It's still hard to believe Metroid Prime Remastered is real, but you know what's not hard to believe? That we have another new episode! This week, Dak and Doom have pulled out the Metroid Mailbag. We asked for not just your questions, but your comments and hot takes as well! Join us as we chat about Metroid Prime Remastered, Metroid Dread, and more. Are Samus Returns and Dread the only Metroid games with good combat? Did we learn anything new about Prime after playing the Remaster? Is Prime 4 ta...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 156
The Omega Team is back to continue our discussion on Metroid Prime Remastered. On this week's episode, we're doing a deeper dive - we're talking about the control schemes and options, new animations and textures, new extras, and more. We also decide which area of the game had the most improvement from the original to the remaster, and we share our thoughts on the development credits debacle. All this, PLUS our Hard Mode adventures in our recent Remastered playthroughs. Tune in and join us as we ...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 155
Now that the dust has settled a bit, the gang get together to talk all things Metroid Prime Remastered! We go over our initial reactions, how much we all freaked out, the price point of the game, some of the control options, the epic shadow drop, some minor gripes, and whether Remastered is the best looking Nintendo game ever made! We could barely contain our excitement, so get ready for a lot of gushing! All this, PLUS our thoughts on the Direct in general, Metroid II and Game Boy/GBA games on ...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 154
The whole band is back together baby! Andy, Dak, and Doom are back playing Metroid fans' favorite game: Samus's Percentages! The premise is simple: we read off a statement and then assign a percentage on said statement ever coming true. On the docket this time are topics like: will Metroid get another spinoff? Will Metroid Prime 4 outsell Metroid Dread? Should Nintendo purchase Mercury Steam? Will multiplayer return? Do we ever see Axiom Verge 3 or Ori 3? Is Nintendo done porting over games from...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 153
Get ready for the rematch! Last year, to celebrate 100 episodes of Omega Metroid , we took on the team over at The Zelda Cast in Zelda & Metroid Trivia and came up short. This year, to celebrate THREE YEARS and 150 EPISODES, the two teams clash again! Dakota Lasky and Doominal Crossing of Omega Metroid take on Alasyn Eletha and Adrielle Munger of the Zelda Cast, with Andy Spiteri as the master of ceremonies and Jules Gia as the arbiter of justice! Come and put YOUR Zelda/Metroid knowledge to...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 152
Welcome back to another week of everyone's favorite Metroid podcast! This week, Andy is joined Omega Metroid's new Community Manager Lillith to tackle questions about what turned out to be BOTH of their favorite Metroid game: Super Metroid! The gang discuss the whether or not they like the "floaty" physics, whether beam stacking should ever come back in future games, what more story elements the Baby Metroid could used, what advice they would give to new players who are stuck, if they think each...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 151
With nothing going on in the world of Metroid, the gang are joined by Omega Metroid Staff Writer Daniel Hoctor to play a game of Guess That Metroid Character! The guys have 12 yes or no questions to guess which character, enemy, or boss the others are thinking of! Come and see if you can beat our guesses, and wait until the end when FUSION and DREAD difficulty are activated! This episode is a blast, so come play along with us! PLUS, next week we're doing Super Metroid Q&A! If you have a ques...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 150
It's time for our first Mapping Metroid episode of 2023! This week, Dak and Doom are joined by our community's resident Metroid Prime Hunters expert, SPIRE_FAN , to talk about the Vesper Defense Outpost! This frozen munitions depot is packed with dangerous foes, Alimbic lore, and a face-off with Sylux. Tune in as the guys talk about enemy encounters, boss fights, story and lore, music, and so much more! PLUS, we do a little dive into Hunters multiplayer and the five multiplayer maps derived from...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 149
Happy New Year! We're ringing in 2023 by tackling some of the Metroid Musing questions our amazing writers at OmegaMetroid.com have put together! On the docket today: Will Sylux be presented as a villain or an anti-hero in Metroid Prime 4? Should Other M's Accel Charge ever return? Do you consider AM2R an "official" Metroid title, quality-wise? Should Metroid Dread have included a remix of a previous track, and if so, what and where Why does Metroid Prime 3 not get enough love as it should? What...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 148
As the year 2022 comes to a close, the gang reflect on a relatively quiet year for the Metroid series while looking ahead to 2023. What could be on the horizon for us? Is it finally time to see a Metroid Prime 4 trailer? What about the fabled Switch port of Metroid Prime Trilogy finally being announced? Are there other possibilities that could realistically happen next year? And we even have a few ideas so outrageous, they're barely worth taking about, but... what if? Come speculate with us, and...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 147
We're concluding our run of Metroid Fusion shows in style, bringing the 20th anniversary to a close by ranking all of the different boss fights in the game! With a staggering 14 boss fights, we have a lot of ground to cover, so come and listen to what we think of Serris, Nightmare, B.O.X., Yakuza, and the rest of the gang, and let us know if you agree with out hot takes at the end! If you haven't played Metroid Fusion in a while, go and dust it off to celebrate it's anniversary! Thanks to Omega ...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 146
