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Patreon Bonus Show: What Makes A Good Metroid Area?
While we’re gearing up to launch the Great Metroid Area Ranking, we thought we’d break down what exactly makes a Metroid area great? We get together a list of crucial ingredients and discuss things like measuring subjective vs objective, being great in one aspect vs being fine in all aspects,…
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Episode 157 – Metroid II: Return of Samus: A Retrospective
We’re kicking it old school this week, as we’re diving into one of the most important and underrated games in the series – Metroid II! We’re once again joined by Staff Writer Daniel Hoctor to go over our first memories of playing it, how its limitations might or might not…
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Episode 156 – Are We In A New Golden Age For Metroid?
It’s a new week, Metroid fans, and this episode we’re comparing and contrasting the “Golden Age” of Metroid from 2002-2007 to the current era we’re in now, starting in 2021 with Metroid Dread. Andy is joined by Staff Writer Daniel Hoctor to talk about when the tide started to swing…
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Episode 155 – Chozo Ruins: Mapping Metroid
Mapping Metroid returns, and since we’re still riding the wave of Metroid Prime Remastered, we thought it was a perfect time to look at the beautiful, brooding mysterious enigma known as the Chozo Ruins! We go in depth talking about the various bosses and how they differ from each other,…
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ROM Hack Reviews: Super Metroid Ascent
The end of an era is upon us. In what will be the final ROM Hack Review (for now!), we’re playing the amazing, puzzling, innovative, and gruelling ROM: Super Metroid Ascent! Made by Benox50, this hack is the biggest, longest, and most intense challenge of any ROM Hack yet! Does…
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Episode 154 – Metroid Mailbag! Prime Remastered and More!
It’s still hard to believe Metroid Prime Remastered is real, but you know what’s not hard to believe? That we have another new episode! This week, Dak and Doom have pulled out the Metroid Mailbag. We asked for not just your questions, but your comments and hot takes as well!…
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Patreon Bonus Show: Andy’s Top 10 Game Boy Games!
The Spiteri Show returns, and just in the nick of time too, because this month, we’re counting down the ten best Game Boy games! If you haven’t heard, Game Boy games have just made their way to NSO, so it’s the perfect time to reflect back on which games defined…
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Episode 153 – Metroid Prime Remastered Deep Dive!
The Omega Team is back to continue our discussion on Metroid Prime Remastered. On this week’s episode, we’re doing a deeper dive – we’re talking about the control schemes and options, new animations and textures, new extras, and more. We also decide which area of the game had the most…
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Episode 152 – Metroid Prime Remastered: Our Thoughts, Reactions, and Initial Impressions!
Now that the dust has settled a bit, the gang get together to talk all things Metroid Prime Remastered! We go over our initial reactions, how much we all freaked out, the price point of the game, some of the control options, the epic shadow drop, some minor gripes, and…
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Episode 151 – Samus’s Percentages: Mercury Steam Acquisition, Wii U Ports, Metroid Prime 4 Multiplayer, and More!
The whole band is back together baby! Andy, Dak, and Doom are back playing Metroid fans’ favorite game: Samus’s Percentages! The premise is simple: we read off a statement and then assign a percentage on said statement ever coming true. On the docket this time are topics like: will Metroid…
