Metroid: The Complete Story Up to Dread
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2021
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Interestingly, her time as a pinball is oddly similar to the events in Prime 1, where she was not a pinball. It’s entirely possible that prime 1 was all a dream, and Prime pinball is canon.
Or reverse
How about this: Prime Pinball is a hallucination experienced during Samus's coma (induced by her initial infection with the X Parasite.)
All hail the best prime game! Metroid Prime Pinball!
Ah my favorite Samus adventures, blowing up Zebes, blowing up SR-388, being a pinball, blowing up SR-388 again
@@bens5859 I was thinking more of a fever dream taking place any time post Metroid Prime.
"Hm, this thing kills pretty good. Maybe we should clone it?"
-The Galactic Federation
They got so wrapped up in whether or not they could, they never stopped to ask whether or not they should.
@@bowtiesrcool86 I get that
Metroid, Metroid, Metroid man I cannot get enough of all the recent Metroid love I'm seeing. I grew up with this game my whole life and it's been very underrated, but that's changing.
Many Metroid instalments are considered best-of-the-best of their platforms (Super, Prime, Fusion/Zero Mission), constantly being voted in polls as such. So I'm not sure what you mean by "underrated"? Undersold, yes. Underrated, definitely not.
@@privatkatze9186 It has literally been 19 years since the last 2D Metroid and 14 years and counting since a 3D Metroid. You can tell that even Nintendo hasn't cared very much about the series and I know about the issue with Dread, but still it's been damn near neglected compared to Zelda and Mario. And also what do you think undersold means?! Underrated my man it means underrated.
@@rhomayyann4691 Samus Returns is 4 years ago, get your facts straight, my friend.
@@privatkatze9186 Yoshio Sakamoto, Metroid's producer, said himself it's been 19 years since the last installment in the Metroid 2D series. Don't question my knowledge about Metroid you'll find out very quick I know my ins and outs to that entire franchise. That was a remake of Metroid 2 Return of Samus it's a remake that's not a new installment to the stories timeline so it doesn't count. Events that have already been foretold.
@@privatkatze9186 Yoshio Sakamoto mentions Metroid Dread being the first new installment to the story in 19 years at the 0:49 second mark.
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Also not mentioned is that the ai WAS Adam
When commanding officers died their suits took scans of their brains, samus collected his helmet at the end of other m and the ai in fusion is the result of the brain scan and her calling him Adam essentially woke him up.
You think the ai came from his helmet? That's an interesting theory
That is actually really interesting, I never thought of that.
It's really more like the memories and personality of Adam was uploaded into the computer, thus making the computer CO act identical to its human counterpart when Samus called the computer by the name Adam.
I thought the ai knew he was Adam but was keeping it secret from her until she figured it out?
This video in a nutshell: "...And then Ridley came back."
"She thought he was a goner......."
“And he only died when Samus became a Metroid”
The telling of Samus's past is very faithful to the manga.
The manga is fucking stupid
@@olsonbryce777 those statements are not mutually exclusive
Great video! Here’s something not a lot of people put emphasis on, but worth mentioning since you went over the manga: Like when Samus was a child, and Ridley killed her parents, Samus saw HERSELF as Ridley when confronting the infant Metroid. That’s why she let it live at the end of Samus Returns.
That's an interesting theory
@@novustalks7525 it's not really a theory. There's well over a dozen parallels between Samus and the infant metroid, and those parallels only grow stronger in Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. In Fusion Samus is experiencing an existential crisis due in part to a massive amount of guilt she feels for how she treated the metroid in light of how she herself was treated. Those parallels aren't coincidence, they're part of the driving narrative carrying on through from Metroid 1 to the completion of Metroid 4
@@QwertyCaesar guilt for the metroid is never mentioned though
@@novustalks7525 It is. She never says "I feel guilty" but she shows guilt when she says "Pondering this fact, I realize... I owe the Metroid hatchling my life twice over."
Now it might not immediately read as guilt, it could read as a few other things, but once you get through the game and realize that she's at the start of an existential crisis where she's realizing that she's actually kind of a bad guy it reads more clearly as guilt.
