Johnny vs. Metroid II: Return of Samus 

Gotta keep her busy, how else can they research other bioweapons?

Wipe out all metroids (so we are the only ones that have them) Sounds familiar to some earth governments don't it?

@@Zekana0 That might be true except they didn't have any until Samus brought one back to them unprompted.

It's almost like the galactic federation is corrupt and just wants to be the strongest force in the galaxy.

Power Move

Yes, but that also brings up the question of how X were being confined. I mean, X is a smart species, wouldn't they just leave the only area with their one and only predator?

@@oguzhangungor9117 I don't know about the X, I think they were likely invented after the fact to find a new enemy for Metroid fusion, and therefore not taken into consideration while developing Metroid 2 But as I understand it, the x only became intelligent when fusing with humans and gaining their memories. I don't think they had any plans of universe domination before. I also think it is implied in the remake that the X lived underground where the metroids were found and that excavating that area the chozo discovered them and sealed them alongside the metroid lair.

@@diegog1853 the X were native to sr388 and the chozo saw what they did and so created the metroid to wipe them out. Most likly the X were very low in population and hiding out for there lives which is why you never saw any in 2 and when all the metroids got wiped out they made a resurgence. thats how fusion happened, in fact i believe that was directly explained in fusion.

@@Argonisgema When your pest control becomes a pest itself.

@@oguzhangungor9117 Remember that Metroid Prime 2 is supposed to take place over the large majority of planet Aether, even through it's only about five miles across (if that). Metroid is just that kind of series. That's about all the answer we're getting for how 39 Metroids were eating every single X across an entire biosphere

Same Here

@just do it just report you? Ok

@just do it everyone hates you

@just do it I’ll fax your face

Coincidence

Heh, I'm pretty sure I was around when the original SGB Reviews for these games came out. I feel _really_ old.

Heh

Mood, I thought I was seeing double with these videos

For a second I thought you wrote that you like the ice *cream* being a separate option and I was really confused!

Zero Mission had this figured out; it just kills most things but it freezes the enemies you might actually want as platforms.

@@KingCasual1986 I had the same reaction. Glad it wasn't just me.

I still like the way Super handled it, call me a hipster.

@@dprototype6431 No, that is a fair preference, and I am sure most would agree with you, myself included. I like the stacked beams and the option to turn them on and off. Don't know why you would turn them off, but it was neat that you could.

For me I wouldn't even call it a good *remake*, because it throws out almost everything that the original game is remembered fondly for. (The atmosphere, the ending, even the way the wildlife thins out as you approach the metroid hive) While they get rid of what didn't work in the original (the gameplay) they just throw the baby out with the bathwater and fail to really represent much of the original game at all outside of very very basic things. While it's competent as a videogame, I think that it doesn't do the job of representing or celebrating the original very well at all. AM2R, on the other hand, does! (and very much in the way that Zero Mission still celebrates the original even down to representing alot of its level design WHILE making it have stronger links to Super, similarly to how AM2R infuses links to Fusion.)

@@Jackelbeaver While I prefer AM2R between it and SR, I can tell you that it does not have Metroid II's atmosphere in the slightest. It borrows much more from Super, ZR and the Prime games in that regard than it does the original. It doesn't feel creepy and claustrophobic, it feels ambient and peacefully isolating like Super and Prime. It does keep the life thinning out the deeper you go and the peaceful ending though. Really neither of them truly capture the tone and feel of what Metroid II set out to do. If you're really looking for that authenticity, play the original. It's a lot more playable than most people make it out to be.

@@SoIstice overall though, am2r has more of m2’s best qualities in it whereas sr kinda doesnt have any of them.

@@Jackelbeaver u think peeps at nintendo eer feel buttblasted dat sum gaijin fanboi who originally had legit no xperience in video game design managed 2 produce a better remake than they themselves on a nonxistent budget? Wouldnt surprise me at all if they response to guastis work was motivated less by ip rights & more by jealous insecurity lol: AM2R is a masterpiece & a triumph of personal passion n amateur game design, & tha official remake is a lukewarm bag of wonderbread

@@awnaur0no919 You're forgetting it took well over 10 years to make AM2R, so it was enough time to polish it to the state it was released in. Mercury Steam didn't have nowhere near the same amount of time, even if they had more people and an actual budget, and 3D is notorious for being harder to work with than 2D. The worst part about Samus Return is that Nintendo had the fucking balls to lock content behind Amiibos, content that was free in previous games. I don't care if i can just check it out in the internet, it was free in the previous games and it should have been free here.

@just do it fax: you NEED us to report that video you linked, and you'll keep your comment up if that's the case.

The game is trash though

@@novustalks7525 ok Karen

@@shis1988 and the triggering commences

@@shis1988 just stating the facts

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just caught a Bully flashback

Man Man approves

@@DJPrimeAmvs lemons

I still think it'd take a bit more than "That shit hurts" to fend off a hungry metroid, though.

