[Overflow]

Nintendo's going to have to sooner or later address the issue of what takes place after Metroid Fusion, hopefully soon, 'cause I want to know. However, what the next game should be like is completely unknown at this point.
I think that the next Metroid game, which was codenamed 'Dread' apparently, should be a 2d game for wii in the same style as the new Wario Land. Hand drawn Samus, backgrounds and animations would be gorgeous, and I think would fit the theme of the game well. Not cartoony mind you, but hand drawn in the style of previous metroid games.

As far as story is concerned, there are a couple obvious obstacles. Anyone who's played Fusion knows that *SPOILERS* Samus is infused with metroid DNA, she's on the run from the federation, her ship has the mind of her old CO and, unless there was a second lab, there should be no more metroids in the galaxy. */SPOILERS* This means that Samus wouldn't have a "mission" in the next game, so it would have to entail more of an 'unfinished business' approach, such as tracking down space pirates, searching for chozo relics, etc. I also think the game should retain the running and evading mechanic from the SA-X and the Space Pirates in Zero Mission, but instead of those two, they'd be Federation Troops the game would make you encounter, similar to the SA-X. I would also like to see more revelation of the original Adam, perhaps in the form of playable flashbacks. Also, the game should have about the same amount of narration as Prime 3, but be much less linear than Fusion. This could be easily attained by simply making it impossible for Samus to communicate with her ship when underground (Metals in the rock or something).
Also: Admiral Dane must return.

Thoughts?

[Shadow Wolf]

It's tough to say where things should go after Fusion. The thing about the end of Fusion is that if they follow out the story of corruption in the Federation to its logical end, Samus will of course have to take them down. That could make for a hell of a game series. Don't even get me started on the ship based combat you could incorporate.

What I see kind of happening as time goes on in the series lore is that Samus becomes more and more one with the Metroids she's hunted for so long, and aligns less and less with people who want to destroy them or use them for their own means. At this point, she has Metroid DNA fused into her suit. You could use that for a story hook to actually let her control Metroids... there's any number of places you could go with it really. I just wish they'd hurry up and make it. It'll be 6 years 5 days from now since we've heard from that end of the storyline.

[zircon]

They might end up somehow creating metroids based on her DNA.

[Nekofrog]

I always wanted them to explore the vastness of the Metroid universe in which Samus is just one small part. There's so much out there untouched that the potential is just limitless.

[Bleck]

SPOILERS

Samus is also technically a criminal after Fusion. She'll most likely be on the run form the law.

/SPOILERS

[Bigfoot]

As much as I want to see a new Metroid game, I also think they should remake Metroid II. A lot of people probably didn't get to play it since it was on the Gameboy.

[wiredzombie]

Originally Posted by Bigfoot

As much as I want to see a new Metroid game, I also think they should remake Metroid II. A lot of people probably didn't get to play it since it was on the Gameboy.

Dude...that would make my week
I havent played Metroid II since i was like 9
I played zero mission, and it was ok, i kinda liked it better than the original, cause it was enhanced

[The Author]

You people forget the most single important event, the most significant moment in Fusion:

There were space pirates and Ridley on the station. The federation controls the space pirates. They never went on SR-388 for X to infest them and clone them, and Ridley, after Super Metroid, was supposedly dead on a blown up planet. So the federation has a ridley production plant somewhere.

[Bleck]

oh shi- HOLY FUCK THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND

[The Author]

Originally Posted by Bleck

oh shi- HOLY FUCK THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND

You know how some people need sarcasm tags? I think you need [not sarcasm] tags, because I cannot for the life of me figure out if you are joking or being serious.