The Metroid Timeline with Metroid Dread!

Metroid and Samus Aran have finally a new game Metroid Dread in the Metroid Timeline. To celebrate Metroid Dread on the Nintendo Switch and the 35th anniversary of Metroid we have updated the Timeline!
Join us on an incredible journey across the Entire Story of the Metroid Timeline.
From the first Metroid, through the Metroid Prime Trilogy, Samus Returns, Super Metroid, Fusion and Finally Metroid Dread!
#MetroidDread #MetroidTimeline #MetroidPrime4
The Voice Overlord Jason Damron:
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Special shoutouts go to:
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Metroid Database for their rich Metroid library:
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Samo Studios (composer Sam Dillard) for supplying animations and orchestrated music:
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Buy the Metroid orchestrated Cinematica album here!
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TheOnlyDeerAlive for his awesome cover of the Ridley theme/Super Metroid theme:
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IronLion for footage from his Super Metroid 3D Remake:
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George Herrera for the incredible Metroid Fusion Intro Remake:
bit.ly/MetroidFusio

[@commonwealthrealm]

Well here we go 27 minutes of Metroid excellence. I have to say Metroid Dread added a lot of depth to an already excellent timeline!

[@jaysonmcclain3075]

Hopefully there will be more timelines including new addition to Kirby next year

[@novustalks7525]

It didn't add much story wise. It brought back the x in a sloppy way. It contradicts established canon

[@Ersb99]

thanks for ur work man

[@novustalks7525]

@o kraid being rescued from zebes by raven beak, the x being written as surviving by infecting the chozo makes no sense because they could have spread to other planets and already taken over the galaxy. They also could have infected the dead federation soldiers on sr388 . Samus just loses her metroid dna at the end? What's that all about?

[@novustalks7525]

@o but why would the x help her?

[@AxelWedstar411]

Seeing scenes from Fusion recreated in Dread - a game released nearly 20 years later - was a surreal experience.

[@modrell86]

The real world timeline of Dread is amazing! Watched a video that is now 5 years old about Dread originally hinted at right after Fusion.

[@QuantaSolace]

This game was worth the 19-year wait. My 12-year-old self would probably have been terrified by the EMMI, haha. Hell, I'm 31 now and I find them creepy.

[@rubeusphantom8705]

I’m only 17, but I’m positive by the time I’m 31 that the E.M.M.I. are still gonna be terrifying

[@dragonitaslavedon1745]

I just finished this game, holy crap, what an experience it was.

[@acat3772]

Looks like someone is bing playing this game

[@dragonitaslavedon1745]

@@acat3772 mhm, I have been waiting forever for this game, and after 8:30 hours, I finished my first run.

[@4drianh359]

It was amazing sooooo goooood

[@donnylurch4207]

@@dragonitaslavedon1745 So close! They give you another gallery image if you clear it in under 8 hours. I went for 100% items and, while I got that, I finished in just over 10 hours.

[@dragonitaslavedon1745]

@@donnylurch4207 My 100% run took me 10:30 hours (the original file +2 extra hours of backtracking and all that) I tried to speedrun my way through and managed to get a time of 3:59:48 with 41% items collected, unlocking 3 of the 6 images on the gallery.

[@THeSPARTEnMORTER21]

2 things ive learned. 1, theres always another metroid... and 2, if you see Samus on your planet, chances are its going to be destroyed. also, the enemies design look amazing and terrifying, i cant wait to see what they do in the next console sized game.

[@flourentzosgeorgiou7552]

Imagine vr a new generation of metroid game with all battles and running while 1st person view lol

[@ewutermohlen]

@@flourentzosgeorgiou7552 turning into a morphball would be terrifying...

[@blacrosekora2638]

I don’t know what your talking about meteoids are gone yup totally ;) although to be more serious I’m pretty sure the meteoids went extinct in the wild with Metroid 2 and were in captive with Metroid 3 Super Metroid and Metroid 4 Metroid Fusion

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

You forgot that Ridley never stays dead

[@bahrakus]

I’ll never forget going into K Mart in 1986 as a kid and wondering if I should get Metroid or Kid Icarus. Glad I picked Metroid at the time. Favorite series of all time.

