Stories Retold - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes [Part 1] 

Also this game is Stranger Things without the CIA conspiracy theories

Well the Chozo are kinda extinct already

@@ZarHakkar except we now know thats not exactly true, only the chozo of Tallon IV and Zebes got wiped, but in Dread we see that there are still chozo around ,they are just very reclusive.

the question is did the luminoth mean humans or chozo, not sure if they ever interacted with the human race but they definitely state they interacted with the Chozo, which would lead to hypothesizing that they would recognize Chozo technology, which Samus is absolutely wrapped in, maybe they thought the chozo would be targeted next since they are one of the more tech and spiritually advanced races in the galaxy.

Umos: ... A-arent you human? Samus: and chozo.... And Metroid... And- Umos: by the gods madam... What did they do to you?...

And there was another Marine that didn't believe Samus actually existed

Then there's how the pirates STILL believe she's using some kind of advanced cloaking tech to hide her ship; when it's always just sitting in their damned backyard 😂

@@pianoman7753 It's theorized that the ship actually does cloak when you aren't nearby which explains how despite numerous patrols they cant find it this applies mainly in Prime 1 since their claim to the planet was mostly uncontested (aside from the Chozo Ruins and other sacred Chozo sites due to the Ghosts always ganking them whenever they tried to venture into those areas) so there wasn't anything stopping them from searching for her ship whereas in Prime 2 Pirates kind of had their hands full so trying to find it probably wasn't a very high priority.

Mine is the numerous logs showing the Pirates being confused by how Samus seems to be in two places at once, followed by the slow, horrifying realization that there's now two of her disrupting their plans, and unanimously wondering what higher power they pissed off to live in a universe where this is a possibility.

I have the exact same experience with Thardus. As a kid with split custody, I went to my dad's every other weekend, that's where my GameCube was. I remember it took me a couple weekends to finally do it!

I beat it my 1st try on normal. On hard mode though, I was like....whaaat?? Like straight stopped in my tracks at the beginning 😂

Thank you very much!!!

Indeed. I almost can't wait to see it, a few days ago i started to play MP2 for the first time & i am about to properly enter Dark Agon Waste for the first time & let me tell you, no place in MP1 freaks me out like the Dark world does. I would also like to change my names for the Elite Pirates & the Omega Pirate. The Elite Pirates is called The Phazon Licorish Lieutenants & The Omega Pirate is called The Phazon Captain O-hoy.

@@EmperorDarthOP I'm so glad you're playing it through!! And now you have some time to get through Agon before the Part 1 Premier. Oh man the music to Dark Agon.. it matches the tone like no other! Definitely darker than any place in Prime 1. Ok we need to write these names down somewhere 🤣🤣

@@TW33NSW4GGaming Thank you, i am glad that i got to play through it aswell & have the great fortune to speak about these great gamse with you. In the mid to late 2000s i & a friend played the games once, but i was allways in the backseat comming up with tricks to fight bosses & sovling puzzels. It was your video of Metroid Prime 1 that inspierd me to buy a Camecube, buying the gamse & playing them for myself. for the first time in the driverseat. It is a whole Other M Morphballgame when you playing the games for yourself VS sitting in the backseat helping out. Ok here comes all the pirate names for MP1 The wonded are called The Poor Bastards. The normal ones are The Normies, The flying ones are The Mosquitos, the ones that are you can only see with the thermo visor are called The Shy Suckers. Then we have The Banana Bunch, The Prune Peeps, The Ice-Cream Chuds, The Chili Commrades. Then at last we have The Phazon Licorish Lieutenants & The Phazon Captain O-hoy. The O in O-Hoy stands for Omega. (As for MP2) The ones that are infected by the ing is called The Anoy(ing). Because thoes that are in the room where you first opens the portal to Dark Agon is the only ones that gave me a Game Over so far.

@@EmperorDarthOP oh my gosh, thank you south for sharing!! Hey this is all about spreading love for the game so I'm so glad that's your experience! There are many games I missed out on as a kid, one being the entire Legend of Zelda serious. I've only played a little bit of Ocarina of Time as an Adult but i love it!! And trust me, I and others thank you for coming up with these hilarious names 🤣🤣

@@TW33NSW4GGaming You're very much welcome my friend. Ah the Zelda games, man thoes bring out memories. No problem, prommis me that if you do a let's play of MP1 that you use the names in the video, trust me it will make the game a whole lot more fun. I am glad to inform that Amorbis has now been defeated & the main Agon Chaoter has now been completed. So from now on i get to listen to the wonderfull music of the Bog.

Totally.

Agreed

I know right? It should be a literal crime to haters of this game. It's better than Prime 1 people.

@Spartan#Q77 no it isn't. It's great, they all are, but prime 1 is special in ways this can't compete with

@@johndodo2062 That's your opinion.

Mine too! That was actually someone who pointed that out during a stream and blew my mind!

