The History of the Metroid Series - From Pixels to Polygons
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2017
- With the upcoming release of Metroid: Samus Returns, this video was made to celebrate one of Nintendo's best franchises. It covers every Metroid game released, as well as some information between releases. If you enjoy this video, please message us if you would like to see more history videos on other franchises.
metroid prime trilogy needs a proper hd nintendo switch release
Amen
Yeah, and I heard it was ready a while ago, but they wanted to wait until Prime 4 is closer to being finished so they could release the trilogy to build hype. With all the Prime 4 delays they really should just give us the trilogy to help pass the time while we wait.
Jesus Christ, IMAGINE HOW MANY EXTRA POLYGONS THEY WOULD ADD
oh hi metroid dread
Any half decent Metroid fan wants that.
Through a pure stroke of luck (or fate), I got Metroid on Christmas of '91 about three months before I turned 6 years old. My mom ordered a copy for my cousin and the retailer accidentally sent her two. She pulled me aside and said that while she usually doesn't want me to see my presents before I open them, she had an extra video game and wanted to know if I would want it or else she would return it. I looked at a box with the name "Metroid" on it. I didn't know anything about the game, but I immediately said "yeah I want it!" because it was a freaking Nintendo game! And that's how Metroid came into my life. It's been one of my favorite franchises ever since.
F**k I love this series 👍
That Super Metroid final battle is still a spectacle for me
And now there's a new game revealed today! You're gonna have to update this video now. ;P
I recently got into playing through the Metroid games, and this is honestly the best retrospective I've come across. Keep it up!
This is fantastic high quality content!!! You've earned my sub and I hope your work gets the attention it deserves soon!
Just found this channel and I love it. My only criticism that I’d like to pass along is maybe putting more emphasis on when you tell the audience you’re about to start talking about a new game, sometimes I had to rewind to figure out when you started talking about a new one. Great video, dude. Please keep on going.
Great retrospective man!
Wow man, this retrospective was amazingly well done! I want to thank you for making this video to promote the revival of the metroid franchise. You did a great job at editing the footage and incorporate the music of the corresponding game. Well done, this perfectly done video is what a perfectly well crafted franchise like Metroid deserves.
This channel having so few subs is absurd. This is some great content.
Such a good telling. Even as a fan since the first game I've learned some interesting things. When you mentioned R&D-1 disbanding I won't lie, i got a little misty eyed hahahaha Awesome video dude
Oh yea, and Super Metroid FOREVER!!!
Only 4k subs
Wow this dude is underrated
Nice! Was great to watch this before the release of Samus Returns!
And now it's great to watch this before the release of Metroid: Dread 🤘
@@Mikau888 AND Now.....it's great to watch this before the release of Metroid Prime 4.....I hope
Mean while in 2021
We are still waiting for Metroid Prime 4
Awesome video dude!! I've only played super metroid, now I wanna play all of them.
Nice video!!
Im really excited Samus Returns is developed in my country, Spain
Awesome video on my favourite game series!
Great video! What a perfect time to watch in 2021 And ready for upcoming Metroid Dread 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
As a Metroid fan, I love this video, thanks for such a good content dude
HOW... how you not have at least 100k views?
Great content and nice voice!
Great content man Should've have broken into atleast 100k already if you're uploading more consistently
Great video keep up the good work
6:24 Thing's doesn't feel more old school than this commercial, it checks out in all the right spots.
how are you only at 136 subs? incredible video!
The 3 Nintendo All-Stars will always be:
Mario, Zelda, Metroid
The big 3 is Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. Those are the big 3 (it's not Pokémon)
@@brobunni what about DK and Kirby?
@@thefanficdinosaur7621 The Big 4 would include Donkey Kong.
When it comes to sales, it's Mario, Pokémon, and Kirby.
FANTASTIC retrospective!!!! 10/10. Highly enjoyed all the juicy details and video captures of each game! Damn well done!
Also, I wonder why the (Super) Metroid did not evolve like those on SR-388? Radiation from the planet maybe?
If I recall correctly Metroids only evolve on SR-388's natural habitat. That is why Sector 1 from Fusion is a recreation of SR-388's habitat. In Other M, a plot point revolved around editing Metroid DNA (removing weakness to ice) so it is entirely possible that they were able to breed a queen from that even though it was not on the right habitat. As to why the hatchling was a bigger Metroid, I assumed it was because of Space Pirate experiments considering the size of the other Metroids in that game. Glad you enjoyed!
Thanks for the synopsis. And I hope you like bringing out more of these videos. I love accurate, in depth Retrospective pieces like this.
Great video!
Holy crap the red game and watch looks just like the 3ds!!!
Fantastic content thank you
Nice video!
The Prime series is so fucking good :' )
Fortunately, my friend, you were wrong about a post-Fusion game. Dread is on the way, BABY!