@@QwertyCaesar I mean, she did basically kill all of The Baby's family, so upon seeing the little guy, she may have finally seen the parallels between the events of Metroid 2 and when Ridley invaded her home on K-2L.
Nintendo Life out here doing the lord's work. Also, "and then Samus was a pinball. +++++1"
No shade on Alex he's beautiful but was a missed opportunity to have Jon's silky voice telling us a bedtime story.
12:07 And during their downtime, the Marines played giant robot soccer basically.
Federation Force was disappointing for me, but I will still hold my ground in that the Mechs can be pretty sick. I hope we see one in Prime 4 (maybe a boss fight where Samus fights a whole squad of the Fed Force?)
@@Mr.Foxhat Considering what Ghor (I think thats his name the cyborg dude from Prime 3) is basically a living version of one of those mech suits I could totally see one being a new enemy type/boss or something in a future game at the very least they would make some interesting background imagery in prime 4
@@Mr.Foxhat infected mech suits that are reanimated from what I'm presuming will still be some essence of phazon given the styling of the 4 in the teaser.
My biggest theory for 4 is that not just Sylux will make a reappearance but so will the entire Hunters cast of bounty hunters. I think it'd be an interesting mechanic to have them work AS bounty hunters sent to hunt you down, with maybe Sylux this time as their sole contractor... maybe he is working on using the egg to make his own army, and considering he was seen in the post credits or MP3 near where phaaze was destroyed, I reckon he'll be infusing that egg with whatever phazon reminents he can muster and try to make a second Metroid Prime. By the looks of it, he could have been tailing Samus as far back as Echoes and maybe quietly observing her actions from his high tech ship. It'd be a cool twist to find out that all of his knowledge was from her, including perhaps the layout of the Norion defence facility that he'll definitely want to take out (maybe being his first action in the game with his new personal army in wiping out the federation.)
Of course, with this style plot, his plan will probably go wrong somewhere and a main antagonist will rise to take his place now he's placed the seeds of corruption into motion once more.
Not sure HOW phazon survived complete eradication, but I'd love to see some cool explanation on that somewhere down the line.
would like if this had some visuals from the game, is a video after all
His silky smooth voice isn’t enough for you?
This is why I check the comments as the video is loading. Thank you for saving me the time I would’ve wasted realizing that myself. That’s the definition of low-effort, jeez.
i was just coming down here to comment lmao
Not enough flashing lights for you? Play a slot machine. This video was an immaculate summarization
@@jaykelley103 Yet a summary with the text on screen. I was hoping for some visuals as well, to be honest.
I knew most of this plot, but I didn't realize Samus tried to befriend Ridley. This gives a lot more context in the Samus and baby Metroid dynamic. Samus did not want to be a monster like Ridley was. Very very nice touch to the storytelling.
This stuff was in the official promotional manga, not any of the games..
Some people treat it as canon, others don't. I'm half way on it. And from what I remember, it wasn't exactly her trying to befriend him but more so showing kindness towards him, and it pissed him off because Ridley is just a dick/psychotic.
@@TheMissingLink2 The Manga is considered canon by Nintendo and Sakamoto though so its influence may not be directly stated but its definitely present in the games.
It was said in Fusion that there were "no fewer than 10 SA-X" . I'm kinda hoping that one managed to sneak aboard Samus' gunship and we see it again in Dread.
That would be an interesting callback to Alien 3 as well
Unlikely, for the simple fact that none of them would even know there was a gunship to escape with onboard anyway.
Remember, the X infecting Samus' suit got there before her, and they were sealed inside a container too. The first SA-X used a powerbomb to escape. It basically had no idea where it was.
Secondly Adam, the A.I., didn't let anyone or anything onboard that was infected. And it would definitely know if something got onto the ship that was.
I've never really played Metroid but i'm hyped for Dread so this will be a lot of help :D
You could try Super Metroid if you have Switch Online. I'm playing through it for the first time, and its just as good as its said to be.
This was probably the best summary I have seen. And I have seen quite a few to see the consistency through them. Great work guys.