[@AarayKyramud]

First game i ever got for nes

[@cujo1990]

The fact that I beat Super metroid and knowing that the scientists used the baby metroid's dna to save Samus, it felt like the baby saved her one more time which made me more sad.

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

I like how the games almost always come up with a reason for Samus to lose her upgrades but almost never explains how Ridley is still alive.

[@emilycrow8278]

It does. In Zero Mission, you fight a prototype for Meta Ridley after killing Ridley earlier in the game. Super Metroid, you fight a completed Meta Ridley, having been saved by the space pirates. In Fusion, it's Ridley's corpse being infected by the X Parasite.

[@theakiwar9118]

That’s blatantly false, it is explained. Ridley was heavily injured in Zero Mission, the pirates collected his living remains and cybernetically rebuild his limbs, wings and other parts. He now was referred to as Meta Ridley, when he was beaten in Prime, it took some time for him to recover and he came back as Meta Ridley in Prime 3. due to his Phazon infection he was able to regenerate many parts of his original Body. This Phazon Variant was called Omega Ridley. After Samus beat Omega Ridley he began regenerating massive portions of his body and began shedding his cybernetics off. He got the title Proteus Ridley for being able to cheat death many times. After he was sufficiently regenerated, he went to SR388 to steal a Metroid, fought Samus again and lost his consciousness. During his stay on SR388 he fully shed his metallic implants and was now fully organic again. Shortly thereafter with full strength he attacked Ceres research station, stole the Baby Metroid and went to Zebes. On Zebes he fought Samus one last time and finally died there. He basically fell apart. However when he died small parts of his DNA got on Samus suit After Zebes exploded, scientists scrubbed Samus suit and stole the DNA on it. With it they cloned many upon many lifeforms from Zebes that Samus has killed there, including something known as little Birdie As it turns out little Birdie is ridleys species and it swiftly turned into a Ridley. It doesn’t have the memories nor the intelligence of Ridley, but is a clone of him. The clone was killed by a queen Metroid leaving an empty husk, that husk was transported to the BSL research station where it has been kept in cold storage. An X copied its DNA. In sector 1 Samus faced the X clone of Ridleys clone called Neo Ridley. After it’s death no remnants of Ridley remained. So in conclusion he being able to come back again and again is explained. The original Ridley died in Super Metroid, got cloned by scientists who extracted his DNA from Samua suit died and infected by X. The one who we really don’t know how tf he returned is Kraid in Dread. He lacks any explanation aside from maybe Mawkin abducting a small Kraid, which is impossible given that the Mawkin where all infected with X and quarantined by Raven Beak

[@autismandgaming4532]

So wait, if Samus took the baby Metroid under her wing as it's mother, does that make Raven beak it's grandfather?

[@yourallygod8261]

...YES well step grandfather as or... no wait his dna was fused with samus huh... or was it different chozo Edit: raven beak and grey beak are both grand dads of a metroid :)

[@gabriellourenco2393]

@@yourallygod8261 Two chozos. Raven beak and another from a different chozo clan. That's inside the dread game

[@yourallygod8261]

@@gabriellourenco2393 thank

[@dr.20xx74]

THE BABY (que dramatic Other M flashback/monologue)

[@yourallygod8261]

@Austin Rocha oh fudge i forgot so much its been so looong

[@matthewgrobel5587]

In the raven beak fight I realized how similar Dread was to Star Wars with raven beak being both the emperor and Darth Vader. Then thought, “if any Nintendo series was to do it it might as well be Metroid.” Then the third phase happened and was simultaneously impressed and feared raven beak because of the cutscene

[@linishatopham1739]

Kraid the hut: I will not give up my favourite decoration. *While looking at a statue of Samus* I like Captain Aran just where she is.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

