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Episode 47: Definitively Ranking Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Welcome to the first episode of a brand new subseries called Definitive Ranking! In this series (inspired by the Zelda Dungeon series of the same name) we aim to rank each Metroid game in 10 key categories as they relate to other Metroid games, and see how each game stacks…
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Episode 45: Sanctuary Fortress – Mapping Metroid
Buckle in for one of our longest episodes yet as Mapping Metroid returns to analyze one of the most visually stunning area’s in the Metroid series: the Luminoth stronghold of Sanctuary Fortress! Hear our thoughts on the synthetic structures and how it feels so alive, how the music augments the…
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Episode 44: Discussing Super Metroid’s Sequence Breaks and Speedrunning Techniques
Welcome to a (late) episode of Omega Metroid, where today we try our hand at explaining the many techniques and tricks used by speedrunners to beat Super Metroid in absolutely disgusting times. We break down all the different techniques – the Mockball, Gravity Jump, Blue Suit, Short Charge Shinespark, and…
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Episode 43: Examining the Cut Content From Metroid Prime 3!
In the first episode of 2021, the gang take a trip back to the hallowed halls of NeoGaf to examine all the cut content from Prime 3! Here we are, examining some cool images of dragon Ridley, peg-leg Admiral Dane, mega buff Omega Pirates, and Hulk Buster Samus suit’s. Come take…
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Episode 41: Are Etecoons and Dachora Secretly EVIL? Metroid Theory Talk!
Scrolling through YouTube the other day, I stumbled across a video from the guys at Game Theory suggesting that there might be more Samus’ animal friends than meets the eyes. Kill or save the animals? You might think differently after we give our two cents on MatPat’s theory! Plus, Game Award reactions…
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Episode 39: Should Samus Returns Have Been Released on the Switch?
Join us for a fun debate this week as Andy presents the case as to why Samus Returns should have been released on the Switch instead of the 3DS! Would it have become the best selling Metroid game yet if it had? Were the graphics good enough for the Switch?…
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Episode 36: Hydro Station (AM2R) – Mapping Metroid
Finally, the long wait for a Mapping Metroid is over! We’re headed over to the so-good-we-made-it-an-official-Metroid-game AM2R this week and take a look at the aquatic Hydro Station! What are our favorite Metroid battles? Any expansions stick out? How about that Arachnus fight? And of course, the absolutely killer music!…
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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…
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Episode 32: What Exactly Was Metroid Prime 1.5?
Welcome to another week of cut content analysis! This week we’re looking at two games that never were: Metroid Prime 1.5 and a Retro Studios remake of Metroid II! What exactly was 1.5? Why did it never get made? What concepts went on to live in other Metroid games? And…
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Episode 31: Examining All of the Cut Content From Metroid Prime!
Boy oh boy do we have a good show for you! Using this article as a guide (put together by Mama Robotnik and sourced from several former Retro Studios employees and even Nintendo themselves), the fellas go through all the content that didn’t make it into the final game for whatever reason.…
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- 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
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