Metroid: Samus Returns

Metroid is fine.  Yes, it’s one of Nintendo’s most popular first-party franchises. Yes, Samus has become a gaming icon over the years. And yes, the idea of a cool sci-fi bounty hunter game where you’re fighting dragons, pirates, and weird jellyfish-looking things sounds rad as can be. The only problem is that I don’t think any
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Spanish developer MercurySteam is a rather unique studio. While most European teams work with western publishers, the San Sebastian de Los Reyes-based studio has three Castlevania games for Konami and the recent Metroid: Samus Returns for Nintendo under its belt. Yet, the story of the studio isn’t all glory and fanfare. About a decade ago, it was
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The concept of a Metroid game seems so odd in 2017; while the Metroid-vania genre seems booming and bustling thanks to the indie market, the series that inspired the genre hasn’t seen a notable successor in (arguably) over a decade. With more than enough frustration over the formats of Metroid: Other M and Metroid Prime: Federation Force, the 2.5D Metroid: Samus
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This week’s shows is a bit shorter, but Logan, Taylor, and Scott still cover a fair amount of ground. Per usual, the cast talks about what they’ve been playing recently at the top of the show with the discussion centering on Destiny 2, FIFA 18, Forza Motorsport 7, and Metroid: Samus Returns. Afterwards, the crew
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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between September 11 and September 17, Konami’s latest installment in its yearly soccer simulation series, PES 2018 (known as Winning Eleven 2018 in Japan) debuted at No.1, doubling its nearest competitor, which was Splatoon 2.  Rounding at the top five is new release Metroid: Samus
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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between September 11 and September 17, Konami’s latest installment in its yearly soccer simulation series, PES 2018 (known as Winning Eleven 2018 in Japan) debuted at No.1, doubling its nearest competitor, which was Splatoon 2.  Rounding at the top five is new release Metroid: Samus
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Fans of the Metroid series were ecstatic when two new games were announced for the franchise at this year’s E3. Today, Nintendo released a new gameplay trailer for Metroid: Samus Returns. The trailer comes in TV spot format, and provides a look at some gameplay, including both new and revamped features from the original  Metroid II:
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