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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 17: SA-X, Dark Samus, Little Birdie, and Examining the Use of Clones & Dopplegangers in Metroid
This week’s episode is all about the clones and dark versions of Samus in the Metroid series! We examine how Nintendo uses the classic trope in the series and talk about where it works (SA-X, Dark Samus, Ridley-X, and more) and where it doesn’t exactly hit the mark (Little Birdie,…
