Top Five Scariest Moments in Metroid Games 

I will always say that the scariest thing in all of Metroid is Samus herself. The SA-X is basically "what if we made Samus the villain". It's terrifying and I love it

SA-X stalking you was scary as hell. Particularly when you had to hide and watch it survey the area before leaving

one moment that caught me off gaurd when playing dread was actually the release of the X. just suddenly seeing all the enemies become much more hostile versions of themselves, it's a dramatic difficulty spike at a point when you're becoming overpowered which kicks you back into gear. it did quickly subside but damn do i wish i done item cleanup before that moment XD

What's interesting is that, because of the Metroid DNA inside Samus, the SA-X attacks you like how you'd fight a regular Metroid It freezes you, then fires a missile And, once you fight it for real, the grotesque form it takes is a mixture of Samus and the infected hopper thing at the start of the game

FINALLY someone acknowledges how creepy Corruption can be. Just the concept, and seeing what happens to the other hunters, and what could happen to YOU.....

The SA-X alone is definitely scary, but some other scary moments for me are going through the dark and creepy space pirate ship in Phendrana Drifts in Prime 1, barely being able to see anything in front of me and hearing the shrieking of Metroids as they can attack you at anytime. That part of the game definitely gave me chills, and I dread ;} to do it again if the rumors are finally true and the Prime games are rereleased on Switch. Then there’s also me being jumpscared by the tutorial EMMI in Dread because I decided to go through the door after getting the Omega Canon, when you’re supposed to wait for it lol.

It's good to see Fusion talked about in such a great light. Lots of people talk about the linearity, but your line of "It tears the very fabric of a metroid game to be as terrifying as possible" is a perfect description of what makes it work SO WELL. I wouldn't fault anyone for preferring the more open Metroids, but it's nice to finally see acknowledgment of what Fusion accomplishes by making itself a bit more linear.

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I think the fucked up part is Crocomire doesn't start pushing you forward until you attack first, but the way out gets sealed until he's dead, and the only other way forward is past him. in a tight corridor you can't move around him in. The pirates basically threw Samus and Crocomire into a fucking Saw trap and said "You either waste away or waste eachother."

With how much Prime is present here and throughout the month, it sounds like I really need to get on playing those games.

Prime Hunters honestly doesn’t get some recognition, the limitations of the DS meant environments feel way more empty and lonely. The ambient music was also quite effective.

Whenever I hear about SA-X, I think "OH BOY! SAX!" and picture the Samus look-alike pulling out a saxophone, followed by Samus being defeated with the power of smoith jazz.

I do expect the Emmy sections to rank highly, those things are damn terrifying

The SA-X is a staple of Metroid fear but the E.M.M.I AI is something of a special kind of terror.

The thing that scared me the most in metroid fusion is when you enter the room where ridley is kept frozen, especially if it's the first time seeing it. Like you know the story, you know who he is but he's quietly sitting in that room, neither dead nor alive, and you know for sure he's going to move at some point

I still remember the first time I got to the part in sector 2 where you have to run from the SA-X for the first time. *music and footsteps start playing* "Oh sounds like the SA-X is here." *roots block the way forward* "Oh..." *one way crumble block on the floor* "Ohhh..." *SA-X isnt leaving the room on its own* "OHHHHH....." "......Im gonna have to go down there arent I...?"

I'd like to add an honorable mention to the Xenoresearch Lab in Corruption. Walking in and immediately seeing the husks, then you see the Phazon Metroids in tubes, waiting for you to cut the power by taking the fuel cell. It was terrifying as a kid.

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I was about to rejoice the sponsorships being gone, but alas. I hope your girlfriend is doing better, she deserves it. Man, Metroid is such a beautifully varied series. I think you've persuaded me to pick up Dread.

It's not Metroid month anymore but I'm grateful for more Metroid content! ♥️

Playing through Dread in nearly every EMMI encounter my heart rate skyrockets.

I think Dark Samus was the scariest character that Nintendo made in this franchise. Especially in the Prime games

I feel like the survey drone is a front and the real purpose of the emmis is to hunt/capture the x it would explain the ridiculously dense armor plating and the whole extracting dna since going for the dna is how the metroids were so effective at killing the x in the first place

I expect Valhalla on here

I propose a top list of most badass/cool/cold things in metroid games Doesn't even have to be Samus, there's just so much potential there and itd be really cool to see what the cream of the crop would look like considering what we've got to work with

Metroid dread is one of the most matures aproaches in the series, i mean, the emmi death scene is kinda terrific

im surprised you didnt mention the one section in metroid dread where you go directly from an EMMI zone to a dark room, where doors in the background keep getting banged on, and then you find the lights, and most of the things in there that were scary before now look fine.

