When you think of what a Metroid game is supposed to be, what do you think of? Many people will throw around buzz words like “isolation”, “open-ended”, “atmospheric” or “dreadful” with occasional allusion to the Alien film franchise somewhere to…
Every ‘Metroid’ Game Ranked
Samus Aran’s adventures continue this fall with the release of the long-rumored Metroid Dread, the 5th in the mainline 2-D games returning after a 19-year absence and onto the Nintendo Switch. Given the sudden resurging interest in the franchise and…
Metroid Dread: Everything you need to know
In what might be the biggest surprise of E3 2021, Samus Aran will be returning for her 35th anniversary to star in Metroid Dread on the Nintendo Switch on October 8th. The game will be a follow-up to 2002’s Metroid…
Super Smash Bros Ultimate News: Masahiro Sakurai is a saint, internet please stop
This morning’s Nintendo Direct was all about following up on the reveal of Super Smash Bros Ultimate at this year’s E3 2018 in Los Angeles. Our first impressions of the gameplay and that initial announcement can be found here. These…
Video Game Review: Metroid Samus Returns
If you are a starving Metroid fan like myself but you haven’t already played Metroid: Samus Returns, then chances are you already bought it and are simply waiting to unwrap the case. For everyone else: for those who are casual fans…
Why You Need To Play ‘Metroid’
Given that we’re being met with the 30th anniversary of Nintendo’s most frequently shelved franchise this summer, I find that it’s often lost on people exactly what made these games in the Metroid franchise so great, as Samus only appears…