Is Metroid II: Return of Samus a Good Sequel?

[2 - Metroid Retrospective - Metroid II: Return of Samus/Metroid 2: Return of Samus]


5 years following the original, Metroid II (2): Return of Samus was released on Game Boy. As a canonical sequel to the NES Metroid, and with the limitations of the hardware, a bar was high for Metroid II to try and surmount? But was it able to? Let's see!


0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Initial moments of Metroid II
2:11 - Improvements to Metroid II's Game Design
3:08 - Improvements to Samus
4:38 - The Issues with Crypticness
6:27 - New Items & Sense of Progression
7:12 - The Varieties in Metroids + The Final Boss
8:52 - The Melancholy Ending to Metroid II
9:26 - Outro to Metroid II


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