Metroid Fusion month continues, as this week the boys are joined by Joey Ferris of GameXplain to discuss what they want in a hypothetical Metroid Fusion remake? Is to time to bring back voice acting? Would the Sectors being more interconnected lead to more exploration? How cool would playing as Samus on SR388 during the prologue be? And what's Andy's big idea on how to revamp encounters withe the SA-X that takes inspiration from the E.M.M.I.'s? There's so much to talk about beyond standard quali...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 145
From one 20 year anniversary to another, it's time to honor Metroid Fusion! In the first of three back to back episodes, Andy and Doom reminisce about Samus's first GBA adventure and recall their initial memories of the game, if releasing the same day as Metroid Prime helped or hurt it, how our opinions on the title have changed over the years, and what areas Metroid Fusion excels in that no other Metroid game can touch! Come relive the terror, the atmosphere, and the impact of Metroid Fusion wi...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 144
Our Metroid Prime celebration comes to a close in style this week, as Andy and Doom talk all things BOSSES in Metroid Prime! We're ranking every boss fight (and sub-boss fight too!) in the game, talking about what works to make these fights seem larger than life, which bosses could've used some extra spice, what battle soundtracks slap the hardest, and which celebrated boss neither of us really care for. Come hang out, and get ready to celebrate Metroid Fusion over the month of December! Visit O...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 143
Definitive Ranking makes its triumphant return to evaluate arguably the greatest Metroid game of all time - Metroid Prime! Andy and Doom dive deep into all ten categories, and no surprise, Metroid Prime scores high on almost everything! Come play along, and as always, here’s the criteria for the Definitive Rankings: World / Atmosphere (the vibe, the setting, the mood) Art Style (design of Samus, the enemies, the graphics in general) Story (what works, what doesn’t) Pacing / Progression (are ther...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 142
Come and celebrate the legendary Metroid Prime with us over the next couple weeks as we honor the game on its 20th birthday. This week, Dak and Doom reminisce about their memories of Samus first 3D adventure, how the game impacted them as Metroid fans, how Prime reshaped the series and changed its identity, Retro Studios and their reputation before and after release, and the legacy that Metroid Prime leaves behind. We're talking all things Metroid Prime, and we couldn't be more excited to show o...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 141
Inspired By Metroid makes its triumphant return, this time focusing on Islets, a surprisingly wholesome Metroidvania. Andy is joined by Omega Metroid Reporter Daniel Hoctor to examine the story of a little mouse named Iko as he tried to reunite the five seperate pieces of his home island and restore his world! Does Islets rise to the occasion, or is this a Metroidvania that Metroid fans should let sink to the depths? Come find out! Islets is available on all major platforms, and special shout ou...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 140
Alien In Review returns to tackle the third installment of the series that inspired Metroid: the much maligned Alien³. Directed by David Fincher, Alien³ places Ripley against a single Xenomorph on the abandoned prison on planet Fiorina. Andy and Gooey Fame go over the troubled development of the film, what we thought of the movies big twist at the beginning, how the reveal at the ending was handled, the differences between the much-better Assembly Cut (or extended cut, which they watched) versus...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 139
With Halloween fast approaching, what better time than now to discuss some of the franchises most bone-chilling areas and adversaries! We discuss what makes the GFS Valhalla so creepy, how the EMMI Zones could have been a bit more dangerous, look at how the limitations of the early games made for some haunting settings, discuss the difference between scary and tense, talk about Nightmare's sad face, and much more! All this, PLUS we spend some time talking about the Bayonetta 3 voice acting contr...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 138
It's hard to believe, but it's been over a year since Metroid Dread released. This week, Andy and Dak are joined by Omega Metroid Website Reporter Griffin Olney to reminisce about their initial reactions to Dread being announced, the buildup towards the game and specifically whether or not Kraid should have been shown, how we feel a year later about some of the new powerups and features that the game introduced, see if our opinions on the story have changed, talk about areas that the next 2D Met...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 137
After a brief hiatus, the boys are back in town, as Andy and Doom get together to talk the most topical thing going around the net: the Super Mario Bros Movie trailer! We give our reactions to the trailer, Chris Pratt’s Mario voice, the animation, and more, and then shift over to what everyone really wants to talk about: what could a possible Metroid movie look like? Andy and Doom both have pitches for stories, submit their casting choices for who should play these iconic characters, whether or ...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 136
Our recording schedules didn't quite line up this week, so instead of a new episode of the podcast, we're releasing a old episode that will be new to almost everyone! We've unlocked the previously Patreon exclusive series ROM Hack Reviews to go over the Super Metroid hack Super Duper Metroid! Super Duper Metroid , an incredible ROM Hack from Metaquarius and Daltone that reimagines Super Metroid with an emphasis on exploration and skill. Andy played the hack and has a ton of thoughts on the bosse...
