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News – Fans Release Metroid Prequel Metroid: Rogue Dawn For NES

21/02/201716/08/2017 Sophia Aubrey Drake 162 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, Fan-Made, Hack, Metroid, NES, ROM, Samus Aran

If there’s one Nintendo series that’s been quiet for far too long, it’s most definitely Metroid. However, whilst most fans

News – NES Visual Compendium Shut Down By Nintendo

05/07/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 133 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Bitmap Books, Donkey Kong, Famicom, Kickstarter, Metroid, NES, Nintendo, Punch-Out!!, Seal of Quality, Shut Down, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda

Only last month we reported on Bitmap Books’ hugely successful Kickstarter campaign for their NES celebration, the NES Visual Compendium.

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Halloween RetroVision – Zeldavania?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 263 Views 2 Comments Bloodstained, Castlevania, GDC, Iga, Koji Igarashi, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Metroidvania, PlayStation, Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Metroid, Symphony of the Night, Zelda

Have we been looking at things all wrong when it comes to the creation of the sub-genre now commonly referred

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RetroVision – The Gender of Samus Aran

Sophia Aubrey Drake 180 Views 2 Comments Alien, Ellen Ripley, Famicom, Heroine, Japan, Metroid, Metroid: Zero Mission, NES, R&D1, Samus Aran, Super Metroid, Varia Suit, Yoshio Sakamoto

Despite becoming one of gaming’s greatest twists, and a defining moment within the industry, it may or may not come as