Eh, kind of a surface level similarity. In terms of the darth vader comparison, they are both a big powerful foe that the protagonist looses to at first before later beating later, but that's just a basic storytelling trope. The more obvious comparison, raven beak being samuses "dad", has very little effect on samus, in comparison to how luke has his entire idea of himself shaken up, as the purpose of the reveal is more there for the sake of raven beaks character (him trying to act as if there is some familial relationship between him and samus and that he is responsible for her becoming what she is, when in reality he did nothing but give her a bit of his dna and by all accounts forgot about her till she was useful to him) than samuses. All it really does to samus is just make her even more fucking pissed off at him. I'm seeing even less for the emperor comparison, super powerful guy who wants to rule the world and/ or galaxy is a common sci fi trope and beyond that I got nothing.

[@BlindMelonLord]

3:38 That sorry Boba Fett caught me off guard, I was laughing.

[@modernpasta2567]

I personally find the fact that Kraid's in Dread to be absolutely fascinating. It implies that, sometime after Samus defeated him in Super Metroid, before Zebes was destroyed, Kraid was transported off world by *someone* I just find the idea that Raven Beak could've very well been on Zebes at some point *during* the events of Super Metroid to be so interesting.

[@RealTDragon]

That’s right federation force we don’t talk about that one lol

[@D.AblosFamilia]

Federation Force is such a chore to play. It should had been a more Hunters-ish

[@andrewanderson7547]

Metroid prime power rangers edition

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

The main cool thing I take from it is it gives more lore on how the Federation works, how their forces are organized, how their combat units function, and general outside perspectives on Samus and the hellish missions she clears with little fanfare.

[@DrWellRound]

I don’t think metro dread is the final Metroid game in the timeline. I think it’s just the end of a chapter, the end of an era, And the beginning of a new one

[@BurnerShiro]

That pretty much it. They said it’s the final game in the “Metroid” saga. But there will be more adventures with Samus. I think we won’t see any more X-parasites though. There’s still the thing with his rival taking a metroid though and if I remember correctly, the producer said Samus and Xylex have some type of connection. My guess??? Adam’s younger brother and Samus best friend. Too early to tell though. I love this series

[@Xiko_27]

It's the final game in this 5 game series. BUT we still have the Prime series which I'm still waiting for news about Prime 4 ;-;

[@IamCanadian3333]

That's exactly what Sakamoto had said. It's the end of a saga, but not the end of the series.

[@deritjusxergoritjus3503]

could be that they basically break the metroid prime "triology" with 4 because 4 will play far later maybe even after dread if metroid prime 1,2,3 played before super metroid .

[@D.AblosFamilia]

Metroid/Zero Mission, Metroid II/Samus Returns, Super Metroid, Metroid Other M(yeah, I know, don't get mad at me), Metroid Fusion and Metroid Dread all make up the Metroid Saga. Sakomoto said that the Metroid Saga was complete, but there will be more Metroid games in the future. The Prime Trilogy falls between Metroid/Zero Mission and Metroid II/Samus Returns, and while Prime 1 is closely tied to the Metroid Saga, the 3 games have a story focused predominantly on Phazon. Possibly 4 will continue this arc(despite Corruption wrapping it up a bit) and we'll see more on it and it'll be it's own Phazon Saga by the time it ends.

[@chrispork1443]

I wonder how Metroid 6 will play out, with Samus the last of the Metroid and Chozo, and the X extinct for good. Edit: Actually, there may be some more Chozo survivors hidden across the galaxy

[@RomanNumerDos]

before metriod, we had no idea that ZDR existed. The Metriod Universe is vast and filled with untouched potential. I don't think the Chozo are gone forever

[@insomniacowl5392]

The X lived We know it possessed chozo warriors and was left alone in a base full of space ships It escaped and now Samus has to deal with the Chozo race resurrected as evil X

[@chrispork1443]

@@insomniacowl5392 Only the Mawkin and Thoha tribes had contact with the X, and are presumably all extinct. There may be other Chozo tribes living on different planets.

