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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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Metroid Musing: How Can Sylux be a Threat in Metroid Prime 4?
Sylux has long been teased to have a larger role as the Metroid Prime series continues. His ship was last seen following Samus’ at the end of Metroid Prime 3, and most recently, he had a cameo at the end of Metroid Prime: Federation Force. In Sylux’s debut during the…
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Metroid Musing: What’s Your Favorite amiibo Skin for the Federation Force Mechs?
I think we could all probably agree that 2016’s Metroid Prime: Federation Force wasn’t exactly the way Metroid fans wanted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, but to give the devil his due, there were some parts of the multiplayer-focused title that were pretty decent. Top among the…
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Episode 131 – Metroid This or That!
On this week’s episode, Dak and Doom play a game of Metroid This or That! We’ve got a bunch of different prompts and questions involving Metroid that Dak and Doom take their stances on. Would they rather take the slide or flash shift for the next 2D Metroid? Would they…
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Check Out The MetroidHQ Marathon Already Underway Until August 8th!
MetroidHQ’s annual Metroid marathon is now underway, benefitting Child’s Play Charity and featuring a cast of great Metroid fans dropping in with runs and races across the entire Metroid series. The marathon began earlier today and lasts until Monday, August 8th. This is an event for any and all kinds…
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Episode 118 – What New Ways Can Samus’s Gunship Be Used In Future Titles?
While the guys are still waiting for an actual Nintendo Direct to be announced, there’s still much to talk about in the world of Metroid! On this week’s episode, Dak and Doom reminisce on the reveal of Metroid Dread one year ago. They also chat about everyone’s favorite Metroid spin-off,…
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Episode 110 – Answering Your Metroid “Would You Rather” Questions!
This week, we’re answering YOUR fan questions in a “would you rather” format, and we have some absolute doozeys on hand! Would we rather every game play like Federation Force or have dialog like Other M? Would we rather a new Hunters style stand alone game or just have multiplayer…
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Shinesparkers Launches “Operation Golem” for Organized Federation Force Matches
There’s still some love for some of Metroid’s less popular titles – Metroid Prime: Federation Force, and its companion mode, Blast Ball! Shinesparkers unveiled their latest project, a community initiative for organized play called Operation Golem. This project brings together Metroid fans looking to play Federation Force and Blast Ball…
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Episode 80: Multiplayer in Metroid Retrospective
The whole gang is here as Andy, Dak, and Doom get together to look back, as well as look forward, on multiplayer in the Metroid series. What were some of the things we loved? What was responsible for some multiplayer experiences not being as good as they could have been?…
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Episode 35 – How To Make A Great Federation Force Game
Hello Metroid fans! We’re diving back into the MPFF pool to answer a seemingly impossible question: how does one make a cool Federation Force game? Well, it turns out that the answers are quite easy! Come listen as we spend an hour talking about Nintendo could revisit this concept and make it…