Please do this for more series, especially Fire Emblem, as I can't find a good timeline explained video for it!
The series has many different timelines. Most of the games are not on a cohesive timeline. The timeline is arguably not even logical as well. It has objects and descendants that make little to no sense but they are there for the fun of it
@@harrisonwhaley7872 oh. okay thanks.
Fire Emblem doesn't really have a timeline. The games more or less exist in parallel universes. For example, Fire Emblem 6 and 7, Binding Blade and Blazing Blade, exist in their own universe, with 7 being a prequel to 6 set somewhere between 20-30 years prior. Fire Emblem 8 is a standalone with no prequels or sequels. Meanwhile 9 and 10 are chronological entries in the same world featuring the same cast separated by, IIRC, only four years. Then Fire Emblem 11 and 12 are remakes of 1 and 2, which are also chronological but then 13 (Awakening) is a sequel to those in the same world featuring a handful of the same characters set 3,000 years later.
Just every Fire Emblem or every other one is set in a new universe so really you can jump into just about any Fire Emblem and not be missing much, though it is worth pointing out that the series has been adding universe-hopping shenanigans lately between FE 14 and the mobile game.
@@QwertyCaesar that’s for explaining what I didn’t feel like
@@QwertyCaesar A large amount of the fire emblem games actually take place in the same timeline. FE1 (11), 2 (15), 3 (12), 4, 5, and 13 all take place in the exact same world, so a video like this on that main timeline could definitely happen. Then the separate ones after that are the worlds of 6 & 7, 9 & 10, 8, 14, and 16
I've played nearly every metroid to date, and I really appreciate the succinct recap of the story! So excited for a new mainstream entry to the series, and thanks for making this!
Great summary. One amendment I will make is that it was a rouge faction within the Galactic Federation Military that created the Bottle Ship. After the Events of Other M the Federation Government attempted to root out the corruption. This is why Samus agreed to work with them in Fusion in what was supposed to be a purely scientific zoological study.
There's that, plus the beginning of Fusion established Samus is at her weakest point so she kinda had to rely on the Federation for support until she regained her strength and independence.
For me, this was a nice recap but for many others this can be used to help catch them up in time for Dread. Thank you SO MUCH for making this video!! :)
22:37
"And then Samus was a pinball"
-Alex 2021
The Phazon planet in Prime 3 is called "Phaaze", not "Phazee"
Yeah I kinda cringed too. Same with the omeega instead of omega. Like come on, even with a heavy accent, you can't mispronounce words that badly and not realize what your saying? Lol oh well, small things to some, big to others.
@@Lanewreck kinda rude but ok
@@shmeleos3662 yeah you're right, kinda like it's rude to try to make a history video on the series for click bait views and mispronounce main nouns and concepts of the entire series while acting like they know what they are covering. But hey, like I said earlier, big to some, small for others.
@@Lanewreck maybe I should elaborate the word omega did not come from Metroid so he can say it however the hell he wants to although I agree with how mispronounced phaaze was wrong but how is it really that click baity sure it’s not the “complete” story but he still gave a clear outline of the story no?
Today I ended my first Metroid game (Super Metroid). It's amazing game and not feel it's 27 years old.
It's the 3rd game in the timeline. Should have started with zero mission instead
@@HaohmaruHL it fine dude maybe he doesn’t have access to Zero Mission
Alex, I never before realized Amiga Metroids were such a threat. I'd have figured they'd be more like the underpowered old game console they were named after.
Wait....is that how he pronounced "omega"?
Very helpful and enjoyable to listen to! Also love the pin ball bit!
I wanted this video and I’m glad you guys did it in 20 minutes and not 2 hours.
Great video! I honestly didn't know much about the Metroid lore, but with Dread coming out, I wanted to jump into the series without having to play through all the other games, but I didn't want to feel lost. This did a great job covering enough of the timeline that I feel prepared to play Dread and I hope to revisit some of the other games as well!
He really didn't talk about saving the animals and them in the end of fusion. Unacceptable!!
True! You got to save the animals.
