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Episode 210 – Norfair: Mapping Metroid
Our Super Metroid celebration comes to a conclusion this week as we wrap it up in style by bringing back Mapping Metroid! On the docket this month is the fiery, sweltering, and frankly awesome area of Norfair! We go over everything that makes this so special, including the amazing boss…
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The Great Metroid Area Ranking: Doomseye (Federation Force) + Wrecked Ship + Arcterra (Hunters)
Welcome back to The Great Metroid Area Ranking, the Hunter-Tier Patreon exclusive show where I, Andy Spiteri, will be ranking every single area in the Metroid series! This month, I’m joined by Omega Team Member Zach Guillot to discuss a slew of areas of various degrees of quality: the solid,…
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Episode 209 – Ranking the Bosses of Super Metroid!
Our Super Metroid anniversary celebration continues this week, as Andy is joined again by Omega Metroid Community Manager Lillith and Zach Guillot of the Collateral Gaming Video Game Podcast to discuss one of the (many) high spots of this legendary game: it’s bosses! We’re ranking each fight until we get…
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Episode 208 – Honoring 30 Years of Super Metroid
Welcome to a very special episode of the show, as we honor the 30th anniversary of one of – if not the – greatest games of all time: Super Metroid! The game that brought Andy and Lillith, who joins us this episode, into the series and had a major influence…
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Episode 207 – Metroid Manga in Review: Samus & Joey Volume 1!
Metroid Manga in Review finally returns, and this time we’re examining a beloved cult classic among the Metroid faithful: Samus & Joey Volume 1! This collection introduces us to Joey, a reckless young boy and the self proclaimed “first disciple of Samus Aran” as he meets Samus and embarks in…
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Episode 206 – Alien in Review: The Predalien Rises in Alien vs. Predator: Requiem!
We’re back to continue our journey throughout the series that inspired Metroid, and this time around, we’re even more firmly in spinoff territory than we were back in AVP! The sequel to the crossover, Alien vs Predator: Requiem promises more gore, more kills, and more craziness, but at the end…
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The Great Metroid Area Ranking: Surface of SR388 (Samus Returns) + Dairon + Brinstar (Zero Mission)
Welcome back to The Great Metroid Area Ranking, the Hunter-Tier Patreon exclusive show where I, Andy Spiteri, will be ranking every single area in the Metroid series! This month, I’m joined by staff contributor Griffen Olney to talk about three super solid, if unspectacular, areas: the remagined Brinstar from Zero…
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Episode 205 – Ranking the Bosses of Metroid: Zero Mission!
Welcome back to another episode of the show celebrating Metroid: Zero Mission’s 20th anniversary! This week, we’re discussing and ranking all of the bosses of the remake! From innovative new bosses like the Chozo Test, to the definitive way to fight Mother Brain, back to returning foes like Kraid, to…
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Episode 204 – Honoring 20 Years of Metroid: Zero Mission
This week’s show is a special one, as we’re honoring one of the most fundamentally sound yet least heralded Metroid games: Metroid Zero Mission! Come and listen as we give this game its flowers, talking about our first memories of playing it, why it wasn’t a bigger deal at the…
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Episode 203 – Ranking Every Kraid Fight and Imagining a 3D Kraid Battle!
Hold on to your hats this week, as it’s finally time to give the legend his due. That’s right – this week is all about KRAID! We’re going through and ranking all four of the Big Daddy Kraid confrontations and discussing the mechanics and evolutions, plus talking about Kraid adjacent…
