[quote name='Vap']Whats controversial about it? Did I miss something?[/QUOTE]
A lot of people don't like the story and/or gameplay. I actually liked the story pretty well from what I was able to play-that was a high point for me. I wasn't a huge fan of the mystical stuff in the Prime series, and this was more character based and kind of a mystery (at least so far as I got).
I disliked the constant boss fights and having to use the Wii's camera to aim missiles. There doesn't seem to be a great reason for that requirement, and it doesn't work well much of the time, making the constant boss fights even more frustrating.
But the rest of the time the controls actually work fine, and I enjoyed the exploration and whatnot.
[quote name='msdmoney']
The environments were bland and uninteresting, it was mostly filled with narrow corridors and random ship equipment. I think keeping the whole game on a ship was a mistake because it limited the scope of the environments. I also think the enemies were uninspired. Although technically competent, the game lacked an interesting art direction.[/QUOTE]
To me it's maybe the ugliest Metroid game out of the whole series, although still 'good enough' I guess.
I don't mind the ship setting, since it worked okay in Metroid 4 and Dead Space, and aside from being uglier was okay here too IMO (again, from what I saw).
Hmm...I really just want a...ooh, how about a Metroid 5 launch title on their next, hopefully modern hardware system?

Actually give me Metroid 5 and 6 or whatever on the Wii or DS, then 7+ on the next system...just don't make us wait 10 years between installments...