The Atmosphere of Metroid: Zero Mission 👻

It's that time of year where I study how Metroid games create their atmosphere of isolation, fear and dread.
Oh, and it's 2-for-1 this time, with this video being one part of a double-video special, the other being Metroid Prime 2: • The Atmosphere of Metr...
Enjoy, gang!
#MetroidPrime2 #MetroidZeroMission #MetroidDread

[@emeraldmann1329]

One note about the ridley cutscene in his boss room: The cutscene does not play *until* you turn hit a certain point, and turn around, helping to immerse the player in Samus looking over her shoulder to suddenly see Ridley flying at her

[@MetroidFusion5044]

Yes but then you end up bombarding him with missiles and he dies after literally less than 10 seconds because they give you so many in that area. A terrible boss battle. Like almost all the ones in this game, Kraid part is quite nice, while Mother Brain is shit, she's just annoying and you don't have to do anything special other than tank almost everything and hope you've done enough damage

[@MelvaCross]

The GBA Metroids were both so great. While Fusion was more uneasy and at times terrifying, I think of Zero Mission as intimidating. Just because I'm used to you talking about animation, I noticed how little the game uses animation to give Samus a personality. It's all so functional. Which makes Samus in turn feel stoic because there is nothing to indicate fear, cockiness, etc.

[@AlexMonas]

To me, leaving Samus' reactions out of the picture (as with Link in Zelda games) helps increase the immersion, as you are left with your very own. - and a lot of not knowing. Beautiful game design.

[@goldenhume]

dude Zero Mission is especially intimidating on hard mode.

[@jasonblalock4429]

The pirate hiding in the shadows after you get your Full Power Suit is one of my favorite environmental details in any game, ever. There's so much satisfaction in seeing your enemies literally flee before you, but it happens surprisingly rarely in games.

[@VideoGameStoryTime]

Yay! More Metroid!

[@armourslayer8942]

Thank god someone finally analyzes Metroid: Zero Mission. I'm surprised how little attention this game gets. I know it may not be the best in the series and that it is "too hand-holding", But I consider that they were able to capture the atmosphere from the NES game. Oh, and one last thing: The epilogue. Just the epilogue. We went from a metroidvania to a stealth mission. Definitely the best thing about Zero Mission.

[@v2153]

This game is also the origin of the zero suit so we can thank it for that

[@Tony-oh]

I wouldn't say it's too hand holding especially compared to Fusion

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

But it still hand holdy compared to Super and Prime

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

@dee dee But that's the idea behind the game though, just take the time to get lost in the world, not everything has to be explained.

[@TheZebbga]

I think Zero Mission being "handholdy" is a good thing for this specific game. I played Super Metroid a few times as a kid and always got stuck. I then played Zero Mission as I told it was a remake of the Original and cannonically the first game in the series so I find it to be a good jumping in point on a narrative level. I didn't even consider it to be handholdy when I first played it and there is still several places to explore on your own. But Super Metroid I love more. I like how free it is and how you have to find your own way around. I am glad it doesn't give you a beacon like in Zero Mission. Its like being in Samus's position, you have explored Zebes before and you are more expericnced now. I plyed Fusion shortly after Super Metroid and I enjoyed the game but I found it was too hand holdy and felt like it blocked areas off from me for no reason at times. I love the creepy vibe and story and stuff with Fusion but I feel like that games is the one that should be more open. I haven't played any version of Metroid 2 so I can't speak for that but I want a new 2D Metroid now, a sequel to Fusion that has the best of all games.

[@CompleteAnimation]

Zero Mission is the perfect Metroid game. Short enough to make let newcomers experience it without too many lulls in the pacing, but long enough to provide veterans with a full experience. It has some of the best gameplay in the series, with fast, snappy movement. If Super Metroid had come after Zero Mission, people would think it was a downgrade.

