I'm not gonna lie, the way that people always put Metroid 1 & 2 together, when talking about how they didn't age well and newcomers should better play the remakes, I always assumed they would be similar in that regard.
But after completing M1 for the first time (with a romhack for SNES that removed all the crazy lag and added an ingame map) and now having played M2 through NSO, I feel like Metroid 2 is actually a huge improvement over the first game.

I completely understood what people meant, when they say M1 didn't age well, the vanilla game lags almost all the time. For example as soon as there are too many enemies on screen, which happends constantly.
The lack of a map makes this game a nightmare to navigate, especially because the developers copy and pasted so many rooms over and over again. Which leads to some very strange places, where a layout was copied that originally had hidden blocks, which were hiding items, but after being copied now just have hidden blocks that lead to nothing.
The controls actually felt completely fine in my opinion, considering it was the first game and also on NES. Overall I had a pretty good experience with the romhack and I think I would've had a fine experience with the OG, if the game didn't lag all the time.

Now with M2, I assumed it was gonna have the same flaws as M1, but to my surprise it acutally fixed almost all of the problems, that made M1 so unplayable for me.
I don't remember the game even lagging once, which already made the experience so much better. The screen was smaller but I never felt like it was to close. The enemy design and platforming was obviously specifically made for the small screen size, so it never became an issue for me.
And the craziest one for me: You can actually navigate through the game, without the need of a map. Don't get me wrong, the lack of a map still makes the game a little worse, than it could've been if it had one, but they actually designed the world with unique locations and room layouts, that help you remember what each area is and don't confuse you as much as M1.
The controls also felt a little smoother, which is very nice. On top of that the setting and atmosphere were really good and I love the plot of the game so much. Especially when you think about, how the events of the game tie into future games.

Long story short, if you tried M1 like me and felt discouraged from trying out M2, I honestly really recommend still giving it a try. I had a really great time with the game and it has become one of my favorite Gameboy games.

Hello fellow Metroid fans! I want to make a post to give a shout out to the mod team of this Metroid subreddit. I'm pretty new to this fandom but I have seen that the mod team always act when someone has a bad behavior toward someone else and they know how to make a distinction between someone who disagree politely with someone and just people who want to be mean. And they are very respectful about the artists work, my last post about fan arts of Nora/Samus was deleted because one of the artist I shared the work had previously sent a DM to the mod team asking not to have their work share here. The mod let me know that he loved Nora and the arts and took the time to explain the reasons why the post was deleted. I think it's very great to have a mod team be respectful of artists wishes and to be very fair when it come to moderating a subreddit. So here you go, I made this little picture for them and wanted to write this message.

https://x.com/The_MonsterWolf/status/2114422990062407964?s=20

Was it just something the devs decided?

I think it's pretty cool but it's not often characters have things like moles or freckles unless it's specifically for a specific story beat it characacher

this came with my new 2ds xl. its an AR card of samus. never tried it out…looks like its the varia suit from smash 3d.

It looks closer to what would become Dark Samus, but this style of Phazon Suit seems to have been entirely scrapped.

As far as I remember I’ve always been a metroid fan.. I was playing super metroid at 5yo and played every single game of the saga. Recently I’ve been collecting figurin from various universes, metroid included, but I wanted one that was « handmade » so I printed a great model from andersonbastos3d and painted it. Behold Samus in her unleashed metroid form!

Source.

Art print by u/datcravat (wanted poster template separate)

A few weeks ago I posted a post talking about how amazing Super Metroid was.

During these weeks, I have been playing all the 2D games of the Metroid saga in chronological order while waiting for Metroid Ravenous. I finished Metroid Fusion and started again with Metroid Dread (I had already played it out at the time). Having officially played every 2D game in the series, I can say that Metroid Dread is undoubtedly the best game of all (without underestimating how amazing Super Metroid and Fusion are). But I think the evolution of the saga has peaked with this latest installment. I'm getting up early 1h before my time to get up to go to work in order to get a place to play hahahaha

Cool little Samus sprite on the shirt sleeve

planning to do dread mode next

(sorry for rotated first picture) first pic is normal mode second pic is hard mode

Newer fan here. I played most of the 2D games and have been playing through the Prime series since the beginning of this month. I’m curious to see how everyone ranks Prime 1-4 + Hunters. So far, my ranking is:
1. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube)
2. Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch)
3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (PrimeHack, just started yesterday)

Having a casual play through MP4 when this happens. Without a doubt, it's the most hilarious thing Duke says. I know it's situational, but two hours after capturing this clip, I'm still howling!!

(Warning this will be a long one)

Alright this game is something. I came to it expecting so little especially that it is around 24 years old and a lot more considering that it is a remake of a much older one.

