Tag Archives: Metroid

What Metroid Prime says about Samus, and how it defines East-West relations in game design

Proposal for a 25-page research paper I plan on writing:Metroid was already Nintendo’s black sheep. While the series has seen just as much critical acclaim as the Japanese gaming giant’s other flagship franchises, Metroid has never been the commerc… Continue reading

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Portal is Metroid

My last posts were about how similar the beginning of Portal is to Lilith’s Brood.As I got to the end of Portal, I realized how similar it is to another important work of sci-fi: Nintendo’s 1986 Metroid.Metroid is notable for being the f… Continue reading

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Thoughts on Metroid’s 25th birthday

Twenty-five years ago this past Saturday, the first Metroid title was released on the Famicom in Japan. Plenty has been written on how the game revolutionized non-linear gameplay, how it broke gender barriers, how its dark, melancholic mood redefined a… Continue reading

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