[@sspectre8217]

@@insomniacowl5392 It is a possibility but I wouldn't hold by breath on that. From Sakamoto's comments on how Dread is the ending of the Metroid Saga (with Metroids being heavily connected to the X) I don't think we'll see the X after Dread but I could be wrong.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

It wouldn't be 6 since 5 was the end of this story. The next game would be starting a new narrative... The federation isn't exactly on good terms with Samus and they were breading metroids for warfare... Samus is now the last Metroid

[@chara2038]

So she is 1/4 wise bird 1/4 warrior bird 1/4 human and 1/4 metroid. Huh...

[@tm9599]

The racially ambiguous 😂

[@kyujee5360]

And bonded to an x?

[@johnny-mnemonic13]

Yeah your forgot the X and phazon. So technically 1/6 of all of them

[@skyray16]

@@johnny-mnemonic13 It's more like she "eats" X being a metroid and all, so it's definetly no for them. As for phazon... I'm not that versed in the Primes but didn't she completely get rid of it in her at the end? As far as I remember there is no more phazon with Phaaze destroyed so it also goes for the amount that was in her.

[@ReneeSitra]

@@skyray16 yeah once planet phaaze and dark samus dissappeared all phazon in the galaxy went with it. Other wise fusion would've been an absolute cakewalk for her lol

[@IamCanadian3333]

Just beat Dread, and have to say, Dread really nailed it! Mercury Steam did an excellent job with this title!

[@GiygasStarman]

Jesus... Yeah, I'm a huge Metroid fan, but when you put all of Samus' achievements side by side like this... it's a fucking miracle that the Galactic Federation hasn't considered her the biggest threat of them all, or something.

[@ReneeSitra]

Imo since she is without question considered a threat to the galaxy after the events of dread, also since she already turned against the federation in fusion, and with the federation becoming more shady with every story. I think her next arc will be her combating the federation. That seems like the next natural step in her story. Imagine the federation hiring other hunters to try and stop her. I think that would be a wonderful story to tell. They could even try to use the emmi on her. They already tried to clone metroids once before. Samus is their only source to continue their questionable experiments.

[@CanadianCat666]

@@ReneeSitra Don't forget, Raven beak had the capability to clone Samus, fragments of left over research could be used by the federation to create a (Metroid/x- infused) cloned Samus to hunt her down.

[@ryukirito2616]

Just finished the game and holy crap I love it! This should be game of the year award!

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

I honestly wish they would retcon Other M with a different story. Especially with the damage it did to Adam as a character; it made him seem like someone willing to use Samus for his own purposes.

[@sspectre8217]

I'm against a full retcon, the localization of that game really hurt the feel of the game and characters. A remake would work pretty well imo, just change some dialog, remove most of the monologues, update the controls, rebalance a few things(like healing and getting ammo from killing enemies instead pointing the remote up). The one cutscene that they'd need to scrap to make the writing work would be the one in which Adam's brother dies and replace it with one where young Samus actually has some agency and screws up which results in that death which would better explain both her and Adam's behavior towards each other. Also if they didn't forget about the assassin plot thread that'd be nice.

[@Jerry98x]

Not with the Japanese script

[@skullkid7989]

Hello there everyone I’m glad Metroid finally has a new game

[@starfoxsmash7002]

As someone who has very little history with the Metroid series, this is good way for me to learn about the history and timeline of it. I want to learn as much about it as I can. (The only Metroid games I've played are the original Metroid on the NES Classic Edition and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The latter of which was my first Metroid game.)

[@aceflex]

Prime 2 was my first Metroid as well! Super scary at the time, but fun. Never beat it until I got older though

[@davidturney2975]

If you haven't yet you definitely need to play super metroid for snes

[@sirfartsalot6]

Yo thanks for the recap of the Metroid timeline. After I finished Dread I was a little confused on some plot points because there were gaps in my knowledge and a long time between playing the games.

[@4drianh359]

Just finished the game and holy crap it was soooo gooood what an experience

[@staceyjordan2001]

this story is really great love the metriod series

[@Dtctr010]

I havent seen anyone note that the omega cannon is used in Dread. This is the first time the Prime series has linked with the mainline series. Prior to that, both were standalone series that didnt really reference eachother

[@user-eh1no3yc5v]

And they even made a tribute for Darth Vader's biggest surprise.

