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Learn More About “The Living Weapon” Kanden in this Metroid Lore Video!
For many veterans of the DS multiplayer focused title Metroid Prime Hunters, one of the most tantalizing aspects of the game was playing as a character not named Samus and being able to experience the Metroid world through a different visor. One character that players had the ability to play as was…
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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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Learn Chozo With This Community Written Language Course
Chozo is a mysterious language, with only two games having ciphers for the English language – Metroid: Other M and Metroid Dread. While Metroid: Other M has just a simple English-to-Chozo cipher, the team at MercurySteam went one step further and developed a constructed language (or conlang) for the cipher…
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Check Out Figma Samus Taking on Bionicle Mother Brain!
The iconic SNES battle between Samus and Mother Brain has been recreated with a Figma figurine of Samus and an impressive Mother Brain model constructed completely out of LEGO Bionicle pieces! Everyone remembers the battle between Mother Brain on Zebes and Samus Aran in Super Metroid. MootroidXproductions has certainly breathed…
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Torvus Bog Theme Recreated by Music Producer SynaMax
Electronic music producer SynaMax released a new video on his Youtube channel yesterday featuring a remastered recreation of the fan favorite “Torvus Bog” track from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. SynaMax, who has gained popularity from the Metroid fan community in recent years, has been on an ongoing quest to find…
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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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Learn How to Sequence Break in Metroid Dread
The latest video from The Orpheon demonstrates several sequence breaks in Metroid Dread that allow the player to finish the game quickly by bypassing several rooms, areas, and bosses! Since the very first Metroid game in 1986, special endings have been rewarded to the players that have the ability to…
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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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Metroid Dread, Kaizo Super Metroid Scheduled for SGDQ 2022
Games Done Quick has announced their schedule for their 2022 summer line up, and Metroid Dread is on the list making its inaugural appearance along with Kaizo Super Metroid. Almost every Metroid game in the series has a well established speed running community supporting it, so it is no surprise…
