Metroid Dread is the thesis of Metroid
23A long and overdue look at the first new 2D Metroid game in like 20 years.
00:00 Intro
03:44 Early story
05:33 Early game
07:51 World design
11:51 E.M.M.I. zones
15:05 New abilities
18:43 Sequence breaks
20:51 Bosses
22:25 The roller coaster of a difficulty
24:11 Lore dump
27:11 The strangely fast endgame
30:02 Final boss
31:13 The half-baked ending
34:01 But Dread is weird
36:51 Closing thoughts
Sources
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Metroid Dread in Official Nintendo Magazine (2006) - https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Metroid_Dread?file=Metroid_Dread_in_April_2006_issue_of_ONM.jpg#Gallery
Metroid Fusion mistranslation - https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Metroid_Fusion#Mistranslation
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