Those little animals creatures were on Zebes, you could save them during the countdown and see a little spec flying away just as the planet blew up. So it was already established that they could fly space ships

I never really saw that the SA-X was saving Samus as much as it saw an opportunity to take down it's natural predator. It was established that metroids were designed to prey on the X parasites by the Chozo. So, with it being (if I remember correctly) the biggest metroid threat on the station, and also just weakened by Samus, in my head, the SA-X saw it's best opportunity to take down an opponent it otherwise would not have been able to.

Fusion is a great sequel because it did its own thing instead of copying Super. Thats why I love it.

You should note that it's linear gameplay is largely explained by the environment: Samus is not exploring a planet or a city, she is in a space station that is laid out for human researchers. Because she is 'indoors' the entire time, it gives an (in my opinion) acceptable in universe reason for suspension of disbelief (in addition to the practical reason of it being a portable game meant for shorter play sessions)

Fusion is my favorite game in the franchise, and frankly, I'm deeply disappointed in how little respect it gets.

Metroid fusion was the first metroid game I ever played and I loved it. I still love it even after playing all of the other metroid games.

Fusion alone accounts for like 90% of fan speculation material.

I never felt safe in this game, and that's why i loved it

Actually, it makes sense that samus can only get her old upgrades in this game, her old suits weapons and parts were sent to the station, and I don't think the federation has any new chozo artifacts lying around.

4:39 There was some context. The Metroids were the natural enemies of the X, being the only being capable of safely absorbing them. Before this point it was already established that the X would ignore Samus, perceiving the Metroids to be a more substantial enemy, as seen in the restricted lab where the SA-X wildly open-fires at basically everything. It's logical to assume that the same SA-X that samus defeated would be tracking samus, as it was explained that they were tailing her by adam, and then in the process discovers the omega and freaks out like before. Additionally, the creatures were already established to have some knowledge of spaceship movement, as they managed to escape Planet Zebes of their own devices, provided you go out of your way to shoot a wall for them during the escape. If you do this, you can see an additional dot leaving Zebes before it explodes in the ending. Going out of their way to tell you that the creatures moved the ship was still unnecessary, but lore consistent. You're hypothetical about Adam was an intriguing one, although I do like the Other M and Fusion interpretation where they both reveal that he had a level head to begin with, and were alright at reading situations. Other M did make him kinda stupid though. Your idea would make for some interesting back and forth between him and Samus if they were smart enough to capitalize on it, however. Still fun to think about. I enjoyed the video, and found a grand majority of it to be fair and fun.

I just recently finished Metroid Fusion for the first time. I really cannot agree with the haters about it. Yes it's linear, but the linear focus works well with the theme of the story, The Fusion Suit is the best explanation for Samus losing all the powers she gained in the previous game. The SA-X and the X Parasites were a genuinely bigger threat than Mother Brain and the Space Pirates. There was tons more action and fast paced boss battles. It was genuinely a tougher game than Super Metroid. Being able to climb certain walls, hang from certain ceilings and grip ledges felt like very welcome traversal abilities. I also think the Fusion Suit is more visually interesting than any of Samus' previous power suit iterations. For the first time in the series, Samus truly does function like the series' namesake. By the end of the game she's a fierce hunter who wiped out one of the greatest threats to the universe, and yet in spite of her heroic efforts, she's deemed a fugitive by the Galactic Federation. How cool would it be to get a sequel to Metroid Fusion, a proper Metroid 5, where we see Samus in the Fusion suit acquire the grapple beam and other new power ups to the series while having to fight Bounty Hunters and Galactic Federation troopers out to eliminate her for her crimes.

Fusion is honestly my favorite metroid game. Sad that it always gets forgotten.

Say what you want. I love everything about this game.

