Welcome back to another week of Metroid talk! This time around, despite loving the reveal trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, the guys share some of their critiques about what we saw. Each host has something a bit different that stood out to them; Doom noticed some of the animations and technical details in the trailer that underwhelmed, Dak took …

We've been wrapped up in all the Metroid Prime 4 excitement, but we can't forget that it wasn't the only big Metroid news from last month! With Metroid: Zero Mission's release on the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack in June, we decided it was time to finally do a Zero Mission Definitive Ranking! Join Dak and Doom for a full episode on Metroid:…

It's time for Part 2 of our Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Q&A! Andy and Dak are back to tackle a whole slew of questions, including: how do we think Beams will work in terms of stacking or not? Could we see bonus content if there is a Metroid Dread save file on the Switch? Will the game be significantly larger in size than previous entries? Could there b…

The hosts tug at the threads of destiny in Timespinner (Lunar Ray Games, 2018, PC / PS4 / PS Vita / Switch / Xbox One) We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at ⁠https://youtu.be/9btAd9SQbbk if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.

The gang is back talking more Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and this week, we asked all of you to get in on the action and ask us questions about Samus's upcoming adventure! We got so many questions in-fact that were breaking this into two parts! On the docket this week: should Federation Forces Slow Beam return? What are the chances Admiral Dane pops b…

The band is back together again, still reeling from last weeks' incredible reveal of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. This week, we're sharing our theories on what could be going on with the story, including: is there going to be any time travel or alternative dimensions that we can travel to? What is motivating Sylux and why do they hate the Federation so…

IT'S REAL! After seven long years, we FINALLY got our first look at the newly rechristened Metroid Prime 4: Beyond! The fellas get together to break down the trailer and everything saw, from the impressive graphics to the slick HUD, offer our thoughts on Samus's design for her Power Suit and Gunship, offer thoughts on how the Scan Visor works, touc…

Everyone's favorite game-show, Samus's Percentages, returns! The premise is simple: we read a statement and then assign it a percentage on it coming true or not, and this time around, we're focusing on Metroid Prime 4 and the June Direct! We're giving our percentages on questions like: do we see Metroid Prime 4? Do we see any Metroid titles? Will t…

The hosts play with schoolyard toys in Animal Well (Shared Memory, 2024, PC/ PS5 / Switch) We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/IzV3eU3FPwY⁠ if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment. #podcast #metroidvania #gaming #videogames #animalwell

We're bringing back our Q&A episode, and this time around, we're dedicating the whole show to Metroid: Samus Returns! We're answering your questions, such as: despite it being a great game, is Samus Returns a great remake? Could Aeion abilities have regenerated the same way as in Dread, or would that have made them OP? Is the Surface theme truly an…

Mapping Metroid returns to tackle one of the oldest - and deadliest - areas in the series: Ridley's Lair from NEStroid! We're back almost 40 years to examine the layout of this area, how it serves as a skill-checking gauntlet run for the player, the creepy and unsettling music and how it adds to the atmosphere, if this hideout could have used a few…

We're back with another instalment of Metroid Manga in Review, and picking up right where we left off last time with Volume 2 of Samus & Joey! This time around, we meet some new characters, including Joey's mother, Dr. Diana Apronika, a new robot friend named U-Ton, and... a race of creepy killer penguins! Come listen to our thoughts on the latest …

Andy makes his long awaited return to the show, and we have a lot to cover this week! First, Andy chimes in with some thoughts about last weeks news on the Switch 2 and what that means potentially for Metroid Prime 4! Next up, the fellas go and have a fun time ranking every single escape sequence in the series! From the classic original sequence in…

Finally, after 600 years, Nintendo has officially acknowledged the existence of a successor to the Nintendo Switch. Dak & Doom jump on the show this week to talk about this announcement, plus Nintendo's last fiscal results and what it all means for Metroid. How did Metroid fair on the Switch compared to other first-party Nintendo titles? Was Metroi…

The hosts try to form a symbiotic relationship in Rebel Transmute (Evan Tor Games, 2024, PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One)We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/x74soKJxX7E if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.#podcast #metroidvania #gaming #blasphemous

We have a very special guest joining us in the virtual studio this week; Grant Henry aka Stemage, the creator of Metroid Metal! Stemage has been composing metal variations of Metroid’s iconic music for over 20 years. While nowadays you’ll mostly find him doing freelance work for several projects such as BIT.TRIP RERUNNER and Hextech Mayhem: A Leagu…

We're kicking it old school this week with a classic Dak & Andy joint, answering all of YOUR fan questions! Some of the topics on tap: If Hunters were to ever to be remade, aside from controls, what improvements could be made? If Dread was priced lower, would it have sold more copies? Would it veer make sense to rebrand the series as the 'Samus Ara…

