When 2 Bits Suddenly Turns Into 8
Bloodborne may be my favorite video game of all time, but my favorite series is Metroid , arguably neck and neck with The Legend of Zelda . Ever since I first played Metroid Fusion when I was 12, I've been hooked on the series. And yet, there are still three games in the series that I haven't beaten (or at least played the majority of). The original Metroid and Metroid Prime: Hunters will happen someday, but today I want to talk about Metroid II: Return of Samus . Metroid 2 is a game I've dabbled a little in multiple times over the past seven years or so, but never made any headway in. It didn't matter how I played it: Emulator, virtual console, color hack. I just couldn't get past that first area. It felt clunky, boring, visually unvaried, old . And that's saying something, for how much I love retro games. Then, just over a year ago, AM2R: Return of Samus finally released. I played it. I loved it. I loved it a lot . I wanted to play the original Met...