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What is the best game to start Metroid with for someone who never played the series?

>> No.429175

>>429160

play super metroid and then go back to 1, and then do 2 if you're daring

>> No.429181

>>429175
What about the Game Boy entries?

>> No.429183

Hard mode: Start with Metroid, work your way up from there

EZ mode: Start with Super Metroid, then go back and play the rest

Be forewarned that after you play Super Metroid, every other 2D Metroid isn't going to quite live up to it.

>> No.429190

>>429181

the only one i know about is metroid fusion for the gba. it's ok. then there's the metroid 1 remake, which is fine, i guess. I'd still play super metroid first

>> No.429197

>>429190
>>429183
Cool, thanks guys. Off to play Super Metroid on Virtual Console, then.

Also, Metroid general I guess.

>> No.429202

>>429181
2 is on Game Boy.

>> No.429203

>>429197
Have fun, it's an awesome game.

>> No.429205
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429205

Super Metroid.
Has a map system, great level design, and allows for exploration while making it harder to see the rails, which is good for a starter. Has the best music in the series.

Metroid II is a good one, not a 'map' so much, but great gameplay. Graphics are a but eh, but playing on Super Game Boy helps that out.

Metroid classic is really almost not worth playing anymore, with Zero Mission out. If you want to see how us old folks played it way back when, sure, go for it. I like playing it for speedruns nowadays, but as a starting point I'd say no on this one. Zero Mission's alright to start with also, if you want to do it chronologically.

>tl;dr
timeline: Go Zero Mission > M2 > M3
Only going to play one to see if you like it? M3

>> No.429210

>>429205
I enjoyed Zero Mission, but that game is ridiculously easy. One of those games where you probably won't die a single time.

>> No.429214

>>429205
>If you want to see how us old folks played it way back when

I'm 27, but I'm a Eurofag and always had C64, SMS, then Mega Drive (Genesis). So I'm not too familiar with Nintendo series.

>> No.429223

How shocked were you guys when they revealed Metroid was a girl?

>> No.429235

>>429214
I stand by my point. Weren't trying to hurt your feelings 'er nothin'. "Unless you have a hardon for that era graphics/gameplay," is what I should have said, I suppose. The rest of the point is valid, Zero Mission is easier and less sameface. I love the original Metroid but it can be a chore to play if you don't have the entire map memorized.

>> No.429248

>>429235
It's all right mate, I wasn't offended either. Coming from /v/, I guess we all tend to assume that the other anon is out to shitpost, hopefully this will diminish with time.

As a matter of fact, I do love playing 8-bit games as they were intended, although when I'm stuck on them for more than an hour at a certain point, I do admit to save-scumming.

>> No.429272

>>429223
Just as shocked as when I learned Zelda is a girl

>> No.429287

Super > Zero Mission > II > Fusion > Prime trilogy

In that order.

>> No.429582

>>429287
Why the Prime Trilogy last for him?

>> No.429684

>>429582
Different gameplay and it came out later, i guess?

>> No.429713

II-Super-Metroid/Zero Mission

>> No.429746

I got Super Metroid for the Virtual Console from Club Nintendo for 150 coins this month, can't wait to get home from college this semester to install and play that shit. The last big name SNES title I never got around to playing (either as a kid or in the modern hobby).

>> No.429790
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429790

Zero Mission -> Metroid II -> Super Metroid -> Other M -> Fusion

And play the Prime games after all the 2D games.

>> No.429795

play them in order of release, or don't play them at all.

>> No.430269

>>429746
It's available on the VC? And goddamn it if my 3DS' s right shoulder button isn't fucked! I actually have to force that bitch down to use it, and it hangs for a minute afterward. I'ma punch the bitch that spilled that drink right next to it.

>> No.430295

>>430269
He's talking about the Wii version of the VC. I don't think any Super Nintendo game is on the 3DS.

>> No.430326

>>430295
That figures. I just had to sell my Wii recently due to being a poorfag.

>> No.430331

Metroid 1 is the best in the series but not totally easy. Super Metroid is casual as fuck so it's little wonder people like it.

>> No.430350

Just play Metroid 1. It's short, relatively easy, plenty atmospheric, and pretty enjoyable.

