Category Archives: GBA

#134 – Metroid Fusion

Part 4 of 4 of my Metroid refresher prior to Dread’s release (way too early, I know) is Metroid Fusion, which was my very first (and arguably still my favourite) Metroid game. This came out after my birthday that year, so I had to wait until Christmas to play it, but it was definitely worth the wait. Years later, this still has some of my favourite moments in the entire series.

But good lord, whoever designed the colour scheme for the Varia Fusion suit has absolutely no sense of taste. Pixellated pink and yellow? Yikes…

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#130 – Metroid: Zero Mission

I honestly didn’t think much of the original Metroid when I played it, although this was perhaps because I’d played Fusion prior to this, and going back to NES titles has always been a bit of a trial for me. Going back a little way is nice for nostalgia’s sake, but when you have no nostalgia of a title, going that far back can be quite painful. The original Metroid was painful. Zero Mission I adored though.

Yes, because of Metroid Dread, I’ll be replaying the main titles up to this point…if I can find an emulator that works be bothered to set up my Wii U I might even replay the Prime trilogy. But not Other M. I think once in a lifetime was enough for that game…

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#91 – Sonic Advance

Many people around my age grew up with a SNES. I grew up with a Megadrive, and I have been a Sonic fan for most of my life – through the glorious 16-bit days, the passable jump to 3D with 3D Blast the first two Adventure games, the thoroughly cringeworthy period of the mid-to-late 2000s, and to the present day where Sonic still hasn’t really found his niche but does a pretty damn good job at putting out a good game when effort is put into it, and into being painfully self-aware. If you haven’t watched the Sonic Boom cartoon, you really should. The comics have remained consistently brilliant, too.

I bought this off eBay a few years ago and I can’t remember if I ever actually finished it before now, though.

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