@@TW33NSW4GGaming Kudos on that person too😮 I'm checking that lore on my next playthrough soon. Currently bussy with Prime1😎 My fanfiction just got an upgrade 😁

@@mikaelrivacov5705 That's awesome! I'll definitely say I've been diligent now as an adult to pay attention to those details like each lore and log and things that shape their world. As a kid and even teen playing both MP1 and MP2, I had an understanding of the plot but not the details that moved it forward. That's where things get interesting 🤓

Haha true! And she seems to show up to more distress calls than 'bounties'

@@TW33NSW4GGaming According to some interviews, the japanese side of the metroid series didn't actually know what a bounty hunter _was,_ they just thought it was a "space hero" of some kind.

What if that’s Prime 4?

Me too!! I'm so glad there is a community out there that has so much love for this game. Thank you for watching!

Absolutely phenomenal video. I liked Prime but never really meshed with it, when I went on to Prime 2? Everything that didn’t click in Prime 1 was fixed and made Prime 2 the masterpiece that I know it as today. Favorite in the trilogy and of all time!

Thank you SO much!! This means so much to me! Truly the most I could get out of uploading these videos is sharing a mutual love of the story of these games. I shared the exact same experience when I finally dug into the lore after my 5th or 6th time playing!

Same, would just play it with my dad and never understood how amazing the story was. Until now that is!

Thank you so much!! There are so many details that seem hidden in plain sight in Metroid Prime and Echoes and I really appreciate that about the designers and writers. You can simply blast your way through the game and fully enjoy it, you can do so while also paying attention to the story, or you can the game slowly really pulling the details apart. I can say I've done all three! My first playthrough of Prime was as a little kid so as I've grown up with the game, my appreciation has grown with it, that really was my motivation for making this Stories Retold series. And the best part about having this platform is sharing the details we miss or a that are important to us. Thank you for watching! Part 2 is under construction 😎

I'd love to know more about the Light of Aether and how the planet's energy is created and conduced. But perhaps part of the beauty is the mystery that surrounds the energy itself and how it all really works.

I'm honored, thank you for sharing!! And I am really excited to get back to work on the Stories Retold series!

Agreed! They way everything is layered in a way that allows for the deeper story to be both readily available to discover but also so easily to miss I think adds to the many layers of the series. I think it takes a certain artistic skill and direction to do that.

I have 100% intentions to bringing that to reality - right now, my life priorities don't allow for much margin but as I am able, I will be setting time aside for Part 2 whenever that season of life is. Thank you for your support!!

Thank you!

Thank you! Once the Fall wedding season wraps up I'll be able to get back to doing some edits (I'm a videographer for a living so some seasons are busy, others lend more time for content) Cheers!

Thank you! January - April are lighter than normal for work so I'll be absolutely working to get part 2 out asap. I'm a little under half way done with the script, that's the important part.

Thank you so much Jose! I really do enjoy doing these videos as it also grows my own appreciation for the series. Time permitting I still plan to stream my FIRST EVER run through Metroid Prime 3 as well. I will be announcing Part 2's release dates very soon!

Thank you so much!! I love how those small details cen really come to life and bring a new context to an already favorite game 😊

Thank you so much! And I love hearing that there are others who find the many threads of this story so fascinating. The layers of how they interlaced the story, the world and game itself is really impressive! I'll be resuming work on the script in the next couple of weeks so hopefully I'll have a timeline update soon. But I don't want to rush it.

Thank you Kyle! The script for part to is currently in review! I should start production on the video this month 😁 With the community poll, I'll be doing Echoes in 3 parts.

@@TW33NSW4GGaming Excellent I can't wait. Thank you.

You will NOT be disappointed!

Thank you so much! I've had to put everything on pause, first for work, then COVID and I just got my appendix removed 🤣 So I certainly have not forgotten about part 2 but other things have definitely taken precedent.

Thank you so much! It's just an honor to share the love for my favorite games. That being said, I think 1k will be here pretty soon 😬

Thank you so much! This is super encouraging to me. May the light of Aether serve you well 🙏

Thank you!! I'm honored to play a part; this series and this fandom definitely has a special place in the video game world! I'm so excited to hear any news about 4!

I've been working full time + over time for most of the last 4 months on top of moving twice, but things will be settling down soon 😉

Dripping with passion

Thank you! I've had to pause work on part 2 with work being really busy but I will be resuming writing the script in November!

@@TW33NSW4GGaming understand that! Had to pause things for the last half a year on my other YT channel because of life events. Looking forward to being one of the first to see it!

I'll do my best to get part 2 out before I enter my 30s XD

@@TW33NSW4GGaming you can stop including the scans of random creatures, it helps build the world somewhat, but it's worth it for part 2 to be out before prime 4

@@GamingWithCalvin1 i definitely will be covering Torvus more briefly to allow some extra time on Sanctuary. Depending on script, part 2 would end after Sanctuary or cover the rest through the Warrior Ing (which is what I'm hoping for)

@@TW33NSW4GGaming will it come before metroid 5, which has not been announced yet, is released

@@GamingWithCalvin1 it's a toss up, 50|50 🤣

Thank you so much for this!! I love to see and hear how these videos make their ways into people's lives! And well, ultimately, how the writing of the game itself gets elevated through retelling the stories the writers put to pen. As for you, it's the thankless jobs that move the world forward, so thank you for doing what you do!

