Team Ninja has dropped the beginning cinematic for Metroid: Other M that features “the birth of Samus”. Now, this is cool unto itself, but it is even cooler that said birth is appreciably similar to one of my favorite movie of all time’s ending, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Are you pumped for Metroid: Other M? No? Then you’re a douchebag. Sry! Team Ninja’s crack at Metroid looks like seven-thousand flavors of awesome. And if you’re wondering what awesome tastes like? Like your favorite sexpot covered in caffeine syrup. Or at least, that’s what it tastes like for me.

Hit the jump and check out the trailer. And be excited. B-e excited.

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