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wow lol lot of similarities with me, got a n64, and a dreamcast and was mad when both failed, and yeah in 2012 i was 24, just finished college was working and got a wii u, me and my older brother loved playing nintendo land with our freinds, and yeah this video brought back alot of memories for me during 2012 my mom was still alive and life just seemed so much simpler back then.
I never understood Metroid’s appeal… until I tried this game on Switch Online. The animation, the music, the gameplay… it’s so insanely well made. Now I want to try them all.
I liked your review of Fusion a lot better. I love your take on Samus herself feeling limited and underpowered, with SA-X being able to sequence break and have all her most powerful and iconic abilities. It was really cool seeing Samus sort of the way a space pirate would, I try to channel that SA-X attitude into my own gameplay when I start feeling too much anxiety haha
I was watching this entirely (well, not really) for the voiceline where you attempt to give the dead wanderer salt water multiple times in a row and he goes "NUH UH I CAN SMELL THE SALT FROM HERE". Very sad it never came :( Also I second the "man, how did I even get anywhere in this game as a kid"-sentiment said at the end of the video. Especially since I hardly understood spoken english at the time. D:
My Metroid Fusion battery just died. Fortunately I have a cart reader and had dumped my safe before that happened. Replaced the battery with a battery holder, so the next time it needs replaced it'll be easy.
While it’s not the definitive version nowadays with the presence of the fan ports, this version of the game seems so cool and seems to have the equivalent amount of soul that fans nowadays poured into our new ports.
Say what you want about the departure from previous gameplay elements, but personally i loved the direction this story went. Feel like it led well into Dread too
I remember playing through Sonic 06 when I was young and enjoying it. No one understands when I say that but when you consider that I grew up to get a job in Video Game QA and have been working there for over a decade now, it makes a lot more sense.
I think for the good proper freaks who still use the Wii U, history has been pretty kind to it. It's a homebrew monster, it's _the_ way to play most of Nintendo's library. Near-perfect play for the entire GC/Wii/U library plus virtual console for everything before then (if you're into that), that's a huge deal.
This is one of the games that I won't play even if it's good because o consider it unethical. To be honest i consider most fan games to be unethical anyway
This game has a ton of cool ideas that just don't fit together at all. A story progression system, where your actions affect the story? Cool! Attacking bad guys fills a blue meter while attacking good guys fills the red meter, and both have different powers? Cool! Uhh... But the hero power of skipping sections of the level doesn't serve the hero missions at all, since you have to comb over every area to find all the enemies or whatever you're meant to interact with for that mission. It instead helps you fulfill the neutral story mission of getting to the goal ring. They should have either had one bar that fills up when you defeat any enemy type, which has multiple powers depending on how full it was. If it's 1/3 of the way full, Shadow throws Chaos Spears at enemies in front of him. If it's 2/3 full, then you do the Chaos Blast (but increase the blast radius so it's essentially a screen wipe). And if it's completely full, then you get the power where you skip through the level. The first two powers would both be useful for Hero or Dark playthoughs, and the third would serve neutral playthoughs. Since the neutral mission has you attacking enemies indiscriminately, the bar would fill the fastest for them. Maybe as a completion bonus, your bar would increase by 1/3 its original size, and getting it full then gives him temporary invincibility and infinite ammo. And yeah, the morality-based level progression should have been more natural. Maybe in the first level, Sonic could challenge you to see who could defeat the most Black Arms, kinda like the friendly rivalry between Legolas and Gimli, counting how many orcs they kill. So you don't need to defeat every single enemy. You just need to beat more than Sonic, and you have to do it quickly, or else he's going to wipe them all out before you can get to them. If you win, you go down the Hero path. If you fail, you get the Neutral path. But if you do enough damage to Sonic, Sonic teleports away with Chaos Control, and you go down the Dark path. From that point forward, every hero character should know you're not to be trusted. Maybe Rouge and Omega still trust him, but the others shouldn't act like Shadow is their best buddy. The more evil stuff you do, the more hostile they become, and they stop even trying to appeal to Shadow's morality. You know, actual consequences. An actually dark ending would have been appreciated too, even if it wasn't canon. It just seemed like Sonic Team was unfocused. They wanted to be "mature" and edgy, but they didn't want to be so mature that they don't appeal to children. So it's goofy and childish, but it also has guns and bad language.
Ok…I could look past the whole “authorization” thing as a, “You have dangerous weapons, please don’t use them and potentially damage the ship unless I tell you.” sort of thing. And as for Samus having a panic attack because of Ridley? I actually do understand that. That’s surprisingly fine. Within the constraints of the timeline, it even makes sense. In every game, it’s unclear- lore-wise- whether Ridley dies or not. I mean with Samus Returns included, I’m pretty sure he’s in Every game in the timeline before Super Metroid. But lore-wise? He Does die in Super Metroid. And Samus knows it. So to see him back in Other M, it makes sense that it could cause such a reaction from her. And it doesn’t happen in Fusion cuz…well, Neo-Ridley is Blue, and an X Parasite. And she knows that, too. But I can still see why everyone else doesn’t like the whole Ridley giving her a panic attack thing. Other M in a lot of ways to me, is just Fusion but Bad.
14:52 What was I thinking?! He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since I was nineteen! Couldn't keep his hands out of the bad opinion drawer! "But not our Joshy! Couldn't be precious Joshy!" Joshing them blind... And HE gets to be a reviewer?! What a sick joke! I should have stopped him when I had the chance! And you, you have to stop him! You-
I know it has nothing to do with the Saturn or Jam, but I love Ristar so much, it's impossible for me to not be emotionally affected by that music played and sequence shown at the beginning of the video. I'm so glad it got put in Mega Collection, 'cause I never would have known it existed at all, much less played it, until much, much later.
