Federation Force is the show within a game version of G.I. Joe
Following from the "Metroid: Other M is anti-Samus propaganda" theory, F.F. is a state-sponsored, ultra-patriotic account of elite Galactic Federation troops going out and saving the galaxy from whatever might threaten it. The characters appear small and cute because it's supposed to appeal to kids and to act as a recruitment tool for the G.F.- Expect the F. Force to run afoul of the nefarious rogue bounty hunters, "Sannus Seran" and "Syrux" - basically anyone who's been inconvenient for the Federation
- The whole thing is a meta-setup for Samus's return as a space pirate in open rebellion against the G.F., whose unethical experiments - and responses to those experiments going terribly wrong - have put millions in danger for no justifiable reason.
- Jossed. The game ends with the Federation (or at least the group comprising the Federation Force) and Samus on good terms.
Ridley/Meta Ridley will be making an appearance
Ridley has always been present as a dominant character in the Metroid universe ever since the beginning. The only time he was absent was in Prime 2, and even then he was planned to appear somehow (However, he was gone in Metroid 2, but that may have been due to technical limitations). Assuming the Space Pirates will be somewhat of a threat in this game, Ridley, a key commander of these pirates, is most likely going to be a boss character that would be fought in a major level.As to which form he will take place in is unknown. Since this is a Prime game, he could be in his Meta Ridley form and fight using his technological suit weapons. Not only this, but he could make for a unique flying monster that would require teamwork to take down. As to why he would be there and where he would be fought is anyone's guess though.
Lastly, the placement of this game in the timeline can vary his role. If it takes place any time between Prime and Prime 3, it could show just how he was able to leave the Impact Crater and (presumably) become the new main leader of the Pirates.
- Jossed. Kensuke Tanabe confirmed in an interview that Ridley will not make an appearance in this game.
Storyline speculation.
The four protagonists (here after to be referred to as Red Blue Green and Yellow.) will be a Guinea pig squad armed with a new prototype combat suit that emulates some of the tech from Samus's varia suit. (beam cannon, morph ball, missile launcher.) over the game the four will be sent into some dangerous territories where the federation really has no place being. One of the group (money's on green or blue.) will start to question why the federation has outposts/research labs out so far. not long after the group will discover the awful truth about the federation. From there a few possibilities come to mind. Option 1) They run a foul of the original prototype Sylux and possibly meet a grisly end. Option 2) They declare "Screw this I'm out!" and ditch the federation with distant finale where they become support for post fusion Samus. Option 3.) The one i think is least likely to happen is they declare My Country, Right or Wrong and will show up in some future game as bosses.- feel free to post your own theories here.
- Not all Phazon had been destroyed in the galaxy at the end of Corruption, a little had stayed in Samus' body, dormant and unnoticeable. It stayed like that throughout the events of II and most of Super, however, in the final fight with Mother Brain, when the baby Metroid sacrificed himself for Samus giving him all the energy, it "activated" the Phazon in her body. The rainbow beam she was firing then? Just Phazon, probably in a "more pure" form. Her nigh-invincibility? Duh, hypermode. While she was coming back to a GFS or whatever, she entered terminal corruption and the ship rejected her. The Phazon then possessed the ship, turning into a Leviathan itself, with Samus as its seed, with the memories, personality and arsenal of Dark Samus (aka Metroid Prime). It crashed onto whatever planet FF takes place, and spread Phazon all over it. The FF are sent and slowly uncover all the secrets, with (Dark) Samus herself being the Final boss. They can recover her body and MOST of her memories and personality, but it's altered a bit so she's more... cooperative. Unfortunately, her ship is NOT recovered, which is why a new one is built. This would explain quite a bit in Other M. It also explains her brand new ship in Fusion. She could've also discovered what the federation plans, thus giving her even further reasons to rebel against it at the end of said game.
- Uhh... Other M pretty much takes place right after Super, and if you at least watched the intro to Fusion, you'd know that she has a new ship because her old one crashed into an asteroid field while she was unconscious from X parasite infection. You're also implying that her ship in Other M is the same one she got in Fusion, which clearly isn't true.
Unlike Hunters, MP:FF is NOT an artifact title
See the second storyline theory aboveThe campaign is an extended training mission for eventually hunting down Samus
As such, they will be fighting the kinds of threats that Samus faced, including metroids, and tracking down creatures that use similar abilities and tactics.In the next main line game, the Federation Force will appear as enemy group, possibly even as a boss fight.
Alternatively...
The Federation Force is supposed to replace Samus
The individual members may or may not be sympathetic to Ms. Aran, but the Galactic Federation has decided to no longer depend on her, and needs some new heroes. Good luck.The playable characters are all female
What? You know what franchise this is.- On the other hand maybe just one of them is and the twist is the other's don't know until she get's hurt.
