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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Zoid (Metroid Prime 1 & 2, Senior Engineer)
Kiwi has sat down with a retired veteran of the video game industry, and an integral mind and senior engineer behind the Metroid Prime series, Zoid! Zoid has worked in the industry for over 32 years, boasting a resume with work on games such as World of Warcraft, Portal, Metroid…
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Explore the Terror Behind Metroid Fusion
Isolation. The unknown. An unseen threat. Being hunted. Almost every Metroid game is built on around the central theme of being alone and fighting you’re way out against an enemy. Metroid Fusion took that formula seen in the first three games of the series and amplified it to new levels.…
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Join Us March 19th For A Metroid Marathon Stream Raising Money for The Trevor Project (10 am PST)
Mark your calendars! Starting tomorrow at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST, the team at Omega Metroid will be live streaming three Metroid games – NEStroid, Metroid Dread, and Super Metroid – in support of the Trevor Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth. We’ll…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Lawrence Schwedler (Metroid Prime Hunters Sound Designer)
Kiwi sits down with Lawrence Schwedler, one of the sound designers behind Metroid Prime Hunters! Currently, Lawrence is a program director for the music and sound design program over at Digipen. Before that, he worked at NST for several years on games such as Mario vs Donkey Kong and Pokemon…
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Check Out These Influences on Metroid You Might Not Know About
Metroid’s influences are often boiled down to a single film: Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien. This isn’t a problem in it of itself, but it is limiting in its scope. “Critical Kate” Willært seeks to cast a wider net, looking at what else has influenced the classic Nintendo franchise. Willært…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews DoctorM64 (Game Designer, AM2R)
You’re in for treat, because Kiwi sat down with the designer of AM2R, Milton Guasti, otherwise known as DoctorM64! DoctorM64 developed AM2R in his free time over 8 years. His work eventually got him hired to work on another fantastic Metroidvania, Ori: Will of the Wisps. The conversation is mostly…
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Once Upon A Tee’s Zebes Collection Is On Sale
If you’re in the US or Japan, there are some Metroid merchandise options available for you from the official Nintendo store. However, at least in the US store, the designs are a little lackluster. Here’s where the fans come in. Once Upon A Tee has several of these awesome fan-made…
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Episode 104 – Definitively Ranking Metroid (NES)
Definitive Ranking returns after almost a six-month hiatus to examine the granddaddy of them all: Metroid! We take a look at the original game and try to balance how it holds up today with how it innovated video games 35 years ago and have some fun discussion about the assortment…
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Fans Flock To The Steam Deck For Their Prime Trilogy Fix
While another year passes without the Metroid Prime Trilogy available on the Nintendo Switch, this hasn’t stopped dedicated fans from getting the modern handheld console experience for the beloved game collection. The Trilogy has long been a popular choice for emulation on PC for years, thanks to software emulator Dolphin…
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The Second (And Final) Print Run of the Metroid35 Zine
After the first print run of the Metroid35 zine, I got a lot of requests for a second print run of the zine. It’s finally time to do the second (and final) print run of the zine. Please keep in mind that it will essentially be the same as the…
