E3 2007 Media | Metroid Prime 3 Screentastic Wii Update [news]

beamrider2600 said:

Z said:Well does it really matter what genre people classify the game as? It doesnt bring it down in any way.

It doesnt matter what people call the game, no, but the fact is that MP3 is looking too much like an FPS (by my deffinition), and not enough like what made the other games great.

Then go watch some videos that plainly do. The game has always been referred too as an FPS, it's the fans and press that have called it an FPA, not Nintendo. Right from the first E3 demo it showed a fair bit of exploration and it's already been said (and seen) that the sky city area is practically based around exploration.

Modplan Man said:
The game has always been referred too as an FPS, its the fans and press that have called it an FPA, not Nintendo.

Actually, if you look on Nintendo.com for 'Prime 1 and 2, you'll see that under 'Genre', it says 'FPA'.

Oni-Ninja said:

Modplan Man said:The game has always been referred too as an FPS, its the fans and press that have called it an FPA, not Nintendo.

Actually, if you look on Nintendo.com for Prime 1 and 2, youll see that under Genre, it says FPA.

Yeah, they made a typo

NoE

NoA

NoE likes to call it action or FPS, and NoA calls the first FPA, but mentions nothing of the second (simply listed under first person).

It all seems like splitting hairs to me, I mean FPA or FPS, it doesn't really matter does it? Both shooting and adventure elements play vital roles in the Metroid Prime and early 2D Metroid games.