12 Best Video Game Comebacks Of All Time
11. Samus Aran - Metroid: Samus Returns
Samus Aran - the badass heroine who first appeared back when the protagonist being a woman could somehow be considered a plot twist.
Metroid Fusion saw Samus returning after a lengthy absence of almost a decade and it was a pretty good game. Afterwards, we got Metroid Prime on GameCube - objectively the greatest console of all time - which was a pretty solid effort at bringing Samus into three dimensions.
Arguably, the first person shooter genre also worked pretty well for the series and many of the original gameplay elements were successfully integrated, even if the game did tend to drag at times.
However, sticking with the first person formula wouldn't be viable in the long term and the Prime titles gradually grew stagnant. Then we got Metroid: Other M, which didn't make a splash, hell it barely made a ripple. The dialogue was stilted, the plot was dull and Samus often behaved like a petulant brat. To be honest, story has never been key to this series.
Then came along Metroid: Samus Returns. Essentially a revamp of Metroid: Return of Samus that brought the series back to basics: Metroidvania, side-scrolling, monster shooting joy.
Just one more example that, more often than not, it's best to stick to your guns.