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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…
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Episode 202 – What We Want From Metroid Prime 4 (Mechanics + Accessibility Edition!)
We’re back this week to talk – what else? – Metroid Prime 4! As we’ve done before, we’re going over a bunch of things we want to see in the game! Were working off of a wishlist that Doom put together that covers things like: could wall running be neat,…
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The Great Metroid Area Ranking: Sector 3 Pyrosphere + Agon Wastes + Tourian (NEStroid)
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 again by Doominal Crossing to take stock of three very different areas: the slow, cerebral, and dangerous Tourian, where…
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Episode 201 – Super Metroid Ascent: ROM Hack Reviews (PATREON UNLOCK!)
Unfortunately, our schedules didn’t align this week and we weren’t able to get together to record a new episode of the pod, but never fear – we’re reaching into the fault to pull out a formerly Patreon-exclusive ROM Hack Review! We’re playing the amazing, puzzling, innovative, and gruelling ROM: Super…
