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Check Out this Highlight Video of Cut Content from Metroid Prime 3 Corruption
Like all large-scale projects, video games are an iterative process. From concept to planning to implementation, video games are worked and reworked and reworked again until the final product is ultimately revealed. To get just a glimpse of the sorts of changes a game can experience, Kiwi Talkz recently released…
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OPINION: In Defense of Proteus Ridley
Recently, a couple good friends of mine – including our own Doominal Crossing – were chatting on Twitter and saying how they felt conflicted about Proteus Ridley showing up at the finale of Metroid: Samus Returns and serving as the final boss. One on hand, they felt that the fight…
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Learn How to Experience the Latest AM2R Has To Offer
AM2R is without a doubt one of the greatest fan-made Metroid games available today. It perfectly captures the narrative of Metroid 2 while still expanding upon it in ways that make sense. It’s also still incredibly active within the development community, receiving updates and expansions that keep it feeling fresh.…
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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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A Little Piece of Metroid History: Check Out Captain N Comics 1 – 5
Back in the 90’s, Valiant Comics published a series based on a variety of Nintendo properties, including our favorite spacefaring saga, Metroid. The series followed Captain N (aka Kevin Keene) and his fellow companions as they hoped to save Videoland from Mother Brain and her evil forces. It’s important to…
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4 Ways to Improve The Meta Ridley Boss Fight in Metroid Prime
You might be thinking, “Improve? They don’t need to improve this boss fight!” and I agree! I love the Meta Ridley boss fight in Metroid Prime. Personally, it’s one of my favorite boss battles in not just the game, but the entire series. It’s such an exciting, and at times…
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OPINION: Samus Should Keep Her Metroid DNA And Use It For Good
Samus and the Metroids share an unique history. Both were created and molded by the Chozo in order to protect, but the path Samus and the Metroids took couldn’t be more different. After hunting the Metroids on their homeworld to the point of extinction, Samus spared the last one –…
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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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Metroid Prime Remastered Icons Available For Nintendo Switch Online Members From March 3rd to 16th
On March 3rd , the Nintendo Switch Online service will provide a fresh batch of icons based on the newly-released Metroid Prime Remastered, which is also releasing in Europe on the same day. What timing! Character icons based on Meta Ridley, Metroids, Samus’ Gunship, the Metroid Prime logo and Samus…
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Metroid Fusion Heading to Nintendo Switch Online on March 9th
The wait for Metroid Fusion on Nintendo Switch Online ultimately proved to be a short one, as Nintendo tweeted out today that, on March 9th, Metroid Fusion will be available to play for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass members. The Expansion Pass, which lets subscribers play Nintendo 64, Sega…
