The Great Metroid Area Ranking: SR388 (Return of Samus) + Cataris + Magmoor Caverns

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 BOTH Doominal Crossing and Omega Metroid Community Manager Lillith to talk about three areas with a bit of HEAT to them! First, we’re dissecting the industrial furnace of Metroid Dread’s Cataris, home to both Kraid and Experiment Z-57, before moving on to another fire area: the Magmoor Caverns from Metroid Prime, an area surprisingly barren in content. We finish it off by discussing the entire planet of SR388 from Metroid II, breaking down why we chose to rank the planet as a whole and how this area, maybe better than any other, turns its limitations into strengths!

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Make sure to check out the series that inspired this: Gooey’s Dungeon Dive, a podcast ranking every dungeon in the Zelda series!

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Andy Spiteri

Andy Spiteri is the Webmaster of Omega Metroid and Host of the Omega Metroid Podcast, The Zelda Cast, and Virtual Theater. Probably drinking a Tim Horton’s Double Double as you read this.