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Yeah, that sounds right. I never understood why they gave her the technology if they came to Tallon IV to rid themselves of it.

I thought her helmet looked kinda like a chozo....

Or, how about, for the first time ever for a Metroid game, an adventure spanning several planets?  This would allows for sequences in which the player is in control of Samus' ship in order to fly between the planets you need to travel among.  They could have some places where you need to steer her ship through an asteroid field, others where you engage some Space Pirates in outer space dogfighting, and maybe a spot where the distance between two places you need to go on a planet are too far apart to walk, so it requires you to pilot her ship through some winding underground caverns, evading environmental hazards and monstrous beasts as you do so.  They could even incorporate a handful of special ship upgrades, to add better weapons and abilities to the ship so you can complete these ship sequences.  Maybe even one that modifies the ship's thrusters so that it can maneuver underwater and have a cool sequence where you travel through some deep underwater caverns on a water planet, similar to the one scene in Star Wars Episode I.

I think Metroid Prime was the first step toward putting the player in Samus' shoes, and immersing the player in the experience of truly being Samus and experiencing all aspects of being the bounty hunter, and Metroid Prime 2 could take that to the next level by having some flight sequences.  Just make it so that when the player goes down inside the ship, they actually go inside it, and can walk around in it.  For interactive items inside the ship there could be a save/weapon reload station, and then the ship's controls which the player can activate by just touching them, or by scanning them (whichever would work best).  Then is a short cinematic showing Samus sitting down at the ship's controls, and then it pulls back in so you're seeing from her view, and are looking out through the ship's cockpit, and have a modified HUD and can then pilot the ship.  Something like that.

It wouldn't be too hard to make a multi-planet adventure with ship flight elements.  It would all hinge on working the story like that and content creation.  It could span several discs, if necessary.  They already have an engine which seems capable of doing all of this with relative ease, so little development would be needed there.  Retro could totally do it.  I only hope they do.

Aaahhh...the wonders and mysteries of a cryptic story.

I think, for a short time, Samus co-existed with the Phazon.  Or perhaps she came long after the Phazon, but amidst the Phazon-madness the Chozo were experiencing, they were able to foresee her birth and their taking her in.  Or perhaps she was taken in by the Chozo and was off on her bounty hunting ways before the Phazon came.

It's all quite vague and cryptic, which really adds to its depth and complexity.

Yeah the phazon came after Samus left. This is what I find troubling. Ok let's say that Samus is 30 something. Let say that Samus was found when she was younger than 10. Let say that Samus left when she was a teen. That leaves a 10 to 20 year interval. In that time the Chozo abandon technology and ascend. The meteoroid then strikes shortly after and the pirates eventually find the planet. This seems a little too much for such a short period of time.

The Chozo civilisation spanned several planets, there's nothing (that I've heard, anyway) saying that they necessarily took the baby Samus to Tallon IV when they rescued her.

What I never understood is why the planet is called Tallon IV. The star isn't called Tallon, and none of the other planets are, either.

Yeah the phazon came after Samus left. This is what I find troubling. Ok let's say that Samus is 30 something. Let say that Samus was found when she was younger than 10. Let say that Samus left when she was a teen. That leaves a 10 to 20 year interval. In that time the Chozo abandon technology and ascend. The meteoroid then strikes shortly after and the pirates eventually find the planet. This seems a little too much for such a short period of time.

The Chozo civilisation spanned several planets, there's nothing (that I've heard, anyway) saying that they necessarily took the baby Samus to Tallon IV when they rescued her.

What I never understood is why the planet is called Tallon IV. The star isn't called Tallon, and none of the other planets are, either.

Okay, I thought we were using the premise that she was taken to Tallon IV. Anyway even if she wasn't taken to Tallon IV, it seems even less probable since the Chozo would have to relocate in addition to the previously listed items. The Chozo on Tallon IV obviously know about Samus pretty intimately so they must be the same people. I still find the timeline unrealistic. Don't think I don't like the game though. Anyone know what system Tallon IV is in?

If the Phazon does pollute Tallon IV after Samus has left the Chozo people, then having the Chozo abandon technology and construct their natural sanctuary on Tallon IV in a space of 10-20 years isn't too much of a stretch, though.  The Pirates discovering the neighboring Tallon IV and beginning their research on Phazon within that timeframe isn't a stretch at all, seeing as how Zebes is very close to Tallon IV, and Tallon IV would definitely make for an easy place to move the base of operations while rebuilding the base at Zebes.

Okay I will give you the space pirate one but 10-20 years to ascend to a higher plane? What?!? Did Samus leave a bad taste in their mouth or something (insert girly giggle here). No wonder they kicked her of their planet.

Well, with their technology, spiritual power, ability to travel through space (and possibly even time or other planes) via sheer willpower, and their slipping connection to the physical world by the force of the Phazon polluting their bodies, minds, and spirits, they probably did everything they could to hasten their retreat and save what they could of their existence.  The ruined state of their Tallon IV colonization, the remnants they left behind, as well as the ghostly state many of their race remain in on Tallon IV serves to greatly underscore this hasty ascension, in my mind.  It doesn't seem too improbable.  Who knows, though?  Their records are all so cryptic, eerie, and distorted by Phazon seeping into and altering their conscious, it's difficult to tell.  Hopefully Prime 2 will shed some more light on the history of the Chozo, Samus, and the Pirates, and how each piece of the story intertwines, and how certain events fit into the timeline.

But you still haven't addressed the fact that the Chozo did away with technology before the impact but had technology still to give to Samus when she was young. This seems like a very hasty race in general.

you could think of they're going to tallon 4 and doing away with technology as them moving to tallon 4 and creating a facility to help them leave this plane of existence. perhaps doing away with technology meant leaving this world (to be later pulled back by phazon)

i just realized i used they're... grr...

*fizzwinkus awaits twisted's completion of the game again with sweet anticipation

It may be awhile...I'm addicted to Smash Bros.

What about those swarms of scarabs?  Where do those guys even come from?!