9th May 2025, 7:35 PM
Metroid NES has aged like ass. No angled aiming, can't even KNEEL and shoot, no maps. Then you're in Norfair where every room is identical to three rooms ago. And talk about being stingy with energy. 5 units at a time, all you have to do is kill seven enemies or so before they drop one. Enjoy, don't get your ass kicked all in one place!
I could deal with the difficulty but man this game is grim. Don't know if I can push myself through it.
On the other hand, Zero Mission swooped in and did it justice by adding all of the above necessary QoL improvements. I don't know how they can rightfully call it a remake. Even the map is different.
NES:
![[Image: GihZYHN.png]](https://i.imgur.com/GihZYHN.png)
Zero Mission:
![[Image: jzCWHHu.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/jzCWHHu.gif)
Like look at this shit. What in god's name are they talking about? The only commonalities between this and its predecessor are things you find in every metroid game: morph ball, bombs, missiles... it's its own goddamn Metroid game, not a remake of one. Don't sell it short.
This isn't how you market things. This must have been intended for something else. Maybe Nintendo felt collective shame that one of their most beloved franchises had a rough beginning. And they wanted to honor the late Gunpei Yokoi's spirit by perfecting his creation. How I, myself, would react to a person honoring my name by making a newer, better version of my creation that shits all over the original, I guess I don't know. Seems kind of passive aggressive.
I could deal with the difficulty but man this game is grim. Don't know if I can push myself through it.
On the other hand, Zero Mission swooped in and did it justice by adding all of the above necessary QoL improvements. I don't know how they can rightfully call it a remake. Even the map is different.
NES:
Zero Mission:
Like look at this shit. What in god's name are they talking about? The only commonalities between this and its predecessor are things you find in every metroid game: morph ball, bombs, missiles... it's its own goddamn Metroid game, not a remake of one. Don't sell it short.
This isn't how you market things. This must have been intended for something else. Maybe Nintendo felt collective shame that one of their most beloved franchises had a rough beginning. And they wanted to honor the late Gunpei Yokoi's spirit by perfecting his creation. How I, myself, would react to a person honoring my name by making a newer, better version of my creation that shits all over the original, I guess I don't know. Seems kind of passive aggressive.