Hey Guys! Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe! Did Metroid Fusion ever scare you as a kid?

Not only they managed to make SA-X face look lifeless but also the shading inside the helmet makes it look like an skull.

My favorite little details of fusion is being able to see samus in her weakened state. The way she uses her left arm to hold up her arm cannon, and how she is unable to stand up straight is a genius touch and shows how dangerous the X really is.

As scary as Sa-X can be, the moment that made small me drop the game for a while was the first timed sequence. You are eased by the chill music, you feel stronger because you acquired a new ability and unlocked the yellow door. And then BOOM, alarm, everything goes red and you only have 6 minutes to explore a new part of sector 3. And after beating it one year later? Enviromental Intrigue starts playing in the conversation with Adam. Yay.

I’d hardly call it hidden.

Nightmare legitimately lived up to his name. He was horrifying especially when he slowly comes from the ground

One of the scary things about Metroid Fusion is that in case you've played the previous games you know full well how powerful you are, that being said, Sa-X is basically you at your prime while you are on your weakest state and not only that but you technically became one with the same beings you used to hunt all of that combined with one of the staples of the Metroid franchise: to be alone in an entire map with the enemies.

8:09 I'm pretty sure that's the sound that the ridley from metroid fusion makes

I'm not sure if this happened to anyone else but I distinctly remember one SA-X encounter I had that was nonscripted as far as I know. I got lost in Sector 6 spending a good half hour or so in there. I went into one of the main rooms remembering where I had to go, and I ran into the SA-X in there. I was absolutely horrified since at this point I beaten the game about 3 times at that point and never ever had that happen

Neo Ridley screaming his head off. SA-X stalking you. Hidden Metroid Lab. The X evolving over time, learning and growing stronger. The first time I played, I was a little shaken by certain plot points. The SA-X Introduction was one of them. Love the game, even if they lacked the hardware to make SA-X more intelligent.

Metroid Dread has so many allusions to and pays homage to Metroid Fusion beautifully. Watching this video after playing dread and just recently talking to friends about Fusion was a real treat.

Watching your video made me realize the horror goes even further, especially since Dread basically tells us straight up that Samus is a Metroid. When the X Parasite infects her, Samus technically dies, and is then reborn in two forms - an X Parasite, which copied all of her memories up until that point, and the Samus that continues merged with Metroid DNA. These are of course natural enemies, and so Samus becomes both the predator and prey... of herself.

Ridley scream was a nice touch

Metroid Fusion in my opinion is one of those incredibly rare games where there are literally no flaws in the game. A true 10/10 timeless classic.

The Omega Metroid final boss is also pretty terrifying and its screams are pure nightmare fuel.

The truest horror of the Metroid franchise is surviving all the high ptiched acreeching and beam sounds without a headache.

6:55 the reason why nightmare is not visible whatsoever is because the recording of this gameplay is 30FPS and it constantly rendered the sprite invisible. if the game was recorded in 60fps you could see him flicker half-transparent showing all the frames that are missing from this current recording.

Those fuckin footsteps are ingrained in my brain Edit: man how could you ever FORGET that sound, considering he doesn't shut the hell up the entire boss fight

I really wish someone would make a mod of Metroid Fusion where the SA-X is actually wandering around, so its appearances are totally random and unexpected. Additionally, grant it access to a more aggressive chasing mechanics, giving it the ability to follow Samus through places it wouldn't originally have followed. What I'm basically saying is to give it an EMMI-like behavior pattern, and make the player work hard at shaking it off their trail. Also, that Neo-Ridley scream is a sound I will never forget. It's just pure rage in its loudest form.

Fusion is truly one of the more underrated games of the franchise, it has horrifying moments and a tense atmosphere as well. One of my favorites

I remember my heart stopping when I saw the SA-X at the secret metroid lab, and THEN fell to the floor when Adam told me that there were NO FEWER THAN 10 SA-X onboard... 😂 Also, dem neoridley screeches 😅

I don't think I will ever forget Ridley X for as Long as I live. And don't think I don't notice you slip his voice clip in there.