There's still a chance the animals are X
Awesome video, thanks. I just wish the other games were on switch prior to Dreads release.
This was a great vid. One thing; why not have the the VO over some game play?
nintendo dmca fear?
Pretty cool video, but I just want to note that, in Other M, it was not the Galactic Federation as a whole that produced the program for bioweapons (Project Metroid Warriors), but a corrupt, splinter group of the Galactic Federation Army of which Colonel is probably a member and which was probably the same ones responsible for the BSL station in Fusion (the unnamed Galactic Federation official). This distinction between the Galactic Federation as a whole and the Galactic Federation Army (and it's splinter group), as well as Parliament, is lost on the translation from the original Japanese dialogue from Other M and takes away very important details from its story. Also, the original Japanese cutscenes have different dialogue and Samus speaks in a calmer, more analytic tone that is more akin to her dialogues in Fusion and just more consistent with her character as a whole. Finally, I think there were also a few translation errors in Fusion that failed to distinguish the Galactic Federation from it's army.
The translation/localization issues are interesting, and I kind of wish we could experience that story properly, just to compare it.
With what we were given though, I've more or less headcanoned it to where it's places early in the timeline, after zero mission, but before prime, and ignoring the baby stuff. Think about it: it fits a lot better, with what we were presented with. A less self-assured Samus, early in her career (and thus willing to submit to her former commander's.. command easily enough), having fought that hated enemy (ridely) only once before, and lends itself to greater surprise from her at discovering the breeding program on the BSL station (when so comprehensive a failure with Other M's had already happened, along with all the other events with the metroids).
Let's be honest though: releasing any game that follows the nearly same exact story beats as the newest game (as far as the narrative goes, even if chronologically they were released in reversed order), *especially* one that deviates so far gameplay wise was never a sound choice.. Deviating in story, that can go well (fusion, it takes a much more active approach with story telling than others), as can deviating with gameplay (the prime series is a great example), but deviating *both at the same time* was never likely to catch fans in the way they wanted
After what you discover in Fusion it's difficult to actually believe that it was in any way a truly rogue element until MB took charge.
That was super informative. Now I can go into dread with some bearing as to what is happening cannonically. Without needing to dump hours into previous titles. Cool.
Play them eventually anyway, all the 2d metroids are amazing. Most of the 3d ones too
Thank for this video. as someone who's keen for dread but knows very little about the series after watching is I'm definitely more excited then before
I am definitely interested in going back and playing these games now... This is super cool.
As someone who played Metroid on NES, Gameboy and then SNES, and none of the others, I had no idea that all the Gamecube/Wii versions were prequels to SNES. Thanks for this :) Excited for Dread because after all this time I finally own a Nintendo Console again with the switch and have been craving more modern Metroidvania content.
And then... there was Glados.
Really nice story lesson, I'm not much into Metroid really but listen to you telling the story made me somewhat excited to play one of the games again.
Also I noticed once again how family friendly Nintendo games actually are on the surface but the story (even Mario's) is sometimes super dark.
When’s the part where he’s made of rice?
nice
Very nice
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@@novustalks7525 A reference to a an earlier video by them.
@@novustalks7525 it’s referencing their Skyward Sword video
That video was awesome. I still haven't got to play various games in the Metroid universe. Bot getting the lore down is a great asset for me because I love delving into the background of those games I love.
awesome vid!!!! thank you. can't wait for dread!!!
Wow this was surprisingly accurate, congrats guys. You did your homework. I only have one slight correction - the AI from Fusion acting like Adam Malkovich wasn’t a coincidence. The federation actually used scans of Adam’s brain to shape the AI’s personality. In a way, the AI was already Adam Malkovich - just a version of him that had never met samus before. His interactions with her slowly began to pull the real Adam’s personality forwards as the game went on.
So jealous of all those who still get to discover the franchise...it took me some while, too, it was 2013 when I finally started playing it and now it's my second favourite franchise behind only Zelda. Most games are really awesome and underappreciated by the masses.