@@ArcaneAzmadi "hungry metroid" Hence the potatoes. Problem solved.

I really like the huge map of the original lmao, I might be a little crazy but I dunno it's so ambitious for an NES game. The worst thing for me is the control though, having at least the crouch in Metroid 2 was a big help.

I think the gunplay in 2 is far better than 1

Return of Samus works WAY better within the limitations of the Gameboy than Metroid works within the limits of the NES imo

Metroid II is extremely important for the overall development and evolution of the series, in my opinion. It's absolutely rough around the edges, but it introduces many mainstay elements to the franchise's playstyle and Samus' character that it's almost hard to imagine what the series would be like without Metroid II's inclusion. To me, despite its flaws and limitations, Metroid II is where Metroid really becomes what it is. In a weird way, it's almost like the first Metroid game that plays like a Metroid game, if that makes sense. (Aside from the linearity, of course!)

I prefer to support AM2R instead of Nintendo; I don't want any more 3D games to be played in 2D since that's laziness.

@@ramonandrajo6348 are you just gonna spam the same comment whenever someone supports Samus Returns

@@ramonandrajo6348 If there are people that can find hard work behind 2D gameplay combined with 3D graphics, it must be a reason. A better reason than laziness in perception of the people who don't find it, don't you think so? Well, laziness can be in a variety of cases. It can be in 3D art styles, in 2D art styles, in people that appreciate a lot of styles, in people that appreciate very few styles... but also can be cases like those But without laziness. I guess Samus Returns is not so close to top of 3DS graphics, but still enough good to be appreciable (and for recognize the work behind it), as a 3DS game and as a game in general. I still have to play Bloodstained (all of them), but looks like very good 3D graphics. And I haven't seen people disappointed with Metroid Dread trailers in trailer comments, so far. I know Nintendo have done very questionable decisions (like the amiibos, expensive ports, DMCAing fan games ... ) , but there are still things that worth it. Samus Returns is one of those, and hopefully Metroid Dread will be other one. I know supporting fangame developers is not as easy as supporting official game developers, but there must be ways to support them, or even both. At least Milton Guasti is currently part of official videogame development, so, is not impossible in this case. You decide what and how to do. Not everyone decide right, but also not everyone decide wrong.

we shall love it and give it milk.

@@Chad_Eldridge Blood?

That one was really dumb. It felt like it was supposed to be funny

You went poo poo and threw it at the wildlife?

@@chesspunk489 Yes like a Sniper I Monkey P

We play the same way then

@@ramonandrajo6348 How is it lazy to make a 2D game using 3D models?

@@ramonandrajo6348 Uh… What? I know 3D is technically easier to animate than 2D, but it’s mainly a stylistic decision in the end. A lot of newer 2D animated games go for a fully animated approach over pixel art unless they’re deliberately going for nostalgic appeal, and I’m fairly sure that it’s easier to get something to look exactly right using the precise nature of pixel art that with the less structured traditional artwork. If a company wants something to have a certain look, than unless they’re an overly greedy one like EA or Activision, they’ll usually put in the extra effort to nail that look, and if they can’t be bothered, they can always used squished 3D models to cheat on that like _Paper Mario: the Thousand Year Door_ did. Mercury Steam was heavily inspired by the Prime Trilogy, so using a 3D artstyle and going for a similar aesthetic makes sense. Choosing an artstyle for anything involves deciding what would work best, and Mercury Steam might have simply felt that the 3D style of Metroid Prime was what worked best for the series.

@@AzureGreatheart Nintendo is known today for doing the bare minimum when it comes to games and service as fanboys and casuals are always going to buy their products / services without questioning anything; try again but with a better excuse, fanboy.

@@ramonandrajo6348 I can’t think of any “lazy” design choices Nintendo made recently. Could you give a specific example instead of just rambling about graphics?

@@ramonandrajo6348 Somebody disagreeing with you does not make them a fanboy, pal. Maybe try dropping the hostility?

Prime’s final boss kinda did as you had to switch between the beam weapons in phase 1 & in phase 2 you switched between visors. However that boss (especially in phase 2) was kind of annoying.

That battle is even more badass in AM2R, because it offers multiple ways to deliver the final blow. Shoot missiles into her mouth, roll up into a ball and just lay bombs in her stomach... OR PULL AN "OTHER M" AND NUKE HER WITH A POWER BOMB IN HER STOMACH!! My God, AM2R will always be the superior Metroid II remake just for that fight alone... and I guess the escape sequence in the power plant.

we have three metroid 2s, thats pretty great

@@acapeIIIa_callilulelo Metroid 6: Metroid 2

We still need 3D remakes...one in 1st person like Prime and one in 3rd person like Other M. ;)

Funny when you consider that AM2R stands for "Another Metroid 2 Remake", but ironically it was the only one that anyone ever stuck with long enough to complete- and then Nintendo revealed their official one.