Metroid prime is my favorite Gamecube game. It's the sole reason I kept my gamecube....out the gba player.
what a great video!
Awesome vid
I can’t wait for Metroid dread, its dropping on oct. 8th (my birthday, poggers)
Yooo happy late birthday my man!
I played return of Samus when it came out loved it and Metroid prime the only two I’ve played in the whole series but they’re some of my favorite games of all time.
Excellent.
I've only played/grew up with metroid and super metroid and man do I still suck at them to this day. But they have always been some of my favorite games ever. Maybe one day I will get more than halfway through before getting too frustrated!
Good video. I don't have a GBA anymore but it makes me want to go try to set up Fusion on my 3ds.💚
I really hope we get a rerelease of the prime trilogy on the switch when prime 4 finally comes out.
15:28 rip legend
Good job, man.
Lol that was one of the better video game commercials from back then, the one w good ole Killer in the room w Super Metroid.
I loved metroid 2 as a kid and still do. Not sure why it gets dumped on so much. I was a huge gameboy fan and this game solidified my love for the system, as a young kid.
You did very well making this video. I think you should focus on nintendo video games retrospectives, henceforward.
I am starting work on another one today. It will take time (as this one did) but I think it will turn out well
Aaaaandd.... 2/12/21...Still patiently waiting!!
Did you forget that everything got put on hold because of Covid last year? This comment is childish
23:34 'There will never be another Metroid game after Metroid 4, hopefully that changes someday'
Now we have Metroid Dread, so it was *only* another 4-5years after this video before one came out
23:32 - Thank goodness we can finally say "that didn't age well" 😁
41:00 - That, on the other hand, is vaporware at this point. The new Duke Nukem Forever... Or perhaps not, because Duke Nukem Forever actually came out.
@@mjc0961 no its not
Was Zero Mission really "well received" at the time? For some reason it sold less in the main serie. (Not included in the "milion sellers" entries, while Hunters is)
Reading reviews, it was close to Fusion and praised a lot. So what happened? Just bad marketing/bad timing?
I assume it sold less due to the fact the market was saturated with Metroid games at the time, and that game was just a remake. Also, the GBA was winding down a bit since the DS would ship a year later. Critically though yes it was well received.
Piracy
i really like your from pixels to polygons series i want you to continuo it with surprise
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Metroid 5 this year!
Metroid Fusion is my absolute favorite of the 2D titles. It's sublime & is very suspenseful throughout due to the fake Samus stalking you throughout the game. It actually doesn't make much sense why the fake Samus would save you at the end, considering all it's tried to ever do is kill you.
Metroid Fusion was my childhood
I mean the x are after Metroids. At the end, the sa x decided to "help" Samus by battling the Omega but actually the sa x decided to go after the Omega Metroid since it was the powerful threat there
It blows my mind that Super Metroid didn’t sell more copies. I think a LOT of kids got their SM fix by renting the game as opposed to buying it. This was the kind of game you could finish over a weekend without too much trouble, especially if you had a sub to Nintendo Power at the time. They had maps and walkthroughs for most of the game. The hype was through the roof and its a shame it didn’t sell as much as some of the other franchises on the SNES..
23:33 well this statement didn’t age very well 😂 (which is a VERY good thing btw)
3 years later Metroid Dread is finally announced!
So much fun !
Every METROID has its own uniqueness to it. No matter which game you play, you will enjoy it.
Happy 2021 without any MP4 news.
....WHAT??? Ppl consider Metroid 2 to be one of the weaker titles in the series?? That is absolutely absurd if you ask me! It's one of my all time favs personally & I absolutely LOVED it growing up as a kid! I actually got it for Christmas when it very first came out for the Gameboy, and it always felt very dark and foreboding! The music is simple yet fantastic, very similar to the varying dungeon music in Link's Awakening for the Gameboy, and the creature designs are great. And the anticipation & suspense leading up to the final Metroid fight is amazing! What's there not to like?? It was INFINITELY better than the first entry for the NES, that much is for damn sure.
You should have mote vieuws nice vid m8
The Zero Suit was not named after that game. It was called Zero Suit in Nintendo Power Magazine articles back when the series was young.
27:00 you dont go to another dimension. That was done in prime 1, jumping to 3d. You go threw a worm hole, first wrighten on paper over 90 years ago. Einstein predicted white and black holes, and even worm holes. Now they are in all types of sci-fi movies and games. It's crazy.
To be fair, Nintendo did wait until AM2R released. I think they wanted to keep the Metroid rights under lockdown but didn’t want to punish the fans for making a game. It’s a compromise. Once it’s out there it’s out there forever. Nintendo knows this. They get to keep the rights under lockdown and AM2R circulates anyway.
