February 8, 2023: Nintendo has announced and released Metroid Prime Remastered for the Nintendo Switch digitally, with a physical version releasing on February 22, 2023 in North America and March 3, 2023 in other regions.
February 9, 2022: Nintendo has announced two free updates for Metroid Dread. The first one, releasing on February 9, 2022, will add Dread Mode and Rookie Mode, and the second one, releasing in April 2022, will add a Boss Rush mode.
December 9, 2021: Metroid Dreadhas won the award for Best Action/Adventure Game at The Game Awards.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is the tenth installment in the Metroid series and the final game of the Metroid Prime series. The game was developed by Retro Studios and released for the Wii in 2007 and Japan in 2008. Corruption is the fifth game in the Metroid timeline and takes place six months after the events of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The story revolves around Phazon and its corruption of the galaxy and Samus Aran herself. A Preview was available for purchase on the Wii Shop Channel a few weeks before the game's release. Corruption is the final game that Retro worked on in the Metroid series, as Nintendo started production on Metroid: Other M. The game has sold over one million copies worldwide... read more...
At an unspecified point in history, Chozo settlers left their home planet of Zebes and colonized Tallon IV. These colonists made a conscious decision to abandon their technologically advanced lifestyle and live in harmony with nature, and their descendants left behind lore to honor their legacy... read more...
Tallon Metroids are a variation of Metroid that developed naturally on Tallon IV. There are multiple differences between these and regular Metroids, which stem from developing on different planets. Unused design notes indicate that this environmental versatility is due to a Metroid's ability to adapt to survive in differing atmospheric and gravitational conditions, and varying gamma radiation levels. These Metroids were introducted to these new environments by Space Pirates who were studying them for various purposes. read more...
Portals are dimensional anomalies from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. They are found on Aether and Dark Aether and act as gateways between the two dimensions. Most of them were created when a Leviathan struck the surface of Aether, creating its dark twin. Samus often uses them to travel from Aether to Dark Aether and vice versa while on her quest to save the Luminoth, making them extremely important.
The Portals were created when a Leviathan struck the surface of Aether and sent the planet into a state of Transdimensional Flux. The division of Aether into two dimensions caused several spatial rifts between it and Dark Aether, through which the Ing began to travel, eventually leading to war. This led the Luminoth to create machines to artificially generate Portals to take them to Dark Aether. read more...
Older generation gamers may remember a form of "manual saving" where predetermined passwords were used to call older states in the game. Extremely old NES games (such as Megaman, Caslevania 2: Simon's Quest, and more importantly Metroid) lacked internal batteries, meaning they lacked the ability to save, resorting to a special password input left behind by modern consoles. After dying or reaching certain check points, gamers were often given codes, expected to write them down. Just who is Justin Bailey? What is a Narpas Sword?