Same
Wish I could go back to the first time playing it. I grew up with the original Nintendo and first Metroid, and was 8 years old when I first got it. It was groundbreaking back then, and my imagination use to run wild as a little kid wondering if somewhere out in space there might actually be all these incredible things happening we know nothing about. I use to say Zelda was my favorite series and its definitely still up there, but over the years Metroid has claimed the top spot.
I have never played Metroid other than prime 1, but my god such a good story thank you for this i really loved. Definitely going for Metroid dread day one
I already know the story but y’all are so funny that ima watch the whole video snyway
Me too
Lol, Did you watch the video, it's just Alex reading paragraphs upon paragraphs of text?
@@jeromealday614 yeah
Ohmeega
22:37 the most important part of the lore
Damn. I did not know there was so much lore. All i ever knew was super metroid and metroid fusion lol
thank you
I need to play all the Metroids now
-is amazing how much plot this franchise was allowed to have, such a trip
-yep... that's why many fans, myself included, weren't fans of Proteus Ridley getting shoved into Samus Returns...
-you know there isn't such thing as THE "Zero Suit", right? it just means Samus has no Power-Suit whatsoever
It still gives me chills seeing that logo pop up. Still hard to believe that Dread is Real and i cannot wait to play it
#DreadIsReal
I played Fusion at launch back in 02 and its just mind blowing to me that nearly 20 yesrs later were finally seeing what happened after.
@@traceyrinaldi4759 Absolutely, Same here. i grabbed Fusion with some saved up allowance money and got Prime for a birthday present.
@@iPharaoh54 Same here my folks got me Prime as a gift but once I heard about Fusion coming the same day as Prime I took the allowance I saved all year to get Fusion.
So basically Samus is a Human Chozo Phazon Metroid X-parasite Mutant.
I really needed a great lore vid like this as a series newcomer. Hollow Knight was my first Metroidvania, and now with Dread on the horizon, I'm eager to delve into the series that helped name this genre!
Super Metroid and Zero Mission are both great games that highlight the base Metroid experience (imo). You should try at least one of them if you're planning on jumping into Dread. Next best might be Samus Returns for the 3DS since that's what Dread was designed around
@@123goofyking I actually just started a playthough of Super on my switch a few weeks ago. I'd love to play Returns and especially Fusion too, but unfortunately for the latter, Nintendo isn't the best rn at making their games from the early 2000's easily accessible.
You wouldn't happen to know of any *cough cough* emulators I could use?
@@elemangell2981 if You have a WiiU You Can get them all legally. However emulate them on your 3ds or psvita or PSP or ds or pc or whatever that pleases You. I have the games ohysically cauz that's what i got with my GBA as a gift in 2004. But i emulate them on almost every system i get since then.
Metroid is not only the namesake of the genre but also, in my opinion, the best example of the genre. IMO 3 and 4 are outright masterpieces and the Prime series was the most successful translation of genre elements to a 3D environment until the Souls series came around (and yes Demons Souls/Dark Souls is a metroidvania).
If you have a Switch with ann online subscription you have access to the original Metroid and Super Metroid. Skip Metroid - it created a genre but it doesn't hold up at all. Play Zero Mission (GBA game, easily emulated on phone, VisualBoyAdvance, and also available on WiiU eShop) if you want to experience that one. Super Metroid holds up though, and in fact IMO holds up better than any game of its age - it's absolutely remarkable how forward-looking it is.
The second entry has three versions - the original GB Return of Samus, the 3DS remake Samus Returns, and the fanmade AM2R. They all have their respective strengths and traits that make them worth playing but for an introduction I recommend Samus Returns. It's more accessible and you can always go back to try the other ones.
Super Metroid has only one version and it's free with a NSO subscription and includes save states and a rewind feature.
Fusion is a GBA game, easily emulated, but is also available on the WiiU eShop and was part of the 3DS ambassador program so if you have an early 3DS or a jailbroken 3DS you'll be able to play it on that fairly easily.
For the Prime series, best way to play is the Metroid Prime Trilogy collection, available on the Wii with pointer controls or the WiiU with the tradition gamepad control stick controls.
Pssst, I can dropbox/google drive drop you Zero Mission and Fusion if you want.