Oct 04, 2022•58 min•Ep. 135
Mapping Metroid returns, offering up a companion episode to our Tallon Overworld deep dive . This time, we're mapping two areas in one: the Frigate Orpheon! Come listen to us dissect the ship as it flies in space, talking about that Parasite Queen fight, the lore of the ship and what the Space Pirates are using it for, and how it serves as a perfect tutorial for players controlling Samus in 3D for the first time. AND THEN, we break down the Crashed Frigate, and how this dual purpose area offers ...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 131
On this week's episode, Dak and Doom play a game of Metroid This or That! We've got a bunch of different prompts and questions involving Metroid that Dak and Doom take their stances on. Would they rather take the slide or flash shift for the next 2D Metroid? Would they rather Samus have voice acting or not speak at all? And would they rather take on 1 Quadraxis sized Zoomer or 50 Zoomer sized Quadraxises? It's time to find out! Tune in to our first edition of Metroid This or That, as well as Dak...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 134
Welcome back to another installment of the only weekly Metroid podcast on the internet! This week, we're answering your fan questions and touching on a top of different topics, including: what do we think a realistic timeline to release Metroid Prime 4, Trilogy and/or Prime HD is? Should Metroid Fusion get a remake before we get Metroid 6? Would we rather multiple stackable beams, or a more classic offering? Should future Metroid Prime games take place after Dread in the timeline? What Metroid g...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 133
Welcome back to another edition of Samus's Percentages! The premise is simple: we read off a statement and then assign a percentage on said statement ever coming true. In the hot seat this week is our friend Kiwi Talkz , as he joins Andy to answer a bunch of questions, including: will Metroid Prime 4 debut on the next Nintendo console? Was Retro Studios working on a third Donkey Kong game before taking over development for Prime 4? Will Raven Beak be a playable character in the next Smash Bros. ...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 132
Summer's almost over Metroid fans, but not to worry because we've got just the remedy - a good ol' fashioned ranking episode! This week, Andy and Doom are judging every Metroid titles final area and ranking them from best to worst! What even constitutes a final area? What criteria do we use to grade them? Are we keeping the final boss fights separate from the area itself? Can music and atmosphere make up for smaller areas? Do escape sequences factor into our decisions at all? All this and more a...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 130
Welcome back to the SECOND edition of our newest podcast sub-series, Alien in Review, where Andy and his Virtual Theater co-host Gooey Fame go through and watch every movie in the Alien franchise, the series that inspired Metroid! This week, Andy and Goo are watching James Cameron's 1986 sequel, ALIENS! We discuss a variety of themes, including how we liked the switch from Ridley Scott's Alien having horror vibes to Aliens more action orientated approach, if Aliens is the best sequel of all time...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 129
Welcome to another week of the Omega Metroid Podcast! This week, Andy and Doom and joined by Omega Social Media Manager Jules Gia to discuss the upcoming Summer of Metroid Madness tournament ! What the heck is that? Glad you asked! Summer of Metroid Madness is a tournament Omega Metroid us running starting TOMORROW August 16th that will pit 32 Metroid characters going up against each other in a series of NCAA-style 1v1 matchups. We go through the entire bracket, pick our favorites, and select a ...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 128
After six long months, Mapping Metroid makes its triumphant return, as does the original podcast dream team of Andy and Dak! Reunited, the entire gang dive as deep into Tallon Overworld as anyone ever has, discussing all of their favorite rooms in the area, their first impressions, the area serving as an important hub spot for Tallon IV, how important the Landing Site was in convincing people 3D Metroid would work, the Artifact Temple and all of its lore, the incredible Meta Ridley boss battle, ...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 127