Inspired By Metroid returns, and just in time to tackle of the most hyped Metroidvania's in years: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown! The recent release from Ubisoft gained rave reviews, and it's not hard to see why - this might very well be one of the best Metroidvania's ever created! Omega Metroid Social Manager Jules Gia joins to show to talk abo…

We originally had an Inspired By Metroid game on tap for this week, but we ran into some scheduling issues, so instead of rushing it, we're pushing our show back one week and instead unlocking another ROM Hack Review from the vault! One of the most widely fantasized crossovers in the video game world would be the merging of the Metroid and DOOM uni…

The hosts flagellate themselves for the myriad sins they committed in Blasphemous (The Game Kitchen, 2019, PC, Switch, PS4, XBox One) We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/uw43EPRdENk⁠ if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.#podcast #metroidvania #gaming #blasphemous…

Our Super Metroid celebration comes to a conclusion this week as we wrap it up in style by bringing back Mapping Metroid! On the docket this month is the fiery, sweltering, and frankly awesome area of Norfair! We go over everything that makes this so special, including the amazing boss fights, the instantly iconic musical tracks, the structure and …

Our Super Metroid anniversary celebration continues this week, as Andy is joined again by Omega Metroid Community Manager Lillith and Zach Guillot of the Collateral Gaming Video Game Podcast to discuss one of the (many) high spots of this legendary game: it's bosses! We're ranking each fight until we get to the best of the best! Come hear our thoug…

Welcome to a very special episode of the show, as we honor the 30th anniversary of one of - if not the - greatest games of all time: Super Metroid! The game that brought Andy and Lillith, who joins us this episode, into the series and had a major influence over the creation of this very podcast and the Omega Metroid community is in the spotlight, a…

Metroid Manga in Review finally returns, and this time, we're examining a beloved cult classic among the Metroid faithful: Samus & Joey Volume 1! This collection introduces us to Joey, a reckless young boy and the self proclaimed "first disciple of Samus Aran" as he meets Samus and embarks in his own heroic adventure! The guys get together and talk…

The hosts search blindly in Absence of Light (Koala Symphony Studios, 2024, PC)Check out Koala Symphony's other work at https://www.youtube.com/@koala.symphony We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/v3quAGTkRpM ⁠if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.

We're back to continue our journey throughout the series that inspired Metroid, and this time around, we're even more firmly in spinoff territory than we were back in AVP! The sequel to the crossover, Alien vs Predator: Requiem promises more gore, more kills, and more craziness, but at the end of the day, it is a good movie? A hybrid of the two tit…

Welcome back to another episode of the show celebrating Metroid: Zero Mission's 20th anniversary! This week, we're discussing and ranking all of the bosses of the remake! From innovative new bosses like the Chozo Test, to the definitive way to fight Mother Brain, back to returning foes like Kraid, to arguably one of the most disappointing Ridley fi…

This week's show is a special one, as we're honoring one of the most fundamentally sound yet least heralded Metroid games: Metroid Zero Mission! Come and listen as we give this game its flowers, talking about our first memories of playing it, why it wasn't a bigger deal at the time, and the unforgettable stealth sequence. We also reflect on the leg…

Hold on to your hats this week, as it's finally time to give the legend his due. That's right - this week is all about KRAID! We're going through and ranking all four of the Big Daddy Kraid confrontations and discussing the mechanics and evolutions, plus talking about Kraid adjacent fights and appearances, like Nintendo Land and Super Smash Bros. M…

The hosts practice every religion all at once in Knytt Underground(Nifflas, 2012, PC / PS3 / PS Vita / WiiU).We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/C1Bp74GYOmw if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.#podcast #metroidvania #gaming #knytt #knyttUnderground

We're back this week to talk - what else? - Metroid Prime 4! As we've done before, we're going over a bunch of things we want to see in the game! Were working off of a wishlist that Doom put together that covers things like: could wall running be neat, or is that hokey? How foes one make a Speed Booster work in 3D? Should the Speed Booster be third…

Unfortunately, our schedules didn't align this week and we weren't able to get together to record a new episode of the pod, but never fear - we're reaching into the fault to pull out a formerly Patreon-exclusive ROM Hack Review! We’re playing the amazing, puzzling, innovative, and gruelling ROM: Super Metroid Ascent! Made by Benox50, this hack is t…

Welcome welcome to our TWO HUNDREDTH EPISODE CELEBRATION!!!...so we did our ACTUAL two hundredth episode celebration LAST WEEK on episode 199 to coincide with The Zelda Cast's 300th episode celebration. So if you want to check out our big crossover episode, go back to episode 199 here or on YouTube! Anyway, THIS WEEK, we're talking Metroid Prime 4!…