You know--This was the first video of yours I came across back around 2018 or 2019--I clicked on this video while considering Metroid Prime one of my favorite games of all time, fully expecting this to be full of critiques that I disagreed with, judging by the title I didn't expect to agree with you at all. For me, Prime's problems are forgivable because I've beaten this game so many times that I know ways of circumventing the backtracking, I know which Chozo Artifacts I can get along the way--But, there was a time when I didn't have all this knowledge, a time where I had to judge Prime on its design and not my experience with the game, as a kid, I LOVED searching for the Artifacts, going back through old areas was always fun, because there was a mystery to the world that I was slowly piecing together, each time I found new logbook entries in older areas, it gave me a new piece to the puzzle. As an adult, Super or Dread are my favorite Metroid games, but I still really love Prime -- So much so, that I thought this video would be something I just couldn't agree with from beginning to end. But, what made me a fan of your channel, and your content: Even if we disagree on our opinions about a game, you never state your opinions objectively. You never say: "This game is TRASH!", and even though I didn't, and don't exactly share your opinions on this game, I still appreciate this video enough to come back and rewatch it from time to time. In fact, it helped me not be so aggressive when it comes to my opinions online. I've always been the type that's been quick to say: "This isn't for me!", instead of downright insulting a game, but when others approached me with the same mentality, I often took it as a personal attack against something I loved. Subjectivity is key to all opinions, everyone has a different experience even when playing the same game. You never make videos just to express hate for something, but to explain your perspective in a way that even those who don't agree can understand and empathize with. And that's a skill that comes from someone with a lot of compassion--You don't like to start fights, you like to discuss games, and you enjoy engaging in these discussions if they're healthy. Not every game is tailored to every game's tastes, this video showed me that not every negative opinion about a game I love, is an attack against the game, or its players--Sure, some enjoy throwing around insults, stirring up rage--But, some just didn't have the same experience as me--They shouldn't be invalidated, because the game didn't click with them. I didn't initially comment on this one back when I watched it--Despite the fact that this video made me a fan of your content, I didn't feel like a comment could add anything positive to this discussion. But, even though there's a sea of comments now, I _do_ feel there's a bit of positivity I can add to the discussion now. Thanks for being a positive voice in the gaming community on a social media platform where negativity brings popularity. It's been a slow growth, but your community is far healthier than many across the internet, because you don't promote rage or anger as a way of growing in fame--Despite that, you always stay true to your feelings and opinions. It's really funny that when I watched this video, I knew you as the "Metroid" guy, before learning how much opinions we share for Sonic--I kinda stopped associating you with Metroid until the Dread announcement, despite this being my first video of yours!
I agree with that whiny baby man crying about Fusion. Samus should've never been characterized at all. She should've been what all women should be, lacking personality, a sense of self, and individuality. Yes sir. Humanizing Samus is what made me like her. You can be stoic AND sensitive, they aren't mutually exclusive. Bro's an insult to the fan base.
Judging by how Nintendo has been operating lately, I'd say there's a really good chance that DKCR HD is just a precursor for a new DK game in a year or two.
Came back to this review after watching the Metroid 1 redux. I can definitely see where the embarrassment over the "superannuation" segment is coming from, but you did a great job covering yourself by emphasizing that it was about personal taste and not an objective law. That's the value of humility and qualification, it stings less when you regret what you said in the past! :V
As for my headcanon, I will say that there actually was an Adam. And he died saving Samus in some way. But we don't know anything else about him or what happened to him. I'm just going to assume he died when Samus was still in the Federation.
the article at 3:23 is so damning like. I've always been more of a 2D Metroid guy than a prime guy but saying "retro is better than just another sequel" really doesn't lineup with your subtext of "retro should be making more Metroid games" especially because you could easily look at that brand new trailer for prime 4 and call it "just another Metroid game" I believe it will be strong and distinct but it wasn't like retro was a studio immune from sequelitis before this or after this. not that the games weren't good but they were not all revolutions so to speak. and I do get wanting retro to make a new IP or at least an IP new to them. they could really make another reinvention and I'm so sad that there was just. nothing in between tropical freeze and prime 4.
finally someone who agrees. i get so confused when people call Prime a masterpiece and act like it's perfect. like, hello? we must have played different games. the backtracking sucks. the artefacts SUCK. the movement and is so slow and boring etc
"the first 30 minutes of a game is most important" is a very funny take coming from the guy who had the Twilight Princess intro extended to be way longer.
I love Dread and it’s probably one of my favorite entries, but in regards to the difficulty spikes. I think it feels un-Metroid-like. Samus’s frailty made a lot of sense back in Metroid Fusion; and perhaps even a degree of frailty would make sense after the events of that game, but I feel Dread overdid it. She somehow feels more frail than Fusion; and moreover it changed 2D Metroid from an endurance challenge where death meant going back to a Save Station, to a game of occasional trial-and-error where the biggest punishment is being taken to a boss or EMMI entrance. Maybe I’m in a minority but I feel such simple checkpoints undermine the threat. I’d rather contend with the tension of having my HP slowly wither away with the risk of lost progress than what it currently has in that respect.
There’s something so classically Nintendo about putting the old format from Nintendo Power into a game all while the Nintendo Power magazines from that era aren’t available digitally anywhere.
