Still, it has at least thrown up a tetralogy of QuickTime movies at this stage - available here - showing off some of Samus' more interesting abilities freezing enemies to use as platforms, swinging around environments and taking on a couple of worm-like, screen-filling enemies. Well, I say purr, but due to lack of use it's more of a guttural choking noise these days.
With Metroid: Zero Mission due out in April on Game Boy Advance (and even sooner in the US), Nintendo's promotional machine is starting to purr into life.
