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Episode 101 – Retro Studios, eShop Closures, and Nintendo Direct Reactions
There was no shortage of news this week to chat about, which always makes for a fun and breezy show. Andy and Doom are joined by Russ from the Tomes of Evil podcast to talk about the new Retro Studios concept art and what it means, the Nintendo 3DS and…
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Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop Titles Will No Longer Be Available to Purchase Starting March 2023
In a somewhat expected yet still disappointing bit of news, Nintendo released a statement late Tuesday night indicating that titles available for purchase on both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops would only be available to purchase until March 2023, at which point, the servers that support the online…
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Episode 100 – Omega Metroid vs The Champions’ Cast in Zelda and Metroid Trivia!
We finally made it to a whopping 100 episodes! There are so many people to thank, so many friends we’ve made along the way, but all that is for another day! Today is about competition, and we’ve got both of Andy’s podcasts facing off against each other in a trivia…
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Super Metroid “SP” Edition Added to Nintendo Switch Online
In addition to the Nintendo Direct announcing that Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings would be joining the ranks of games available for Nintendo Switch Online users, another game was quietly added as well: Super Metroid SP Edition. As you may know, some more difficult games have seen an SP release that…
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Boss Rush Mode Coming to Metroid Dread as Free Update in April
In addition to the new difficulty settings, Metroid Dread is also getting another free update just in time for spring: Boss Rush Mode! I think that everyone would agree a strength of Metroid Dread was its incredible boss fights, so getting to challenge Raven Beak, Kraid, Corpious and the like…
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New Difficulty Modes Added to Metroid Dread; One Hit Kill Among Them
As revealed in Nintendo’s first Nintendo Direct of 2022, Metroid Dread will be a getting a series of free updates, with the first of them launching immediately. The first update will introduce two new difficulty modes to the game – Rookie Mode and Dread Mode. As the name implies, Rookie…
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Episode 99 – SkyTown: Mapping Metroid
Mapping Metroid returns! This time, we’re tackling one of the most beautiful and ethereal areas in the series: SkyTown, Elysia! We talk about our initial reactions to the area, the ways the Grapple Beam was utilized, the Ghor boss fight, the history of the robotic Elysians, our favorite expansions, that…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Synamax (Composer)
The first interview that opened the door for Kiwi’s Ex-Retro Studio developer interviews, Kiwi Talkz sits down with composer, Synamax! This conversation is all about Metroid, starting with how Synamax found the Metroid Prime music samples, Synamax’s love of sound design, his use of HEX editing to compose music, if…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Kynan Pearson
Retro games, such as Metroid Prime 2 and Donkey Kong Country Returns, are well renowned games and rightfully so with their intricate level designs and layouts. Many regard Metroid Prime 2 to be the perfect Metroid Prime game after taking the formula of the first game and improving on all…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Sam Dillard (Composer)
Kiwi provides an unique interview with music composer, Sam Dillard! On the Metroid side of things, Sam has composed the Metroid Cinematica, where Sam envisions music from the original Metroid and Super Metroid as well as the Prime Trilogy if it was composed as an epic film score. That’s not…
