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Nintendo Direct February 2022 – Everything Announced!
Today’s Nintendo Direct came and went. With 40 minutes of jam-packed announcements, Nintendo set its path for the first part of the year. With many titles previously being unknown or rumored, today’s stream finally confirmed many suspitions. Here is everything announced during the Nintendo Direct February 2022 live-stream.
Metroid Dread – New 2D Metroid Announced!
Early this afternoon, Nintendo streamed their 38 minute-long E3 Nintendo Direct. As we previously covered, the presentation revealed an all-new 2D Metroid title. While 2017 saw Samus Returns, the 3DS remake of Metroid 2, Metroid hasn’t seen an entirely new 2D entry in 19 years. Metroid Dread releases this Spring!
Nintendo Direct E3 2021 – Round Up!
Today, June 15th marks the final day of E3 2021. With it, The Nintendo Direct E3 2021 digital showcase opened the day. The nearly 40-minute presentation was here and gone, and with it came a ton of exciting announcements. The Nintendo Direct E3 2021 presentation had a diverse range of titles, which offered up a little something for everyone. A new 2D Metroid, Wario Ware’s return, a Mario + R...[Read More]
Savior, Now on Kickstarter, Radiates Style and Grace
There’s a particular style being displayed in the Kickstarter trailer for Savior, a game being developed by Starsoft. Using a pixelated art direction, Savior echoes of Metroidvania classics and old-school Prince of Persia titles with a focus detailed animation and fluidity of movement. Starsoft claims on their Kickstarter page that the game is in pre-production, looking for a more direct funding s...[Read More]
Long-awaited Bloodstained Ritual of the Night is Available Now
Ever since it was announced that Koji Igarashi was striking out to make games in his iconic style, no longer held back by Konami, we’ve had our hearts set on the first major project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The wait is over; Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is available now on most platforms.
Metroid Prime 4 Delayed, Producing Company Switched
Earlier today, Nintendo announced that the upcoming Metroid Prime 4 development has been restarted, and switched with a different company at the helm.
Metroid 2, a Discussion on Video Game Interpretation
While I haven’t reached the level of Metroidvania academics as others that create video game content and essays, I do consider myself versed well enough in the genre to confidently talk with those experts. Since the announcement of the official Metroid 2 remake, Samus Returns, I knew I had to at least ask the creators of AM2R to be guests on the Forever Classic Podcast. Join Zach Snyder and ...[Read More]
Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS) Review
There’s a reason that Metroid is one of the most influential video game franchises around, what with tons of spins on the fundamentals of its design showing up in the indie scene to the point of it being commonplace. Metroid titles, usually, are amazing adventures starring one of the most badass women in gaming through alien worlds to single-handedly take out threats to galactic safety. Whil...[Read More]
Rumor: GameCube Games Inbound
The Gamecube is one of the better systems released by Nintendo–it wasn’t full of shovelware and the games were accessible to almost everyone. In my humble opinion: GameCube was the second best system around, after the Super Nintendo. But, yet, the virtual consoles lacks any GameCube games, which to many fans is a huge disappointment. If you had an earlier version of the Wii; you cou...[Read More]
Why I’m Excited For Metroid: Samus Returns
I’m going to start out and say it, I’ve never been a fan of the Metroid series. The games are long and confusing to navigate, and did I mention, hard? Yeah, not a huge fan of playing Metroid games, and Metroid: Samus Returns may change my mind.
Metroid: Samus Returns Headed to Nintendo 3DS
Just when I was getting ready to go to a different stream, Reggie Fils-Aime comes on stage at the Nintendo Treehouse and shakes what I knew about Nintendo outside of their Direct videos. A new 2D Metroid game has just been announced, ironically enough as a remake of Metroid 2: Return of Samus that recently got a fan remake. Metroid: Samus Returns is headed to the Nintendo 3DS this September.
Metroid Prime 4 Teased During Nintendo Direct
The Nintendo Direct has just wrapped up, giving us a glimpse of what to expect from Nintendo in the next couple years, at least as far as games go. There was no word on things like the Switch’s online features or the virtual console, but there were several games teased during the video presentation. One of which brought a cheer to my throat. Metroid Prime 4 is currently in development for th...[Read More]