Welcome welcome to our TWO HUNDREDTH EPISODE CELEBRATION (okay, we're cheating by one week to match up with The Zelda Cast gang)! This episode is a special one, as we're celebrating six years of The Zelda Cast, five years of Virtual Theater, and four years of Omega Metroid by getting all of our amazing hosts (sans Gooey!) into one place to answer s…

We're back this week, and we put YOU in charge of the show! We asked you for your Metroid Fusion questions, and you delivered big time! We're touching on subjects like; how could the B.S.L. blow up SR388 just by crashing into it? What's our favorite sound effect from the game? How would we want a remake to handle the SA-X? What's our alternate idea…

The hosts delve too deep and too greedily in Chasm (Bit Kid, Inc., 2018, PC / PS4 / PS Vita / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch).We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/mtFM0ay2X3U if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.#podcast #metroidvania #gaming #chasm

Welcome to the first episode of the podcast in 2024! This week, Andy and Doom are getting together to review the year that was 2023! We talk about the unbelievable highs of Metroid Prime Remastered, the shadow drop, and Metroid Fusion and Return of Samus hitting NSO, while also touching on some of the lows of the year, including the ever-looming sh…

It's a bittersweet week for us here at Omega Metroid, as the long suspected but recently confirmed demise of E3 was made official. Instead of being sad that E3 is over, however, the fellas decide to be glad that it happened and take a two hour trip down memory lane reminiscing about Metroid's finest moments at the gaming showcase. From the highest …

Welcome back to the show! This week, we have a whole slew of different topics, including our thoughts on the rumors that Metroid Prime 4 is "basically finished" and that the only thing holding it back from being released is improvements to the games cutscenes. We also weigh in and offer our opinions on the game being supposedly developed for the ba…

The hosts keep their virtue intact in Spelunker 2: Yūsha e no Chōsen / A Hero's Challenge (Now Production, 1987, NES). We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/UVYjyFKsZvI if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.

Mapping Metroid is back for another kick at the can, and this time we're going where we've never gone before: Metroid: Samus Returns! We're examining the fan favorite Area 7, aka the Chozo Laboratory, and breaking it down in great detail! We touch on the size of the area and its lack of items or boss fights, break down the three different Omega Met…

Inspired By Metroid returns, this time, to a post apocalyptic world where humanity is no more and only robots remain! We're playing Haiku, The Robot, a Game-Boy-Color-influenced Metroidvania from developer Mister Morris games and giving our thoughts on the games world, story, boss fights, and so much more! Playing as the cute robot Haiku, you could…

Lore Archives is back! This week on the show, Dak & Doom dive into the bounty hunters of the Metroid universe. We talk about all the known bounty hunters in the games from Metroid Prime Hunters as well as Prime 3: Corruption. These characters are shrouded in mystery. What do we know about them? Who was behind the experiment that created Kanden at "…

In honor of Super Mario RPG coming out this week for the Nintendo Switch, we're reminiscing about our favorite Samus Aran cameos from over the years! From the most famous cameos, like the aforementioned Mario RPG bed spot to Samus rocking out with the cello, to some more obscure appearances, like the classic F1 Racing and Picross, to a whole schwac…

The hosts let the cat out of the bag in Gato Roboto (Doinksoft, 2019, PC / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch). We're also on Youtube (audio only)! This episode is at https://youtu.be/K90U5PGS3tU if you'd prefer to listen there or leave a comment.

It's a new era for the Alien franchise, as the first entry in the series that helped shape Metroid without Sigorney Weaver enters full-on spinoff territory, colliding with the world of Predator to deliver the ultimate showdown in Alien vs. Predator! Andy and Gooey Fame are back to dish out their thoughts on the Paul W. S. Anderson directed film. Wh…

Now that we've had a few years to chew on Metroid Dread, the gang gets together to discuss Metroid 6, and more specifically things we DON'T want to see Metroid 6 do. Topics on the talking block that we don't want Metroid 6 to do include: abandon the Metroid Suit and its abilities; bring back the Pulse Scan in its current version, particularly when …

Everyone's favorite game-show Samus's Percentages returns this week! The premise is simple: we read a hypothetical statement and then assign it a percentage based on how likely to be true we think it's be! On the docket this week: will the next Mercury Steam game have a great soundtrack? How much would a Metroid movie make at the box office? Will F…

Definitive Ranking returns! This time around, we're analyzing what's often called the "weak link" of the Metroid Prime Trilogy, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. We spend a lot of time debunking that weak link theory, talking about Corruption's story as the best in the series, debate how Hypermode could have been better, complain about the lack of chall…

Welcome to a brand new segment on the podcast that we’re calling Logbook Archives: the series with a focus on deep diving into the in-universe lore of the Metroid series! To kick things off, we look at the most feared faction in the galaxy: The Space Pirates! In this 2-hour+ epic, we detail their various movements and plots, covering things like wh…