A Metroid Samus Returns Retrospective

[@theakiwar9118]

The questions you have about the chozo and the Metroids are answered by the Chozo memories by unlocking 100%

[@Zerbraxi]

Ahhh shoot. I'll have to go back and look through them all then. I should've looked further into that. Thanks for the heads up.

[@valeunae1904]

Another fantastic video I don't care what content you create, I will genuinely watch and enjoy anything you put out. You seriously do a great job my friend.

[@Zerbraxi]

Careful being that positive, gonna boost my ego through the roof LOL

[@2DCheese]

I know this was 2 years ago but I love that they made the title the non-abbreviation of the word "SR" in SR-388

[@Zerbraxi]

Omg!!! I didn't notice that!

[@Pokejon2000]

I dont know if you will see this but something you forgot to mention with the final scene with the x parasite is it also ties directly to super as it shows that ridley dropped off his mechanical pieces and regenerated back to his normal self(as we will see in super). it can also explain a bit how ridley knew where the baby was cause its reasonable to infer that he tailed samus

[@Zerbraxi]

I absolutely see this message! One of the perks to being such a small channel is that I get to chat with everyone. I definitely forgot to mention this because I didn't even think of that. Very good catch on those details! This does help bridge that gap even more cleverly than I originally thought, and I already thought it was damn good. Thank you for this!

[@Pokejon2000]

@@Zerbraxi no prob really enjoyed the video too. i always love hearing talk videos about metroid games and thats how i stumbled upon your channel. your work gets a big thumbs up from me

[@Zerbraxi]

@@Pokejon2000 I really appreciate it. Thanks!

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

The Gravity Suit in this game looks so sick

[@Zerbraxi]

One of the coolest looking suits in the series by far. The glow is just beautiful.

[@Vanessaira-Retro]

Fantastic video! I really liked SR. It's a solid game and a nice side take from the other two M2 games.

[@Zerbraxi]

I had originally passed on it when it released. Partly because the Switch was already out and I passed on basically anything 3DS related at the time. Also because...well, as I mentioned quite a few times I had STRONG feelings about MercurySteam lol. I'm still genuinely surprised by how much fund I had with it especially given the general reception I had seen at the time. Great experience I'm glad I had and even better music!

[@00r99]

Wow i really enjoyed this video! Thank you, i really like your metroid videos!!

[@Zerbraxi]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed. While it might not be for a little while I'm EXTREMELY excited to get back to the Metroid franchise at some point.

[@SuperSireBoyYT]

So nintendo didn’t actually come to mercury steam first. Mecury steam came to sakamoto for a fusion remake, and while sakamoto turned that down believing fusion didn’t need a remake, he was impressed by their passion and hired them for samus returns.

[@Zerbraxi]

That's an awesome bit of info! Thanks for sharing that. It ended up working out pretty dang well for everyone involved. *obligatory Lord's of Shadow joke*

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

Love the beard/hair btw, you look kinda like Emperor Hadrian

[@Zerbraxi]

Lol!!!

[@Darkkfated]

33:00 It's a weak explanation, to be sure, but beating the game and unlocking the artwork galleries shows the Chozo losing control of the Metroids after they start mutating, and being forced to set up the contrived shrines to flood the planet behind them as they fled to the surface in order to get away from the unbeatable evolved Metroid menace. The final unlock also shows Raven Beak arriving to "help", tying this game directly to the events of Dread. 42:00 Regarding the final two boss fights: In the Queen Metroid fight, you show the sequence where you get her to lay her head on the ground and the camera locks; what you're SUPPOSED to do - although the game doesn't make it very clear - is roll into her mouth, all the way down her throat, and lay a Power Bomb in her stomach; this deals a TON of damage and makes the fight much shorter if you can pull it off. The only reason you might know to do this is because it's something you can do in the original GameBoy title. So it's a callback to that, but not very well hinted at during the chaos of the boss fight. As for the new Ridley fight, it's a cool inversion of every other Ridley fight in that your Missiles do jack-all to him and you're forced to use nothing but Beam attacks to win. The best strategy is actually to use the Machine Gun Aieon ability OR charge up your Charge Beam while dodging his attacks, allowing you to unload on him when he's recovering from a big attack and is temporarily more vulnerable/stationary.

[@Zerbraxi]

So after some time away from this, I think I understand what they were going for in terms of tying the shrines into the evacuation. You're right about the galleries being a deeper insight and in seeing that the shrines were effectively a way to systematically wall off sections of the subterranean layers in the planet is a rather interesting rationale to that gameplay mechanic. It's definitely still a bit odd to me, but it's too late to change the core gameplay of Metroid 2 so they had to come up with something. I never thought of that with the Queen Metroid fight. Considering I had played through Metroid 2 AND AM2R, I totally should've realized that Power Bomb trick. Clever. This Ridley fight became my favorite boss fight in terms of mechanics in the entire series after playing this for the first time. Granted it quickly got dethroned by Raven Beak in Dread, but yeah, I love how much this Ridley encounter forces the player to approach it so differently compared to his other encounters.

[@Joseph928100]

I actually quite hated the counter spam in SR3D but it was much better in dread

[@Zerbraxi]

Definitely better Dread for sure.

[@gmirabelli117]

Awesome Video! I avoided Samus Returns I got the original size 3ds And after the switch released I allways thought they would release it on switch too but they never did so I played Am2r instead After almost beating Metroid Dread... I kinda want to play this ... Should I?

[@Zerbraxi]

I would've said it's MORE worth it to play before going through Dread so you can see the evolution of the gameplay. The core story beats of Metroid 2 go largely unchanged from AM2R outside the very end. I'd recommend playing it as long as you're ok with the relatively linear nature and the repetition of many of the Metroid encounters. If you want to have some fun with some very solid gameplay on the 3DS then it's definitely worth checking out.

[@TheSirlock]

55 minutes well spent

[@Zerbraxi]

Now you're just being too nice :)

[@WyvernDotRed]

195 minutes well spent

[@Zerbraxi]

@@WyvernDotRed Good lord!! All of them?! Wow, I'm very humbled to hear that.

[@WyvernDotRed]

​@@Zerbraxi Yes, all of them, from start to finish (at 1X speed, I don't mess with playback speed). I appreciate how you stick to your opinions and occasionally try new things in the videos. Some parts seemed a little longer than they needed to be, but I enjoyed the series and am looking forward to your next videos. It feels weird watching videos with less than 100 views, especially with this level of quality. The effort you put in shows.

[@Zerbraxi]

@@WyvernDotRed Again, thank you so much. I also really appreciate the feedback. I'm for sure still figuring out more effective ways of communicating and illustrating points and I am thankful for any criticism that comes. I hope you enjoy what's to come.