To get ready for 3 I played through all of the metroids (sans hunters) again.
I never would have beat the regular metroid if it wasn't for save states, that game is frikkin hard.
Metroid 2, this was actually my first metroid game ever. The music really brings back good memories. It's so cheery by comparison to the others, but I love the soundtrack and it somehow seems to fit. Not as hard as I remember it, I beat it in two sittings, but awesome none the less.
I just beat super metroid a few days ago in one sitting, still one of the best 2d games ever made. My final time 3 hours 45 minutes with 70% completion. I hadn't played it since I was a teenager (doesn't work on my emulator for whatever reason). Best 3 hours of gaming I've had in a while.
Prime Didn't actually beat it, I was playing through it on hard this time and I couldn't beat prime. That final form just kept kicking my ass, more specifically the adolescent metroids using their whip suckers on me while I tried desperately to keep an eye on prime.
Prime 2, I don't care what anybody thinks, It's a damn fine sequel. That final battle still kicked my ass a few times though. I can never suck up the phazon right with my charge beam, just can't get it.
Fusion: The black sheep of the family in my opinion (barring hunters, which I never played). Good no doubt, but way too linear for a metroid game. But it does have the Omega Metroid in it, definately gets it some points.
Zero Mission, a worthy 2d metroid almost up there with Super Metroid (but not quite. Approaching Super Metroid is like approaching the speed of light, you'll just never be able to quite get there). But hard as hell when you lose your suit.
Aaaah, I love metroid.
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