When it comes to Fusion I love TGC's interpretation of Fusion's linearity, that it instead becomes a story about the loss of Samus's agency. Beginning by following orders and being shown where to go, encountering the SA-X which breaks sequences just like Samus used to, and having its third act be filled with points where she has to start going off the course dictated to her by Adam and regain not only her most powerful abilities but also her own agency.

I thought the story was well written. I felt like it had an appropriate amount of time and I never really felt like it needed more

the SA-X didn't come to save samus, it came to kill the metroid.

you know the thing that puts usion above super for me? atmosphere. The game goes out of its way to create a very dark and isolated atmosphere of fear and unknowing, while super just feels like exploring a planet, although not a bad thing mind you, i appreciate the atmosphere ALOT in fusion

I'm surprised that you didn't mention some of the direct gameplay tweaks (e.g, Samus starting with less health relative to enemy damage, making her seem weaker, thanks to her power armor being cut off).

Oh, I never forgot Metroid Fusion... *FLASHBACKS OF THE GBA EAR RAPING ME REEEEEEEEEEEE*

I think you're missing the point of having Adam being a computer, as in the first and second acts it creates the atmosphere that you truly are alone, and only being given directions by AI instead of a person. If Adam was alive, it would ruin the isolated feel of the game

13:17 As an 8 year old I was stuck on that part for years before figuring it out. But once I finally did, it was like finding a million bucks.

Personally I had no idea there was a metroid fan base that thought this game was lack luster. In my opinion I have a hard time selecting a favorite between super and fusion. Fusion may have a computer that guides you to make it "linear" but the game does not direct how to accomplish each guided mission. Also around halfway through the computer begins telling you that there are routes you have to find on your own without the map and they bosses start to become close to as hard as Ridley from super. The upgrades are still hidden through this method and made inaccessible through hidden access keys and backtracking once upgrades are available, and half of samus's energy tanks are acquired without following the story making you actually have to explore yourself . The story is far from bland as it ties in the very reason the metroid were being used by the chozo as a weapon against the x and brings light on the series as a whole that made you believe the metroid were the ultimate enemy but irionically they were a failsafe for the x parasite. Although the game holds hand near the first half, by the end half it holds the same caliber of exploration as super along with controls that optimized how to control Samus. This game is every bit as good and challenging as it's Super Nintendo counterpart in my opinion

Here's what I have to say is positive about Fusion: the concept is amazing. Metroids are supposed to be like Riddley Scott's Alien and X-Parasite are like John Carpenter's The Thing. What a combination! The idea is so amazing there's no way Sakamoto came up with it. Combining the Alien and Predator Universes was a mistake, it should have been Alien vs The Thing.

The SA-X is probably the single best thing about Fusion... in concept at least. The SA-X is criminally underused since you encounter it 4 times before the final battle, and the only encounter that you can't skip or avoid is the last one where you have enough tools to get away intact without too much issue. What the SA-X is, the fact that there are 10 of these things, but you almost never find it. At some point it's practically a non-issue, you're just worried about making sure the station doesn't explode. I'd liked if Fusion had done more with the SA-X looking back (the fact that it's AI is easily abused is another point), but the same could be said with several things as the video pointed out. I'd say the reason behind Fusion's power up selection is probably the same as Prime 1 and Samus Returns, a return to form after a long wait. Samus Returns has a better excuse since it's a remake. A game past Fusion in the timeline could do cool stuff, like perhaps Samus develops Metroid powers due to a long term side effect of the Metroid Vaccine (I think Sakamoto said in a Q&A that Samus isn't part Metroid anymore after absorbing the SA-X based on how Sakamoto's answer is worded). Food for thought I guess.

Adam is already dead. Thats why He cannot be her commanding officer.