Honestly I find the X themselves the most horrifying aspect of the franchise. While the SA-X is scary, subsequent playthroughs of Fusion highlight the limitations they had. It begs for a remake The X on the other hand....getting to see the X lay waist to an entire planet was horrifying. All the lifeforms we encounter stood no chance. And any biological life just fell to them like nothing. I hope Fusion gets remade so we get an SA-X that functions like the E.M.M.I.'s. That would be true terror

Really glad the GFS Valhalla is up there. That part creeped me out years ago. When you get the final transmission of Aurora Unit 313 with that monotone, creepy voice, it's just so unsettling hearing it slowly fall to corruption and Phazon. Plus in my first run, after the "Darkness Coming..." The ship shook violently and for the next 2 minutes I thought I was gonna get jumped by something. Just... Wow.

I used to be really disappointed that Will stopped making let’s plays, but in my current life I don’t have time to watch those. Instead I listen to retrospectives and countdowns, so here I find myself coming back to Rabbidluigi but for the countdown videos which I initially avoided instead. Glad to be back (:

The scariest moment in Metroid history is other M existing. The horror. Gotta say it's not hard to find something scary like Samus being chased by her own suit. Ridley popping out of nowhere sometimes. Mother brain in general being a menace.

Idk man, as scary as the idea of the SA-X is, I feel like it loses a lot of its fear factor when you realise how scripted it is. When Adam says "Leave NOC immediately. The SA-X is tracking you.", that *would* be really threatening if not for the knowledge that you aren't actually in any danger because it will not find you. When Adam tells you that there are 10 SA-X in the station, that should be a massive "oh fuck oh shit" moment, but it isn't because in terms of gameplay there aren't 10 SA-X, the game just says there are. All things considered I actually find the E.M.M.I. more frightening because when the game says they're hunting you, they actually are.

0:23 Ok but most kirby games turn into eldritch nightmares by the end

even the fusion music are scary as hell like it make nightmares

One of the most distinct scary childhood memories I have of Metroid is of playing the Metroid Prime series when I was really young. I had to have been 8 or 9, was playing Metroid Prime 2 in the basement in the early morning alone. I got to the part with all the dead federation soldiers, and then when they reanimated it freaked me the hell out. Like, that shit was just so scary. The atmosphere, the feeling of horror, seeing it all in first person; it definitely left an impression on my 8 year old brain.

That point you made just before the transition to #4 is crucial. A good example is the Drakengard-Nier series. Sure, Automata's quality bump took the series out of its pretty niche status, but Drakengard and Nier always had the cult following praising the games's stories and presentations even though the actual gameplay wasn't all that great.

I've always hated games that threw chasing enemies like that I prefer exploring over anything and the anxiety of those king of sections makes me not likely to either play them again or at all

The delay on this is entirely fine, I'm glad things are settling down. The countdown is welcomed good content, Halloween or not. The ultimate message of Metroid Month to me is that Metroid is just Nintendo channeling all their ideas for a horror game into a Metroidvania.

Seeing that "Other M" is kept cannon by way of reward image at end of Dread

Well it's late but it's always great to have spooky countdowns around Halloween ish.(Ik it's part of Metroid month but I'm still counting as Rabbidluigis Halloween countdown since it's scary moments.)

The zombie federation soldiers in Metroid Prime 2 used to terrify me when I first played through

I'm in the process of taking my friend through the main story of Metroid, just got through most of it yesterday but especially Fusion. And boy, it certainly says something about SA-X that even if I was full on 'oh I know this room~' whenever the SA-X started its chase my friend would still tense up and make a noise. It truly succeeds in what it wants to accomplish Nightmare flying on the back is also pretty nice, and just overall the sound design of Fusion, the music, it creates the atmosphere so freaking perfectly

With 2 of the 5 spots being from the Prime trilogy, I'm holding out hope it gets a Switch release and that 4 is somehow more frightening. We'll have to see what Retro's got in store later. Top 5 3D Zelda Clones.

