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Episode 24: Ranking Every Beam in the Metroid Series
We’re coming in guns ‘a blazing this week (pun intended) as we sit down and discuss in depth our favorite – and least favorite – beams in the Metroid series! We sit down and break ’em all down, from the traditional 2D beams, to the more FPS-specific weaponry of Hunters,…
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Episode 23: Blasphemous – Inspired By Metroid
We’re back for the second ever Inspired By Metroid showcase, and this time we’re focusing on the medieval hit Blasphemous (developed by the Game Kitchen)! Come listen as we talk about the game from top to bottom – what it did really well, what Metroid could learn from it, what…
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Episode 22: What Would A N64 Metroid Game Have Looked Like?
We’re back this week to cover a bevvy of topics, with the big talking point being what we think a N64 Metroid game would have looked like? What would we have wanted it to be like and what do we think Nintendo would have actually done? If we had gotten…
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Episode 21: Our Plot Ideas for Metroid 5
Recently, our buds over at Shinesparkers wrote up an article detailing their plot concepts for what they wanted to see in Metroid 5, which got us thinking about our own story ideas we’d want to see in the long awaited sequel. Where is the setting? Does Samus start with full power…
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Episode 20: Metroid Going “Casual” & More Metroid Questions Answered!
We’re a day late, but a couple bucks over selling price! Dak may have been sick, but the boys rallied and recruited Metroid HQ founder Elias Thompson to join them this week to answer all of YOUR Metroid related questions! What do we make of the “Metroid Prime 4 Going…
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Episode 19: Chozodia – Mapping Metroid
Welcome to the second installment of Mapping Metroid! This time, we explore the former Chozo stronghold of Chozodia as seen in Metroid: Zero Mission! Come here us talk about all things Chozodia: the stealth segments and what we liked and didn’t like about exploring Ridley’s ship in the Zero Suit, all…
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Episode 18: Power Ranking All of Samus’ Suits
As the old saying goes, we don’t know fine art, but we do know a fine Power Suit when we see one! We’re ranking all of Samus’s different suits she has worn over the course of the series in the same fashion as we ranked the Ridley fights! We’ve got…
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Episode 17: SA-X, Dark Samus, Little Birdie, and Examining the Use of Clones & Dopplegangers in Metroid
This week’s episode is all about the clones and dark versions of Samus in the Metroid series! We examine how Nintendo uses the classic trope in the series and talk about where it works (SA-X, Dark Samus, Ridley-X, and more) and where it doesn’t exactly hit the mark (Little Birdie,…
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Episode 16: The Federation Force Disaster
We are finally diving into one of the most controversial games/topics in the Metroid series: Metroid Prime Federation Force! What went wrong? Why did Nintendo decide on a chibi art style? Was this game doomed from the beginning? What’s up with the controls? Was this game just a victim of…
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Episode 15: Axiom Verge – Inspired by Metroid
Welcome to another first edition of a going-to-be-semi-regular series of episodes on the podcast – Inspired By Metroid! Of course, not every week is filled with Metroid news (or games for that matter), so we’re gonna point people towards then next best thing: games inspired by Metroid! First up: Axiom Verge. Axiom…