But most importantly, Super Metroid completely DESTROYS Metroid 1 in terms of design, and I think that contrast would make Super Metroid overall more enjoyable.
Given that Super Metroid is one of the best games of all time, I think it would be worth investing some time into the original if it means making Super more engaging.

>> No.430365

Definitely play Zero Mission or 1 before Super Metroid. 1 has aged terribly though, so it's better to just go with Zero Mission.

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>>430331
>that entire post
You are trying way too hard.

>> No.430386

>>430372
It was a fairly uncontroversial opinion back in 1994. Were you even alive then?

>> No.430387

Metroid 2. It's like Metroid 1, but without all the pointless copypasted "non-linear" empty levels.

>> No.430393

>>430386
>It was a fairly uncontroversial opinion back in 1994.

Ahahaha. No it fucking wasn't.

>> No.430396

>>430386
Pretending to know what you're talking about doesn't make it so.

>> No.430412

>>430393
>>430396
Have you ever wondered why Super Metroid's sales were so bad despite being so highly regarded now?

I'll give you a tip: it wasn't highly regarded back then. Metroid was always the series for hardcore Nintendo gamers, so when Super Metroid comes along and holds your hand all the way to Mother Brain, it didn't exactly get a warm reception.

Honestly, kids these days think they can regurgitate a "retrospective" articles on gaming websites (full of false and poorly researched 'facts' written by retarded game journalists) and then post on /vr/.

>> No.430417

>>430331
> Super Metroid
> casual
Why? Because it was the base almost all later Metroid games continue to use in gameplay and story? Because, until Zero Mission (and even that is debatable), it was the most visually stunning 2D Metroid game? Because it introduced more to the franchise than any installment so far? I'm sure I'm just replying to a troll post, but there is absolutely no truth in this at all. Everyone liked it because it was actually good and fun . Grow up or go back to /v/.
5/10 troll post.
Slightly russled my jimmies.

>> No.430423

>>430326
Uh, you had to sell your Wii for 40 bucks, but you could afford a 3DS?

>> No.430428

>>430412

SM's sales weren't bad, though, particularly not in the west. Japan has never been huge on Metroid.

>> No.430430

>>430412
If by "it wasn't highly regarded" you mean "it was universally praised", then sure.

You have no fucking clue what you're talking about.

>> No.430447

Metroid 2 has by far the fastest load times of the first 3, and that makes a big difference to how fun it is. If would be almost perfect if not for the slow jumping.

>> No.430450

>>430423
The wii was sold long after the purchase of a 3ds. Bills, marriage, and all-around life happens and suddenly I'm missing the paychecks the army was giving me in the desert.

>> No.430458
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430458

Normally I'd say Super Metroid or Zero Mission, but I suppose Fusion is actually a decent choice for a first-timer, since it still has exploration and the search for powerups, but makes it clear where you need to go to beat the game normally... It sort of eases you into Metroid's style, rather than slapping you in the face with it...

I'd save the Prime trilogy for after you have gained an appreciation for the 2D titles... or haven't...

>> No.430460

>>430417
Alright, you can hold that opinion, It's fair enough. But just know that I look at you in the same way like a Doom/Quake gamer looks at a Halo gamer.

>>430430
I said it is now highly regarded. Nobody ever thought it was a bad game, but the reception towards it was a little cold back then owing to its complete lack of challenge in a series known for its challenge.

>> No.430464

>>430450
Sorry to hear that. Off topic, but as a Brit I always find it curious how many of the American posters on 4chan have been in the army. Is it a very popular choice for young adults over there?

>> No.430483

>>430464
When you're lazy and do nothing in school that you can benefit from in the real world? Yes. Us military personnel are often referred to as welfare queens. As much as I hate to say it, those claims aren't entirely wrong.

>> No.430492

hay what are the better fan games of metroid?

>> No.430501

>>430386
Wow, you are completely full of shit.

>> No.430503

>>430492
Try minitroid,

>> No.430506

>>430492

Not this guy, but I want to know what Metroid ROMhacks are good.

>> No.430510
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430510

I tried to play super metroid today. Got that morph ball then searched all areas, but could only find 5 rockets pickup and save point...I'm stuck now. Being bad at your hobby feels crushing.

>> No.430517

>>430460
Again, it wasn't. It was universally praised. As in praised universally. Stop trying to make shit up just because you want history to reflect your awful elitist opinions of OLDER IS BETAR

>> No.430518

>>430506

Metroid Super ZeroMission is the best I've ever played.