I would add the opening to Prime 2. Seeing the troopers dead bodies hanging from the nest is unnerving. Then the Ing reanimate their corpses. The first time I played it, I was legitimately scared (I was also like 9).

everyone just forgot about that final chozo memory animation from samus returns 💀

Just imagine this in Metroid prime 4 the SA-X returns somehow surviving the explosion but then you two wound up in a planet where the space stations remains are at. You fight your way regaining abilities but then you enter a room and hear samuses heart beat and you hear those footsteps your ai warns you to quickly find a hiding spot if your too late the SA-X will hunt you down. A little detail should be the slow walking and seeing the SA-X face. The further you get into the game the more abilities the SA-X will start using like X ray super missiles etc

Honestly, should’ve just put the entirety of fusion on there-that game was a compilation of crap your pants moments. The SA-X, the emergency in sector 3, Phantom’s face melting off, Ridley’s ear destroying screams...

i feel like a top five badass things in metroid games would be sick

Surprised the space pirate base in prime when you get the thermal visor isn’t on here. I used to save the game and take a break when I got to that part cuz the pirates running at you and Metroids breaking out freaked me out so much.

I love how Metroid Prime just gets it out of the way at the very beginning, making you wonder just what the Space Pirates were doing here in orbit above Tallon IV to begin with and, more importantly, what went so horribly wrong? Meanwhile, I'd unironically love to see Nintendo release free DLC for Metroid Dread in the form of a new difficulty mode where the game resets to the beginning if you die at any point. That final boss, man...facing that dude on a Hardcore difficulty would separate the boys from the men for sure! Just...HOLY crap I was not expecting it to be THAT HARD! O.O

There are so many elements and moments of the Metroid franchise that have absolutely terrified me, Fusion definitely being the most consistently scary from start to finish. Though Dread comes really close. The games have also brought other out unexpected emotions. I’ve cried during Metroid games, usually because of anything relating to the Baby Metroid, but even some of the creature deaths. Completing each game brings me the ultimate sense of triumph, so it’s all totally worth it.

I enjoyed this video! I appreciate the love given to Metroid Fusion for creating fear on a tiny screen. I feel similarly about Metroid II on the original Gameboy. As hard as it may be to imagine now, that musical sting when you stumbled across a Metroid could be truly scary. The other moment I'd nominate would be the first glimpse you get of the final boss of Metroid Prime when you enter the door. The way it hangs from a ceiling, it almost looks like an enormous face. It's genuinely unsettling because you're still trying to figure out exactly what it is that you're even looking at until you're well inside the room.

A Metroid latching onto my face for the first time in the Prime series was pretty terrifying.

If there's one moment in Metroid that scared the shit out of me, it was the first countdown sequence in Fusion. More accurately, the moment where you leave Sector 5 and suddenly everything is flashing red with this alarming music and "EMERGENCY IN SECTOR 3". And then, after talking to Adam, I saw this 6 minute timer and I put down the game for several months. It was too much for 9 year-old me. Doesn't help that right before getting greeted by all of this bullshit I was already shaken by Nightmare's sudden appearance in the background the room earlier. Talk about getting kicked while I was down.

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Aww, no mention of Dark Aether? The EMMI Zones didn’t give me nearly the sense of dread as having to go back into one of those portals. The enemies, atmosphere, design, and music were designed specifically to be unsettling…and it worked.

The Parasite queen from Prime also used to freak me the hell out. That thing looked like something frkm a sci fi horror movie.

0:25) "Zelda games only sometimes do creepy things." ReDeads, Dead Hand, Shadow Temple, all of Majora's Mask, most of Twilight Princess, Ancient Cistern Basement, and Guardians in BoTW: Are we a joke to you?

3:16 What’s possibly more disturbing is that this exact thing happened in New Super Mario Bros.

1:11 - Oh fuck the hell yes I totally want a straight survival horror Metroid game, like basically just Resident Evil 7 & 8 but ACTUALLY SCARY. No better yet, a spiritual sequel to Dead Space bringing back some of Visceral Games' crew!

EMMIs get more annoying than scary after a few dozen deaths.

When the music cuts out and the footsteps begin... love it.

Honestly surprised that the Ghost Ship from Super Metroid didn't enter the list. Of all the environments in Metroid I've explored, none unnerved me and had me on edge quite like the creepy faces, broken equipment, and power failures - and then you enter that one room, and Phantoom just suddenly shows up to ruin your day.

Great video as always. How about Top 5 Unintentionally Overpowered Weapons/Items? The Mush Badge from Superstar Saga comes to mind.

Frigate orpheon, chozo ghosts, Metroid lab in phendrana, and zombie troopers are by far scariest

Because Samus has been spliced with Chozo (bird people) DNA and Metroid DNA, and Birds lay eggs and metroids lay eggs, can Samus lay eggs?

The SA-X is the sole reason why Fusion is my favorite Metroid game. Most Metroid games make you feel like a bad ass, able to mow down common enemies without fear. But the SA-X completely 180s that by making you feel helpless and scared. And you don't have a chance to fight back until the very end of the game. Without that dynamic, Fusion would be just another Metroid game.

