Metroid
Metroid Prime Trilogy coming Aug. 24 to Wii
It’s been two years, but gaming’s interstellar femme fatale is back. Sort of. IGN today confirmed Metroid Prime Trilogy, a single-disc repackaging of all three Metroid Prime games. The Trilogy compilation will cost $49.99, the premium on Wii. According to IGN, the first two games have been reworked from their original 4:3 forms to include full widescreen and 480p support. They feature ...
Weekly Sweet Power Up for May 1st, 2009
This week we’re showcasing Debbie Gourd’s Super Metroid helmet cake. While not a gamer herself, Debbie runs her own cake-design shop out of San Francisco and did an amazing job creating this particular cake based on images of Samus from the net. It looks so detailed I think I’d feel bad cutting a slice out of poor Samus’ head.
I can’t wait to replay Metroid Prime on Wii
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxZULNIIpdE[/youtube] Watching the comparison video of Metroid Prime on GameCube versus Wii got me excited to play it again. I prefer the controls of Metroid Prime 3 to the original, but I like the story and level progression of the original over 3, so I’m pretty excited for the new play control version to come to the States. Anyone else? [Thanks, Kill...
First look at Play on Wii Metroid Prime
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uiGNBQCWrQ[/youtube] [Warning very German and Japanese]
Another 8bit Holiday album by Dr. Octoroc
Dr. Octoroc has just recently released an 8bit Holiday album that not only features classic Christmas songs, but fully remixes them with famous NES chipset sounds. The album features various games such as Metroid, Faxanadu, Kid Icarus, Mega Man, Final Fantasy, and various other famous games. It should be known that this album is quite possibly the best holiday chip tune album around and you can ge...
Former Metroid developers go multiplatform
For Armature Studio, the hardware will finally match the vision. Kotaku is reporting today three former Retro Studios employees have formed a new multiplatform development studio under a publishing deal with Electronic Arts. The newly formed Armature Studio is headed by Mark Pacini, Todd Keller and Jack Matthews, the former Game Director, Art Director and Principal Technology Engineer of Nintendo&...
Nintendo accessories for the fashion minded gamer
Rob tipped us off to some gorgeous Nintendo related fashion accessories. The cufflinks above are incredibly tempting. After the break, check out some hot jewelry action. Anyone out in Infendo Land rocking some Triforce Earrings?
Three reasons Metroid games aren’t selling
Okay, so Metroid isn’t exactly a commercial flop. But if Samus ever decides to spend some social time with Mario and Link, she’d better keep a thick skin; they’d chuckle at her comparatively modest sales. Within the overall industry picture, the Metroid series has always been successful. But by Nintendo’s standards, it has failed to captivate the amount of players the compa...
The release you’ve been waiting for…
I know a lot of people felt sore that us Wii owners here in Japan got Super Smash Bros. Brawl a little bit early, but I thought it’d make you all feel better to let you know that Metroid Prime 3 Corruption just hit Japan a few days back. That’s right, a 6 month delay! And what did they spend all that time doing? Adding online play? Nope. How about Japanese voice-overs? Nah- it’s ...
Nintendo Spotting: Samus Aran needs help edition
I can’t say I “get” cosplayers, but this one was making the rounds today and the effort is certainly there, and it’s Samus Aran, so what they heck. More pics — including helmet shots!!! — can be found here. Full disclosure: I made a homemade original GameBoy costume for Halloween in the early 1990s.
G4TV’s Sessler pans Corruption controls
While the tension of Samus Aran’s latest battle with the Mother Brain is still tantalizing the gamer nerve, and while the epic conclusion of the tale of universal phazon corruption is still fresh in the memory, dust off that GameCube controller and give the original Metroid Prime a spin. Really, go ahead. Loaded up? Wonderful. Now blast through the introductory space station for a moment; if...
Metroid developers promise fans “won’t be dissapointed” with next project
Retro gave an awesome interview to MTV about Metroid Prime 3, as well as some teasers for their next project. [The developers] and the rest of Retro are already focused on their next project, which is not another “Metroid Prime” game. What is it? They’re coy. But some Retro fans have pondered the studio going casual and making the kinds of games Nintendo’s Japan studios are...