Thank you so much!! It's a joy to be able to have the time to make these videos. Part 2 comes out next week!

​​@@TW33NSW4GGaming looking forward to it! I can only imagine the amount of work that goes into this.

Thank you so much!! I definitely plan to go all the way with 1, 2 and 3. After that, I have a couple other games outside of the Metroid franchise I'd also like to do a Stories Retold for, but I do plan to eventually do some gameplay of the 2D games as well. I have heard great things about Dread! I haven't gotten the time or my hands on it yet.

This makes me so happy! I am 29 so I imagine we have a pretty similar relationship with the Metroid Prime games. Thank you so much for watching!! There will be more to come later this year when I can get back to making content.

That's so exciting for me! There is so much to these games, I'm sure I'm going to miss plenty along the way, especially since I am releasing these videos as a real time chronology. I can't wait to finally get back to making content and making my way to 3!

Really good pick ups here! If you happened to have played Mass Effect, I draw up a lot of parallels to the Protheon race in that game to the Luminoth. In that game, they were essentially the pinnacle race in the galaxy for a period and evolved to a point of being able to interpret communication by touch and basically obtain memories, language and communication pretty much instantly. Maybe Samus was unable to read the holograms until U-Mos spoke and begot their language or, maybe the Energy Transfer Module of Luminoth design was the keystone that allowed her to understand U-mos?

Thank you so much! It's being a bit delayed due to some personal things I have going on (good things, but things that take priority) but I'm really excited to get back to edit Part 2!

Thank you so much for watching! I feel bad that Part 2 has been delayed for so long (moved out, got COVID, got engaged and just had my appendix removed) but I promise it's coming, just not in the original time frame. Gotta be careful of those road maps right? 😎 Take care!

Thank you so much!! With my new work schedule, I should be back to getting some content together soon!

Thank you so much!! It is in the works!

This absolutely has something to do with the Light of Aether. Both Phazon and the LoA are forms of "planetary life energy", seemingly supernatural manifestations of the energy of life on a specific planet, being present in all lifeforms native to that world. Aeion, from SR388, is a form of planetary life energy too. The Leviathan Seed's impact on Aether is a unique event in which two forms of planetary energy came into direct contact with each other, in a violent fashion no less, I believe the result of these two forces interacting is what tore open a hole in spacetime and created Dark Aether. The "phaaze-ing" that were present on the leviathan then adapted to using Dark Aether's "dark matter" as the basis for their biology, as it seems that the Aether Leviathan was destroyed on impact, leaving them without a continuous source of phazon to feed off of.

Oh that's a great catch! And that's why we have this community right? Speaking of, if you'd like, head over to the Community tab and cast your vote in the poll I just posted - whether to produce a Part 2 now with the script I have and convert Stories Retold into a 3 parter.

Thank you so much! It was a blast to edit! I'm eagerly looking forward to finally having time to get to part 2

I can't wait man, you do a very great job, keep it up!

Thank you friend! Part 2 is in the works, the script is half written. Ive had a very eventful and busy year so priorities have taken me away from content creation, but I'm planning a stream for mid December and resuming work on this project after the holidays. Hope you can tune in! Cheers!

@@TW33NSW4GGaming I really like your work, I also saw a video where you were playing Echoes with no upgrades, I think the last boss you killed its like the hardest one of the game, I was surprise that you were trying so hard, at the end you made it! Awesome. Cheers, hoping the best for you.

@@eduardogarnica849 Thank you so much! Oh man the Boost Guardian was BRUTAL! We are actually planning on continuing the series with a stream in mid December, I just meet to plan around my work schedule. Thank you so much for watching, I'm hoping to get back into a rythm being able to get content on a more consistent basis (life an schedule permitting)

Maybe her gunship doesn't have a closet to stash some changes of suits 😬 I think you're on to something!

Thank you so much!! Part 2 will be coming out very soon!

Honestly that's a great point! Should couldn't have been paid by the Chozo other than being paid in honor and respect and I'm guessing the war economy hit a bit of a snag with the Luminoth there at the end 😆 Since I haven't played 3 yet, maybe there's still some hope for some compensation.

Game Informer!!! I have a guide for Metroid Prime, but not Echoes. In fact mine is a Prime & Fusion combo guide. I remember reading that guide like the morning newspaper with breakfast just studying the Chozo Ruins maps to find all the upgrades.

Interesting, could you forward your findings to me? It'll come back up in Part 2!

That very well may be, good catch! It would make sense given that the elevator to Sanctuary is closer to that end of the Temple grounds. Definitely something to consider.

It's always worth another playthrough! Each time I run it again, I try and get something new out of it and always do! Simply timeless.

Thank you! I am looking forward to having time to work on Part 2! (Soon 😎)

Thank you, me too! My hope is mid Spring, after I get married and settled in with my work for the year, I should start to have some more built in time I can set aside for content.

@@TW33NSW4GGaming okay

Hey, congratulations on getting married!