AxiomVerge

I believe the language is Hindi, and I have no idea what she is saying - I purchased it on a sample disk of Indian singing; maybe someone can enlighten me :-)

The chances of being able to play on a Nintendo system sometime in the next year are pretty good.

Some things I tried to explicitly not do were slow/floaty movements and jumps, the repetition of acquiring missile/bomb expansions, doors that are unlocked by firing certain guns (as opposed to adding a puzzle mechanic), map stations that fill out the map (more a Super Metroid criticism)...

1) If you've found all 3 different weapons, you're doing very well! Very few people have done this. Currently there isn't a way to get them all in a single save.

2) There are a lot of cheat passcodes. Be careful as they disable trophies/achievements for the current save if you use them. At least one is hidden in "plain sight". I'm expecting that with tomorrow's PC release, they show up in public quite soon (reverse engineered by players) but if not, I'll be drizzling them out over time.

There was going to be a small outdoor ocean-themed area - basically three or four rooms worth. It was a lot of assets to make for something that didn't add very much. If you have the soundtrack, the bonus track would likely have been used for that area.

My favorite Metroid is probably Metroid Prime, and my favorite Castlevania is either SotN or Dawn of Sorrow.

Outside of the Metroid genre, it's a tough call; possibly Mass Effect or Final Fantasy VI.