Powerful, useful and so satisfying to land right on an enemy's weak point, the Super Missile from Metroid 1 and 2, and its cousin the Hyper Missile from Metroid Prime 3, are one of the best abilities ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over ten years ago. She tends to enjoy musical theater, ...

The official art and commentary book is up for preorder at Amazon and releases October 28, about a month before Metroid Prime ...

Metroid Other M is a misguided game, to say the least. While the ideas are there to make a solid installment, featuring some pretty pleasant Wii graphics and high-octane set-pieces the likes of which ...

Metroid: Samus Returns sends the titular bounty hunter Samus to SR388, the Metroid’s home planet. Samus’ mission is to find out what happened to a group of Galactic Federation teams that disappeared ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap The Metroid series is one of many long-running Nintendo franchises that contains both 2D and 3D entries. With Metroid Prime 4: ...

The most popular metroidvania titles are often tied to a major franchise, even though it's not a requirement to be good. And ...

Both Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, are excellent follow-ups to Hollow Knight: Silksong. They look beautiful and offer the joy of exploration, combat using a ...

There is arguably no more idiosyncratic descriptor in the entirety of gaming than “Metroidvania.” A portmanteau of the beloved Metroid and Castlevania franchises, the term refers primarily, though not ...

However, few games, no matter the length, pack as much fun and ambience into every minute as Metroid: Zero Mission. Composers Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano do a stellar job of recreating and ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from New Play Control! Metroid Prime Wii de Asobu: Metroid Prime (also known as New Play Control! Metroid Prime) is a port of Metroid Prime for the Wii with ...