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Episode 240 – Discussing Metroid’s Scariest Areas and Monsters!
With Halloween right around the corner, we thought that would be cool to take a spin around the world of Metroid and talk about the scariest areas and monsters, PLUS some areas that should have been scary, but unfortunately, were not. We go over areas such as the Wrecked Ship,…
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Episode 239 – We Found The Worst Metroid Ideas Out There!
There are tons of great Metroid ideas out there, but there are just as many bad ones, if not more! This week on the show, Dak and Doom found a fun thread online that has some of the worst ideas they’ve seen for a Metroid game. How bad are these…
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Episode 235 – Ranking Every Final Boss in the Metroid Series (Again!)
In a sequel / update to one of our earliest episodes on the podcast, we’re revisiting a fun topic: ranking the best final bosses in the series! Doom wasn’t around for the first episode four years ago, and Andy’s tastes have certainly evolved and changed over the years, so we’re…
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Licensed Gravity Suit Statue from First 4 Figures Now Available to Pre-Order
Licensed figure and statue maker First 4 Figures has announced their next addition to their Metroid product line, a PVC Gravity Suit statue from Metroid Prime. The Gravity Suit statue is 10″ tall and shows Samus on top of a base modeled after the Gravity Suit item pickup from Metroid Prime based off…
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Episode 228 – What’s Our Favorite Thing About Our Least Favorite Metroid Games?
We’re back this week with a POSITIVE SPIN on some of our not-so-favorite Metroid games! We asked you what your favorite things about your least favorite Metroid games were, and we got a ton of different, positive responses! As you might imagine, lots of entries were centered around Other M…
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The Great Metroid Area Ranking: Norfair (Zero Mission) + Area 1 (Samus Returns) + Kraid’s Lair (NES)
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 Hunter Patron Tony Wacholz as we discuss three areas that offer their own unique pros and cons: Zero…
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Episode 218 – Ridley’s Lair (NES): Mapping Metroid
Mapping Metroid returns to tackle one of the oldest – and deadliest – areas in the series: Ridley’s Lair from NEStroid! We’re back almost 40 years to examine the layout of this area, how it serves as a skill-checking gauntlet run for the player, the creepy and unsettling music and…
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Episode 203 – Ranking Every Kraid Fight and Imagining a 3D Kraid Battle!
Hold on to your hats this week, as it’s finally time to give the legend his due. That’s right – this week is all about KRAID! We’re going through and ranking all four of the Big Daddy Kraid confrontations and discussing the mechanics and evolutions, plus talking about Kraid adjacent…
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The Great Metroid Area Ranking: Sector 3 Pyrosphere + Agon Wastes + Tourian (NEStroid)
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 again by Doominal Crossing to take stock of three very different areas: the slow, cerebral, and dangerous Tourian, where…
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Episode 186 – Logbook Archives: The History, Hierarchy and Machinations of the Space Pirates!
Welcome to a brand new segment on the podcast that we’re calling Logbook Archives: the series with a focus on deep diving into the in-universe lore of the Metroid series! To kick things off, we look at the most feared faction in the galaxy: The Space Pirates! In this 2-hour+…
