Episode 202 : Metroid Prime (GameCube)

... Otherwise this is gonna become the oldest podcast on the internet. We're gonna talk about Metroid Prime, originally released for the GameCube. ...

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... But one thing real quick, that space station at the very beginning, you know, as far as like what Metroid Prime did well, as far as like bringing over that old Metroid feel was just the mood. ...

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... They did re-release all three games in the Prime series as the trilogy at one point, since Metroid Prime 3 was made for the Wii. And it does use the control scheme for Metroid Prime 3. ...

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... And I, as I was playing through this, I realized, yeah, as much as I love a lot of those 2D Metroids, the originals, even Super Metroid, I really kind of prefer Metroid in this style, as, you know, at least as far as this game goes, but 2D Metroid has its place. ...

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... The fact that not only does it still sound kind of that spacey, isolating music from the original Metroid kind of, a Metroid game has that same feel to this, but also when you get into combats, if it's a big enough combat, not just bosses, but kind of tough encounters, the music changes to like a more active and very kind of high energy music until you kill everything out, then it goes back to that kind of lower keel and exploration music, it is a wonderful game. ...

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... So I've been enjoying those very much when I wasn't playing Disney games. And of course, Metroid Prime, we're gonna talk about a few minutes. ...

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... - And we are going to be visiting the GameCube, although I don't know who's actually playing it on the GameCube this run through, but before we jump into Metroid Prime, Billy, what have you been playing since our last podcast? ...

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... As we mentioned last time on the Disney episode, we were gonna cover Metroid Prime and we in fact did. So our next show, assuming nothing crazy happens, is going to be the PlayStation game, Ghost in the Show. ...

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... So you're switching back and forth between this combat view, which you do need to use very often because it is Metroid. There are aliens everywhere. ...

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... Here's something I'm glad has been fixed in current video games over the years. It is everything that I would want from a 3D Metroid game, and it's everything that I would want for like an exploration-based kind of adventure. ...

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