>> No.430530 [DELETED] 

>>430517
Mass Effect 3 was also universally praised. Except by the gamers.

>> No.430532

>>429160
Super Metroid. Definitely.

>> No.430536

>>430518

The hell is this? Zero Mission with the SM engine?

Google says yes.

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>>430460
>But just know that I look at you in the same way like a Doom/Quake gamer looks at a Halo gamer.

The sad part is that you think people actually care about this. Somehow, you've convinced yourself that people value your opinion.

>but the reception towards it was a little cold back then owing to its complete lack of challenge in a series known for its challenge.

Except that the entirety of this is complete and utter bullshit. This is, in no way, factual.

This, and just about everything else you've posted in this thread, is revisionist mental masturbation done by someone who wasn't actually around back then.

>> No.430553

>>430517
Kid probably wasn't even alive back then. I have a couple of magazines from back then, it had perfect scores everywhere. I remember even though I had a Genesis at the time.

>> No.430567

>>430530
This just in: every universally praised game is actually shit because of Mass Effect 3.

We're talking about Super Metroid, not Mass Effect 3, retard. Super Metroid was incredibly well-received in the press, and by gamers. Either you're making up shit to justify your own awful opinions, or you were surrounded by neckbeard autists who complained about good design being too casual for their tastes.

>> No.430573

>>430536

It's a retelling of Metroid 1/Zero Mission using the SM engine, but the map is brand new.

It's also hard as balls.

>> No.430578

>>430573
>but the map is brand new.

I can dig it. I might nab this then.

>> No.430579

>>430553
>Kid probably wasn't even alive back then.

Exactly.

The kid is trying to apply the "hardcore vs. casuals" filter to a time period when it simply didn't exist.

Had he actually been around back then, he'd know that, but whatever. I suspect the "I was just trolling you gaiz" lie will get dropped here soon.

>> No.430591

>>430546
>This, and just about everything else you've posted in this thread, is revisionist mental masturbation done by someone who wasn't actually around back then

It's you who is doing the revisionism.

Please explain to me why the original Metroid had double the sales of Super Metroid, and why Super Metroid was also comfortably outsold by Metroid II.

>>430553
Reading magazines is nothing. You need to actually have been there. If you read only IGN you wouldn't know there are people out there that don't like idiotic 'AAA' FPS games.

>> No.430601

>>430591
[citation needed]

>> No.430607

>>430591
>You need to actually have been there.

So why are you talking like you were?

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>>430591
>You need to actually have been there.

jesus christ man

>> No.430612

>>430601
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/Trunkswd/VGChartz/MetroidChart.png

I wouldn't be suprised if the Metroid 1 and 2 sales were in fact even higher due to the sketchy nature of reporting sales at that time.

>> No.430619

>>430591
>You need to actually have been there.
No matter how many times you say this, it's not going to change the fact that you weren't there. It's painfully obvious that you weren't around then.

>> No.430623

>>430612
Now give a citation that isn't something you made up and put on your PB, please.

>> No.430626

>>430619
>No matter how many times you say this, it's not going to change the fact that you weren't there. It's painfully obvious that you weren't around then.

Hah, I'm pretty confident when it comes to people's ages. I read the /vr/ thread where everybody had to state their age and their first game and 60% of the people that replied were born in 1991 or later.

>> No.430628

>>430591
It's the same way with basically any series that started on the NES. If you were actually there you would know that NES was THE system during its generation, while SNES actually had a decent amount of competition from Genesis.

It's almost as though more popular systems sell more games or something.

>> No.430631

>>430623
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/250223/metroid-a-sales-history/

>> No.430632

>>430631
>vgchartz

>> No.430635

>>430626
And this has what to do with what I said? How is this related to the disingenuous insinuation you keep making about your own age?

>> No.430638

>>430628
>It's almost as though more popular systems sell more games or something.

You can't use that argument in this instance. SNES and Genesis were 50%/50% more or less. More popular systems also get a higher number of games and competition.

The world's population was also higher in the 90s, and the NES never got proper distribution in Europe. The SNES did (Super Metroid was released there too).