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This was awesome. Can you do this with other Nintendo series?
I've played fusion before zero mission and to be honest, had that eagerness to play the other games too only to find out that in proper sequence there's a great story. Thanks for this video.
I’ve been lorekeeping this game for ages so this should be interesting
Wow this is surprisingly accurate. Good work you guys, you did your homework
Great job! But you forgot the part where she saved the animals on Zebes before it exploded. LOL
Thank you for this, I've been interested in the lore but am new to the series and this was a great summary in preparing for Dread.
Great recap! Just got into metroid when dread was announced and played through all 2d titles. Waiting for prime trilogy to come to switch. I'm a believer
It'll happen eventually it's just a matter of time
Upon reading this it's like the space pirates were initially the villains, and then the Federation later
Pre ordered. Will be here Friday with collected coffee mug
Zebes was such a cool concept for the time. I think if humans aren't careful we could end up like Zebes, having a planet controlled by an AI.
Great summary! Can't wait to play Metroid Dread. The nemesis' can definitely be diversified tho, it's always the immortal Ridley and Mother Brain.
Not sure how you talk about Other M without talking about both MB and the death of the Deleter. I also think it's weird to not mention the animals in super/fusion, or that the AI Adam is actually Adam mind and not just a random AI that starts acting like him.
he also doesn't mention the big time skip between other M intro and the rest of the game (which is important IMO), along with some other things in other games, but the summary overall is still damn good
I'll need to watch this at least 5 more times to fully understand holy shit lol
That was great. Cant wait for Dread!
Need to watch this before I play that silky smooth Metroid dread 🎉🎉🎉
Great summary overall though. Thoroughly enjoyed
I'm a little bit surprised that it wasn't mentioned in the Other M portion that after Samus leaves the Bottle Ship, she returns to it, defeats Phantoon, and recovers Adam's helmet, and escapes the ship during a self-destruct sequence. It's a small detail in the overall story but comprises the "true" ending.
22:37 For those that didn’t watch all the way 😂
More videos like this on different games would be great
Metroid is probably the greatest work of science fiction in all of gaming.
Very nice!
Didn't realize fusion came out before zero mission. Those were the 2 games I played as a kid after maining her in SSB and I guess I played them chronologically but they're literally the beginning and end of the story at this point.
my favourite part of the story was when Samus was a pinball
The only switched game I have preordered ever 🥰
Same
The only game i've ever preordered and the only game i'm buying without having some empathy for my Wallet. It's like the happiest i've ever been spending 45€.
You did an amazing job connecting a bunch of random Metroid stories into one seemingly coherent timeline! Though it is even more obvious now that none of the games actually connect in a meaningful way, with ridiculous plot holes and gaps in logic littered throughout.
Thank you!
This is the best superhero story.
It's got everything - tragic backstory, the hero's beginning, betrayals, the hero falling, the hero redeeming themselves, and lots of bad guys being whupped.
I see at least 4 easy movie to make... please someone make it happen !!!
Samus deserve a movie !
The game isn’t even out yet and the sound of the Emmi already gives me anxiety
I was really sitting here like, what the hell is an OH-ME-GA metroid lol. Never heard it said like that
This was really helpful! I'm now even more excited for Dread to find out what happens next
While everyone complained about it, I'm happy you included Federation Force. $20 says the metroid stolen at the end of FF is used in Prime 4 for something that causes Metroid 2 to happen.
I half expected Metroid Other M to show up and the description to just be "nope"
wow did you write all this lore yourself? IMPRESSIVE
The only thing I didn't understand which I hope someone can help clear up.
Weren't the Metroids created by the Chozo? Because in the video they later said that the Metroids had a home planet that they originated from, namely SR388. Weren't the Metroids created by the Chozo on Zebes? If so, what were they doing on SR388?
The same goes for the Zebes. The one souce says it's a Chozo colony and the other says it's their home world. Confusing stuff.
Thanks guys.
The Metroids were created on SR388 specifically to counteract the X Parasites on the planet, therefore SR388 is their homeworld. The Chozo colonized many planets, and SR388 was one of them.
