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Metroid
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 On 05/31/2013 at 10:36 AM by transmet2033 See More From This User » |
It was '01/'02 and I was in school. My friends told me about this awesome thing called emulators. So, doing what all of my cool classmates did, I installed a snes emulator on the family computer. I fell in love. I was suddenly able to play all of these old games that were utterly fantastic. All of the snes games that I never owned... This is the point that I truly fell in love with Nintendo. Growing up we had a nes, and eventually a snes. Since I did not have any money, the games I played were fairly limited. We had a big family, so my parents spent money on necessities rather than videogames.
My first experience with Super Metroid was at our cousin's house. I played less than 5 minutes, immediately after the elevator into Norfair. It was this brief time with Samus that I fell in love with the series. Nowadays I can remember every detail from that experience, but there was a time that I had forgotten. I had forgotten about Metroid until a friend told me to download the game and play it. I did, and became super excited when I took that elevator down to Norfair. I remembered again, and for the next few weeks, I could not be torn from the screen.
Shortly after I had finally finished Super Metroid, I had heard that there were a couple of new games coming out, Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime. Since, I did not have a job because I was still young, I had no hope of playing Metroid Prime. So, I cheated again, and downloaded Metroid Fusion. I completed the game enough times to get every single ending. It had become an addiction.
I am still addicted to Metroid, and that addiction is bubbling to the surface again. Last week I finally finished the original Metroid, and was blown away. The game has faults, but they can be easily overlooked when you look at its legacy. Metroid opened the door for so many fantastic games. The influence it has can still be seen today. I have been working my way through Metroid: Other M the past few days. I think that the gameplay is excellent. They did a great job of translating the 2d feel to a 3d plane. The biggest problem is that they like to interrupt the gameplay with cut scenes on an annoyingly frequent basis. If I knew how to skip them, I would be very happy.
My emulating days are behind me, but since I have job, I have purchased copies of both Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. I play either Metroid Fusion or Zero Mission on a yearly basis. Now that I think about it more, maybe it is not an addiction. Either way, the Metroid series is precisely why I fell in love with gaming. I sit here longing for the day that Metroid V is announced. Until then, I will finish Metroid: other M and play through all of the other games, again.
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