AM2R is mostly a 1-for-1 remake of the original map. If you've played AM2R, especially if you've played it multiple times, Metroid 2 original should be no trouble. I still recommend it.

@@jacobmonks3722 well here’s the thing Pretty much everything Return of Samus did, AM2R expanded and improved, so there’s really not much reason to return to the original

I absolutely love AM2R. I know a lot of people consider it a bit too difficult for a Metroid game but for me, it was a step in the right direction. Obviously, difficulty is a subjective matter mind you but I just love this game's challenge. I am sure the official remake is good too but I don't own a 3ds as owning consoles where I live is a bit expensive.

@@oguzhangungor9117 best remake ive ever played

Samus returns is trash in every way

It also ties directly into the beginning of Super Metroid too, now that I think of it

@@Road_to_Dawn Yup, while still a shoe-horned thing for the sake of fanservice, it does make sense that Ridley would hunt the Baby Metroid down on SR-388! And when it absorbs some of Ridley's health (like it later does to Mother Brain), that is enough to confirm that Ridley wants THAT Metroid! He sees the potential, so once he sheds the Proteus armor, he makes a beeline for the Ceres Space Colony to kidnap the Baby Metroid!

That what I've gotten from my glimpses into Metroid

Number 2 is false. They actively help Samus multiple times in Prime 3 both directly and indirectly. They're only useless if the plot demands it.

@@randomnpc445 I’ll just have to take your word for it as I haven’t played any of the Prime games, much to my shame. So in that case the Galactic Federation is mostly useless.

@@randomnpc445 then there’s the galactic federation in fusion….

@@randomnpc445 Any other time?

"BA mode"?

@@esmooth919 Bad ass

Super has pretty tight timing on the space jump, it's not you. When I did my series replay in prep for Dread, I had issues with it, and I've beat the game at least a dozen times.

Same

He might add it to the Final Fantasy marathon like he did with Mystic Quest.

Maybe after FF6

I’m still waiting for Johnny to review the Grand Theft Auto Series

someone's gonna whine about am2r being better than samus returns, or the other way round, I just say, hey, we got three metroid 2 games. Be grateful.

Aw fuck Mando Season 3 is just gonna be Other M

PLEASE

Same here.

need to finish both

even though "varia" sounds WAY cooler, i'm surprised they never went back and fixed that!

That parry move is essential if you want to try the Fusion mode.

tbh the problem is that the game over rely on it too much that those move which make a fight to become a chore later in the game it's not bad by any mean but still

@@kratosgow342 I heard that more than half of the enemies in SR cannot be parried.

@@AlexaRobin21 it doesn't matter those kind of enemy most people will ignore anyway especially later in the game but in early game especially in Fusion mode you NEED to use parry to get those energy back also do damage cause they hit really hard and in Metroid fight it's a must to use it or you'll be destroyed due to how much the punishment they can take and how hard it hit you

Dread is a 3D in 2D so no thanks.

@@ramonandrajo6348 You more so prefer sprites for 2D games?

@@Zitsanrael1117 I mean sprite definitely have more appealing than 3D model but it's not efficient and very expensive to make nowadays but I think Dread looking pretty good for 2.5D game

@@kratosgow342 I don't personally care whether a game goes for sprites or models. For me it's about how well rendered and animated they are that really determines how much I enjoy whatever the game presents me with. For example, I can say that I personally don't care about the fact that Mega Man 8 uses sprites and Mega Man 11 uses models, they both look great as far as I'm concerned.

I prefer am2r but in no way is SR a bad game I just think its a little mediocre

I feel like AM2R perfected the previous 2d formula, while SR is an evolution of the formula.

The way Johnny says "mother of god" to the floating Mario head is way too funny.

Fusion mode in AM2R is way harder than Dread's hard mode. Dread gives you way more invincibility frames after getting hit, and every enemy can be taken out easily if you have patience. The bosses are really the only fights that will hurt, but if you memorized the patterns already, it's a piece of cake. AM2R doesn't really have boss patterns to learn.

Personally, I wouldn’t really recommend playing the original Metroid unless your curious to how the series started. If you do you may wanna use a map. The gba remake, Zero Mission is a better option if you wanna experience the original. Then you can go through the series normally with (any of the versions of Metroid 2 if you wanna play them), Super Metroid, Metroid fusion, and Metroid Dread. You could play the prime games, but I don’t think they have anything to do with the 2d line of games. Don’t quote me on that though, because I haven’t played them

@@smittywerbenjagermanjensen8674 I see. Thanks! Yeah, if there's a remake im definitely skipping the first one. Also i think i'll be sticking with 2D only for now, as the 3d aren't as acessible for me right now (and personally a lack of time)

I still can't believe that Samus Returns made the baby metroid into a powerup; that's by far the most egregious thing to me.

You should try the Donkey Kong Country games. All of them are amazing and difficult but especially DKC 2 and DKC Returns are intense and satisfying.