As for Zebes, it's not the Chozo's world of origin if that's what you're asking. A group of Chozo just chose to make that world their home. The terminology can seem confusing, but you have to keep in mind that a home isn't necessarily where you originated from, it's just the place where you live. Similarly, the Pirate Homeworld in Prime 3 isn't the pirates' planet of origin either, it's just a planet they took over as their primary base of operations.
Ok, now, most importantly: why is Metroid Prime Pinball not listed in this video? 😂😂
BTW, great vídeo! The story of Metroid is one of the best out there!
Story time with Alex! More of this please!
So what I'm gathering from this is that the final boss of Dread will be some form of Ridley
Because when isn't it
I Hope that it's something more sophisticated than an EMMI Ridley which is Extremely previsble and would be dissapointing at some point.
Ridley had been cloned by the Federation at least once at a site where they were producing bioweapons and they kept his corpse on ice in Fusion at another location, where they were also building bioweapons. If we assume that the EMMI are federation weapons then it makes sense that we'd encounter Ridley.
Also for the record the Ridley that appears at the end of Samus Returns is not canon. He isn't present in the original. Ridley's appearance in Samus Returns is fanservice and, frankly, it has been widely criticized by the fandom because it more or less ruins the somber ending of the original.
@@QwertyCaesar you can't just say ridley appearance at the end of an official remake is non canon, it's quite the opposite. The remake is the new canon for metroid 2 which then also officially makes the prime games canon too.
Metroid, Metroid II, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, Metroid Fusion. I haven't beaten Prime 2 and 3, Prime Hunters, Prime Pinball, Federation Force, or Other M yet so he might be in those, but so far only Zero Mission and Samus Returns have had him as the final boss.
@@QwertyCaesar criticized or not, I'll take any chance to fight Ridley they give us. People can say it ruined this or that but I'll never complain when a game adds an extra boss fight or content. People make that long slog to the surface of part 2 out to be some incredible atmospheric piece, when in reality it's still just a long slog back to the surface. A boss fight to enter your ship and leave was much needed and much appreciated by quite a few people as well
Thanks!
Someone should make this a movie.
That's a lot of story you guys interpreted within "pew pew pew pew booom"
Dont forget "swish swish swish swish swish"
@@YoshiLikesFate yes, and a lot of swish
@@Nicdehouwer id say, the swish os uncontrollably big
@@YoshiLikesFate the Screw Attack also combines a fair amount of swish with a decent chunk of pew pew pew
great video
Blows me away that super meteoid never gets bashed for basically retreading meteoid.
Its like the force awakens on steroids.
THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS RETURNS
This is a great video. But I found two problems so far.
In Metroid Prime 3, the planet was called Phaaze, not Phazee.
Also, I don't think she set the station to self-destruct in Fusion. If my memory is correct (and I'll know soon as I plan to replay Fusion soon), she originally planned to use the self-destruct, but Adam stopped her and told her to go to navigation instead to set the station on a collision course with SR388. This would give her more time to escape, giving her a higher possibility of survival, while also (theoretically) destroying all X on the station and on the planet.
Close for fusion. It was actually both. You are right, she originally wanted to just set the self destruct sequence but Adam advised her to move the station closer to SR388 and still set the self destruct, so that the planet would be caught in the blast of the self destruct sequence
so samus is an intergalactic exterminator
This is hands down the best Metroid summary I have seen on TH-cam. No game excluded, the canonical prequel manga included, no wittty remark but just factual infos straight to the point.
Only thing I would have changed is to mention in the Super Metroid and Fusion portions the Ethecoons and Dachoras since they are likely to be featured in Dread since they escaped with Samus and Adam at the end of Fusion.
I am a simple man. I see Metroid lore and Samus' story and I click.
Alex seems to have forgotten to save the animals...
Excellent job you guys!! Awesome!
New startup idea. Game lore Audiobooks read by Alex.
Weird how there’s just two minutes of dead silence and a blank screen from 16:03 onwards.
So the story is not in order if you played the games in order they were released?