good god, i played this game sooooo much it was ridicoulous. it got to the point where i could beat the last boss on hard mode without losing one energy tank. i think you could tell from that that i loved it. i loved 2 as well, but 2 was so...hard. and i didnt really like fusion, not only for the fact that i can beat it in about an hour, but also, i thought samus' personality just flat out sucks. i used to think that she was kinda like the badass shadowy bounty hunter, boba fett style, but with a little bit more feeling. but actually, shes just your typical heroine type character. after playing fusion, i started to appreciate the silence of samus in the other games.