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METROID
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What is the Metroid manga?
The Metroid manga documented: Tazawa and Ishikawa’s Magazine Z serial (2002-04), the two Kodansha volumes, the e-manga, Samus & Joey, and the missing English…
Who composed Metroid’s music?
Metroid’s composers: Hip Tanaka’s living-organism score, Kenji Yamamoto’s motorcycle humming, Minako Hamano, and the Prime sound budget.
How do Metroid releases differ between Japan and the West?
Japanese vs Western Metroid releases: Disk Card against cartridge, the Adventure Series box and its revisions, box art instincts, and the shared manual art.
How can you tell a first release of Metroid?
Identifying first Metroid releases: the Famicom Disk original, five-screw vs three-screw NES cartridges, the 1992 yellow-label Classic Series, Player’s Choice…
What is a Metroidvania?
What a Metroidvania is: the Metroid plus Symphony of the Night formula, Tom Happ’s definition, the naming, and the genre that outgrew its absent parent.