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

While I do agree, I think Super Metroid offers much more exploration than ZM

[@Fiveshere]

I somewhat agree, gameplay is snappier, but the atmosphere and exploration is on another level. ZM holds your hands all the way while Super only does it when it wants to. I get where you're coming from though

[@jonathanhargraves2241]

This is the only game I'm comfortable with speedrunning, the pace is perfect

[@BenjaminAnderson21]

@@Fiveshere imo the atmosphere of zero mission is actually horrible when compared to the perfect ambience of Fusion and Super. It's pretty bad for a metroid game but still fairly good in general.

[@henryh2007]

Super Metroid is the perfect sequel to ZM, but ZM is the best entry point to the series I agree. SM visuals aren't as good either but if you want to play more Metroid after ZM then its a bigger less linear game with a bit more depth to the story.

[@bakubread9308]

Fun Fact about the cutscenes for Ridley and Kraid: They actually (slightly) differ if you have the varia suit or not, since this game was designed with speedruns and sequence breaks in mind This is genuinely my favorite video game, I think I've played it with just about every combination of as few or as many items as possible

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Oh that's cool! I love attention to detail like that!

[@jcjimmy6981]

The music in Zero Mission is what really sells the atmosphere IMO, glad you pointed that out. The Crateria remix that plays during the stealth section never fails to jumpscare you whenever some Pirate catches a lucky glance in your direction. And of course, the iconic unknown item jingle is up there as one of gaming's most ominous music pieces. Great video, and an astute analysis!

[@MrDibara]

To me, the most *haunting* thing in this game was the new remix of Tourian. That and the way they handled the presentation of the Metroids, my God. _Those fuckers coming out of the damn _*_shadows_*_ was so terrifying!_

[@OSW]

These are excellent videos, love hearing your thoughts. Can I ask how come you added the 'bloom' lighting to the game footage? It makes it quite blurry. I realise you might think it's too simple an image by itself, but the embossed picture-in-picture and brightness-changing mood background is loads already. Love your attention to production values in general!

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Hey thanks! Yeah I just wanted to try something different than just having game footage, I've realised it's not for everyone. I'll think of other ideas to present the footage in interesting ways. Thanks for watching!

[@zachreddy]

I don't mind the bloom effect, even if it's maybe a bit strong here. Reminds me of playing the game with a GameCube and GB Player on an old CRT back in the day. Too bad CRT and LCD shaders tend to get eaten by YT compression.

[@awesomebrand6122]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy Honestly It kinda makes my eyes hurt x_x

[@Alby-sky]

I checked several times if my glasses were smudged before realizing it was a video effect lol

[@niupe705]

@@Alby-sky lmao same, but it brought nostalgia, so not a bad thing after all

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

Zero Mission is a nearly perfect game. The dictionary definition of how to remake an already good game, keep everything that worked in the original and yet improve upon everything. Zero Mission is far far more forgiving while still packing a challenge for players who seek it either by allowing numerous power ups to be skipped or playing the hard mode.

[@bctalicorn809]

My favorite moment of Zero Mission is just the whole thing. Start to finish. It's one of my favorite games of all time. But I guess if I had to narrow it down, it's when you get your power suit back with the three new upgrades and you just mow down enemies left and right. It's so cathartic.

[@MrDibara]

FINALLY we gonna give those henchmen fuckers a taste of their own medicine!

[@jacksongaming854]

Yeah you make the pirates so scared they are hiding from you

[@metamayto]

3:00 The jarring music and sudden cut was really funny to me.

[@user-wb8iu1hl6i]

I always loved the more comic book styling with cel-shading that this game's cutscenes had

[@lvbboi9]

These analysis vids are one of the few things keeping Metroid alive at this point.

[@kyiora4232]

And our determination ✨

[@juanitopantuflapantufla2605]

And SUPRER SMAAAAAASH BROOOTHERS

[@the0therethan]

Unfortunately you’re right 😔

[@Chozo-Drifter]

If you havent, id check out the Boss Keys series on metroid design! And Geek Critique's series as well. Theyve both gotten me through this dark era

[@tahamohammad8842]

He’s doing more than Nintendo is

[@baconlabs]

"To the extent that *they* are now hiding from you" Pahaha! I can't believe I never noticed that before! That's brilliant

[@aslmj2]

Lol I remember that pirate hiding there but never thought he was actually hiding from samus.

