Tangentially, with how they make sure to show MacKenzie's face, I'm reminded a bit of Halo 4 where the game beats the player over the head with "YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD ABOUT CORTANA, SHE'S SO HUMAN" shut the fuck up she's an AI get over it (a narrative that's even more exhausting in 2025 in particular)

I already considered 2D Metroid to be dead in the hands of MercurySteam (who have for some reason been allowed to butcher both Metroid and 'Vania).

Sure seems like 3D Metroid is dead now too.

A low ominous grumble would be enough to do all the talking on its own in Metroid Prime 1 or 2 especially.

But in 4 we get that followed by some annoying twerp mouthing off "OKAY THAT DID NOT SOUND FRIENDLY" as if this is some Disney or DreamWorks movie from 20+ years ago. What the fuck.

PS, tangential to this particular case, but this seems like a good time to remind people that having an experienced and well-equipped translation team is _extremely crucial_, and replacing translators with genAI slop is absolute clown shit

I'm hoping that the issues with the localization up to the point I'm at now (late Chapter 4) haven't been _too_ serious, but from what I've read, the old translation deteriorates into utter nonsense later in the game, so I'll be running with the newer translation from here on out.

(I still wish, just as I did in October of 2024, that more folks in gaming communities would join the fediverse rather than this site which I knew full would become just another dumpster fire. It's not very likely; it's already happening. They're speedrunning Dumpster Fire Percent.)