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Metroid Musing: What Is the Future of 2D Metroid and Is it Led by Mercury Steam?
The release of Metroid Dread in 2021, developed by Mercury Steam, marked the first new entry in the 2D Metroid franchise since the release of Metroid Fusion in 2002. And before Dread, that same developer worked on the Metroid II remake, Metroid: Samus Returns, in 2017. So, with a pair…
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Samus’s Story: My Introduction to Metroid
It was 2004. My mom got me a Game Boy Advance for my birthday, and along with it, a copy of hack-and-slash action game The Revenge of Shinobi. As it was the only game I owned at the time, I played that until I couldn’t play it any more. But…
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Metroid Musing: Would a Third Pursuer-Type Enemy Be Too Much?
Samus has shown time and again that she’s one of if not the most dangerous being in the galaxy. Despite this, there have been two instances where Samus has been pursued by a seemingly unstoppable enemy while in a weakened state. The first is the most iconic aspect of Metroid…
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OPINION: Samus Should Keep Her Metroid DNA And Use It For Good
Samus and the Metroids share an unique history. Both were created and molded by the Chozo in order to protect, but the path Samus and the Metroids took couldn’t be more different. After hunting the Metroids on their homeworld to the point of extinction, Samus spared the last one –…
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Metroid Musing: Would You Like to Hear Dread-Style Voice Acting For Adam in a Potential Metroid Fusion Remake?
Raise your hand if you think it’s only a matter of time before Nintendo releases a full blown remake of Metroid Fusion. With its twentieth birthday in the rear-view mirror, and Metroid Dread injecting some much needed life into the series, not to mention the direct story tie in between…
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Metroid Musing: Does Samus’s Metroid DNA Make Her Immune to Diseases or Dangerous Parasites Like the Flood?
After Samus was infected by an X Parasite in the events directly preceding the beginning of Metroid Fusion, Samus was given a vaccine created from a cell culture of the Baby Metroid that’s saved Samus life more than once beforehand. This vaccine worked flawlessly, immediately killing all X Parasites in…
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Ranking the Metroid Fusion Bosses
The 20 year anniversary for Metroid Fusion came and went last year – it’s been interesting revisiting it after so long. Fusion took a big chance by offering a more linear-styled experience, but overall that chance paid off. From Fusion, we got a fantastic story and antagonist that moved the…
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Metroid Musing: Do You Want to See the Space Pirates Return in 2D Metroid?
The Space Pirates have long plagued Samus and the Galactic Federation. For years, the Pirates waged war against our favorite bounty hunter, creating bioweapons, destroying planets, and capturing Metroids. As of right now, however, the Pirates find themselves in pretty dire straits. Defeated once and for all by Samus at…
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Metroid Musing: Can Any Future 2D Metroid Remakes Get Away With Not Having the Slide?
If you were to ask me what my favorite Metroid game is, I’d probably answer on most days that it’s Super Metroid. It was my first Metroid game, and it’s still an amazingly put together video game, almost 30 years after its release. I replay it often, I love the…
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