As my first Metroid game ever, and even if it wasn't Metroid Fusion EASILY goes down as one of my most favorite games I've played.

samus at the end of fusion should NOT be considered human anymore; even the suit she'd gotten at the end of the game is UNnamed. she's part X, metroid, chozo, and once a former human. she's a THING now. and sexy as hell cuz i'd PLOW her

Nice Vid. Too bad that you didnt talk about the little secrets in Fusion. Here are 2 examples. 1st (The most helpful one): The Charge-Beam has double the height of the normal Beam and counts as 2 separate shots (should only, for example, the bottom of the shot hit, the upper part will continue to fly in the direction you shot). It also has a little Flare once you shoot a charged shot. That Flare combined with the charged shot is enough to 2-shot Serris, one of the Bosses in Fusion. 2nd: The secret Message. There is 1 point in the game where you can sequence break Fusion, but it requires a lot of skill with the shinespark (or you can be cheap and shoot a missile in a pretty much pixel-perfect spot to skip it all). Because of it's linearity, Fusion is very Fun to speedrun, as there are less places where you can screw up, unlike in Super, where you can sequence break it so much that there are now way too many routes (at least in my opinion). But all in all you talked about the most things from Fusion. Have a good day.

"why not use the actual Adam Malcovich in the first place?" Because he's dead and she's always been a solo player anyway?

Fusion is one of the best metroid games, I have former memories of playing this game over and over again, Because it was perfect. The SA-X was like scariest part of the game, Because you can be hit once, And guess what. Welllll We are basicly dead. You know, Even if My battery is sadly dead in the game cartridge, My file of hours of progress is gone. And that. I am not mad at all, I can just enjoy the game over and over and over. I quite frankly remember playing this on my ds when I had got the game. And its what made me start to love the metroid franchise in a whole. The game had a brilliant, And creepy soundtrack. The gameplay was amazing. And the story was not forgettable. In a final verdic, Do i say you could give it a shot? yes. give it a chance. Just do not get a cartridge that has a battery inside of it that is already dead. But Anyways great video dude.

I liked the video for the most part but I feel as though that you got it wrong when analyzing the game. Fusion doesn't need to be compared to Super Metroid in order to stand on its own you know. I always saw Fusion as something that was so original for a Metroid game that it could have became its own sub-series like Prime did. Officially speaking, yes it is a sequel to Super Metroid, but I really have a hard time understanding why it should follow that game's legacy so closely when every Metroid game in the series has tried to differentiate itself from its prequels (including Super Metroid...). Instead of focusing on Metroid Fusion's success as a sequel to Super Metroid, look at the game as another foray into Metroid's expansion. I am sure you will see the game for what it is instead of all the bullshit "Super Metroid is the bread and butter of the series" sequel that you wanted it to be. There will only be one Super Metroid, one Metroid Prime, one Prime 2, one Prime 3 (thank god), and certainly one under-appreciated Fusion (well according to you its underrated but Fusion has a hella amount of fans here in the comments section).

Damn though I wish I was good at Metroid games. I've played through Super, but I'm just terrible at them lol

I went to replay Fusion and I gotta say the same feeling always nice of just the enjoyment of it. I never minded the liner style because it gave a sense of breadcrumbs and meeting the SA-X was and still is creepy Fusion is just amazing all around and remains my all-time favorite Metroid game

The final SA-X moment has plenty of logical reasoning! I can at least imagine 2 possibilities: - It'd gone there to escape the B.S.L station on Samus ship and upon seeing it was gone, changed priorities to kill the Omega Metroid, considering it a worse threat than Samus. - It figured giving Samus the ability to kill that Metroid with seemingly no backlashes to itself other than the loss of one foot soldier was a good deal.

4:43 In Samus Returns it's said that the Metroids are the predator of the X Parasite, so Metroids are SA-X's worst enemy.

Everybody post your favorite Metroid game here by replying! I love the Prime Trilogy so much, I can't decide which one is the best, so I'll say that the whole Metroid Prime Trilogy (now a quadrilogy) is my favorite Metroid game :)

This was one of those games I played over and over again even when I beat the game.

Fusion is my favorite of the series. Wish I still had that game.

Fusion is a masterpiece

I love your channel. Quality work and I hope you keep at it.

