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Metroid Musing: Would You Want A Top-Down Metroid Game?
Metroid was born as a 2D side scrolling game, while years later, Metroid Prime revolutionized the formula by adapting the gameplay to a 3D first person perspective. But is there room for a third perspective? With game development costs and cycles forever on the rise, a new top-down or isometric…
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Super Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission Will Be Raced at Summer Games Done Quick 2025!
It’s that time of year again, where the sun is beating down, the popsicles are fresh from the freezer… and the awesome team over at Summer Games Done Quick (or SGDQ, for short) has put together their annual warm-weathered event! For those who might not know, Summer Games Done Quick…
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The Great Metroid Area Ranking: Tourian (Zero Mission) + Mining Facility (AM2R) + Bion (Federation Force)
Welcome back to The Great Metroid Area Ranking, the Hunter-Tier Patreon exclusive show where I, Andy Spiteri, will be ranking every single area in the Metroid series! This month, I’m joined by the one and only Doominal Crossing, as we cover three rocky areas: Zero Mission’s reimagined home of the…
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New Super Metroid + Metroid Fusion NSO Icons Available Throughout July
For this month only in the Mission & Rewards section of NSO, you can redeem Nintendo Platinum points for some cool Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion account icons! There are six from each game for a total of twelve, including Samus poses, Ridley, Kraid, Core-X, among others: Play & Redeem:…
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Metroid Musing: After Being A More Traditionally Stoic Character, Did You Enjoy Samus Screaming At Raven Beak?
Samus has always been a (mostly) silent protagonist. Traveling the galaxy while letting her actions peak louder than words ever could. Her calm, collected, and stoic demeanor is as stalwart as the armor she wears, but that isn’t to say she’s an emotionless ice queen. Showing grief and anger over…
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Metroid Musing: If Samus Returns Were to Be Ported to The Switch, What Additional Content Could It Have?
It is no secret that, throughout the Switch’s lifecycle, ports of other game’s have thrived, often in way’s their original releases could never have dreamed of. By far, the most well known of these ports is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which has vastly outsold it’s original release, and has become…
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Episode 272 – Sector 1 Biosphere: Mapping Metroid
Mapping Metroid is back, and we’re going somewhere we’ve never went before: The Bottle Ship! That’s right, after years and years of this podcast, we’re finally covering an area from Metroid: Other M, and we’re starting off with the sprawling and creepy Sector 1 Biosphere! We cover all the grand…
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The Great Metroid Area Ranking: Ridley’s Lair (Zero Mission) + Alinos (Hunters) + Cryosphere (Other M)
Welcome back to The Great Metroid Area Ranking, the Hunter-Tier Patreon exclusive show where I, Andy Spiteri, will be ranking every single area in the Metroid series! This month, I’m joined by my lovely wife Samantha for the second month in a row to discuss a handful of areas, including…
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Episode 268 – ROM Hack Reviews – Super Metroid: Federation Force
Andy and Doom weren’t able to get together to produce a new episode, so we put put to a Discord vote and you selected for this week’s show a blast from the past! ROM Hack Reviews returns just in time to send off 2022 the right way! This month, two…
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Metroid Musing: Would An Open-World Metroid Game Really Be That Different Than A Traditional Metroidvania?
I know, I know, some Metroid fans shudder at the idea of our favorite franchise losing its identity and falling victim to the mainstream appeal of open-world gaming, but I’m here to suggest that Metroid has been somewhat adjacent to the open-world concept since the beginning. Now no one is…
- Metroid (NES)
- Metroid II: Return of Samus
- Super Metroid
- Metroid Prime
- Metroid Fusion
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Metroid Prime Hunters
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Metroid: Other M
- Metroid: Samus Returns
- Metroid Dread
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- More Games
- Metroid (NES)
- Metroid II: Return of Samus
- Super Metroid
- Metroid Prime
- Metroid Fusion
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Metroid Prime Hunters
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Metroid: Other M
- Metroid: Samus Returns
- Metroid Dread
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- More Games