When considering that Metroid is one of Nintendo's few video game series with an actually consistent and overarching plot, it would be easy to assume that the cancellation of one of its installments ...

Sometimes I find it hard to believe that Metroid is a nearly 40-year-old series. It still feels young next to the likes of Mario, which has countless games to its name. The Metroid library is ...

When I was a kid, Super Metroid was everything. Weaned on Nintendo’s haunting, Alien-inspired side-scroller, I spent countless hours watching my father trudge through the depths of the planet Zebes as ...

As we look ahead to Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, excitement is mixed with curiosity. Can it recapture the magic of the original Prime trilogy? Will it push the series forward in a meaningful way? Fans ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

Exploration and puzzle-solving are as satisfying as ever Larger emphasis on story and side characters doesn’t end up landing Many of the aforementioned side characters, in particular, aren’t ...

Metroid Prime 4 stumbled multiple times before being completely scrapped and restarted over the decade it took to make. Although it found its way back to Retro Studios, the team behind the original ...

It was 2015 and Metroid fans were practically starving. Nintendo’s sci-fi series hadn’t gotten a new installment since 2010’s Metroid: Other M, a polarizing attempt to take the series in a more ...

After years of waiting, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally here, and as excited as I was for the next first-person chapter in Samus' story, I can't help but find myself a little underwhelmed. Don't ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Getting 100% completion in a Metroid game--and metroidvania titles in general--is a satisfying achievement that's part of the genre's appeal. However, ...

Certain gaming franchises can reinvent themselves time and again and find new avenues to excite fans. The Super Mario Bros. series, for example, has over a dozen different permutations and keeps on ...