Maybe it's just me, but Samus's power suit (or lack thereof) is one of the most unsettling things about the game. Instead of making her look badass, this one gives off more of a naked, frail, prone-to-infection vibe.

8:10 Ridley's screech when the X take form of him.

RIDLEY. I know that scream anywhere.

The Ridley-X scream is a great alarm sound.

What was it about this game that caused fear and PTSD. Me: One dreaded name. SA-X

I think the computer's dialogue regarding the SA-X contributes. Not only is it a stronger version of you, specifically powered-up to take you down with the ice beam, that can crop up at any moment, you are told it is hunting you, tracking you. It knows where you are but you don't know where it is. I remember my first playthrough expecting it to be behind any door, in any room, at any time.

7:10 But in Other M, his face stays sturdy no matter how much you’ve damaged him.

Man i wish this video had more views, the explanations are perfect, and the comedy.

Great video! Just recently replayed fusion on my gba. Still as great as I remember it.

Nice to hear there stellar OST from Samus Returns

That sound was ridley x

0:20 I don’t have this game, but I have been feeling the same way with Metroid Dread.

The creepiness of Fusion was always what really drew me to it. The games always had a creepy atmosphere and some disturbing moments, but yeah, Fusion was actively trying to freak out the kids playing it. Great video. You should do a similar video on Metroid Prime 2. I almost feel like that game is the darkest and creepiest in the series, even if it doesn’t have a terrifying stalker enemy.

Great video! I'll never forget that sound of the X parasite Ridley

great video, metroid fusion has been my favorite metroid game and ive played them all. i subbed, looking at your other videos i see alot i want to take a look at

4:07 as a kid, that stop me from playing metroid fusion for about a month. It then happened again for two weeks after entering sector 2 navigation briefing.

5:45 Idk if this is a tension building device, but the first time you go through the glass room, Level 3 doors are still locked, so the Nightmare isn't visible. It's Samus's own actions that release the Nightmare and expose it to the X parasites, and you only get that foreshadowing on the way *out* of the sector. Her actions had consequences here and I honestly think that's one of the things that struck me on my first playthrough.

Watching video like this about Fusion is always a treat, loving it, great job ! I have found memories with this game when it came out, either playing it in short burst on my way to school, or late at night under the blankets while Mum-X checking from time to time if i were sleeping (that's part was the scariest lol) The build up of the SA-X leading to the "jump scare", the "EMERGENCY IN SECTOR 3", or even looking at Serris bones before fighting Serris-X, gosh so good! It truly felt like they managed to make a game embodying in the Alien franchise spirit. I can understand why Fusion didn't made the cut for a lot of fans tho. That being said, i don't think Dread managed to achieve what Fusion did before, nor followed Fusion in its atmosphere and setting in my opinion. It's a good Metroid game, but not a good Metroid "5" if you know what i mean, i could expend a lot on this. Mercury Steam's Metroid series own take is like a third timeline to me, a new "style" of Metroid, it's Lord of Shadow all over again. Which is fine, just not my cup of tea. I wonder how their Fusion remake would have turned out, considering that's how they approached Sakamoto before he asked them to remake an older game which needed one the most.

[SCREAMS IN NEO RIDLEY LANGUAGE]

Remember when Ridley screams and the game can't handle it and everything slows down?

I only find this now, but I know the sound, that's NeoRidley

2:21 If you’ve heard of John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, you should know what he’s talking about.

That's a game I haven't played yet and I need to play it

Who else recognized the U-3 fight from resident evil 4

Whoever made the footsteps sound nailed it. Years later as an adult they still get chills from me. The room where it's in and you have to drop down and you're praying you choose better time to based on when it stops moving.

December 2002, I got my first GBA and a copy of Fusion. I spent SO much time playing this game and imho no other GBA game stacked up to this. Zero Mission tried but it didn't have anything "new" to add to the franchise. I would love to see a modernized remake of Fusion like Metroid 2 with random SA-X encounters 😬

My main point/concern regarding fear in Fusion. The Nightmare. It was developed by the federation for Military Applications. Like. Who the fuck are you fighting that needs a being that warps Gravity. And Launches salvos of beams at it's targets....

