Kotaku: Super Metroid

Metroid Travel Posters Make Zebes Look Like A Lovely Vacation Destination

Justin Page — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:40:00 EDT

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Metroid lifeforms (Chozo, Etecoon & Dachora) from planet Zebes come to life in these rad travel posters created by artist Andrew Kolb. More »

Vintage Metroid Cosplay Doesn't Need the Third Dimension

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EDT

We usually salute the best in cosplay craftsmanship (or craftswomanship!) here on Fancy Pants. Or the best in photography, or modelling. It's not often we salute the best in ideas. So let's change that today. More »

Metroid's Samus and the Exploded Suit

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:30:00 EDT

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Artist Justin Currie, admittedly an inexperienced Metroid player, gorgeously illustrates the disintegrating armor of Nintendo icon and bounty hunter Samus Aran, a moment before it fully forms around her (or disintegrates, depending on your point of view). More »

Metroid Prime's Coolest Concepts From The Cutting Room Floor

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:30:00 EST

What could Metroid mainstays Mother Brain, Crocomire and Kraid have looked like in the beloved Metroid Prime video games? See for yourself in some recently excavated art work from the artists behind Nintendo's first-person Metroid adventures. More »

Fan-made New Super Mario Bros. 3 Looks Super Insane

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:00:00 EST

What if you took New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS and hacked a complete recreation of Super Mario 3 into the thing? Well, why stop there? Why not put some Metroid and Legend of Zelda in there too? More »

Nintendo May Be Getting Better At Live-Action Metroid Commercials

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:20:00 EDT

This is the Metrod Other M commercial, showing us a live-action version of heroine Samus. We showed it to you earlier, but it begs to be compared to other live-action Metroid spots. More »

Super Metroid And Some Other Stuff

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:00:13 EDT

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is just a week away, and the VC Metroid Madness continues with the release of Super Metroid (800 points) on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. This is what I think of whenever people talk about Metroid. I'd go as far as calling it one of the best 2D adventure games of all time. Of course the sheer awesome exuded by Super Metroid doesn't take anything away from this week's other two entries, which were...um. *rereads press release a few times* Oh yes! Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (800 points) for the Sega Genesis, which features Joe Shinobi realizing he screwed up years earlier and Neo Zeed is still alive and kicking. Instead of committing seppuku for his failure he tries to sweep the whole thing under the rug. Amateur. Finally we have Neutopia, the complete and utter Zelda ripoff from Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx 16 (600 points). Still a fun game - just not a very original one. Hit the jump to see what Nintendo's crack press release writing team has to say! More »

Mother Brain(s) Returning For Metroid Prime 3

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:40:42 EDT

The latest Metroid Prime 3: Corruption preview clips added to WiiWare in tandem with the latest Wii firmware update give us a better look at one potential returning Metroid staple. The "Aurora"—more commonly known as the Mother Brain to Metroid and Super Metroid fans—is heavily featured in one of the clips, indicating that a starring role (or at least a cameo) for the organic computer is more than likely. More »

Nintendo To Unleash Metroids On Virtual Console Soon?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:20:22 EDT

With Metroid Prime 3: Corruption just a few short weeks away from release on the Wii, it looks like Nintendo is set to ramp up with hype with a pair of Virtual Console releases. Images for both Metroid for the NES and Super Metroid for the SNES have appeared on the VC web server and spotted by an eagle-eyed NeoGAF poster. Another image for Sega's RPG Shining In The Darkness has also recently been added, indicating that it too may soon join the download service. More »

Clip: Japanese Super Metroid Commercial

fdemarco — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:00:00 EST

This Japanese Super Metroid commercial doesn't have quite the same panache as last week's Metroid II clip, but it's still a pretty good one. The funny thing about this clip though is that while the voice overs are in Japanese, there is nary a Japanese person in the entire commercial. At first I thought perhaps this was filmed for North America and then re-purposed for Japan, but I was unable to find an English language version. I did however find the North American commercial for the same game that you can see after the jump. Flynn De Marco More »

Japanese Metroid Commercials of Times Past

kotaku.com — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:40:22 EDT

I love these Japanese Metroid commercials. In the first, Samus Aran surfs a 3.5" floppy through the universe to battle gelatinous, brain-sucking slugs. I also love how Japanese pronounce every letter in the English language like a separate syllable. "Muh-eh-tuh-ruh-oid-u!" More »

Let's Have A Gunpei Yokoi Love-In!

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:10:54 EDT

Yesterday, we celebrated the "birth" of the Sega Dreamcast, but today we should take a few minutes to remember one of the founding fathers of Nintendo and creator of influential products like the Game Boy and the Metroid series. More »