I would love to see a Metroid Fusion 2... or a sequal to FUsion story. Because when you think about it.... She is now an even.... more interesting Hybrid. She was usualy seen as a HUman/Chozo hybrid.... But now she is a Human/Chozo/METROID hybrid. Cus she had metroid DNA introduced to her body, altering her physical body to be able to absorb the X parasites... But when you think about the Metroid Dna in her... and then you think about the diferent shapes of Metroids in Metroid 2.... That could go into some rather interesting new stuff.. Maybe even a darker future for Samus. Slowly evolving, changing, mutating. Her body changing into a more... Metroid style armor surounding her.. Wepons being tied to dna of powerfull enemies. Maybe even some new armor types other than the Varia and Gravity suit. And the amount of wepons she could use.. Maybe even a drain energy beam.. Cus she would become a more... energy relient creature. Like a Metroid. Or a vampire like grab attack. But still.. Looking forward to see if they ever continue the story of this game.

"bUt iT's LinEAr" Maybe this makes me not a true Metroid fan, but I don't give a crap if the game isn't open and doesn't encourage exploration. The second-to-none sound design, gameplay, incredible tension at all times, SA-X, and horror game atmosphere you get from Fusion more than makes up for it. It's my favorite Metroid game.

I've played through Fusion recently, and I loved it, except for one main thing: it doesn't let you go and explore after getting some power-ups/seeing certain story beats. One example I have is while I was using the dash boots, shinesparking all over the place, I noticed a place where you needed either the spider ball or the space jump(I went in with as little spoilers as possible, and I'd played 2, Super, and Prime). I fought the SA-X before the end, and couldn't beat it. I then remembered "Oh right, there's an energy tank right over here in this sector, why don't I grab that before heading to fight it?" But the game had long since already cut me off from that sector. I was stuck, not being able to grab any more upgrades or anything else to give myself another chance against the boss.

Oh my god, when I saw this in my recommended, I read the title as "Don't Forgive Metroid Fusion" and I was about to get PISSED

I'm honestly confused in the amount of "Super Metroid is overrated" comments. Here's a TRUE STORY: My first Metroid was Fusion when I was a kid. I loved the hell out of it. For over a decade that was the only Metroid game I've played. So I guess I couldn't say I was a fan of the series... yet. Then in 2015, I purchased Super Metroid and Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii U eshop. Based off recommendations from the internet, I came to the conclusion that Super Metroid and Metroid Prime are not only the two best Metroid games, but also one of the greatest games of all time. So I had to try them! I thought they were great, but I still preferred Fusion (no doubt since it was my childhood favorite). But literally just a few months ago, a KZfaq video re-sparked my interest in Super Metroid, and so I played it for the third time. I kid you not, but Super Metroid has become my favorite game of all time! It beats Super Mario 64 and Smash Melee for me. It's truly a great game. It took me three playthroughs and some KZfaq videos to truly understand its greatness. .................................... Just keep in mind that Super Metroid is the only Metroid game where skill can change gameplay. This is another reason it's an amazing game. The better you get at it, you'll discover that you can manipulate the game in many ways than before. Plus, getting better at the game makes YOU feel like a badass. Samus becomes as badass as you can make her, just by your playstyle. Super Metroid probably has the most versatile, agile movement in gaming. Samus is a total beast in that game. I highly respect the game developers for including awesome abilities like the Bomb Jump, Shinespark, Damage Boost, Moon Walk, and Single Wall-Jump. People think that Fusion and Zero Mission had "tighter controls," and while it may seem so at first sight, just some practice in Super Metroid is all one needs to know that it's more superior. Don't believe me? Just watch a speedrun of that game. It's no coincidence that's Super Metroid is known as "a speedrunner's dream game," and no coincidence that it's the fourth most active game in the speedrunning community. The fact that Super Metroid influenced games like Skyrim, Minecraft, and Shadow Complex just proves how important Super Metroid is to the gaming community.