[@MrDibara]

ME NEITHER! XD Only one more reason why I love and hate the Space Pirates, they lowkey have some pretty fun personalities shown occasionally! *Unlike the Metroids in Tourian, those fuckers were just terrifying, I'm sorry.*

[@Metroid4ever]

3:52 That cutscene sets the tone for what nightmare you're about to walk into: Hell

[@MrDibara]

To me, *that* was the most terrifying moment in the game. Not the stealth section, *the Tourian one.* I mean, for all the shitty situation that Zero Suit Samus is facing, it doesn't feel like a horror situation. Whereas with the Metroids... *my God, you wish you were NOT there at all.*

[@Bloxed]

Metroid Zero Mission feels like what remakes should be, and how it creates fear and improves on the Original's fear will never cease to Amaze me.

[@OrdonWolf]

7:29 "Draw me like one of your French girls."

[@antagonistfish293]

yes

[@mryurei8656]

Zero Suit Samus as a Thumbnail choice is clever cause playing as zero suit samus really made you feel less powerful and it will help attract viewers who wouldn't watch this video otherwise.

[@ZM256.]

Maybe it would even attract a few more if Zero Suit Samus was a little more to the right in the thumbnail if you know what I mean ;D

[@yeeeeehaaaaaw]

The atmosphere in this game is mostly adventure, minus some exeptions like the chozo ruins and chozodia

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

As the video explains

[@MrDibara]

I think even the Chozo Ruins and Chozodia feel like an adventure. Despite the dreadful situation of Samus being completely defenseless (basically naked) while Space Pirates search the entire place... it still felt like an adventure. Only, that part of the adventure where you need to use less action and more brain to solve the situation. If I had to point out a moment where it did *not* feel like an adventure, at least for me, *_it would have to be Tourian._* T_T The music, that intro cutscene, the dead Space Pirates all around, the Metroids coming out of the SHADOWS...! *_That... was a horror experience._* (at least until I reached Mother Brain, then it became one of the most challenging, though frustrating action sequences ever)

[@rafaelramires5883]

KZbin read "Dread" and "Metroid" and suggested this video! XD

[@thomasbryans6547]

This was my absolute favorite game as a kid playing the GBA. I would love if they brought it to Switch. I know we’ve got DREAD coming out now, super excited for that too

[@GoldStorm07]

I just recently picked up Zero Mission to get my start on the series, the music and background really hit the right notes. It's no shock that the genre Metroid inspired largely took in the same kind of atmospheric tension.

[@AzrenSA]

I think my favorite part of Zero Mission is probably that stealth section and the following cathartic onslaught you get to go on afterward, like you said.

[@invisiiso]

My favorite moment in ZM was definitely the entrance to the Ridley fight. They did something like that again in Other M with the final escape sequence. I love it when random unexpected stuff like that happens in videogames...

[@logan317b]

7:14 one of my absolutely favorite moments in a video game, finally feeling unstoppable once again, god it feels so good

[@andyenglish4303]

It is astounding to me that this game and Fusion share a director with Metroid: Other M.

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Other M's gameplay and animations are decent, it's just the finer details and that god awful story that lets it down massively.

[@andyenglish4303]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy I was specifically thinking of Other M's inept cutscene direction.

[@GBDupree]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy However the story was almost entirely butchered by the translation. So bad in fact that Samus is almost a completely different character than the Japanese version, as well as a big plot twist relating to the Metroids being completely missing that really explains a lot, like Samus being more emotional than normal. Check out "the Other M that Never was" to see the details of this. Then it will start to make sense how the director of ZM made OM, because the Japanese version is much better story wise.

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Yep, recently watched that - really fascinating!!

[@GBDupree]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy Yeah, I've been trying to spread that video around cause I was worried one of the translations issues might have affected Dread, luckily that wasn't the case. Still though, I think the stuff about the Metroids and Phantoon being Mother Brain are very cool too.

