Admittedly, it isn't perfect, suffering from the same repetitive boss battles and drab environments plaguing its inspirational counterpart, but for those who can look past its minor mishaps (and you should), you'll find one of the best 2D
Metroid games this side of the galaxy.
Admittedly, it isn't perfect, suffering from the same repetitive boss battles and drab environments plaguing its inspirational counterpart, but for those who can look past its minor mishaps (and you should), you'll find one of the best 2D
Metroid games this side of the galaxy.
Not exact matches
All in all, Shadow Complex is a finely - crafted
game that is sure to please anyone with a fondness for the older
Metroids or the newer
side - scrolling Castlevanias as this offers up a similar experience, with some of its own touches that help it stand out from the rest.
Unlike the first - person
METROID PRIME series, this
game was presented from a third - person perspective, frequently shown from an isometric
side - on view.
Available via XBox Live, Epic Games have created a classic arcade
side scroller with a twist and have even broken the 2D barriers as
gamers battle it out in an almost Super
Metroid experience on the XBox 360.
Like I mentioned earlier, Amaya was a fan of
games like
Metroid and Castlevania; two
games that pioneered nonlinear
side - scrolling.
Or, make a faithful
side - scrolling 2.5 D
game with similar ideas as Super
Metroid on the Super Nintendo.
Two dif genres buddy two diff genres,
Metroid is a
side scroller / First person shooter, F - zero is a racing
game....
However, if I want
side - scrolling
Metroid game I'll just play the incomparable SUPER METROI
Metroid game I'll just play the incomparable SUPER
METROIDMETROID SNES.
i wouldnt mind a
side scrolling
metroid game for the 3ds while the wii u gets the
metroid prime style
game
The
game itself is a 2D
side - scrolling action
game, somewhat similar to a classic
Metroid or Castlevania title but with some notable differences.
We also learned about
Metroid: Samus Returns, a
side - scrolling 3DS
game that will be out in September.
During a GameXplain unboxing video and then shared on Twitter, it has been revealed that the physical 3DS box of
Metroid: Samus Returns actually has a reversible cover and while one
side is all
Metroid: Samus Returns, the other
side is a throwback in time, as the art is that of the
Metroid game that Samus Returns is a remake off.
Constructed in a 16 - bit world with an obvious reverent reference to older
side - scrolling, platform - jumping
games such as
Metroid, Axiom Verge tells the story of a scientist who dies in an experiment gone awry, only to reawaken in an alien world with no knowledge of where he is, how he got there, and why the laws of physics do not seem to apply.
Mushroom Men will be available on both the Wii and DS — gameplay for the Wii version will be in the 3rd person, while gameplay for the DS will be in a 2D
side - scrolling vein — and the
game is said to be aimed at fans of
games like Mario Galaxy and
Metroid Prime.
Waking Mars is just about the coolest new thing I've seen someone do with a
side - scrolling Castlevania /
Metroid exploration
game.
Nintendo also announced
Metroid: Samus Returns for the 3DS (due out September 15) which promises the traditional
side - scrolling action of the original
Metroid games.
Celebrating three decades of intense
side - scrolling action and exploration, video
game music record label GameChops has released a tribute to
Metroid in celebration of its 30th anniversary with an original track titled «Elysian Sky» by electronic artist Varien, who's best known for his work on The Wailing Dead, Furious 7, and Monstercat.
Also as mentioned the guides could be very helpful, and the foldout maps (with posters on the other
side) were lifesavers in
games like
Metroid.
Players familiar with classic
side - scrolling platformers like Mega Man and
Metroid will feel right at home with this one, as it provides
gamers with a tough challenge.
Super
Metroid was one of the first
games with a heavy element of discovery that I played without a giant physical
side, and in my search for answers, I was brought to GameFAQs for the first time.
Returning to a 2D
side scrolling adventure and adding the 3D depth element has been a fantastic choice by developers and has breathed life into
Metroid games of the past.
Pikmin for a spin the other morning and really enjoyed its
side - on bud - buddies tossing; and I'm eager, after dipping a Power Suited toe into the old DS Hunters
game, to have
Metroid: Samus Returns in my hands.
What about a
Metroid game that utilizes a classic
side scrolling camera angle, and uses 3 - D objects and backgrounds?
We also learned about
Metroid: Samus Returns, a
side - scrolling 3DS
game that will be out in September.
This is also party of the series of Wii
games being brought over to the Wii U on the virtual console along
side Punch Out, Super Mario Galaxy, and the
Metroid Prime Trilogy.