Metroid Fusion and Super Metroid are my favorites of the series.

The SA-X Helping Samus Against the Omega Metroid *does* make sense when you consider that the X parasites are intelligent and aware that Metroids are their only real predator. That specific SA-X might have acted under the assumption that The Metroid was a bigger threat to the X species than Samus was.

One thing about Fusion's linearity that I really like is how stark of a contrast it is to every other Metroid game's feeling. Personally, I believe that it's done specifically to hammer home how much of a "controlled environment" the station is, and when the big reveal about the Federation hits, suddenly that all makes sense. The game's structure is limited specifically because of how the Federation was manipulating how much Samus could see and interact with on the station, and how powerful she was meant to become during the mission. Once Samus breaks free of that, you suddenly realize how connected the whole station really is and how easily you could have moved from sector to sector hunting the X if the Federation had, I dunno, beamed you the Screw Attack and all your upgrades a lot earlier? I do think they could have dropped that reveal earlier in the game and allowed you to roam a bit more, but all-in-all I think it was a thematic choice that really nailed what they were going for.

But Metroid Fusion was my First Metroid Game,I got me into playing Super Metroid and other Metroid game , Prime trilogy and etc. MAKING METROID my favorite gaming franchise.

So... Other M takes all of Fusion's stumbles and none of its steps forward? All of the same power ups, basically the same locations and enemies, even more linear and hand holding, forces too much story to the detriment of the game.

I think a really interesting detail about Metroid Fusion that seems to be overlooked is the fact that the boss rooms for SA-X and the Omega Metroid are in areas that had been explored at the beginning of the game.

this channel needs more content! it's so good

Metroid Fusion remains a top three Metroid game for me (along with Prime 1 and Zero Mission) and it makes an argument for being my #1. It's one of the very best GBA games as well. Great video.

This game was criminally underrated

Fusion is a masterpiece and was my first Metroid in the series. I remember getting a gameboy advance sp back in 2002 just to play it. Just watching this is making me want to find my gameboy and play it again.

When it came to the power ups in this game, you have to remember that part of your mission was regaining the power ups that you lost when you lost a majority of your suit.

Metroid fusion is the best game ever.

Fusion was my first Metroid game and is still to this day my absolute favorite, even after having played almost every Metroid game since. It's also not as "linear" as people claim it to be. Yes, you are given a clear and strict order to entering the sectors, but you can double back at almost any time and revisit any previous area to pick up things you missed. If I had only one complaint about Fusion, it would be the fact that you can't skip the opening cinematic. For first-time players, that's fine, but I've seen it literally dozens of times and it's always mildly frustrating having to sit through that whenever I start a new game. People hail Super Metroid as the best of all time, but I personally think that Zero Mission and Fusion are both far better games (also, Metroid Prime 1 is my second favorite game in the series). I never had a SNES growing up and only recently got to play Super Metroid on the 3DS virtual console. For my first experience of the game, it was... rough. I can definitely see why everyone loves it so much and says it's the best Metroid game, but for me personally, there was too little guidance and so many times I just had absolutely no idea where I was supposed to go or what I was supposed to do. Too many vital things you actually needed and vital ways to go were hidden behind arbitrarily hidden passages and breakable blocks you had to pore over every nook and cranny to attempt to find. If Super Metroid was a 2/10 on the guidance scale, then Zero Mission was a 3/10, and didn't hide everything vital behind breakable walls and did the open-world better. I think Zero Mission took what Super Metroid attempted and found the sweet spot between suggested guidance and exploration. Again, that's just my opinion, and as I said, I can still totally see why everyone comes back to it. I just personally think a remake would help me to appreciate it more and give me a better experience.

