So, with the recent delays of most games and nothing big coming out for a while, I had a look at the SNES games on the Switch online service. I hadn’t played a platformer for a while and funnily I’m a big fan of “metroidvania” mechanics I reloaded I have never really played through an actual 2d Metroid game, even though I grew up with the NES and SNES.
The only one I finished a couple of years ago was Metroid Prime via the Wii but I didn’t fancy a first person game at the moment.
I was playing Super Metroid with the Pro controller but constantly kept pressing the wrong button for select and took about a million screenshots. I remembered I had an 8bitdo SFC30 controller I got for my SNES mini a year or so ago. Looked online and saw I could bond it to my Switch so I did that then I went Super Metroid crazy.
I finished up Super Metroid last week which I thought has a really good balance of exploration, although in some cases I felt like I was going in circles trying to work out where to go, but it was still a fun time…apart from the quicksand and trying to jump out of it. Jesus Christ the quicksand. I let it off for that as it was an older game.
I instantly wanted more Metroid gameplay as it’s a very moreish feel,so looked up what made the most sense to play next chronologically; as I had jumped a bit ahead even though Super Metroid is an older game it’s later in the story.
I ended up seeing that Zero Mission was a remake of Metroid on the NES so I sought out a GBA with an LED screen and a back light as I didn’t really think it would look ideal on a big TV on the Wii U VC.
I played through Zero Mission over this weekend and REALLY enjoyed it. It felt very fast paced compared to Super Metroid and less obtuse with some of the secrets and such. The controls also felt a lot more responsive to me compared to Super Metroid and there was no quicksand…. I think I actually liked it more than Super Metroid as it explained each thing as you picked it up and gave you a little wink as to where you might need to go next. I appreciated that so I wasn’t running in circles. It also looked really incredible on the modded GBA LED screen.
I wasn’t sure what to do about the next game which would have been Metroid II.
Because of Zero Mission I felt going back to the original would be rough. I saw there is the fan made AM2R PC version which looks really good, but I didn’t really want to sit at the PC. So, I have switched over to the 3DS to play Samus Returns which is the more modern official remake version of Metroid 2 from my understanding and I’m really digging the 3D aspect even though the frame rate does feel much lower than Zero Miss
What would people recommend next after this. Prime 2 and 3? I have the trilogy on the Wii so have those available.
The only one I finished a couple of years ago was Metroid Prime via the Wii but I didn’t fancy a first person game at the moment.
I was playing Super Metroid with the Pro controller but constantly kept pressing the wrong button for select and took about a million screenshots. I remembered I had an 8bitdo SFC30 controller I got for my SNES mini a year or so ago. Looked online and saw I could bond it to my Switch so I did that then I went Super Metroid crazy.
I finished up Super Metroid last week which I thought has a really good balance of exploration, although in some cases I felt like I was going in circles trying to work out where to go, but it was still a fun time…apart from the quicksand and trying to jump out of it. Jesus Christ the quicksand. I let it off for that as it was an older game.
I instantly wanted more Metroid gameplay as it’s a very moreish feel,so looked up what made the most sense to play next chronologically; as I had jumped a bit ahead even though Super Metroid is an older game it’s later in the story.
I ended up seeing that Zero Mission was a remake of Metroid on the NES so I sought out a GBA with an LED screen and a back light as I didn’t really think it would look ideal on a big TV on the Wii U VC.
I played through Zero Mission over this weekend and REALLY enjoyed it. It felt very fast paced compared to Super Metroid and less obtuse with some of the secrets and such. The controls also felt a lot more responsive to me compared to Super Metroid and there was no quicksand…. I think I actually liked it more than Super Metroid as it explained each thing as you picked it up and gave you a little wink as to where you might need to go next. I appreciated that so I wasn’t running in circles. It also looked really incredible on the modded GBA LED screen.
I wasn’t sure what to do about the next game which would have been Metroid II.
Because of Zero Mission I felt going back to the original would be rough. I saw there is the fan made AM2R PC version which looks really good, but I didn’t really want to sit at the PC. So, I have switched over to the 3DS to play Samus Returns which is the more modern official remake version of Metroid 2 from my understanding and I’m really digging the 3D aspect even though the frame rate does feel much lower than Zero Miss
What would people recommend next after this. Prime 2 and 3? I have the trilogy on the Wii so have those available.
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