You may hate the new Metroid, but it’s fun blasphemy

LOS ANGELES — Nintendo is making a new Metroid! Yay, right? Well, according to the Internet, no. No yay.

Metroid Prime: Federation Force is a new cooperative shooter for the Nintendo 3DS. That’s right — cooperative as in four people all working together at the same time. If that doesn’t sound like a Metroid to you that’s because this is unlike any Metroid we’ve had before. And on top of the weird main campaign, Federation Force also includes Blast Ball, a 3-on-3 space soccer game that you play by shooting a giant sphere into the opponents’ goal with your weapons. As far as Metroid fans are concerned, this is blasphemy (and 9,000 people have signed a petition calling for its cancellation because they hate the idea so much). But after playing it, it sure is fun blasphemy.