The playable characters are Miis
Looking at this GIF,
◊ the playable trooper out of armor seems to be proportioned similar to a Mii.The game is actually a prequel and you're playing Samus during her Federation days.
You don't find out until the very end of the game, revealing that you were playing as her the whole time. A twist the likes of the original Metroid...- Jossed pretty early into the game, where they mention her as a "Legendary Hunter". It seems to take place some time after Prime, but could be at any point before Metroid II.
The single player mode will take place a month after Prime 2, and the player will visit Aether during one mission to discover Phazon
This would be the Anhur Incident, a moment talked about in the lore of Metroid Prime 3 where the federation first discovers Phazon-this led to them making the PED, as well as the rebirth of Dark Samus.- This would avert the game's Prime subtitle being an artifact title.
- Seemingly Jossed. Phazon is nowhere to be found in the game. One timeline suggests it basically picks up right after 3.
The player character will discover the federation reverse engineering Samus's armor, be attacked for knowing too much, go insane, and use the prototype to become Sylux.
Since nintendo has put emphasis that Sylux will be the antagonist of the next console game, and this game will world build, it's possible this game may be the origin of Sylux.- this can coincide with the Anhur Incident theory above, and Phazon Madness might be a factor in the player's Face Heel Turn.
- Jossed.
Federation Force's place in the timeline.
- To start off, as part of the Prime subseries, it takes place between the original and Return of Samus. Placing it in the Prime timeline, however, is tricky. As Samus is slated to appear, and FF being a spinoff game(much like Hunters before it, it's a safe assumption that the game will take place in a time period between two games. This leaves several possible periods: Prime—-Hunters, Hunters—-Echoes, Echoes—-Corruption. A few statements by Kensuke Tanabe give additional clues as to the time period; those being that Ridley, Dark Samus and Phazon will NOT feature in Federation Force, as well as the desire to use FF as a building block for future games a la Marvel Cinematic Universe. Because of this, any of the three periods is plausible. However, by throwing in the possible return of Sylux plus the absence of the aforementioned plot elements, a relatively safe guess is that Federation Force will be close to Hunters in the timeline to worldbuild in this fashion, and give Sylux more backstory. So that would leave FF's position in the timeline as either Prime—-Federation Force—-Hunters or Hunters—-Federation Force—-Echoes. Either once can fit. In Ridley's case, he is being reformed/corrupted in the downtime between the end of Prime and the beginning of Corruption due to his absence in Echoes. In Dark Samus' case, she would still be undergoing her "birth" and alliance with the Ing, thus justifying her exclusion.
- This is, of course, barring any retcons in the placement of Hunters. Say, for example, they retcon Hunter's position so they can put FF after Prime 2 or 3 but still before Hunters. Hunters has conflicting evidence to it's placement as it is, so Nintendo has room to work with anyway.
- (OP) According to this article,
Phazon is indeed absent. Just pointing that out. - Since it was revealed that the story is about the Pirates building some kind of weapon, and the Federation stopping them, it's possible this game is set between Corruption and II, where some of Dark Samus's surviving disciples are trying to enact revenge on the Federation. The weapon in question might even involve Metroids, and their use as weapons would prompt the Feds to call them a threat to civilization and call for their eradication, which is essentially Samus's mission in II.
- the timeline placement is right, but the motivations aren't really explored other than "Space Pirates want to control the galaxy".
Federation Force bridges the gap between Metroid Fusion and a future sequel
As such, the main goal of the story mode would be to eventually hunt down Samus because of what she did in Metroid Fusion, setting the stage for a future sequel to Fusion where it's Samus against the Galactic Federation.- Jossed. It takes place shortly after 3.
Samus's role in the game
note Samus will appear in the game in a similar form to Captain Olimar in Pikmin 3, where she is also exploring the system in question for her own reasons (the presence of Space Pirates might point to one), and her activities provide obstacles or boons to the Federation Force. This may or may not culminate in Samus and the Federation Force encountering each other, with the Federation Force having to aid Samus in dealing with some kind of obstacle (maybe nearer the end of the game, or as a repeating side mission).Samus's mission might appear as a hard mode, unlockable or otherwise, that is restricted to a single player with more inventory space, and counts on the player to show mastery of the game to clear missions that may or may not be harder than the main mode (depending on how hard the main mode is with one Federation Force Member).
- Yes and no. She is on her own mission, but she's always friendly to the Federation Force when they run into each other except while Brainwashed and Crazy. You don't get to play her mission, but it does occasionally result in Big Damn Heroes moments.
