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* [[Critical Backlash]]: Believe it or not, yes. The game did get mostly decent reviews from most outlets, though it did not do nearly as well critically as the previous games, even ''Hunters''. Fans, on the other hand, would probably [[Fanon Discontinuity|reject it.]] It's somewhat subverted however, when places that gave it a positive review start looking into it more, and more often than not, [[Accentuate the Negative|the opinions got much more negative.]]
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Samus during her monologues. Less so when she actually talks with the others, but still
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]] / [[Sympathy for
* [[8.8]]:
** [[X
*** They also gave it a Golden Mullet award, their equivalent of the [[Razzie Awards]], even calling it a [[Franchise Killer]].
** Game Informer gave it a 6.25 in the US. The Australian version (by a different reviewer), however, gave it an 8.
** Famitsu gave the game a 35 out of 40. Really, opinions on this game are all over the place.
** Similar to [[X
*** Of course the status for this trope is debateable, considering it's supposed to be about an acclaimed game by most accounts being slammed by one or two professional critics, where as Other M is a huge base breaker and the reviews out there that call it a horrible are about even with the ones that praise it.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Anthony Higgs. It's really not too much of a stretch to say that Anthony ended up with the best ''everything'' in the game.
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** {{spoiler|Ridley's}} infant form is [http://www.metroid-database.com/mom/choogle.jpg a creature] that looks like either a furby with legs, or a cross between [[Final Fantasy|a Chocobo and a Moogle]]. Fans have nicknamed him "Choogle" or "Choogu". It also has an in-universe nickname: Little Birdie.
* [[Freud Was Right]]: Fans feel Samus talks about [[You Need to Get Laid|babies]] [[Unfortunate Implications|a little too much.]]
** The game [[Anvilicious|is about as subtle as a hammer to the face]] with the Freudian symbolism. [[Fun
*** Other M. Just swap them around and you've got "M Other". Mother.
* [[Goddamned Bats|Goddamned Wavers]]
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** Flipside is that, in Metroid Fusion, Samus makes it only too clear she does not enjoy taking orders from anyone, and the only reason she tolerated Adam as much as she did was because she had great personal respect for him.
** And of course most people don't exactly have a problem with the concept; as with most things that sound cool on paper, it's the fumbled execution that rubs people the wrong way.
* [[Pandering to
* [[Relationship Writing Fumble]]: It's established early on that Adam is seen as a platonic father figure, somewhat. It certainly didn't stop a few reviewers from calling him "Samus's boyfriend."
* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: Count how many fans think that [[Face Heel Turn|Adam is evil]] or show him to be [[The Mole|evil all along.]] There's a surprising amount.
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* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Even Samus finds MB saddening}}.
** Given her backstory, Samus herself easily qualifies. She also gets bonus points for having actually destroyed [[Metroid Prime|a few]] [[Super Metroid|worlds]].
* [[WTH? Casting Agency]]: So, for Samus's first ever speaking role, instead of getting veteran voice actress [[Jennifer Hale]] (who "[[Voice Grunting|voice acted]]" Samus for [[Metroid Prime|three games]] straight) for the role, you cast a complete unknown who has never played a Metroid game before, and she sounds [[Dull Surprise|duller than a brick?]] Granted, she actually was a good, theatrically trained actress, but even they squandered that by forcing her to sound so dull.
** Even worse, [[Jennifer Hale]] auditioned for the role. Given that she's "voiced" Samus before and arguably her most well-known role is as [[Mass Effect
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