>> No.430646

>>430626

>Using a questionnaire on an anonymous image board as hard data

huehuehue

>> No.430656

>>430638
>The world's population was also higher in the 90s

Whit

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>>430638
>NES and Genesis were 50%/50% more or less.
Ok, we're done here. I can't believe I took this kid seriously for as long as I did.

Polite sage is polite.

>> No.430662

>>430646
It's legitimate to use questionnaires on imageboards if the thing you are trying to determine is directly related to the imageboard. Unless you have a good reason as to why older people would not post in that thread?

>> No.430668

>>430659
Not him, but in Europe they were.

>> No.430669

>>430659
Are you actually contesting that the SNES and Genesis were not 50/50% in the mid-90s in the USA?

>> No.430670

>>430662
No it's not, because those questionnaires do not account for

1) people lying or resubmitting data
2) people who don't bother to fill that shit out because they don't care

It's flawed data and shouldn't be used for anything besides shits and giggles.

>> No.430672

wow this guy is really ripping into /vr/'s sacred cow
this is delicious

>> No.430673 [DELETED] 

>>430669
Are you really trying to go down this road?

I hate this subreddit, I am unsubscribing immediately

>> No.430678

>>430669
No, I'm not. As I said, I'm done. This is some autistic level trolling.

Someone else will no doubt argue the 50-50% bullshit.

>> No.430680 [DELETED] 

>>430669
>>430672
lol, samefag

>> No.430681

>>430673
You won't be missed. Retro games for retro gamers, not for young gamers who read stuff like "Retro Gamer" magazine and think that revisionist crap is really what happened.

>> No.430690

>>430678
SNES and Genesis were a sales deadheat in USA and Europe. Now THIS is something I thought was fairly uncontroversial. Even for you guys.

The Sega console was a flop in Japan. That's where the overall sales difference comes from.

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>>430681
>if anyone here still doubts this is a troll, this should remove any doubt
>if you're still in doubt, you might be a retarded faggot
>niggas got trolled hard

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lulz you dumb fucking faggots got trolled by a babby

3/10

>> No.430720 [DELETED] 

Stop shitposting
>>>/v/

>> No.430724 [DELETED] 

>>430720
stop getting trolled
>>>/b/

>> No.430727 [DELETED] 

>>430720
If revisionism is your thing (which it seems like it is), you should go to NeoGAF.

>> No.430731 [DELETED] 

>>430727
Stop shitposting

>> No.430732 [DELETED] 

>>430662
>>430669
>>430672
>>430681
>>430690
>>430727
lol, samefag

>> No.430736 [DELETED] 

>>430731
stop trying to get the thread to poof because you're embarrassed about getting trolled

>> No.430739 [DELETED] 

>>430736
Stop shitposting

>> No.430741 [DELETED] 

>>430739
nah, just gonna report you so the thread doesn't disappear

>> No.430747

>>430739
Not even that guy but you're seriously mad that you were wrong about Super Metroid.

>> No.430751 [DELETED] 

>>430741
Stop shitposting

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430753

>>430747
>totally that guy

>> No.430760 [DELETED] 

>>430751
nope, stay embarrassed and butthurt

>> No.430775 [DELETED] 

so we have one guy who was trying to raise some points about super metroid and presenting a few facts and evidence
and then we have the other posters who accuse him of being a troll immediately without presenting any counter evidence
very nice /vr/ very nice

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430780

Back on topic, so the retards can continue to see their shame...

>>429160

Start with the original Metroid. Great game. Actually go through the effort of mapping it as you go, so you get the experience. It'll be more fun than you might think.

>> No.430787 [DELETED] 

>>430775
so we have one guy who was trying to derail a thread about game recommendations
and then we have the other posters who accuse him of being a troll, as off-topic posting is trolling
very nice /vr/ very nice

ftfy

>> No.430795 [DELETED] 

>>430720
>>430724
>>430731
>>430732
>>430736
>>430741

Samefag.

>> No.430797 [DELETED] 

>>430787
>>430775
Stop shitposting

>> No.430808 [DELETED] 

it's not gonna stop until the butthurt faggots who got trolled get the thread to poof

sad days

>> No.430817 [DELETED] 

>>430787
alright so the first post of all of this shit here which is clearly a recommendation >>430787
was immediately met with >>430372
basically an accusation of being a troll

>> No.430824 [DELETED] 

>>430787
alright so the first post of all of this shit here which is clearly a recommendation>>430331
was immediately met with >>430372
basically an accusation of being a troll

>> No.430831 [DELETED] 

>>430817
lolwat?

