Following the release of 'Metroid Prime 4' and the news we were getting a chogokin of Samus Aran, the figure is now available ...

Though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may make trick-or-treating almost impossible, it has not stopped people from dressing up for Halloween, probably to try to get some sense of normalcy in what has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The toy itself will use diecast throughout, not only for parts but ...

If you've been killed by something that isn't an E.M.M.I. robot in Metroid Dread, then you've probably seen the Zero Suit Samus animation that follows. While it might not seem like all that much in ...

Super Smash Bros.' claim to fame is the ability to use your favorite Nintendo character to kick the stuffing out of other not so favorite Nintendo characters (Jigglypuff anyone?). Building upon that, ...

A full decade before popular female leads like Lara Croft and Jill Valentine became mainstays of gaming, Samus Aran, the badass bounty hunter of the Metroid Series, made waves when her pixilated ...

This article contains spoilers for some Metroid lore, specifically from ‘Metroid Fusion,’ along with some wild theorizing about what’s going on in ‘Metroid Dread.’ Metroid Dread can be terrifying. At ...

Samus Aran vs. Master Chief: Both are genetically enhanced super-humans wearing a full-body armored suit. One has ballistic weapons and explosive grenades. One uses particle beams and morphing ...

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is officially here, and while most players are still plumbing its depths, an all-time classic power scaling conundrum has bubbled to the surface once again: Master Chief vs.

The Metroid are a 35-year-old sci-fi, action, and platforming series that originated on the Famicom Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986. Since then, there have been 15 games; 4 of ...

Since this franchise title makes up one half of the inspiration for the genre term “metroidvania,” you probably already know what a typical 2D Metroid game looks like, but I’ll break it down anyway.