Carvex is the first major boss after the introductory sequence of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on the Nintendo Switch 2, and it is a decent one overall. It is supposed to be a giant carnivorous plant, but this creature feels far grander and deadlier than a simple Venus flytrap. Technically, it serves as the ruler…
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Things I Hate: Aberax (Metroid Prime 4: Beyond)
Not all introductory video game bosses are created equal, and Aberax really rubbed me the wrong way when I first played Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on the Nintendo Switch 2. It is not a horrible boss battle, but it feels like a really odd choice for the first major fight in such an epic adventure….
Things I Like: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Nintendo Switch 2)
It’s hard to believe there was roughly an 18-year gap between Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Retro Studios decided they didn’t want to continue the Metroid Prime series and instead revived the Donkey Kong Country subseries, which led to Bandai Namco Entertainment getting a shot at developing Metroid Prime 4. After…
Fun Fact: Wario Land 1’s Connection to Metroid
Wario Land actually did not have entirely original sound as some of the sound effects were taken directly from Metroid II: The Return of Samus.
Things I Hate: Metroid Fusion (GBA)
I actually had bought the game on the Game Boy Advance a long time ago and I got stuck and couldn’t figure where I needed to go. I gave Metroid Fusion a second chance when it popped up on the catalog for the Nintendo Switch Online. This was the Metroid game that changed Samus forever….