[@DDRUTOU]

I'm disappointed in you........You have to do this video all over again The part of the Space Pirate ship where you first download the map and see just how large the area is. That gave me chills knowing how long i would be without my suit and that there was a larger chance of me being killed while underpowered. Alright, go back and do it again

[@thewindthatblows]

Aside from all sarcasm, I do think he should reupload the video, there are some parts that I don't know if they cut abruptly on purpose or if it was a mistake when rendering the video: The part where he discusses the last larva boss phase, the metroid room where you have to break the floor and the end of the video itself!

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

I left that bit without showing it as a kinda teaser but probably should've out it in, in hindsight. I'm not doing the video again 😋

[@DDRUTOU]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy grrrr........At least do a 20 seconds video of it. That moment was a big deal

[@omnihealXIII]

we study fear... DREAD and isolation

[@lingeringking7097]

Rewatching the series before metroid dread!

[@gablink5190]

This game made me traumatized by metroids because i got swarmed in the last room.

[@finji2073]

Fun fact: Samus in zero suit *CAN'T* ledge grab if you don't have Power grip I guess it was done to save on memory

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Huh! Interesting

[@daviewaviee6079]

This game is so underrated. One of the best faithful remakes ever, with a TON of new goodies to keep it fresh and modern. Forever favorite. 🙌🏽🔥 ("Her stun pistol, and her hair." made me CACKLE 🤣)

[@ihaveallthecoins2785]

Excellent video. I played through this on a GB Player on Gamecube and it was amazing. I think the cut scene with MB waking up and watching you cheapens the experience though. Not knowing is more powerful than knowing what awaits you.

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Hmm, yeah I guess it's a different experience in that regard.

[@mezzyartiist]

Thought my glasses were hella dirty lmao

[@EmDub01]

Lmao I kept wiping my phone screen like a dummy

[@Alby-sky]

Same lool

[@RT55J]

Thank you for referring to the game's genre as "Search Action" rather than "Metroidvania." You're efforts on this front are greatly appreciated.

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

I greatly dislike _"Metroidvania"._

[@BOB-qv2fs]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy why is that? I've never really heard of anyone not liking 'Metroidvania'

[@skydiamsteam6005]

Yeah it can’t be Metroidvania if it’s literally Metroid

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Because most games which fall under "Metroidvania" are mostly Metroid-like, and the only reason "vania" comes into it is because of Symphony of the Night, which was very much like Super Metroid. Search Action just sounds more "genre-y".

[@BOB-qv2fs]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy that makes alot of sense, thanks!

[@carloscarabello7931]

To me, best music: Kraid's Lair re-done for this. You're welcome

[@lucaswatts2141]

Didn't get pinged so I'm a couple days late

[@theofilgueiras9583]

Zero mission is for sure my favorite Metroid game what an amazing experience that I think people ignore/overlook for Super metroid Really good video man keep the good work

[@KBXband]

The blur on your videos made me think I was going blind.

[@2perceezy]

Just found your channel and I LOVE how you’ve analyzed the Metroid games feel as well as animations! Really hoping to see a video from you about Dread some time soon!

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Thank you, yeah I've got a metroid dread video in the works

[@BinaryDood]

my favorite. There are so many areas that are haunted into my mind. Incredibly atmospheric the first time, a zapping fast trip on subsequent tries. "A speedrunner's dream"

[@inyalgaico1563]

VGAS Is a federation scientist who samus talks to after bounty hunts

[@EmilXOM]

Zero Mission is definitely up there with Super for me. Damn good game

[@averi9594]

Yesss! I've been waiting for another GBA Metroid Video!!

[@joaovictor_of]

My first metroid game!

[@jcw5611]

Metroid Zero Mission was my childhood, and today I still loving Metroid. Thanks for this video!

[@DavidZMediaisAwesome]

The bloom on the game footage makes me feel like I’m losing my vision

[@diogopereira9559]

2 videos at once?! Great!