Dude i found it hilarious after your what happened video i felt a bunch of Metroid news popped up till the two games were announced lol

Thanks for giving this great game exposure. I've played every Metroid and this one is easily my second favorite.

i LOVE metroid fusion! i actually liked the story! i genuinely got shocked when i realised that the computer was adam [even though i had and still have 0 knowledge of other m], the game does a good job of filling you in JUST enough for you to get what happened before, without spoiling it too much, and metroid fusion is easy, yet difficult, it feels rewarding when you finally beat the game! also, metroid fusion is the direct sequel to other m, not super metroid. i like fusion a LOT more then prime!. also, super metroid gave you the story in a way that makes you wonder what happened before and what happens after, subtilty yet directly, with flashbacks and a storytelling narrative at the beginning, but helping you along and giving you more hints as the game goes on, the same approach was taken with zero mission, both games i love just as much as fusion. and all three games have awesome storylines, character development, and overall are AWESOME games.

The ending may look identical to the SM ending, but the SA-X was never there to save Samus like the baby metroid was. The SA-X was an X, and the only predator to the X was the Metroid. The way I interpreted the ending to Fusion was that the X would always lose as long as one metroid existed. The Omega at the end would have become a queen, as the GF learned how to get metroids to metamorphose like they do on SR388. So the X were desperate to kill it. Either way, it was all in vein because Samus had already set the BSL to collide eith SR388. Ultimately, the destruction of the planet wiped out the entirety of the X and the metroid species together. Of course with the exception of Samus herself, as she was now infused with both Chozo and Metroid DNA.

Fusion is one of my favorites and I've beaten it 5 times probably more, this is a great video and I subscribed to see what more you can say about Nintendo in the future and especially Metroid and it's comeback

To this day, the SA-X remains as the scariest enemy I've ever had to deal with.

Good video, i agree with most of your observations but, one thing i think you missed emphasizing was the story. It was great because of the twists and turns, and surprises but, it also left the Metroid universe on a bit of a cliffhanger. At the end of Metroid Fusion, Samus defies the Galactic Federation, her long time employers and to some degree, her family. Metroid Fusion was the last canonically in the Metroid timeline and by all rights Samus should be on the run from the Galactic Federation, who would want to atleast question her in regards to the destruction of the B.S.L. station, if not outright arrest her, and get her to pay for the destruction of the ship they gave her. Not to mention the other things that could be drawn upon in that setting. Why have we not seen this game yet?! That game could be the breath of fresh air that the franchise desperately needs. Why, instead, were we forced to endure the horrible storytelling, voice acting, and misrepresentation of a beloved character, that was in Metroid Other M, and the cheesy graphics of Metroid Federation Force?

I've played them all and Fusion is absolutely my favorite

okokokok im playing it again.... its been 15 years and i had forgotten how gorgeous this game is. thx for reminding it to me...

Fusion is one of my favorite Metroid games. I love the setting, the difficulty, and the scary moments with the SA-X. It's just a really cool game.

I actually loved fusion didn't think anything was wrong or missing with it

I love how Metroid fusion remind me of Metal Gear Solid 2. The Galatic Federation trying to manipulate Samus and weaponize Metroids and the X Parasite for their own gains. They're no better than the freaking Space Pirates, for gods sake. Damn Nintendo, stop with the prequels and give us a Metroid 5 already...

Fusion is pretty much the Majora's Mask of the Metroid franchise, and I guess that's why I love it.

Sounds like everything you wanted at the end here was exactly what we got with Dread. Happy us!

There has been a lot of Metriod stuff today.

Why is your hypothetical story better than the actual one? We all can write fanfiction and like it, doesn't mean anyone else wants to experience it. Maybe leave it to the professionals.

Very interesting to watch this video for the first time after having played Dread. I think it’s pretty safe to say that Dread fulfills most, if not all of your hopes for a future Metroid game.

I’m currently playing this one again for the first time in a decade or so 😵 I still can’t get over the spooky atmosphere and the overall experience of this one; it was perfect for a handheld, especially as I feverishly pushed through it during the slow hours on night shift. Very creepy but I loved the goosebumps.

