I wouldn't defend the gameplay myself but I'm proud of the board for mostly accepting that the story is trash, just visited a metroid fan forum where the moderator was freaking out at people for disliking other m and how much negativity it's brought to the series. yes, hate the fans instead of sakamoto and team ninja for making this abortion LOL
it really is unfortunate that metroid will probably be shelved for a long time again if not permanently as a result of other m, but that's all on the game developers and I guess a little on nintendo for their new attitude that anything that isn't guaranteed to sell a million copies isn't even worth localizing themselves, much less making in the first place. were we supposed to lie and say this game was great?