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Our Super Metroid anniversary celebration continues this week, as Andy is joined again by Omega Metroid Community Manager Lillith and Zach Guillot of the Collateral Gaming Video Game Podcast to discuss one of the (many) high spots of this legendary game: it's bosses! We're ranking each fight until we get to the best of the best! Come hear our thoughts on the story driven battle with Mother Brain, the surprisingly intense showdown with the Golden Torizo, the heartbreaking Crocomire encounter, Phantoon's creepy ghostly altercation, the amazing hoss fight between Ridley and Samus, and so much more!
All this, PLUS we share our thoughts on the new Alien Romulus trailer! Join the celebration of Super Metroid with us and let us know what your own ranking looks like!
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Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Episode 208 - Honoring 30 Years of Super Metroid
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Welcome to a very special episode of the show, as we honor the 30th anniversary of one of - if not the - greatest games of all time: Super Metroid! The game that brought Andy and Lillith, who joins us this episode, into the series and had a major influence over the creation of this very podcast and the Omega Metroid community is in the spotlight, as we share our favorite memories of the game, our first thoughts when we played it, and what it means to us. We also take a look at the incredible legacy Super Metroid left on the Metroidvania genre, the speedrunning community, 2D games post-SNES era, and music that has lived on for generations!
Come reminisce and share your favorite memories of Super Metroid with us as we honor this incredible game over the next few weeks on the show!
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Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Episode 207 – Metroid Manga in Review: Samus & Joey Volume 1!
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Metroid Manga in Review finally returns, and this time, we're examining a beloved cult classic among the Metroid faithful: Samus & Joey Volume 1! This collection introduces us to Joey, a reckless young boy and the self proclaimed "first disciple of Samus Aran" as he meets Samus and embarks in his own heroic adventure! The guys get together and talk about what they liked in the comic, how it has the same breezy qualities as a Saturday morning cartoon, if it was easy enough to follow, what items from the manga would make great additions to a Metroid game, why there's cursing when it goes against the tone, and point out several panels of beautiful artwork!
All of the Samus & Joey manga have been faithfully translated by our pals at Metroid Database, so make sure to check them and their manga section out so you can read for yourself!
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Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
We're back to continue our journey throughout the series that inspired Metroid, and this time around, we're even more firmly in spinoff territory than we were back in AVP! The sequel to the crossover, Alien vs Predator: Requiem promises more gore, more kills, and more craziness, but at the end of the day, it is a good movie? A hybrid of the two titular races called the Predalien is certainly wrecking havoc, but is it enough to overcome a lot of the technical issues and character problems this movie has? Come hear Andy and Gooey's thoughts on the movie, what works, what doesn't, and why there were no further AVP movies after this one (yet!), despite a fantastic cliffhanger scene! The Alien franchise is about to undergo a makeover, so come and review the last movie of the current Alien era!
Alien In Review will return, but in the meantime, if you like Andy and Goo talking movies, check out their other podcast Virtual Theater, a podcast about video game movies and the stories that shape them!
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Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Episode 205 - Ranking the Bosses of Metroid: Zero Mission!
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Welcome back to another episode of the show celebrating Metroid: Zero Mission's 20th anniversary! This week, we're discussing and ranking all of the bosses of the remake! From innovative new bosses like the Chozo Test, to the definitive way to fight Mother Brain, back to returning foes like Kraid, to arguably one of the most disappointing Ridley fights in the series, we're going all in on the various threats scattered across Zebes! Come and let us know what you think of our list!
All this, PLUS we recap and discuss the Nintendo Partner Direct and talk about the games we're looking forward to! Come hang out with us!
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Episode 204 - Honoring 20 Years of Metroid: Zero Mission
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
This week's show is a special one, as we're honoring one of the most fundamentally sound yet least heralded Metroid games: Metroid Zero Mission! Come and listen as we give this game its flowers, talking about our first memories of playing it, why it wasn't a bigger deal at the time, and the unforgettable stealth sequence. We also reflect on the legacy it left behind, including how it set the standard for remakes in the Metroid series, introducing the world to Zero Suit Samus, and the rebirth of the Power Bomb as Metroid's ultimate weapon, and more! These are only a handful of the topics on the table, so come wax nostalgic about Zero Mission with us!
All this, PLUS, we follow up on the Xbox podcast, give some thoughts on the Nintendo Partner Direct, and speculate about what this means for te Switch 2!
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Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Episode 203 - Ranking Every Kraid Fight and Imagining a 3D Kraid Battle!
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Hold on to your hats this week, as it's finally time to give the legend his due. That's right - this week is all about KRAID! We're going through and ranking all four of the Big Daddy Kraid confrontations and discussing the mechanics and evolutions, plus talking about Kraid adjacent fights and appearances, like Nintendo Land and Super Smash Bros. Melee! We finish off our Kraid homage by pitching a couple ways you could fight the behemoth in a 3D Metroid Prime game, how big Kraid would need to be, and discussing environment vs combat battle options
All this, PLUS we give our two cents on the current rumblings and rumors surrounding the Xbox's future and what lead to this sad state of affairs. Come pay homage to the one and only Kraid with us and let us know what you think of our ideas!
BTW - check out the full length Kraid cover used in the intro here on the amazing Lacey Johnson's YT page!
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Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
We're back this week to talk - what else? - Metroid Prime 4! As we've done before, we're going over a bunch of things we want to see in the game! Were working off of a wishlist that Doom put together that covers things like: could wall running be neat, or is that hokey? How foes one make a Speed Booster work in 3D? Should the Speed Booster be third person, first person, or a mix of both? Could the Grapple Beam have a Gravity feature added to pull heavier objects? Could an escape sequence in Samus's ship bring some new pep to the proud Metroid tradition? What would different difficulty options consist of? These are just a few of the topics we raise, so buckle in and get ready for a thoughtful show!
All this, plus some games we're playing, and the great soda vs pop debate rages on! Come hang out with us!
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Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Episode 201 - Super Metroid Ascent: ROM Hack Reviews (PATREON UNLOCK!)
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Unfortunately, our schedules didn't align this week and we weren't able to get together to record a new episode of the pod, but never fear - we're reaching into the fault to pull out a formerly Patreon-exclusive ROM Hack Review! We’re playing the amazing, puzzling, innovative, and gruelling ROM: Super Metroid Ascent! Made by Benox50, this hack is the biggest, longest, and most intense challenge of any ROM Hack yet! Does it soar above every other game? Or does it crumble under its own ambitions? Come listen to find out! Come and enjoy, and as always, make sure to try this hack for yourself! Plus, if you're looking for some extra Omega content this week, check out 2/3's of the band on GameXplain talking Metroid Prime 4!
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Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Welcome welcome to our TWO HUNDREDTH EPISODE CELEBRATION!!!...so we did our ACTUAL two hundredth episode celebration LAST WEEK on episode 199 to coincide with The Zelda Cast's 300th episode celebration. So if you want to check out our big crossover episode, go back to episode 199 here or on YouTube!
Anyway, THIS WEEK, we're talking Metroid Prime 4! It seems like we're getting closer and closer to the next reveal of the game, and the rumor mill seems to agree! On this episode, Dak and Doom talk about the latest Prime 4 rumors and what we could expect to see in the near future. And for our main topic, we dive into making Prime 4 in the modern landscape of games. What can Prime 4 learn from the advancements in gaming and modern games today? And what should it not take from its contemporaries? Tune in to join us for the discussion!
PLUS we chat about Metroid at AGDQ and we do a quick Prime 4-themed Q&A pulling questions from our Discord server. Join us!
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