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Episode 35 – How To Make A Great Federation Force Game
Hello Metroid fans! We’re diving back into the MPFF pool to answer a seemingly impossible question: how does one make a cool Federation Force game? Well, it turns out that the answers are quite easy! Come listen as we spend an hour talking about Nintendo could revisit this concept and make it…
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Episode 34 – Ranking Every Final Boss in the Metroid Series!
Gear up for Halloween with our ranking of the greatest final boss fights in the Metroid series! From Mother Brain in NEStroid all the way down to Proteus Ridley in Samus Returns, the guys put their heads together and sort every boss, discussing which ones were awesome and which ones…
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Episode 33: Batman: Arkham Asylum – Inspired By Metroid
We are the night. We are vengence. We are playing Batman: Arkham Asylum for the first time in a really long time to bring you another great Inspired By Metroid entry! How the heck is Batman anything like Metroid?! Listen and find out why the tone, the map, the collectables,…
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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 31: Examining All of the Cut Content From Metroid Prime!
Boy oh boy do we have a good show for you! Using this article as a guide (put together by Mama Robotnik and sourced from several former Retro Studios employees and even Nintendo themselves), the fellas go through all the content that didn’t make it into the final game for whatever reason.…
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Episode 30: The Metroid Series in Super Smash Bros.
SUPER SMASH BROTHEEEERS! This week is all about the history of Metroid in the Super Smash Bros series, from the N64 to the Switch. The guys reminisce about how Smash introduced them to Metroid, talk about how the stages have never been strong, the incredible music arrangements, and Ridley’s long…
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Episode 29: What We Want To See in Metroid Prime 4 (Part 2)!
We’re back and discussing the most topical issue among Metroid fans: Metroid Prime 4! In one of our very first episodes, we discussed things we wanted to see from Metroid Prime 4, but frankly, there’s so much more we didn’t include in that episode we decided to make Part 2! Voice…
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Episode 28: How Should Metroids Be Used In Future Games?
Andy and Dak are joined by Zelda Dungeon’s Rod Lloyd this week to dive in depth into a topic we somehow haven’t covered yet on this Metroid podcast: Metroids! Do we want evolution’s to come back? What was Sylux going to use the Metroid egg for? Could we see Metroids fighting…
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Episode 27: The Unbelievable History of Retro Studios and Metroid Prime
Welcome to another episode of the Omega Metroid Pod! This week, the fellas take you on a journey to relive the incredible history of Retro Studios and their journey to making Metroid Prime. Sleazy owners, embezzled funds, employee’s working 48 hours straight, massive layoffs, and 3 canceled games is just…
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Episode 26: Sector 2 (TRO) – Mapping Metroid
We’re back with another deep dive into an area of Metroid, this time focusing on the X infested Sector 2 (TRO) of Metroid Fusion! Come hear us give our takes on the lush jungle aesthetic, debate over the weak bosses of the area, relive our first encounters with the SA-X,…