I'll always be biased for Metroid Fusion for being my first Metroid game. Only saw that my friend had it, so I had to pick it up myself. I agree with what you got to say on how it could have been better compared to Super Metroid, It didn't have the kind of exploration other Metroid games did with no real change to the upgrades. The story near the end could have had a nicer flow to it, and sometimes the text boxes go on for a little too long. But man did that game nailed what a game should feel like. From having the tightest controls on the GBA, to delivering atmospheric textures and sound that makes you feel isolated and almost trapped in this abandoned space laboratory with hostile creatures and SA-X. The game had a mission to give an almost theatrical experience without only relying on text boxes, and those experiences are my favourite in the series.

I've never heard anyone suggest that different upgrades and powerups could define new and unique world designs. That's a great observation; new movement abilities that can offer novel level design opportunities. That's the kind of critique I like to see, you're clearly thinking about this on a deeper level!

JUst started Fusion about a week ago and I love it. Even though it doesn’t have the exploration that typically comes with metroid games I like the straightforward approach it takes to Being a little different and more direct.

This is an excellent conparison/review! I haven't played Fusion in a few years. It really does well at immersing you into the world and environment

Time to get crucified. Fusion is the only Metroid game i like

that ending does have build up and reason. its just that you like every other metroid fan are way to busy praising super like its god.

Metroid fusion is absolutely my all time favorite metroid game. There's so much to love about it, the atmosphere, the character designs, the scary SA-X (which scared me shitless when I was little) and so much more! The one thing I think that makes Fusion so good is how eerie it is. You're in a space station that has been overrun by parasites, you don't know when you could be attacked. Take the SA-X, it pops out of nowhere sometimes and you have nothing to fight it with. Your only choice is to hide or run. The security robot that comes back after you think you've killed it keeps that uneasy and not safe feeling going throughout the game. And then when you see nightmare flying around in the backround you have no idea when you could be attacked. I could keep going, but I think everyone gets my point.

Honestly, it was my first run in with the franchise so it holds a very special place in my heart.

Metroid dread

Metroid isnt a "Metroid-Vania" It is just Metroid.

This was my first Metroid game I played back in 2003, this game was quite terrifying and exciting at times on my first play though. The last week of 5th grade we could bring our games to class and I just screamed when the SA-X started chasing me through the corridors. I still have it too!

That was an excellent video on one of my favorite childhood games.

You made a video! Yayy! P.S. First ;)

Who is here after dread reveal

A fun tidbit about Metroid Fusion is they used a subtle red outline to the level art that helped you easily and quickly identify where you could go. A neat little optical hint built right into the fantastic pixel art.

thank you for making such great content you deserve more subscribers! also, could you make a franchise report for F-Zero?

Metroid Fusion is way better than Super Metroid! I’m a horror fan, so Fusion will always me better than Super

I'm still not sure why people love Super Metroid so much. I think it's a good game, but I don't know what makes it so amazing for other people.

You make some great observations in this video. I wonder if all the cool narrative techniques that you pointed out in part 1 could have been achieved without the linearity discussed in part 2.

Metroid fusion and Super Metroid will always be my favorites , nice vid btw

Super Metroid at this point is overrated. Sure, it was groundbreaking when it came out. But it's almost 30 years old at this point. Zero Mission, Fusion and of course AM2R are much better games, they handle so well in comparison with Super. Super is sluggish and janky. I've been binge playing all 2d Metroid Games before starting Dread. And I had the least fun with Super

Even without watching the video, i am expecting the traditional moaning and whining about lack of sequence breaking, which to my knowledge is only ever performed by youtube speedrunners anyway. At least, i've never personally met anyone who performed any sequence breaking in metroid games.

The nightmare theme in the background gave me a fight-or-flight response, even though it's been years. Let that sink in.

One of my favourite games ever personally. Great video.