[@ravioli-oo9ku]

I'm in love with the theme of samus in a different key at the beginning

[@michaeledes1111]

I freaking love this franchise, I love Dread, and I really loved this video too. Good job guys!

[@rapeisalwaysthewomansfault946]

Just finished Metroid dread an hour ago, it was an excellent experience

[@pforgottonsoul]

didn't realize the prime games were so early in the timeline.

[@dragonkingzippo]

Unless Nintendo back-pedaled the prime games are a different continuity and not in the same timeline as the 2d games... But that's back when other m came out don't know what Nintendo says now

[@emblemblade9245]

That was a misconception. The Prime games are canon, but they’re a “nestled” canon that no 2D Metroids take place in-between, which gave Retro free reign to do what they wanted with the story in a way that wouldn’t force influence on the series main timeline (Zero Mission, Samus Returns, Super, Fusion, Dread). Because otherwise it could lead to retcons of games that already came out and…yeah. So they’re not decanonized, they’re just self-contained for simplicity sake

[@maxenswlfr1877]

@@emblemblade9245 Since the metroids still exist it must be before Metroid 2 and Meta Ridley places it after Metroid 1 so it's still stuck in a specific point in time

[@timothylewis2527]

I can see myself watching this video over and over again for years to come.

[@thatguy2705]

I always loved your content translation and delivery, not only of this video but every one you have done.

[@ryussjgod7148]

Great video guys!! Your timeline videos are well made!!

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Never knew that the Federation designation for Zebes was FS-176. It lines up with SR-388 and ZDR’s name scheme. Very scientific, obviously using a rigid classification system meant to keep a massive list of planets catalogued neatly.

[@hypnotix370z4]

Yoooooo it’s the story teller! It’s that way you lay out you’re words. Kan you’re a goat. Miss the storyteller series

[@artphototech]

Thank you for all the hard work that is this video. 💯💯💯

[@cookiejar3272]

Loving the voiceover! Great work

[@wladi8933]

Awesome video! :) Now I really get the timeline after finishing Dread

[@GabeNwagbala]

Great Job Konrad I wish I could hear Joseph's voice in this updated with archive voice clips.

[@Mentleif]

Thanks for this. Makes everything a lot more coherent as someone who has only played a handful of the games to varying degrees of completion out of order

[@kevinstone6797]

I absolutely expecting this video I’ve been wondering if u guys would ever update the Metroid timeline instant like👌

[@thenoob_artist0586]

Got theory that Raven Beak really young based of Chozo aged ( There life span is extremely long) the other thin is Raven Beak still had is Wings. I think in story canon Chozo in there prime they had wings. 23:21 I knew it Raven Beak was the one beat the crap of first Emmi . The most expressive thing that Raven Beak rip Emmi arms like they were nothing :0

[@AarayKyramud]

Dread looks SICK

[@ChaoticHoly]

The best part about the Metroid Timeline is that if everything about Other M is removed then nothing of value is lost and the series lore makes vastly more sense.

[@sirwaveshuff901]

I’ve only known Samus from smash & now Dread. Thanks for explaining her true Lore!

[@kildotgaming]

You've missed out on alot then

[@sirwaveshuff901]

Ridley is definitely the Freeeeza of the Metroid universe

[@gregbagel791]

the fact that Samus was going wild at the age of 22 in the prime series and Im 22 and struggling to just get into grad school makes me feel like Im missing out on something

[@AICW]

It wasn't so long ago that people that young were literally going wild in world wars. Samus joined the Federation military sometime around the age of fifteen to seventeen. We had real soldiers who were at that age in both world wars. Audie Murphy was sixteen when he tried to enlist, and seventeen when he was accepted into the U.S. Army thanks to a faked birth certificate.

[@bandawin18]

Mother Brain and Raven Beak were awesome evil masterminds, I wonder what the next one will be like? Another giant alien monstrosity or a humanoid bird man with a cannon arm?