The smart thing to do would have been to buy AM2R for a million bucks and hire the dude...
@@Merecir hIrE tHiS mAn!!!!11111!!!!111
Yes but Samus returns
@@Merecir ironically moon studios would pick up DrM64 and he now works full time for them. He was level designer for Ori and the will of the whisps
@Merecir Sorry but Nintendo needs to make there own games.
I'm actually happy that they didn't get an N64 Metroid title made, the blocky polygons would not age well. This way we had the whole Prime trilogy on the Gamecube / Wii with smoother graphics and gameplay.
I've always wondered what that "other company" was that turned down the opportunity to make a Metroid 64. My first guess has always been Rare, but I really wish/hope the exact details will be revealed someday. Someone should ask Sakamoto who exactly it was that turned it down.
How the hell did other M not do well??!
there was a lot more effort placed on that game and it really shows!
37:20 like Zelda triforce
the old team from super metroid & the old team from castlevania sotn should team up & make a wild metroid game.
Switch needs Metroid collection it will sell like crazy
This video is very well done, but there is something off about your microphone. +1
I honestly like the gameboy version rather than the remake. The main theme sounds better on game boy.
The gamboy game is better in every way
23:34 untill yesterday
And the metroid football
Other than Super Metroid, AM2R is probably my favorite game in this video. I get why Nintendo hit them with a DMCA, but damn it's a great game. In my head cannon, this is the official remake, not Samus Returns.
The animals, will, _die._
*YEAAAAAAAEAAA!*
I love retrospectives . Food for thought though, don't just stick to Nintendo retrospectives. There are so many games that deserve 'em :)
Dude, this video needs to be remade now, they got Metroid Dread out soon.
Metroid prime has voice over at least in the beginning in the pal version
6:31 and thus the template for all mumble rap music was born
You should do final fantasy 👌🏻
You know damn well DooM would not be as badass as its been today had it not been for Prime
One the first badass female in game history. Anyone who wasn't surprised by the ending of the original metriod, you're not a fan
15:52 - What the hell did you even hit there on the Super Mario 64 side??
Never see a game that takes place after fusion? There's so many opportunities for it
While I love the hacks that have already been made for the original Metroid, specially the ones that added a Map to the game, I still REALLY want to see someone add the ability to crouch and shoot! Not being able to do that is a SUPER pain in the ass & keeps me from playing the original very much. It would be a LOT more fun if someone would add that into the game via hack at some point. A full screen map to reference would also be great instead of just the tiny little window we get via the hack.
Drawing your own map is half the fun for the original. =D
I’d take Metroid over Mario or Zelda anyday of the week, twice on sundays! Why Metroid isn’t as popular as these 2 drives me crazy, come on people Metroid deserves better... They are quality titles that should sell more, please people give Metroid a chance! You won’t regret it!
It's a bit confusing too, because one would think that right from the beginning a side scroller where you shoot things while looking like a futuristic robot thing would be more popular than a game like Zelda. Then again, Zelda at least has a defined identity as an adventure game that takes place in a medieval setting. Metroid's problem might be that it looks "cool" on the outside but then when people play it they realize it's not quite the Contra style game or Halo style game they expected. Meanwhile, people who like the Zelda's of the world might think it is just another futuristic action game or 1st person shooter.
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Do Mario next
It's definitely on the list, but it's not the next one
Other M wasent appreciate so Nintendo said
"Oh? You don't like that? Than I'll give you all this" *slaps federation force on table*
It's shameful how gunpei yokoi was treated over the virtual boy
Fusion came out at about the same time as prime
Yes if you had both games you can connect them via the gba link cable
And now metroid dread
This video is getting a like for not blaming Team Ninja for Metroid Other M's shortcomings. To me, the game mechanics were rated alright to good, while the first person did feel kinda thrown in haphazardly.
I agree. Other M is by no means a perfect game, but gameplay wise it had some pretty cool ideas. In the end, I think people are a little to hard on the final product
39:29 Yeah, Nintnedo no likey fan games.
it took me about 5 years to beat the spider guardian 😐
I disagree about Zero Mission being the way to remake a game. It was cool for what it was, but it was not the same game and could have just been rearranged and titled something else, especially with the awesome stuff that happens after Mother Brain is defeated that wasn't in the NES version at all. The original was a totally different game and I would have preferred a remake more like how Super Mario All-Stars updated the NES Mario games without really changing the games, just updated the graphics and sound quality.
Do a Mario one
The last FIFA game sold more copies than the whole Metroid franchise.
That is the saddest thing ever
That sucks cause fifa is a lot worse than Metroid
I've tried so many times, I just can't get into any of the Metroid games.
blasphemy
Is it just me or it the first game creepy
2D graphics were composed of sprites, not pixels,