Difference between revisions of "Metroid (Magazine Z)"
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| − | '''''Metroid''''' is a two-volume comic written by [[Kouji Tazawa]] and drawn by [[Kenji Ishikawa]] and published by [[Magazine X]] from November 2003 to May 2004. It was created as the backstory of the [[Metroid (Universe)|Metroid series]]. | + | '''''Metroid''''' is a two-volume comic written by [[Kouji Tazawa]] and drawn by [[Kenji Ishikawa]] and published by [[Magazine X]] from November 2003 to May 2004. It was created as the backstory of the [[Metroid (Universe)|Metroid series]] particularly the events leading up to and including Samus's [[Metroid: Zero Mission|Zero Mission]]. |
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
| − | I don't own this comic, but I have read | + | I don't own this comic, but I have read it. |
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
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* A lot of characters are new: the Chozo, Samus's side-kicks, etc. However, since they don't appear in any of the games, and only play minor roles in the comic, it's hard to care about them. | * A lot of characters are new: the Chozo, Samus's side-kicks, etc. However, since they don't appear in any of the games, and only play minor roles in the comic, it's hard to care about them. | ||
* There are a lot of action panels which are either so close up or so abstract that I can't tell what's going on. | * There are a lot of action panels which are either so close up or so abstract that I can't tell what's going on. | ||
| − | * Chibi | + | * Chibi and super-deformed artistic styles shouldn't be part of an comic with an adult theme, it just ruins the seriousness of it all. |
* When Samus gets the Varia, her suit doesn't change to the Varia design. | * When Samus gets the Varia, her suit doesn't change to the Varia design. | ||
===Ugly=== | ===Ugly=== | ||
| − | * | + | * Despite taking you through all the major events of the Zero Mission, the comic ends without the game's resolution. This wouldn't be a problem since the game resolves the main plot line, but the comic created a dozen ancillary characters with plot lines that never see closure. |
| + | * Over all, I didn't find the comic very interesting. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 6 February 2018
Metroid is a two-volume comic written by Kouji Tazawa and drawn by Kenji Ishikawa and published by Magazine X from November 2003 to May 2004. It was created as the backstory of the Metroid series particularly the events leading up to and including Samus's Zero Mission.
Status
I don't own this comic, but I have read it.
Review
Good
- A lot of the drawings in the comic are really nice, especially the action sequences.
Bad
- The story is pretty juvenile and trope-heavy.
- I don't care much for the character design of Samus as an adult.
- How is it a group of pirates are often more powerful than the entire Federation's military? I get that they have Mother Brain to guide them, but they were practically annihilated, and then, after only a decade or so, they become powerful enough to take on a multi-planet federation.
- A lot of characters are new: the Chozo, Samus's side-kicks, etc. However, since they don't appear in any of the games, and only play minor roles in the comic, it's hard to care about them.
- There are a lot of action panels which are either so close up or so abstract that I can't tell what's going on.
- Chibi and super-deformed artistic styles shouldn't be part of an comic with an adult theme, it just ruins the seriousness of it all.
- When Samus gets the Varia, her suit doesn't change to the Varia design.
Ugly
- Despite taking you through all the major events of the Zero Mission, the comic ends without the game's resolution. This wouldn't be a problem since the game resolves the main plot line, but the comic created a dozen ancillary characters with plot lines that never see closure.
- Over all, I didn't find the comic very interesting.