The thread was going fine until
>>430331
was posted to troll

>>430372
was in response to it

>> No.430849 [DELETED] 

>>430824
lolwat?

The thread was going fine until
>>430331
was posted to troll

>>430372
was in response to it

>> No.430857 [DELETED] 

>>430856
wtf are you talking about?

>> No.430856 [DELETED] 

>>430849
even so shitposting a shitpost is ok i guess?

>> No.430868 [DELETED] 

>>430857
if you think somebody is a troll you don't fucking reply to them
that is called getting trolled

>> No.430874 [DELETED] 

>>430868
uhh, ok. thanks for that, i guess.

>> No.430886 [DELETED] 

>>430868
lol, ur just mad you were wrong

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430896

This thread is a shining example of what NOT to do on /vr/.

May it never happen again.

For the record I prefer Metroid to Super Metroid.

>> No.430903 [DELETED] 

>>430896
For the record, I prefer anonymous posters to pathetic tripfags.

>> No.430959 [DELETED] 

>>430903
Stop shitposting

>> No.430969 [DELETED] 

All this shitposting. And I was starting to think of you guys as /vr/others.

>> No.430978 [DELETED] 

Welp, /vr/ sounded nice on paper.

>> No.431031 [DELETED] 

Prime trilogy was better anyway.

>> No.431040

>>429223
Metroid is a fucking alien, Samus is the girl here.

>> No.431079 [DELETED] 

WE /v/ NOW

>> No.431095

Super Metroid is considered the best by many, I always forget what it's like because I played it on an emulator.

I kind of liked Fusion better than Zero Mission, but both games are similar except Fusion had lots of dialogue.

Then Return of Samus for the GB is fun.

Then if you're hardcore you play the original NES Metroid. Although I beat it when I was 10ish so no excuses.

>> No.431102

>>430579
I played both games back when they were released, although I got bored with metroid and didn't finish it until I was an adult. When super metroid came, everyone was wowed by how they fixed all the little nuisances, added those spectacular graphics and expanded on every little detail of the originals. it was the natural progression of metroid games.
Videogame magazines had the same views about this, there was never any controversy about Super Metroid being too easy, because it seriously wasn't, at least on a first run.

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431160

First, some of the people in this thread need to stop replying to the shitposting. It's just going to keep happening if you keep egging it on. I'm aware that pointing this out may seem counter-productive, but it's simply a warning to those of you who feel the need to keep arguing with these people.

Secondly, depends on your preferences. You could easily play through them in order (Metroid > Metroid II > Super Metroid) if it so pleases you. Or you could always start with Super Metroid like I'm sure most people do, then move on to Metroid II, or the GBA titles, or the Prime trilogy. The original NES Metroid is... Hit or miss, I'd say. Play it if you really want to, but I don't think you'd be missing much if you avoided it.

>> No.431273

>>429160
Prime or Super. I'd lean more towards Prime because that's what got me in to the series.

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>>429790
>Other M
>Ahead of Fusion
>Other M being on this list at all


You upset me.

>> No.431323

>>430969
channers gonna chan

>> No.431334

>>430412
>Have you ever wondered why Super Metroid's sales were so bad despite being so highly regarded now?

Because Nintendo didn't have the monopoly it had when the NES was out, and super Metroid came out much later in the lifespan compared to Metroid.

I don't doubt that some hardcore gamers didn't like Super Metroid, but I doubt that affected sales drastically.

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>>429790
>Other M

Into the trash it goes!

>> No.431374

>>430510
Try to figure out a place you couldn't get to before you had those two specific items. You're not exactly spoiled for choices.
You'll figure it out, you just have to keep playing.

>> No.431413

Why does Metroid evoke such a debate on /v/ and /vr/?

Can't we just agree that pretty much every entry in the series is a very solid, very well-made game? Who cares if one is a little bit better in a subjective regard than another, they're all great. Even Fusion, which gets shit on a lot for being too linear, is still a fantastic, well-made, fun game.

Other M sucks in every possible way, though. On that, we can all agree.

