Happy Fucking Birthday, Metroid!
 
My favourite game series with good reason.
 
Viva, indeed.

I kinda wished Nintendo would have focused more on the Metroid aspect than the Zelda aspect for their 25th anniversaries this year. Then again, the Ocarina of Time game style is clearly what metroidvania is supposed to be like in 3D... so whatever.

Some great tracks on that album. 
Played trough the entirety of Super Metroid for the first time last sunday. 
The only 2D Metroid I hadn't beaten up until then

never have played a full metroid game...

I kinda wished Nintendo would have focused more on the Metroid aspect than the Zelda aspect for their 25th anniversaries this year. Then again, the Ocarina of Time game style is clearly what metroidvania is supposed to be like in 3D... so whatever.

Some great tracks on that album. Played trough the entirety of Super Metroid for the first time last sunday. The only 2D Metroid I hadn't beaten up until then

I don't think I have ever played a Metroid game the entire way through. I keep on meaning to get Super Metroid off the virtual console (based on the assumption that the original is unplayable, which doubtlessly it is), but my backlog is horrendously big enough as it is. Ah well, Happy Birthday Samus, may your characterization continue to be a point of contention among people with too much time on their hands.

Metroid is one of my favorite series ever with the Prime Trilogy being some of my favorate games. I realy hope we havn't seen the last of Samus and she goes back to her non-verbal, minimalistic storytelling ways after Other M which I did not like very much.

Justin Bailey

@MrKlorox said:

I kinda wished Nintendo would have focused more on the Metroid aspect than the Zelda aspect for their 25th anniversaries this year. Then again, the Ocarina of Time game style is clearly what metroidvania is supposed to be like in 3D... so whatever.

Huh? How? I can see parallels, but they're not analogous.

Happy Birfday!

Sadly, I have never finished a Metroid game.

I don't think I have ever played a Metroid game the entire way through. I keep on meaning to get Super Metroid off the virtual console (based on the assumption that the original is unplayable, which doubtlessly it is), but my backlog is horrendously big enough as it is. Ah well, Happy Birthday Samus, may your characterization continue to be a point of contention among people with too much time on their hands.

@Video_Game_King said:

@MrKlorox said:

I kinda wished Nintendo would have focused more on the Metroid aspect than the Zelda aspect for their 25th anniversaries this year. Then again, the Ocarina of Time game style is clearly what metroidvania is supposed to be like in 3D... so whatever.

Huh? How? I can see parallels, but they're not analogous.

Both the Metroidvania style (Shadow Complex) and the 3D Zelda style (Darksiders) are built upon the idea of exploration, and gaining new abilities that act as keys to enter new areas that were previously unaccessible. That to me defines Metroidvania. However, Metroidvania doesn't really have as much of a focus on puzzles.

Metroid Prime even feels like Retro Studios said, "Let's make a game like the 3D Zeldas in first person using the Metroid universe."

I feel like a bit of an outsider here.  I have never played a single Metroid game.
 
I had a NES when I was a kid, but never owned any of the games.  From there, I had a genesis and ps1 so I never got into the Metroid games.  Although, looking back, they look like a lot of fun.

@Video_Game_King: True, they aren't as leading. But they're still pretty linear. Upon gaining a new ability, there's almost always one path you couldn't access before that advances the story, and the rest lead to treasure.

@Video_Game_King said:

@MrKlorox said:

I kinda wished Nintendo would have focused more on the Metroid aspect than the Zelda aspect for their 25th anniversaries this year. Then again, the Ocarina of Time game style is clearly what metroidvania is supposed to be like in 3D... so whatever.

Huh? How? I can see parallels, but they're not analogous.

Both the Metroidvania style (Shadow Complex) and the 3D Zelda style (Darksiders) are built upon the idea of exploration, and gaining new abilities that act as keys to enter new areas that were previously unaccessible. That to me defines Metroidvania. However, Metroidvania doesn't really have as much of a focus on puzzles.

Metroid Prime even feels like Retro Studios said, "Let's make a game like the 3D Zeldas in first person using the Metroid universe."

Happy b-day, but I've basically only played the Gamecube games.