Metroid Fusion is odd because I think its linear nature makes it the perfect starting point for newcomers, but also its love of having progress blocked by random nondescript tiles hiding a pillar or bomb block can lead people to think all Metroids are this annoyingly obtuse. I also hate everything surrounding Adam Malkovitch and it's no wonder Other M turned out the way it did when they were precooking this stupid shit in Fusion.

Hater energy aside, Fusion is still a really good 2D platformer. Samus feels the best to control yet in Fusion and Fusion's boss fights are at their best in design and gameplay of the pre-Dread 2D Metroids. They tried some different stuff with Fusion and while I don't like all of it, it's still another great entry in an all timer series.