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Episode 114 – Ori and the Blind Forest: Inspired By Metroid
Welcome to another installment of Inspired By Metroid! This week, we’re diving into a game that helped launch the Metroidvania renaissance, Moon Studio’s 2015 masterpiece, Ori and the Blind Forest! Andy describes this game as “one of the greatest games ever made””, and this week we dive into all the…
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Episode 113 – Recreating Metroid: Other M’s Story (While Using the Same Basic Premise)
Yes, we’re talking about Metroid: Other M again, the most controversial Metroid game that Metroid fans can’t seem to be able to forgive or forget. But this week, Andy is arguing that the basic premise of the game (“Samus, emotionally reeling following the events of Zebes, answers a distress call…
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Patreon Bonus Show: Andy’s Favorite Non-Nintendo Games
The Spiteri Show returns, and this time around, Andy is answering a Patron question asking what his favorite non-Nintendo video games are. Although definitely a Nintendo kid, Andy has amassed quite a list of favorite games and series from other teams, and he breaks it down! From classic RPG’s to…
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Episode 112 – Alien Retrospective: The Movie That Inspired Metroid!
We’ve got a special treat for you this week as Andy’s Virtual Theater (the podcast about video game movies and the stories that shape them) co-host Gooey Fame is joining the pod for a retrospective of not only one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time, but the movie…
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Kiwi Talkz Interview: Jim Wornell Talks Metroid Prime Logo
The logo for the Metroid Prime series is one of the most iconic logos in video game history for good reason. With its bold type choice set against the background of the Screw Attack symbol, and its representation of some of the most well-received games of all time, the logo…
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Episode 111 – Samus’s Percentages: How Likely To Be True Are These Statements?
Welcome to a new segment on the show we like to call Samus’s Percentages! The premise is simple: we read a statement out loud and then assign a percentage on how true or likely we believe the statement to be. On today’s debut episode, we have a whole bunch of…
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Episode 110 – Answering Your Metroid “Would You Rather” Questions!
This week, we’re answering YOUR fan questions in a “would you rather” format, and we have some absolute doozeys on hand! Would we rather every game play like Federation Force or have dialog like Other M? Would we rather a new Hunters style stand alone game or just have multiplayer…
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ROM Hack Reviews: Metroid: Rogue Dawn
ROM Hack Reviews is back, and this time we’re diving head first into one of the most revered fan games ever created: Metroid: Rogue Dawn! Created by Grimlock, Optomon, and snarfblam, Rogue Dawn tells the story of Dawn Aran and her quest to capture the alien Metroid’s to use as…
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Episode 109 – Should Metroid 6 Feature A New Playable Character and Samus as an Antagonist?
Andy and Dak are finally reunited and have a whole smorgasbord of Metroid topics to dive into! We go over the recent DYK Gaming video highlighting the development of Metroid Prime, talk about the reported leaks showing Nintendo using Game Boy Advance emulators and what it could mean for NSO,…
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Episode 108 – Discussing Metroid Dread’s New Boss Rush Mode!
We’re back and talking all things Bosses in this special Boss Rush edition of the podcast. Dak and Doom talk about the new feature in Metroid Dread and if they enjoyed running through the gauntlet of bosses or not, and then discuss which bosses from previous Metroid games would have…
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- Metroid (NES)
- Metroid II: Return of Samus
- Super Metroid
- Metroid Prime
- 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
- More Games