Eve took the Sophia III to take out the true Mutant Core and save Earth! However, Fred has other ideas. He escaped and brought to us a new Sophia: Sophia ZERO, along with a special message from the one who sent it to us! Let's go rescue Eve!
Blaster Master Zero is a remake/reinvisioning of Blaster Master from the NES, which itself was a localization of the Japanese game Metafight. Its a run-and-gun style game with both 2D Metroidvania elements and top-down blaster sections.
Ryukas really wanted me to play through this series, so we're going to try and get through it fairly quickly!