What caused that noise was Ridley, I was a teenager when Fusion came out. Some parts did scare me back then, but every once in a while I still get jump scares from playing Fusion

You hit the nail on the head with the elevator music. I remember holding my breath and had to remember to breathe.

Everybody gives the Ridley scream its due, but I'd like to give a shoutout to the final boss's screech as it lumbers towards you...

I was only afraid of one thing when this game came out. The commercial where Samus destroys a bunch of enemies and then absorbs all the X that appear. I don't know if that commercial or if some gaming magazine had told me, but I knew those were parasites. I am deeply, almost irrationally, afraid of parasites, I've had panic attacks thinking I had a tapeworm and get super uncomfortable seeing videos of things like botflies. I had nightmares for weeks after seeing that commercial. Nightmares so vivid I still remember them 20 years later. I still begged to get the game for my birthday, it was Metroid and Metroid 2 was literally the first game I ever played. I think the nightmares leading up to getting the game desensitized child me to any of the horror elements in game. That and I had gotten a guidebook alongside it so I was back and forth playing and reading about secrets in the areas I was in. I do observe the horror elements today, and I appreciate them immensely. But I've never personally felt any fear or unease when playing. I think nostalgia really clouds any other feeling while playing it. Any Metroid game is one I would give anything to forget everything I already know and play through it for the first time. And I think Fusion would be a good second place after Super if that ever happened to me.

I feel like the horror is quite upfront rather than hidden. But excellently produced video!

ridley has traumatized my eardrums since 2014

Yea...I remember the first time I played this and I went "Wait a minute...what could Samus possibly be afraid of?" and I know I was in for a treat

8:09 that was fusion ridley who made that sound, however it did get reused in zero mission.

played this for the first time a couple months ago and had a heart attack when i heard ridley just now

I remember the first time I played this game, in the room after the energy got cut off from the place and you get the space jump, you can hear SA-X walking but you have no idea where they are. That was horrifying because up until then, you always SEE them leaving OR you always wait a bit and the footsteps disappear. This time it never goes away and you don't know where they are waiting. And the only bad thing for me in the Level Design is not the Linearity, it's the fact that once the game opens up, it does NOT warn you, and it's quite difficult to actually find the secret passageways between sectors. At least for me, I never did this game 100%.

You fight Neo Ridley once, and you never forget the earrape

8:09 X parasite Ridley made this sound.

That sound effect you said to leave a comment on, is the loudest thing in game boy history...

5:28 She’s part Metroid at this point, so that makes sense.

fusion is the only metroid game i have played and i got exactly to that nightmare monster and cound not beat it i think after that my brother formated the phone so the emullater a got deleated and i lost all save but man i will say the i love playing this game and the 1st intro of SA-X gave me goosebumps

True story: first metroid game I ever played was fusion. I literally had a nightmare about the SA-X. But it's still one of my favorites!

8:11 was Ridley, right? It's been quite a few years since I played, though.

Ridley scream so good of a sound

You just described all the reasons why Fusion is my favorite metroid game. I'm not usually a fan of horror games and rarely find them actually scary. Very few can draw me into the atmosphere as well as Fusion does and it being creepy and full of tension rather than just jumpscares and traditional horror is what makes it work so well for me, as well as what made Dread fail for me at least in respect to the horror aspects. The robots in Dread being in predictable contained areas failed to have the same constant tension of being able to encounter SA-X at any moment. The fact that they one shot you unless you did a quick time event made them less scary and more annoying. SA-X would do a ton of damage, but wouldn't kill you instantly allowing the fear to build as your health rapidly drops. The one element that you didn't cover in this video was the use of Alarms. At several points in this Fusion the story ramps up the tension to panic by introducing an emergency alarm accompanied by frantic music. Sometimes this is accompanied by a timer to really get you sweating but others it's instead accompanied by unsettling or well alarming story elements. The Metroid Cloning lab in particular was my favorite sequence in the game first with the huge buildup of tension and anticipation as you approach it and see the incredibly tight security. Then it just crescendos as alarms go off and you see metroids on the lose and SA-X fighting them. The use of the verbal warnings from the security system both on your approach and during the alarm heighten the effect so much. All of this is compounded by the fact that the metroid cloning lab's very existence is an incredibly troubling reveal and the fact that metroids are on the lose being potentially disastrous on a galactic scale.