[@jordanhamann9123]

Definitely my new favorite Metroid game.

[@mickeiloumbra9095]

X2

[@Blazer2023]

Your voice reminds me of the intro in Star Fox 64 and I love it

[@jennydeamhan1703]

YESSSS I've been waiting for this!

[@AshsBoomstick64]

THE FUCKING STORYTELLER IS THE Narrator FUCK YEAH

[@ARenamonOnTheInternet]

Amazing Video

[@wesleyvl8572]

A other good vidoe dude keep it up you rock

[@MMKnight_1]

The intro theme sounds great!

[@MithDragon]

Glad to see that saving the animals is canon material.

[@Dagglestone]

I’m loving Dread so far. My wife took the kid all day yesterday, just so I could play for 8 hours 😏

[@stormwolf5848]

I am starting to love metroid even more now, never understood the full story of the series.

[@dokichokei]

Thank you Dennis Prager for explaining the Metroid Lore to me

[@SeanSearcy]

Chronology of Metroid: Metroid 1. Metroid prime. Metroid prime 2. Metroid prime pinball. Metroid prime Hunters. Metroid prime 3. Metroid prime federation force. Metroid Samus returns. Super Metroid. Metroid fusion. And Metroid dread. 😊

[@jaycebee6857]

It’s still amazes me that I’m as old as the franchise , I was born in 86.

[@WalkingLISAsterArea]

20:11 thanks for the spoiler warning!

[@JanD1]

Wow! Awesome!!

[@thestarfish5644]

This game was amazing

[@alandiegovillalobos]

I need this game!

[@noahdean9685]

I believe Metroid prime 4 will take place after Metroid dread

[@aaronnichols4120]

It very well could. I personally think it'll stay right after prime 3, just because of it's end cut scene which seemed to lead to a sequel. But maybe they scraped that and decided to put it after dread, which is why they had to restart? Idk lots to theorize on

[@noahdean9685]

@@aaronnichols4120 like Samus knows she's a Metroid now and she's possibly a threat to the whole galaxy the galactic federation will be the new enemies to her so she needs to find a way to eliminate the Metroid inside her so she probably has to find a way to bring the metroids back one way or the other and whoever that bounty Hunter is that's after her if you 100% Metroid prime 3 corruption why is this mysterious bounty Hunter after her and how does he / she ties to everything.

[@commonwealthrealm]

More likely after Prime 3 and Federation Force due to the two post credits teases of Sylux in those games.

[@groudonor12]

@@commonwealthrealm I don't think there's a time where MP4 could take place after MP3. When you look at the timeline, every other event is happening one after the other. Likely chance it will happen after Metroid Dread since they did this with Metroid Prime having connections to ZM and MP3 with SR and yes Dread. Chances are THAT Sylux cutscene happened within the starting events of Super Metroid.

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

@@noahdean9685 I doubt the Federation would try to do that but they would try to use her as their most valuable weapon considering Metroids only weakness cold Samus is immune to. Besides i don't think Samus would tell them about the DNA actually activating turning her full Metroid for a bit otherwise they would try to eliminate her or try and do what Raven Break tried making a clone Army of the most powerful Metroid Samus. Likely she is just going to report that she eliminated the threat of the X otherwise as you say the Federation would try to wipe her out as they gave her the AI Adam to try and control her considering she was most loyal to the real one but that did not work

[@james441]

Good video

[@unroolypatooty1328]

Thanks for the warning friend. I'll be back once I finish Dread

[@Wing-Zero-si1eu]

You guys should do more complete timelines, like Castlevania & Metal Gear Solid.

[@thatguy2705]

PSA: Just found out via interview with Mike Wikan who was the lead programmer for the Trilogy, Luminoth cant vocalize words so they do sign language. Luminoth text is diffrent iterations of hand signs in orientation to the viewer. This is why Samus leaves in Prime 2 without a word.