[@mattasaurs]

Metroid Zero mission is easily my favourite metroid game to this day, and I think its because of how perfect the atmosphere is in it, like I am glad someone finally mentioned that. The part where you go down into the deeper parts of Norfair and there are these grotesque giant bugs waiting for you, and going into ridley with its sinister music and just generally off putting feeling might be my favourite part of the whole game. Theres also the skeleton hand mini boss, which has scared the crap out of me coming out of the lava in Kraids stage more than once. Also the Kraid fight, while easy, is really cool, and I wish we could fight kraid in another metroid game again like say Prime 4

[@MrDibara]

Y'know what I liked about the stealth section? Although the situation is indeed *tense,* the entire "mood" of the circumstances do not evoke as much fear and dread that the SA-X on Fusion or the Metroids on Tourian did. Instead, I felt like in a James Bond scenario, except one where I don't have the guns to fight the bad guys, so I gotta run. It feels like that, more of an action thriller then necessarily a horror themed one. With the SA-X, you are *terrified* at the idea of being found by a near unstoppable monster that, ON TOP OF ALL looks like you. With the Metroids, there's the music and the fuckers coming out of the shadows. It's all incredibly unnerving and intimidating. With the Space Pirates, though? _Pffft!_ I mean, it sucks when you get found out, but you don't exactly panic or feel fear of "being found by the monster". You don't feel like you are evading some terrifying monster, you just feel like you're evading some henchmen. Some usual "bad guys" and that's it. And I know the Space Pirates obviously look pretty monstrous, but their behavior and the music during that section certainly don't sell a menacing horror theme to it. Like I said, it felt like James Bond.

[@Zeithri]

I don't like Metroid Zero Mission that much. I think it's a competent remake and, to my mind, takes place in this alternate universe that includes the Prime series. I can complete MZM in under two hours though if I speedrun it so I have played it many a times, so here are some of my thoughts. You didn't mention the most crucial thing - that the vegetation in Norfair is *feeding* on the larva. It's not the larva that is cocooned in that moment, it's simply being eaten. Presumably as the only one that managed to crawl away from the tight little space and initially avoid the fate that befell the other, it never the less was taken by the vegetation to be consumed. The same even goes for several other enemies such as the flying ones as they are found too being ensnared by it. It was only thanks to you destroying this.. " _Spore Spawn_ " of sorts that allowed it to crash down, burrow itself into the dirt and then cocoon itself to become that flying wasp-thing. I remember the first time I reached the Chozo-Ghost. I was so close to dying, just one more hit and I'd been dead, but that's when I struck the final shot. The sense of victory as the Brinstar theme started bombast my GBA was incredible. So that's one of my favorite moments. Another favorite moment was realziing how easy Bomb jumping was on my first go around, so I immediately went and got the Varia suit without issues. And while I do not like how Samus looks like in this game, the ending makes me feel emotional when you see the view in the Chozo chamber zoom into a little scribble at the bottom on the wall, and it zooms in further, and you see it's a little drawing that Samus had made of her and 'Old Bird' and someone else. That really warms my heart and stands out as my favorite moment. My least favorite moment was realizing they used the old, ORIGINAL FAMICOM Escape theme and not the *FAR SUPERIOR* NES Escape theme. The difference may be confusing to some if you've never heard the Nes one, but they added a melodic part to that theme that really pushes you like " _You can do it! Keep climbing!_ " Meanwhile the Famicom is all just " _Aaaah, Aaaah, Aaah, Duuuu Dudududduu Aaah aaah aaah_ " and it's just.. *NOT GOOD.*

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

I'm afraid I can't hear the difference between the NES and Famicom versions other than the Famicom version having an alarm over the top. Also not sure how that translated into the remake version as all I can hear is the NES version.

[@juancontreras1019]

YOOO HE DID ANOTHER ONE

[@gonzalolararoman]

Love your content my man. Felicidades y muchas gracias

[@MetaVaria]

My favorite moment in Zero Mission is when you get your suit back and it plays a rendition of the modern item acquisition theme instead of the updated metroid 1 theme like you hear in the rest of the game. Makes me emotional!

[@Supertimegamingify]

There are some very good anti-spoiler mechanisms in this video that still let us know what you're on about.

[@carrotmaster8521]

the zero suit section of zero mission is amazing

[@Manmade023]

The screw attack is so damn hidden.its hard to find.

