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Metroid Prime 20th Anniversary Visual Tribute Album Premiering November 17th

Metroid Prime 20th Anniversary Visual Tribute Album Premiering November 17th

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This fall Metroid Prime turns….I hate typing this….20 years old. As one of the best games the Gamecube ever had and a revolutionary title overall, it deserves a party…but Nintendo isn’t springing for a cake or balloon animals. There’s no official acknowledgement of the anniversary and Metroid Prime 4 is lost in space. As it typically the case, it’s up to the fans. Presenting”Prime: Metroid Reimagined,” a unique cover album that goes beyond just rearrangement. It’s a visual experience with a video accompanying each song. An international team of video game musicians, artists, and designers worked tirelessly to create the ultimate ode to Samus’s Tallon IV adventure. Check out these impressive credits: Composed, arranged, and produced by Zeke Fenelon (aka Outset Initiative), video game remix artist and game developer on Halo Infinite. Piano performed by Ryan Ike, two-time BAFTA-nominated composer and sound designer best known for his work on award winning games including Gunpoint, Frog Fractions 2, West of Loathing, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, and Reigns: Game of

Is Metroid Dread Really The End Of The Story?

Is Metroid Dread Really The End Of The Story?

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Seeing Metroid Dread, a game rumored to exist since 2005, suddenly appear during this week’s Nintendo Direct was quite a surprise. Equally surprising was a comment made by series co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto in a follow-up video about the game’s long development history. “The series has chronicled the relationship between Metroids and the heroine Samus,” he said, “but this game will mark an end to that story arc.” Does that mean this would chronologically be the last game in the Metroid series? IGN dialed up Sakamoto and asked him for clarification. “Regarding the end of the Metroid saga and the five-part saga,” he told them. “the Metroid story until this point has dealt with Samus’ strange fate that’s been intertwined around this being called the Metroid. And until now that has been the focus of the series, but what [Metroid Dread] represents is a bit of a pause or kind of a new start to something else.” In other words, you don’t have to worry about this being the “final” Metroid

The Craziest Announcements From Nintendo’s E3 Direct

The Craziest Announcements From Nintendo’s E3 Direct

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After what’s been a lackluster E3 even by post-COVID limited-resources no-time-to-prepare-anything standards, everyone was looking to Nintendo to save the day. Did they do it? Well…their Direct this morning wasn’t a series of slam dunks, but they scored enough times to leave us pleased. Here are the things that intrigue us most: METROID DREAD: We didn’t think they could possibly drop a bomb bigger than a BOTW 2 trailer, and yet here this was in the middle of the presentation, strolling around like it hadn’t been rumored since 2004. A trademark for the name “Metroid Dread” had been discovered around that time, and everyone believed it would be the next game — and then, nothing. And now, suddenly, this. Dread will be the first original 2D Metroid in quite a while, and involve Samus fighting a bunch of androids (that’s all we know at this point). There will also be an amiibo set you can’t own, which you can’t use to restore your health at certain points because scalpers will

The Amiibo Use In Metroid: Samus Returns Is Controversial

The Amiibo Use In Metroid: Samus Returns Is Controversial

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There’s growing outrage today from Nintendo fans about the recently revealed functionality of amiibo in Metroid: Samus Returns, coming soon to 3DS and 2DS. While amiibo have been used to lock game content behind figure-triggered paywalls before, it is usually along the lines of extraneous material most gamers could live without seeing. In this case, the hard mode in Samus Returns — normally a feature unlocked by completing the game once — can’t truly be accessed unless the 3DS has been bopped at least once by Nintendo’s new squishy Metroid amiibo (just $12.99!) The Metroid amiibo also unlocks a feature called Metroid Marker that helps you track down all the Metroids in Samus Returns (we don’t know how many are in there, but the original Game Boy version had 108). This makes the Metroid amiibo a required purchase for most diehard fans, essentially raising the sticker price to $52.99. Grr. On the same day Nintendo is releasing a new Samus amiibo that grants you an extra Aeion reserve tank (which

E3 2017: Nintendo Reveals Why They Unveiled Metroid Prime 4

E3 2017: Nintendo Reveals Why They Unveiled Metroid Prime 4

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Easily one of the biggest surprises of E3 2017 was Metroid Prime 4. The next game in a franchise that fans have been begging Nintendo to bring back for quite some time. However, the reveal of the game was just a look at the logo, with a note that the game was in development. Nothing else was given about the game itself. Though it was noted that Retro Studios was not making the game. So, this begs the question, why did Nintendo unveil it if the game didn’t have anything to show? Well, in an interview IGN, Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime stated this: “For certain games, games that will be in development for, let’s call it a decent amount of time, like Metroid Prime 4 — also, given that it’s a franchise that we know people have been very eager to get some news — that’s when, fine, we’ll share it. We’ll share it early, Others, we want to hold closer in and reveal it when the gameplay is

E3 2017: Metroid 3DS Title Coming In September

E3 2017: Metroid 3DS Title Coming In September

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The Nintendo Treehouse event kicked off in a big way, after doing a demo of Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime took the stage to unveil a major 3DS game: Metroid: Samus Returns. This game is actually a modern remake of Metroid II: Return of Samus for the Game Boy back in 1991. But, like Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, the game has been remade from the ground up for the Nintendo 3DS. Including redesigns of numerous enemies, as well as new powers and abilities. In the game, Samus is sent by the Galactic Federation to planet SR3-8 to investigate an incident, and she soon finds familiar enemies in the Metroids…but they are evolving. And the deeper Samus goes into the planet, the more danger there is. As they showed off the game in the Treehouse, it became clear that this is a pure 2D Metroid style game, complete with wide world to explore and backtrack into. Samus will get special abilities and tech, including ones

Which One Of You Told Nintendo About These Things?