[@Linksays]

I know I'm a newbie to the Metroid lore, but I would like to ask two questions that I found confusing on the Dread segment > A voice told Samus to stop [During the escape of ZDR] Wasn't that voice actually just the real ADAM? Since he would still most likely be active? > Quiet Robe X cured the effects of the Metroid Suit from Samus to keep it from overloading with energy Don't you mean that Quiet Robe-X actually neutralized the effects of the Metroid Suit with his Thoha DNA which was made to control the Metroids, to keep Samus from draining the power of the ship?

[@johnny-mnemonic13]

Yes and yes. The explanations given here were so brief and not detailed enough.

[@Linksays]

@@johnny-mnemonic13 Okay thanks. Because I played through it and because of my own lack of confidence, I had to turn it into a question. I was actually gonna say it as if I knew, because I do know lmao

[@robinthedragonhunter64]

Heck yes

[@12Iloveamy]

I see in the captions that it's "Peaceful minded Birds" but I definitely hear "Peaceful Minded Nerds" lmao

[@joshuamcrae6819]

Typo in the "Commomwealth Realm Presents" at the start

[@Legionary219]

Edit: Dammit, really should watch the whole video before commenting on bits of it

[@TheRealTerranMarine]

It's weird how metroid/Zero Mission takes place a few months prior to Prime when one of the pirate logs states their compound on Zebes fell in rather recent time

[@generalbutterscotch4887]

To be fair, the scans don't confirm how much time takes place between log entries. The first few mentioning the destruction of their base could have been mere days or hours after they fled Zebes, with the final logs before they all died being much more recent, perhaps just before or after the distress signal was sent out.

[@HallowedKeeper_]

Huh didn't expect to hear the Storyteller talking about metroid

[@chadkirk150]

Damn. And I thought Mike from MST3K destroyed a lot of planets. Samus is a walking Death Star.

[@johnleonard9102]

I think Dread could have had an awesome plot twist where Samus finds out that the Federation made the EMMIs specifically to hunt her down after her betrayal in Fusion. It makes sense since they're immune to all of her weapons and some of them had her abilities.

[@rhymenoceros3303]

Wouldn’t be surprised if it gets revealed in a future game that was their express purpose. To take on Samus if she proved too much of a threat to the Federation.

[@starskunk]

The abilities are actually explained by Raven Beak giving the upgrades he removed from Samus to the EMMI units, though I can see the possibility, with them being immune to Samus' weapons, the idea that they might have been something designed to take Samus down if necessary!

[@phazoneatermetroid77]

Giant enemy Crab 🤣

[@hisshoes1107]

His editing reminds me so much of 7nth grade

[@supercrafter2602]

Will this be on the test?

[@borinightmare]

Metroid Dread added alot of depth to Samus' story and who would've thought that the baby was taken care of by RavenBeak her step grandfather. It put an end to the franchise's original chapter. I'm hoping for a Metroid Prime 4 to come out for the Nintendo Switch.

[@aceflex]

A lot of the information told in Dread (especially during that critical scene with what's-his-birdface) is backstory happening during the earlier games. It would have been nice to have that incorporated a little better into the timeline. Otherwise the video is super well done and an enjoyment from start to finish!

[@commonwealthrealm]

Wanted to avoid spoilers before Dread. That was the dilemma we faced when making this video. There is an entire Chozo backstory section that had been recorded but we couldn´t put in due to Dread spoilers. Guess we will save it for until Metroid Prime 4 is out.

[@sergiocgi3636]

Samus was born in 2055 but joined the federation in 2003? Yeah, makes sense.

[@byakuganyokai]

i hope that there would be a sequel soon

[@brettdiving2744]

Well done on grazing over an otherwise sore spot among Metroid fans with Other M while still giving the game its due lol. I was very curious how you would approach that part of the story. That "PTSD" moment still annoys me. She had fought Ridley a number of times and NEVER once showed any inclination of fear towards him. Only pure anger. Still cannot figure for the life of me what Nintendo was thinking with the writing of Other M. Anyways ... fantastic breakdown of the amazing lore of the series. Very enjoyable watch.