Don't understand me the wrong way, I DID expect it to be good but it was way more than good, for better or worse this game proved to be unforgettable and quite crazy to be honest.

Everything has a beginning and our story begins with a rant.

My friend, let's call him Jack, was having a long rant about how those new MVs succeed at making the player feel weak at the start but fail at making them feel powerful at the end.

I nodded in agreement.

He kept mentioning metroid as a good example of a game that really gives you that overpowered feel at the end.

So I asked him if he could recommend one metroid game I should play and he recommended metroid zero mission. On the same day I started my play through and now I am going to talk about my experience.

I have heard of metroid before (shocking I know) and to be honest, I honoured its legacy more than its value as a game. I thought it was bland but I immediately perished those stupid ideas when I first played metroid zero mission.

The unique thing about this game is the vibe, it is literally alien.

I can say that Metroid is confident in itself and in what It is doing. This game demands respect the moment you start playing. It shows that it is a lot more than you think it is.

Music, animation, sound effects, vibes, art direction, menus, controls everything has a meaning and a reason. It doesn't overwhelm you with unnecessary crap. Every little detail is carefully put to enhance the experience.

I divide video games in general into three distinct types.

first, the ones you respect.

Second, the ones that you have a soft spot for.

Third, the ones that make you scream.

Metroid MOSTLY felt like the type of game you would respect and for me it was Also the kind I had a soft spot for cause playing it felt intriguing and close to the heart.

I was honestly surprised, Metroid's minimalistic and clever design never failed to impress me, the great ost and sound effects were amazing and the controls even though they were simple they felt perfect.

I couldn't criticise it, I respect it so much, it feels like I am trying to correct a scientist which is stupid.

This game from the start to A CERTAIN POINT was a spectacle but mentioning that certain point, do you remember Jack? yeah my friend whose entire rant was about how new MVs fail at making you feel powerful.

(Now I will be angry but not hateful, this isn't a criticism but a skill issue)

ANYONE who has ever played this game knows that I am a fking liar.

Did I say that this is the kind of game you would respect and have a soft spot for, yeah that would be true if I only played 80% of it.

Now let us talk about the last 20%

I reached Tourian, This is when metroid turned into the absolutely Unforgettable states.

This game was a cake walk compared to the absolute horror that is Tourain. Can someone...... Can anyone explain why this game suddenly turned into a bullet hell?

Playing against mother brain felt like chess if it was racist, as if I was playing with an Atari controller while it was playing with a turbo controller.

I was at half the health and half the ammunition with no fucking place to resupply. Who designed this shit!!

I am not kidding, this boss comboed me to my coffin and six feats under, I died a lot.

Poor Samus, the girl was back shouted, front shouted and diagonally shouted so many times if not for logic, she would have produced enough kids to conquer the entire universe.

The boss blasted me into the edge of the very small platform for me to be hit me with the same beam to be hit with a stray projectile to be fucking thrown to the lava and the cycle continues.

But.... But, in the end, I did one of the greatest comebacks and defeated the freaking thing with no damage in record time.

I threw away the controller, celebrating my victory against mother brain to be hit with one of the worst mechanics in this game which is the countdown.

I can't explain the horror, I can't even remember... I didn't even understand what I was doing... I kept falling and falling... Again and again... and the cycle continues....

After I beat brain mother and escaped the planet. I foolishly thought that the game was over only to be hit again with despair.

I fell to the ground; now with no suit, no dignity and very little honour I ventured forth. Playing against the space pirates (which I believe to be the very first smart ass enemy in the game which was even better/s )

I had to hide in the cracks, escape bullets and hide behind closed corners.

The same damned day I met him (MY FRIEND)... But, Jack isn't my friend anymore.... Actually he isn't anyone's friend anymore.... May his majestic spirit rest in eternal peace.

I explored further escaping from the pirate ship, going around the ruins I found the mirror boss, it was confusing at the start but I managed to beat it and what is that? The suit is back!! With more upgrades!

Hmmm, double jump.... How could that be useful?

wait..... it is not a double jump, not a triple and not a quadruple jump... so what is it?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

COME AT ME SPACE SMART ASS ALIENS, YOU MAYBE ABLE TO OUTSMART ME BUT NO ONE CAN OUTSMART ANCIENT BALLS.

I still died a lot but at least I died with honour and dignity attached.

So I reached mecha Ridley; oho.... aha .... oha... ahhhhhhhhhh.... ahhhhhhh......

......................ANOTHER COUNTDOWN........................

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

so yeah, amazing game... And since my friend is no longer capable of sharing his thoughts, can you share your thoughts about what I should play next?