In Defense of the Original Metroid | Retrospective & Review for FDS & NES 1986

Retro Odyssey ep.012

An IN-DEPTH review and analysis of the original Metroid (メトロイド) for the Famicom Disk System (FDS) and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Also, a defense of Metroid. This game gets a lot of flack these days. So here is my take, my experience, my response, and my recommendation - all wrapped up into one!

Hope you enjoy, this one felt like it took a lifetime to edit & shoot. Had to spend an extra two hundred on a new SSD because I was legitimately running out of space on my existing 3 making this.

Welcome, to Metroid. Haters Mad Edition.

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Metroid
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Release Dates
FDS: August 6, 1986
NES: August 15, 1987

Game Information
Publisher: Nintendo
Developers: Nintendo R&D1 + Intelligent Systems
Director: Satoru Okada
Producer: Gunpei Yokoi
Artists: Hiroji Kiyotake, Hirodumi Matsuoka, Yoshio Sakamoto
Writer: Makoto Kano
Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka
Genre: Single Player, Action Adventure, Time Attack
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~ note: all gameplay footage for 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑶𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒚 is recorded using original hardware ~

Let me know what you think in the comments!
LINKS
Music: https://outmind.bandcamp.com/
Map: https://www.nesmaps.com/
Cute Samus art: https://www.deviantart.com/megubunnii

Timestamps:
0:00 - introduction
6:06 - game overview
9:40 - powerups
13:35 - enemies
16:25 - endings
17:16 - a few more things
20:26 - my metroid history
22:39 - my experience
23:31 - getting started
26:20 - brinstar
28:35 - norfair
32:04 - ridley and kraid
35:35 - tourian
40:02 - addressing common complaints
42:36 - final thoughts (context needed)

Next up: Adventure Island (高橋名人の冒険島) a.k.a. Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima

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