Which One Of You Told Nintendo About These Things?

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Last week we pointed out over 100 issues of Nintendo Power were available to virtually leaf through at the Internet Archive. At the time we were among the first to point it out, and sensing a viral wave of reports was about to hit (and it did) we made it a point that the magazine scans were NOT from Nintendo and were uploaded by a volunteer last February. We also wondered how long it would take before one of these uploads was caught. Not long! Within two days every major website with a video game interest had reported on the existence of the scans. It got Nintendo’s attention, and their lawyers send a C&D to the Archive, resulting in the scans disappearing. At the same time, a fan-created remake of Metroid 2: Return of Samus called AM2R was also making waves and getting reports. It was almost like the media was testing Nintendo to see how much the company would tolerate. If they had problems with a bunch of old

Ronda Rousey Wants To Be Samus Aran In Metroid Film

Ronda Rousey Wants To Be Samus Aran In Metroid Film

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Video game movies are nothing new, successful ones are more rare though. However, with certain successes, it could be a more viable brand. One of the few Nintendo franchises that fans truly think could work as a movie is Metroid. And MMA superstar Ronda Rousey has made it clear she wants to be the legendary bounty hunter Samus Aran. “I’ve always wanted to be Samus. That would be badass.” Rousey told Gamespot in an interview, “I love how people found out later that it was a hot chck on the inside. And then most of the day you’re in a suit, so you can just hang out and eat donuts and be the star of Metroid. I hope they make a movie out of that.” This is not the first time a Metroid movie has been discussed by people, in fact, one group tried to make a mini-Metroid film a few years back via funding on Kickstarter. Nintendo however stepped in and squashed it before it came to form. However,

Metroid: Zero Mission Heads To The Wii U January 14

Metroid: Zero Mission Heads To The Wii U January 14

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If you’re looking for a remake done right, look no further than Metroid: Zero Mission, a remake of the original NES Metroid game that was first released in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. A fan favorite among many, it retells the original story (which wasn’t very developed with 1986 technology) of Samus’s original mission to Planet Zebes to stop Ridley and Kraig and exerminate the deadly Metroid species. This is also the game that Zero Suit Samus originated in, but for the sake of those who have never played, we won’t tell you where. “Space bounty hunter Samus Aran is sent on a lone mission to infiltrate the fortified planet of Zebes. Traverse through the mazelike base of operations for the Space Pirates, gaining access to powerful upgrades and items for your weapons and suit. Locate Mother Brain, and put a stop to the replication of Metroids!” Look for Metroid: Zero Mission tomorrow, January 14, in the Wii U eShop. Some might complain about the lack of a 3DS

Nintendo Fully Accepts Negative Reaction To Federation Force

Nintendo Fully Accepts Negative Reaction To Federation Force

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One of the biggest surprises to come out of E3 was the reveal that Nintendo was making a spinoff of Metroid Prime called Federation Force. It would have certain elements of Metroid, yet not feature Samus Aran (the main character of the series). Fans did not like this, at all. From almost the moment it was announced, Nintendo fanboys and fangirls raged about how Nintendo was trolling them essentially by giving the a “Metroid” game without it being a Metroid game. Weeks have now passed since the announcement, and Nintendo is not only fully aware of the negative response, they fully accept it. Speaking with Mashable, Reggie Fils-Aime said: “What the fan at home saw was something in the Metroid Prime universe that they weren’t expecting. The reaction has been negative. There’s no sugar coating it.” However, Fils-Aime remains adamant that if gamers get their hands on Federation Force, their tune may change. He continued: “This is an example where fans who aren’t able to get their hands on the

Nintendo Knows of Fan Desire For Return of Metroid

Nintendo Knows of Fan Desire For Return of Metroid

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At E3 last week, Nintendo made a bold move by revealing Metroid Prime: Federation Force, a Metroid game does not feature Samus at all. For Metroid fans, this was a slap in the face. The Metroid fanbase has been very vocal in that they want a return for the Metroid series in the vein of the Metroid Prime trilogy (there was Other M, but we don’t speak of that). And yet, it’s been a very long time and we have no word on whether that’s ever going to happen at all. Speaking on this matter, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime spoke to Kotaku and stated the following: “Look, we know that the fans want a straight Samus Aran game,” Fils-Aime told Kotaku. “We also know that the best way to launch a game like that is to surprise and delight them, to give them a launch date, in an environment like this let them play it vs. what other companies do which is to announce a project that you may not see

Is The Next Metroid Game Coming To Nintendo's NX?

Is The Next Metroid Game Coming To Nintendo's NX?

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When it comes to Nintendo, the gaming giant has a lot of franchises to pick and choose from in regards to making games. Look at Super Smash Bros. and you’ll see what I mean. However, that doesn’t mean that every property gets its fair share in the sun. Ever since Other M (aka the Metroid game that fans don’t like to talk about), Nintendo fanboys and fangirls have been wanting, waiting, and praying for a new full-on Metroid title. At the Nintendo E3 Digital Event, we got a spinoff in the form of Metroid Prime: Federation Force. Needless to say, this didn’t please fans at all. Just look at the like/dislike ratio on the trailers Youtube page. It’s ugly. Now more than ever, fans want a true Metroid title, and series Producer Kensuke Tanabe has stated it could happen, but if it did, it would on Nintendo’s NX and not the Wii U. “If we started for Wii U now, it would likely take three years or so. So it would likely now be

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