[@Gog45100]

I’m almost finished dread

[@Fhill4801]

Thank God he used Jason

[@juanpabloochoagalvan9018]

Wasn't the real ADAM the one that alerted Samus of not touching her gunship with the metroid suit?

[@AnthonyJones-bc6re]

Gorgeous graphics AAA +rating cgi is good

[@HOTAStudios]

However, the story isn't over. Samus received a transmission that Adam had intercepted. She will face perils unlike anything she has ever faced. The message, "Guardians, we must stop the Witness......!" With this pursuit of the Witness, Samus has learned new abilities from the Traveler and gained access to her suits precious power. However, the Witness warped reality and sent out past foes to stop her. Dark Samus traverses the battlefield looking for her old for. A stranger version of Samus has also been seen with an eerie glow. Ikora and the Vanguard informed her of this information and she knew exactly who she was dealing with. Not only had the Witness brought back Dark Samus, but also SA-X. As Samus learns about the past of the Guardians and masters the Light, she will also inevitably face her darkest fears. Samus must help the Guardians while keeping her past threats at bay.

[@mbison7combo]

I got Goose bumps

[@Axecon1]

Really curious if Prime 4 will take place after Prime 3 or after Dread. Also wonder what the story might be since most of the major threats, the Phazon, Metroids, and SA-X have been eliminated. There's got to be more than just Sylux.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Something to consider is the fate of her Prime 3 gunship. Her Zero Mission gunship got reconstructed as the Prime 1 gunship and its whereabouts have not been revealed after the events of Prime Hunters. As for the Prime 2/Samus Returns/Super gunship, we all know what happened to it.

[@Chuckles_the_Jester]

quiet robe was killed by a chozo robot, not a warrior

[@johnny-mnemonic13]

I noticed that, almost got me confused.

[@davidturney2975]

Such an excellent storyline, I'd ask for it to be made into a movie series but Hollywood would ruin it

[@SomethingWittyRW]

I keep forgetting that Prime 1 is literally about to be Twenty

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

Weird how you mention Federation Force but forgot about Prime Hunters all the enemy Hunters but Sylux died in Hunters as he appeared in the Canon ending as in the one where Samus don't die in Hunters

[@andresbarquin]

Alright, so dumb question: how does Ridley keep returning? Are they different Ridleys?

[@Cri_Jackal]

The original Ridley only actually dies twice, the first time in the first game, where he is then brought back via cybernetics, he gradually regrows his organic body until Super Metroid, where he is fully organic again, and then promptly dies permanently. He's then cloned in Other M, and again in Fusion.

[@emblemblade9245]

The one fought in Fusion is the Other M clone, which was desiccated by the Queen Metroid in Other M and later picked up by the Federation and stored on the BSL. An X infects the corpse and transforms it into Ridley X, but it’s a zombie at most

[@VOAN]

Dumb or not who wouldn't want to see Ridley again, he and Samus are basically the two main characters of the series. The series wouldn't feel the same without him.

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

@o he only got cloned once the rest is just him actually being hard to kill as he regenerates and implants cybernetics onto his body and gets rid of those parts once they regrow. And Robot Ridley is just him making a robot in his own image

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

@o Technically you are right however the one you fight in Fusion is a X infected corpse of the clone as you don't have to be alive to get infected and transformed by the X parasite you just have to have some bio material such as Nightmare. Like for some reason the Federation brought the petrified Ridley's corps aboard the BSL to study as i am sure they were going to make a bio weapon. Also fun fact if you go back after the fight with MB to Nightmares room you will find that Nightmare's corps is gone implying that the Federation took it already the same could be said about clone Ridley's corpse however i don't remember if you can go back to that room in the epilogue as all that is left is getting the rest of the items and killing Phantoon granted you can't do this in Hard Mode since there are no saves outside of save stations as in also no auto saves and that Ridley fight is a pain more so in Hard mode everyone dies to it even the speed runners of the game. Also additional fun fact that not many apparently know you unlock Hard Mode by 100%ing the game first and there are no item expansions and with the fact that enemies hurt more good luck on Ridley and Queen Metroid as ouch and the timing for sense move is more strict