I remember where all the items are and stuff too, but it just feels like busy work to me sometimes. And yet, there's just something about the series that's hypnotic, and it's probably in part thanks to all that backtracking.
You and TheLastNinja are really making me realize how much Metroid-induced cognitive dissonance I have today. lol
Yeah, I never played the series until Prime and Fusion, then bought Zero Mission later, too. I also played the first Metroid on Prime's disc and Zero Mission's cartridge.Played Super Metroid a bit through emulation, and rented Echoes a few times.
And yet, while I obviously enjoy these, I can't say I have the love affair people do with them. There is something about backtracking that will always dull my senses a bit, but it is a great series, and until Prime (which frustrated the crap out of me at first, cause I was not used to having the "where to go" indicator be that infrequent in games, even having grown up with them since NES) I had never played much like it.
I wouldn't mind beating them all in order ... especially cause if I ever get past that bitch of a first game, it'll be smooth sailing from there. lol
I'm applying for a sales rep position today, so hopefully that pans out cause part of the reason I'm so regular here is cause post-grad job-searching has not led to much in the span of a year, other than my freelance job, which I wish would pick up more often than it does.
Otherwise, I plan to keep going with my diet and exercise, only about 15 or so pounds to go to reach my goal weight.
Maybe if I get more work my way, I'll feel justified getting back into gaming. Anyway, congrats on finding the SNES mini, beating Gaiden, all the other stuff, and enjoy summer vacation.
1. Paper Mario 2. Pokemon 3. Golden Sun 4. Super Mario RPG 5. Final Fantasy X and ... yup, I think that's all I ever played RPG-wise, and the last two were ones I either rented once (FFX) or mostly watched a friend play (Super Mario RPG).
I've honestly never played any of these. What I know of Capcom is mostly action/platformer and fighting titles on consoles.
Actually, I did play Ghosts and Golblins on an online emulator site (nintendo8.com), so never mind, but it still wasn't arcade version.
Never played it, but have seen the Angry Joe rant a while back. Man, that inventory made him an Angry Joe.
Yeah, it's worth seeing in theaters, I think.
Now that you mention it, I do hear the TOS TV theme in there a bit early on. Convenient that I watched "Space Seed" on Youtube just yesterday, cause otherwise I'm not sure I'd know what I was supposed to listen for (I got in with the '09 movie). It even sounds a bit like the movie themes for a Star Wars/Trek later on. It actually reminds me most of the opening to Super Smash Bros. Melee though, or at least that's the visual I get once it goes from the Super Metroid theme to the bulk of the song.
It's not a bad thing for a song, it's a good song, it's just hard to get over the cognitive dissonance I experience when I try to match it to the overall feel of Metroid games.
Such a good 80s song, with such creepy applications. lol
I wonder if they're currently programming a "man-eater."
