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Metroid Musing: Did You Like Metroid Prime 2’s Ammo System?
Ask a Metroid fan what genre the Metroid Prime games fall under, and you’ll more than likely hear the buzzword that Nintendo created back in the early 2000’s to assuage peoples fears that the first 3D Metroid game would be a mindless shooter: First Person Adventure. While there is no…
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Check Out This Video About How Metroid Prime 4 Could Be Designed
With the release of Metroid Prime Remastered, we now have a hint, or at least a reminder, of what Metroid Prime 4 could look and play like. As Metroid Prime 4 speculation has been given new life, the latest video from hotcyder on YouTube jumps right back into discussion. Since…
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Stemage Celebrates 20 Years of Metroid Metal With New Retrospective
If you’ve been playing Metroid for a while, odds are you’ve heard of Metroid Metal. You’ve probably even heard a track of two. But have you ever thought about how long Metroid Metal‘s been around? Grant Henry, better known as Stemage, has sure been thinking about it. In a new…
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Check Out This Feature-Length Documentary Covering the Metroid Franchise
The Metroid franchise has been going on for nearly 37 years now. Despite its ups and down, through tragedy and triumph, the Metroid series has endured with a lasting legacy throughout the video game medium. With the release of Metroid Dread, the surprise release of Metroid Prime Remastered, and with…
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Metroid Musing: Will Metroid Prime 2 and 3 Get Remastered?
Rumors of a Metroid Prime Trilogy HD as well as a Metroid Prime Remaster have been sort of a tradition on Twitter for years. This rumor gained major steam in 2022 when Jeff Grubb not only said that Metroid Prime was getting remastered, but that Metroid Prime 2 and 3…
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DidYouKnowGaming Uncovers Lost Metroid Games
One noteworthy aspect of Nintendo is how secretive they are and how protective they are of their IPs. Information regarding announcements from new Mario games to upcoming Smash Bros fighters are kept under tight security. The Metroid series is no exception to this, with a plethora of development mysteries still…
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Learn About The History and Evolution of Samus’ Animations in This Video Essay!
Samus has appeared in numerous games across all of Nintendo’s consoles. Her adventures have been in 2D, 3D, in first person, and at times, everything mixed together. Many aspects of Samus and the worlds she explores have changed over Metroid’s 36 year history, but the animations for how Samus runs,…
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Learn How to Recreate Metroid Prime Style Music in this Video Tutorial!
I don’t know much about music, but I know what I like, and I remember the first time I heard the distinctive synths of the Metroid Prime soundtrack, I knew that I was in love. I also knew that I hadn’t heard anything in a video game that quite sounded…
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Check Out This Orchestral Arrangement of The Metroid Prime 2 Title Theme
As a lover of orchestral video game soundtracks and remixes, Wingus Dingus on YouTube has become one of my favorite channels as of late. So I was more than excited to see that not only a new upload had hit the channel in the past few weeks, but that it…
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Episode 128 – Ranking Every Metroid Game’s Final Area!
Summer’s almost over Metroid fans, but not to worry because we’ve got just the remedy – a good ol’ fashioned ranking episode! This week, Andy and Doom are judging every Metroid titles final area and ranking them from best to worst! What even constitutes a final area? What criteria do…