When I was a kid, SA-X gave me legit nightmares of being chased by it...

1:46 not having to bother skipping an annoying sponsor is the literal opposite of an horror

Happy Post Halloween, rabbidluigi! Anyway, the eerie ghost in Super Metroid scared me as a kid.

fusion and mp1 was my 1st metroid game, let me tell you that game set a high bar for every other

And METROID PRIME 4 will soon be released.. Pretty sure we haven't seen the true creepiness yet.. METROID DREAD! It's just the start of the chapter.

Point of clarification Crocomire drowned in acid not lava.

What about that time in Phendrana Drifts when you get locked in a room with 4x Baby Sheegoths and one grownup Sheegoth? And the Grenchlers in Echoes?

I always found the underwater area in Torvus Bog creepy.

"Angry bird Casper"

The chozo ghosts scared the shit out of me as a kid

Metroid was heavily inspired by the Alien franchise, so it makes sense that it would have some scary moments

this man just called kirby tame while it has characters like marx

Here's a scary moment. In Super Metroid, when you see the giant baby metroid for the first time.

Saying that Prime 3 turns into Dead Space for a bit makes me want to play Prime 3 even more. Also, I found the E.M.M.I. to be scarier than the SA-X. To be fair, I wasn't able to play Fusion until after I played Dread a billion times through.

Fusion is nerve wracking; it felt as if I was playing Silent Hill or something, talk about ambience.

*looks at selection for the Chozo ghosts* Man, people scare easily.

Worst thing about the Chozo ghosts is the goddamn music, so stressful and annoying.

Not mentioning how metroid II is a more accidentally scary game upsets me, but good vid

Thats pretty lame the sponsor didn't work out. Great video as always though! I absolutely love metroid month!

I feel like the depths of phazon mines from MP1 should be included in this.

Fusion is still my favorite game in the series, and I wish it could get the Samus Returns treatment.

You forgot the scariest part about the SA-X; it can clone itself. So during the game you are not chased by one but at least 10 SA-X, most likely more. However, it's possible that the Omega Metroid killed all of them except the one you fight. Well, until the Omega Metroid also kills it after you weakened the SA-X earlier.

Valhalla was amazing, I'll never forget that creepy message from the Aurora Unit: "Darkness... Coming..."

I'm surprised there were no MP2 moments here

4:00 I can confirm that you can actually lose the last Super Metroid fight, I did.

That's precisely the reason I put Metroid Fusion at the top of the list, if not number one (depending on when you ask me). It uses everything to craft a scary story and it is very effective at it.

I love Fusion, but I have to admit, I really wish that the SA-X was even a little bit scary to me these days. I don't even remember what it was like to be scared by it, as I now know perfectly how to exploit its AI. It feels more like a hilarious joke to be toyed with now. I know many won't agree and will say Fusion is perfect, but I really wish it would get a remake for that reason alone; I wish it could live up to the tone people always tout it for.

I still (being 25) have honest to god nightmares to this day about the SA-X

Other than the Metroids in any of the Prime game's, the one creature that scares me good are the Grenchlers from Prime 2: Echoes. Also Metroid Fusion is my favorite game in the franchise, because of the X parasites. Reason I think they are cool is because they remind me of the shape changing alien from John Carpenter's The Thing.

A big moment for me was my first time playing Prime 2. It did its own imitation of Prime 1's opening of the derelict ship, but this time it is a base on the planet, with you finding corpses and piecing together what happened to this group of EDF, err GDF. You finally get the power up and running for their base of operations, and suddenly the corpses you've been scanning GET UP and start shambling toward you, firing at you! That scared the piss outta me, and I was like 18 or so at the time (I got to the Prime trilogy, and Metroid in general later than most)! In general Prime 2 spooked me the most, the atmosphere and corruption of the Dark World and the spot on ooky feels that Retro nailed with the Prime games unnerved me so much, that it actually took two attempts, years apart, to sit myself down and beat it. I loved the games (I struggle with wiimotion so I've still not beaten Prime 3), but something about Prime 2 really unsettled me. And I'm a big fat bearded man (like a hiker from pokemon without the initiative) who loves horror, so it really took me aback just how spooky the game felt. Every room I entered in the Dark World was met with a tentative entrance and apprehension to continue. The second playthrough, I had (mostly) gotten over it, and managed to complete it with, I think, an 85%. I really outta play it again. Primes 1 & 2 are some of the best damn games I've played.

Dread and Corruption are easily the darkest games in the Metroid Series

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13:46 dababy is the most memorable part of the series for me