[@Ricardo7250]

You can find it easily after beating Ridley. It breaks the statues on Ridley's entrance so you'll most likely go there for a "reward". It will have two shinespark cannons, first one gated by screw blocks and a second one which is open and will lead to screw attack.

[@zendariun101]

Thanks for the video, pretty good.

[@sometwo7429]

First back from the Dread announcement

[@NightFore]

I never realized the pirates were actually hiding from you after getting the new suit.

[@fancyshoes002]

The part I remember most about Zero Mission was the start of the 2nd part. After the death of Mother Brain, escaping the count down and Samus powering off her suit I was expecting the ending credits. Instead she was ambushed by Space Pirates who wanted her dead as they fired everything they had all while equally frantic music played but she got away, however 1 direct hit landed and her ship went down like a meteor entering an atmosphere. Unbeknownst to the Space Pirates Samus had survived but was now in a weakened state and she even asked the question "Could I survive long enough to escape?" She was no longer a powerhouse, she was prey. After that cutscene ended I had to stop for my heart to slow down.

[@AlexanderDraconis]

Yaaaay! I love these Metroid videos. Also I love the full power up at the end. It's such an amazing payoff for so many reasons. This game was wonderful.

[@sidthesquid4206]

METROID DREAD

[@hypershadix1]

I was getting worried that you weren’t going to upload your monthly video in October but then I remembered “oh right he probably has something planned for Halloween” ha

[@hiiambarney4489]

'twas a bit short but due to gamebreaking exploits left in the game on purpose it had some nice replayability out of the box. Fusion is still my favourite for many reasons but I cannot thank Zero Mission enough for making the original accessible to my child self. Sadly something I cannot say about Nintendo itself, as we are really just reaching a release cycle of perpetual remakes because the time between releases took so long, the old games are out of date. All I want is another 2D Metroid to be happy in life man. Sakamoto you Baby - loving shadow of your former self, we need some closure.

[@gabiwolf1439]

Half of the game: Ok this isnt so bad the zero suit part: Please leave me alone *enemi appears from the door* AAAAAAAAA recovers the suit and gets a power up: Hi mi name is samus a.k.a GOD *Proceeds to annihilate everything in the way*

[@immortaluglyfish2724]

You have a thumbnail featuring the booty, yet you cover up the booty with text. Care to explain this transgression? Just kidding, loving the channel so far. +1 Sub

[@TheMadSocrates]

Can we take a minute to appreciate the re-use of the pterodactyl screech for Ridley cause that's the best and most terrifying sound he's ever made?

[@JsYTA]

Just realized Zero Mission was teasing the basic concept for Dread all those years ago

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Well I think Dread is basing the EMMIs off the SA-X encounter from Fusion, really.

[@7QWERTY13]

>referring to Metroid as search-action genre game Based and tansaku-action-pilled.

[@joshuastein1888]

the black background gives you an additional color for your characters to work with. because the character sprites require a transparent color, you can use the transparency as black. you can see that in a lot of games from that era, where bosses with lots of detail, use solid black backgrounds

[@swizz2934]

“The area of the game were I failed zero mission” 😂😂

[@TheMissingLink2]

I'm just glad the _other_ 2D Metroids are getting their proper respect. Super Metroid is AWESOME, but honestly I like Zero Mission and Fusion better. Speaking of Fusion, the almost 20 year cliffhanger is killing me....

[@emiriye]

What cliffhanger? Didn't everything found conclusion in Fusion?

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

It was left open ended, not really a cliffhanger.

[@woozy1885]

YAY ANOTHER METROID EPISODE!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@Tucher97]

Zero mission has an interesting atmosphere but the game is very easy for the most part Also as a side note, I know its hard for samus to crawl in the power suit so she has the morph ball to fix/remedy that problem but when you get the varia suit, does it seem like the power suit is much much bigger? I know the power suit is too bulky to even crawl in any of the holes

[@BovineDesigns]

These videos have really helped, especially with my most recent video in terms of inspiration. Thank you for putting so much effort in!

[@TechBlade9000]

3:00 You got me there

[@jedb57]

i love how you kept saying DREAD in your videos and well, the new Metroid game

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Yeah dread's a pretty common word in the Metroid series.