What we were sold:
Metroid Other M, a third - and first - person action - adventure, fighting,
side - scrolling and not
side - scrolling
game made by a partnership between Nintendo and Team Ninja, was the beginning of the end for it.
Where the original
game was a fairly linear
side - scroller, HD takes from the NES title and opens Kazakh up into a nonlinear, interconnected space, filled with various tiered environments, complete with hidden areas and save - rooms: The
Metroid and Castlevania
games feature this style of open - world gameplay, thus inadvertently creating the term «Metroidvania».
Gift yourself an amazing
side - scrolling action - adventure video
game with
Metroid: Samus Returns, now!
Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex is another
game that owes its existence to Super
Metroid, and it's common knowledge that it was heavily inspired by it, with its developers admiring the masterful design of Samus Aran's
side scrolling adventure.
And the characters and setting originally introduced by Rareware and associated with the Donkey Kong Country brand have made fairly regular appearances in
games published by Nintendo but, for the most part, are developed by a variety of second - party developers: the Paon Corporation developed the
Game Boy Advance puzzle game DK: King of Swing and its Nintendo DS sequel DK: Jungle Climber, as well as the Wii racer Donkey Kong Barrel Blast; Namco, meanwhile, developed all three titles in the Donkey Konga series of GameCube rhythm games that use a unique bongo drum - themed peripheral for input (a peripheral also used as a controller for the Nintendo - developed GameCube platformer Donkey Kong Jungle Beat); and most recently, the «official» return of the side - scrolling gameplay style of Donkey Kong Country was the 2010 Wii title Donkey Kong Country Returns, which was developed by Retro Studios (previously famous for bringing forth the revival of the Metroid franchise with the full Metroid Prime subseri
Game Boy Advance puzzle
game DK: King of Swing and its Nintendo DS sequel DK: Jungle Climber, as well as the Wii racer Donkey Kong Barrel Blast; Namco, meanwhile, developed all three titles in the Donkey Konga series of GameCube rhythm games that use a unique bongo drum - themed peripheral for input (a peripheral also used as a controller for the Nintendo - developed GameCube platformer Donkey Kong Jungle Beat); and most recently, the «official» return of the side - scrolling gameplay style of Donkey Kong Country was the 2010 Wii title Donkey Kong Country Returns, which was developed by Retro Studios (previously famous for bringing forth the revival of the Metroid franchise with the full Metroid Prime subseri
game DK: King of Swing and its Nintendo DS sequel DK: Jungle Climber, as well as the Wii racer Donkey Kong Barrel Blast; Namco, meanwhile, developed all three titles in the Donkey Konga series of GameCube rhythm
games that use a unique bongo drum - themed peripheral for input (a peripheral also used as a controller for the Nintendo - developed GameCube platformer Donkey Kong Jungle Beat); and most recently, the «official» return of the
side - scrolling gameplay style of Donkey Kong Country was the 2010 Wii title Donkey Kong Country Returns, which was developed by Retro Studios (previously famous for bringing forth the revival of the
Metroid franchise with the full
Metroid Prime subseries).
Part 3 turns to a whole crop of heavily rumoured
games, including an all new Star Wars single player
game from EA and that HD
side - scrolling
Metroid game we're owed by Nintendo.
The best
game was this reimagining of «
Metroid II: Return of Samus,» going back to the series» roots as a
side scroller involving backtracking.
Think of Super
Metroid with polished pixel art and an updated soundtrack, but this
side - scrolling
game lets you do more than just walk around the pretty scenery; you can fly, too.
It's a
side - scrolling
Metroid game for 3DS, described as a «reimagination» of the Game Boy game Metroid
game for 3DS, described as a «reimagination» of the
Game Boy game Metroid
Game Boy
game Metroid
game Metroid II.
Fans of classic
games like
Metroid will find a lot to love in Renegade Kid's 2D
side - scrolling adventure
game, Xeodrifter.
While I think it's more likely that we get a
side - scrolling
game a-la Super
Metroid to show off the New 3DS» hardware, it's impossible to tell exactly what we'll get.
Bounty hunter Samus Aran is back in the
Metroid: Samus Returns
game, a
side - scrolling adventure full of hidden pathways and underground chambers that lead you into the depths of a hostile alien planet.
The
game, that debuted in 2009 as an exclusive for the Xbox 360, is a
side - scroller that is «reminiscent of the classic nonlinear 2D
side - scrollers we'd always loved —
games like Super
Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night,» according to Donald Mustard from ChAIR, who wrote a statement about the release for the PlayStation Blog.