>> No.431424

There was some insane guy who was trying to port Metroid to the C64 but I don't think he ever got beyond designing some tiles

>> No.431460

>>431040
>no fun allowed

>> No.431454

>>431413
Because it's way too cruel when you compare masterpieces such as Super Metroid, Metroid, Metroid Prime to shovelware like Fusion and Other M.

>> No.431480

>>429160
Start with Zero Mission then Super then Fusion. If you liked them then try Return of Samus.

>> No.431487

>>431424
Earlier NES games like this should be completely possible on the C64, although I doubt you're gonna do SMB3 or CV3 on there.

>> No.431502

>>431454
>shovelware
> Fusion

It was the first 2D Metroid game in 8 years. They didn't just toss together any crap and release it like Mario Party X.

>> No.431507

>>431454
The only debatable point with fusion was the linearity, everything else was top notch. Stop putting it in the same category as that abomination.

>> No.431514

Try metroid prime pinball and ditch the rest. It's not a very good series at all.

>> No.431534

>>431413

It's a strange phenomenon, but I've noticed that the more alike two games are, the more vitriol their fanbases have towards each other.

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas fans hate each other with a passion. LoL, DotA, and HoN fans are constantly shitting up one another's threads. And the Metroid games, which arguably have the least variation between games of any running Nintendo franchise, have far more intense flamewars among their fans than Zelda or Mario.

It's as if there's some kind of "highlander" effect going on where if two games are similar enough, people decide that there can be only one that's the "true" game.

>> No.431556

>>431534
Yeah, I mean, I call Metroid Prime one of my all-time favorite games (number 2 behind Banjo-Kazooie), but I can still recognize that Super Metroid is at least as good if not better.

New Vegas is far superior to FO3 though.

>> No.431580

>>431413
The more highly regarded and consistent a series is in their quality, the more fans will pick apart the differences and exaggerate them to hell and back to justify why their favorite is better than the rest. See any Zelda or Final Fantasy thread and you get the same result.

Also, a lot of people who are still bitter over Super being followed up by Prime, which emulated its style in 3D, and Fusion, which streamlined the game while improving on most of its other mechanics. This leads to a situation that fans of Super Metroid, and ONLY Super Metroid, have been waiting like two decades for a direct follow-up that will never happen.

>> No.434423

Super is everything good about the original Metroid, but improved.

>> No.434927

>>431534
>the more alike two games are, the more vitriol their fanbases have towards each other.

Subtle differences always generate more hate and contempt, like how different kinds of Asians hate each other more than total foreigners. But I must be a freak, since I loved Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and have been playing since Fallout 1. The real freaks are those Wasteland fans, those degenerates can get bent.

>> No.434961

>>429160
Super Metroid or Zero Mission. Probably Zero Mission because it's far more accessible, though it's meant to invoke feelings of nostalgia for Super Metroid.

Either way... once you've played both, maybe then play Prime or Metroid 1.

I certainly don't recommend playing Metroid 1; it hasn't aged well in my opinion. (I mean, notice how few people actually mention playing it first...)

>> No.435041

>>434927
> how different kinds of Asians hate each other more

Not to derail, but that's because Asians have had a few thousand years of beating each other to pulp, while their relationship with the West is relatively new.

The same goes for Europe as well. Africa and Asia are perhaps the two sides which hate each other the least, but only because neither region has had a history of subjugating the other.

....

But, back to Metroid... we all have our own ideas of what makes a Metroid game a "Metroid game". I think Super Metroid is the archetype for which all Metroid games should be based around... but some people think it's Metroid 1.

>> No.438241

>>429160
I suggest starting with Zero Mission then playing in release order.

>> No.438341

>>434927
Oh sweet jesus yes. I remember when F3 was being released. The fans of those games were spewing the most incredible hate.

It was like every member of Bethesda came to each of their houses and raped their pets and children

>> No.438415

Super Metroid, Metroid Zero Mission, and Metroid Fusion are the ones that are really worth playing.

>> No.439948

>>430506
Super Metroid Redesign. I'm about halfway through and it's hard as nails and unforgiving about it.

>> No.441607
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I just beat Super Metroid for the first time last night.

>Use the save station right before the Mother Brain battle
>Trapped in Tourian forever and can't go back to the old areas

This makes me mad as fuck. I was planning to go back after beating the game and collect all the collectables that I missed my first time around, but now I can't.

Is there any way around this? Or am I really locked in forever?