[@ihatevendingmachines2966]

What a nice Christmas themed video! Thanks!!

[@Sheriffhyperofficial]

I love zero mission, it's second in place to super metroid in my opinion.

[@platformergamedesign5286]

Can’t believe to see to videos in one day! Zero Mission is probably my favourite 2D Metroid coincidentally.

[@bigmacbush]

After watching these Metroid videos, I can't wait for him to go over and cover Metroid Dread.

[@0xEmmy]

8:00 maybe they're gonna tell the story of the crashed ship from SM in a later game. (Prime 4?)

[@chillinjesus1013]

2:12 THATS WHERE THAT JINGLE IS FROM!

[@Metaphizzle]

Very nice video. So are you a fan of Matt McMuscles, or did you come up with "search action" independently?

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

I don't know who Matt McMuscles is but I've read about "search Action" before in an article - probably where he got it from.

[@Metaphizzle]

@@VideoGameAnimationStudy Could be! Matt's one of the former members of Super Best Friends Play, and he's been trying to push for everyone to say "search action" instead of "metroidvania" in his solo videos for the last few months.

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Ahh right, I think I heard of this at the beginning, or maybe the end of last year, I think maybe Game Xplain brought it to my attention.

[@metawolf987]

I have been waiting forever for these two videos! ❤️

[@Gloryboyquan]

played this on my vita gotta play again great gba game !

[@5ilverstreak854]

Dude. This was my first ever gameboy advance game, and it still is one of my favorite games. My best time is around 3 hours, and i never get bored replaying it; To the point of my gameboy SP not having working shoulder buttons and a barely working d-pad.

[@JamieBainbridge]

On my first playthrough I completely missed the cocoon and only noticed it way later when backtracking towards the end of the game. I was like "Ohhhhhh right" smh

[@bli2z4rd]

Watching this video.... oh god so many memories...

[@rjmario2234]

This game goes above and beyond a handheld game. The pacing and progression in this game is perfect.

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

Probably best in the series after Super Metroid. Seminal.

[@Lukz243]

one of the things that makes me love Metroid series

[@JustJohn43]

I will one day put all these Metroid videos to use as when I've finished my Sonic 2 Remake, I really wanna make a Metroidvania next!

[@glasseater3474]

Love this game and I'm so annoyed I lost it. However I have played every metroid game again during isolation. Finishing up the prime games (great experience) and replaying all (except zero mission) the 2d games.

[@Marandahir]

The Space Pirate Mothership was never possible to be the Wrecked Ship: you travel through the Wrecked Ship in Chozodia on your way from the Space Pirate Mothership back to Crateria. It’s the area below the Chozo Ruins of Chozodia - you have to Power Bomb the glass connecting pipe between the Ruins and the Mothership to find it. It even opens up identically into Crateria’s water bridge area. It’s important to remember that the boundaries of Zebes’ regions are changed between Metroid/Zero Mission and Super Metroid. What was part of Norfair in Zero Mission is Red Brinstar in Super Metroid. Zero Mission’s Tourian is considered part of Crateria in Super Metroid. And the Wrecked Ship in Super Metroid is part of Chozodia in Zero Mission - in a sense, it’s the only part of “Chozodia” that Samus returns to in Super Metroid; the Space Pirate Mothership sits above the Crateria entrance to Maridia on the other side of the Wrecked Ship. The games line up very closely, but not perfectly.

[@DrownedInExile]

One unfortunate thing I felt about ZM was it was too easy. Original Metroid and Metroid Fusion did not pull any punches. I think if the difficulty spiked in areas like lower Brinstar and Ridley's Lair, that would also enhance the forbidding atmosphere.

[@The_Metroid]

Ah hell yeah! WOOOO

[@artstrange3230]

2:40 This is not a cocoon. The larva is being eaten alive by the Tangle Vines who are using its body to defend themselves. Samus is actually saving this larva here, only to kill it once it fully grows and has laid its eggs, although you're required to break all the breakable eggs before the adult spawns, so who's in the wrong here, hmm? Not sure if anyone else has pointed this out, though.