Nintendo and Team Ninja have been busy creating one of the Wii’s most anticipated titles for 2010. Metroid: Other M will be a return to 2D(-ish) form after the three Metroid Prime games, although there are still vestiges of that series in this newest game.

For starters, although Samus will be controlled largely in 3rd person, the player can point the Wii Remote at the screen to immediately enter a first-person perspective, where enemies can be locked onto and missiles can be fired. It appears that the first-person perspective may offer other incentives too, such as interacting with objects. Another interesting new feature is context-specific melee attacks, though details on these are currently scarce. The game does not support the Nunchuk, so players will be navigating 3D space with the Wii Remote’s D-pad.

The game starts off at the end of Super Metroid, and concerns Samus’ exploration of a decommissioned Galactic Federation space facility called the Bottle Ship. In a possible nod to Metroid Fusion, it appears that the Bottle Ship features several artificial environments for Samus to explore. She will encounter her old friends from her days in the Galactic Federation military, including her commanding officer, Adam Malkovich.

Metroid: Other M will hit stores on August 31.