Then she just deauthorizes her own use of bombs/missiles without being told and I'm plagued by reminders that Adam must authorize bombs whenever I go morph ball....
The gameplay itself is cool so far, I love Samus' movement; you can clearly see the Ninja Gaiden influences but there's something odd that makes it feel like a tech demo that's just not ending. I'm definitely hating the D-pad use. It's not blind sideways Wiimote hate; I mean, I've played NSMB Wii and Rayman Origins with the sideways controller and it was fine, but this game clearly should be controlled via a stick and I'm not sure what exactly precluded them from using the nunchuk for the game outside of a desire to make the view shift when you point the controller at the screen, and maybe better detection on the timing for the arbitrary direction you choose to dodge in.
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