When I first played this game (I didn't even know what Metroid was) and saw the sa-x I was like " why did an orange version of me blow up a wall?"

I freaking hate that Neo Ridley screaming 😂

That's why it is my fav. of the whole series.

Meeting the SA-X for the first time was so scary

A Metroid Fusion movie would be absolutely amazing if done correctly

I recently replayed and wanted to be over with nightmare because its just so unnerving. The music in its boss fight also helped add to that feeling. Yakuza used to be my least favorite boss, followed by nightmare, but nightmare is now #1. NEO Ridley is also up there, and I believe that's what the screech was from. Really good video, keep up the good work!

If Nintendo were to remake Fusion, it would be extremely terrifying if the SA-X would show up randomly on the Station. Or at least have more elaborate SA-X encounters.

This video made it a lot more scary then what I remember to be

SA-X has a face not even a mother could love

My favorite Metroid game! A true masterpiece of horror story-telling.

Personally metroid fusion is my least favourite 2d metroid besides first 2 thanks to the linearity with game actively preventing you from exploring certain areas according to your wish although i do think the feeling of dread and threat of SA-X was pulled off really well just wish it had a little more screen time with more dynamic encounters

Just finished the game recently on the Switch!!! What a wonderful game, I regret not playing ir earlier.

What's scary is they had clones of almost every creature Samus went up against from her last few missions on board a ship. a war between metroids and X's taking place while she is trying to survive being hunted from her X form. The stronger metroids doesn't care about the lesser ones.

This Metroid game In particular need a damn hd 4K remake . Same side scrolling but more graphics and design and a rated horror 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Just because it’s rated E doesn’t make it for everyone.

the enemy that made that sound was Ridley.

I know that lots of people don't want linearity for Metroid games, but I actually greatly enjoyed linearity, as long as I can go back and explore the previous regions and get the items I didn't have access to earlier.

Last I played this game was about 5 years ago, last nightmare I had about this game was about a year ago, I think that sais it all, 10/10 would get traumatized again

I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but Samus' Fusion Suit is my favourite design in the franchise. The sleeker, slightly more organic look is really cool in my eyes.

6:49 Before it was an X.

The sound was from the ridley fight

Ridley scream go!

2:15 Ridley

Probably the most terrifying thing when I played this game when I was 6 it was the first time in sector 6 noc with subzero X... Obv there are minor things too like the encounter with sa x in the main deck/ sector 2. I probably completed the game in 1 year or more when I was young... Today I clear it in less than an hr 😂

I thought I was the only one who had to take a break from this unnerving game as a kid! Crazy to hear similar stories.

8:10 Ridley

What makes the SA-X scary is that the game assumes you've played super metroid, if so, you know the massive extent of the SA-X's abilities, while you are stripped of your OP gear. What weird is that the SA-X never uses the x-ray to find you behind walls, that would make it even more terrifying.

4:10 Yes, that was necessary...

that sound is from ridley

Damn, I have been saying this! Its like resident evil in space, but made by Nintendo. Literally, the Sa-X is like the creature from the thing plus resident evil style B.O.W.'s and it can even infect and absorb data from computers. This is a freaking horror movie monster. The sa-x is basically an amalgam of all DNA from organisms it has killed and replaced, with very high intelligence. It even gains intelligence from the organisms it has killed, example, it tries to kill samus like a metroid. Its actively trying to eliminate samus(metroid DNA, last one left) at all cost, she is its only threat. Its an extremely dangerous threat to the universe. To be honest, every enemy is in metroid. Thats why every metroid game starts with escaping a planet explosion, and ends with a planet exploding. Just to eliminate all the parasites.

Great video 🤌🏼

Despite what people say, Fusion still is my favourite Metroid game of all times, and the horror factor is one of the reasons. Anyway, I'd say OtherM Nightmare is as terrifying as the Fusion one to be honest.