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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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Metroid Musing: Are You a Fan of the Metroidvania Genre, Or Only Metroid Specifically?
Over the course of the Omega Metroid Podcast, we’ve developed a sub-series of the show called Inspired By Metroid. In these episodes, we review games that Metroid had an influence on in terms of aesthetic, world structure, and more, in hopes of finding good games to recommend to Metroid fans.…
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Metroid Musing: Do You Think We’ve Seen the Last of the Mawkin Tribe?
When Mercury Steam took over development of the 2D Metroid series, they set out to do something that had previously been unthinkable: make the seemingly benevolent Chozo race into something darker and more sinister. First teased at the end of Samus Returns and revealed in full in Metroid Dread, Raven…
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Omega Metroid’s Summer of Metroid Madness Character Contest: And The Winner Is…
Hello everybody and WELCOME to Omega Metroid’s SUMMER OF METROID MADNESS. Do you have a favorite Metroid character? Do you like characters facing off in intense duels? Do you thrive on the excitement of predicting an entire bracket? If so, then we’ve got what you need. The premise is simple: 32…
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Metroid Musing: What Is Samus’s Ultimate Weapon: the Power Bomb or the Screw Attack?
Growing up playing the earlier Metroid titles like Super, Return of Samus, and NEStroid, it was always apparent to me that the pinnacle of Metroid’s gameplay loop of collecting powerups for Samus was the point when you acquired the Screw Attack, a move so powerful that you could literally slice…
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Admiral Dane’s Diner: Maridia Popcorn Seasoning
Welcome back to Admiral Dane’s Diner, a monthly series where I attempt to create food with a Metroid theme! Currently, I have no kitchen (it is under construction) and am limited to a microwave and a hotplate for the time being. Therefore, I have to be a little bit creative…
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OPINION: Metroid Needs a New Breed of Villain – The Three Dimensional Villain
As we all know, Metroid celebrated its 35th anniversary this past year with the release of Metroid Dread. Longevity like that is an incredible achievement, and really makes you appreciate how much Metroid has changed and evolved over the years, something that’s undoubtedly lead to the staying power the series…
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Admiral Dane’s Diner: Meta Ridley (and Red Ridley) Wings!
Admiral Dane’s Diner is a monthly series that is all about making delectable food inspired by the Metroid series. Each month, patrons and team members vote from a list of food ideas and then I attempt to create them. Since the Metroid series doesn’t really have food at its heart…
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Making the “Forbidden” Metroid Prime 2 Cake
Last year for April Fool’s, I made a joke about how Nintendo would make Ridley plushies, and then created a Ridley plushie myself. This year, I took on a new challenge: recreating the “forbidden” promotional cookie from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. From examining the picture, a few things stood out…
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OPINION: Metroid 6 Should Move On From Samus as the Main Protagonist
One of the most tantalizing moments in any long-running series or story is the moment a story arc finally reaches its conclusion. This is great not only because the story has reached its climax and (hopefully) paid off the buildup, structure, and threads lain down, but because, no matter if…
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