![]() The Metroid manga, which is of somewhat dubious canonical status but nonetheless inspired the plot of multiple canonical Metroid games, says that our heroine was born on K-2L, a planet with a small human colony where she lived with her parents until the tender age of three. Samus is a female human who lives in a futuristic galaxy where interstellar travel is the norm and multiple intelligent alien races regularly interact with humans and with one another. If you’d like to know more about our heroine, read on. I happen to love it knowing Samus’ motivations for exploring planets and seeking out long-lost alien artifacts gives me some added enjoyment on top of the usual blast of dopamine I get upon finding, say, the speed boost upgrade that lets Samus smash through stone barriers at a gallop. Metroid is not necessarily a franchise in which the narrative matters a lot. It allows her to compress her body into a surprisingly small, spherical shape so that she can roll into the narrow pathways and once inspired a Metroid newcomer to ask, “ y can’t metroid crawl?” As for why the series (and not the bounty hunter) is called “Metroid,” it’s named for a particularly dangerous life-sucking species of aliens whose only weakness is cold temperatures (an ice beam power-up for Samus’ arm cannon, for example, would do the trick). Most of Samus Aran’s upgrades have carried over across multiple games her morph ball mode, for example, is ubiquitous. Along the way, she’ll face off against aggressive alien enemies and bosses, usually accompanied by haunting, beautiful soundtracks. ![]() Review: Metroid Dread reaches new heights by offering no mercyĪlmost every Metroid game has the same basic premise: Near the game’s beginning, Samus Aran will lose access to most of her power suit’s capabilities, but since her suit is made out of organic materials, she’s often able to find items on the planets she explores that she can use to upgrade herself back to full power. ![]()
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