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Join Us March 19th For A Metroid Marathon Stream Raising Money for The Trevor Project (10 am PST)
Mark your calendars! Starting tomorrow at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST, the team at Omega Metroid will be live streaming three Metroid games – NEStroid, Metroid Dread, and Super Metroid – in support of the Trevor Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth. We’ll…
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Chill Out With This Album of Metroid Lo-fi Remixes
Metroid fan and musician Naikou Music has crafted a short lo-fi album that is perfect to listen to after a long mission (or just a long day). Feeling “the will to create,” Naikou started with the “Sector 4 Under Construction” track and just kept making more remixes from there. Comprised…
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Metroid Dread’s Varia Suit: Possibly the Best Suit Ever?
One of the most exciting and enjoyable aspects of a new Metroid release is seeing what Samus has done with her suit since the last mission. From her original design in Metroid on the NES up through Samus Returns, Samus has had more modifications to her suit design than fights…
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Listen To This Unearthly Metroid Music Mashup of Prime 2 and Dread
If you were to ask any Metroid fan what Metroid games do best, I’m willing to bet many would say that the soundtracks are some of the best in the industry. Although some games may have more iconic scores than others, each Metroid game’s soundtrack establishes the series’ iconic setting…
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Episode 102 – How Metroid Dread Can Be Represented in the Next Smash Bros.
Ahead of a major OMEGA METROID DIRECT dropping on March 3rd, the boys are back together discussing two of their favorite things: Metroid and Smash Bros.! We sit down to discuss how the release of Metroid Dread could influence the next Smash Bros. game. We go over what Raven Beak…
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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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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 98 – Metroid Q&A Part 2: How Should the Metroid Suit Function in Metroid 6?
We’re back for part 2 of our Fan Q&A this week, and the hits come early and often! Which 2D ability do we want to see in 3D and vice versa? How can the Grapple Beam be better utilized? What’s our favorite game logo? What do we think about Metroid…
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Episode 97 – Metroid Q&A Part 1: Should Samus Ever Be The Antagonist in a Metroid Game?
We’re putting YOU the listener in the drivers seat as we creep closer to our big Episode 100 supershow! We asked for Metroid questions and you delivered in droves, so much so that this episode is only part 1 of our Metroid Q&A! Topics include: Should Samus ever be the…
