S3E04: Metroid and Metroid II -or- Aran, So Far Away

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The Old SwitchAroo: Gaming Retro with Mike and Jaymo |A Nintendo Switch Online retro gaming podcast

Mike and Jaymo

64 episodes

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Explore the retro video games in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog every two weeks as lifelong pals Mike & Jaymo are joined by a whole host of new and old friends. Each episode is a new set of retro games from the NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive as they further their quest to research & review all 300+ games available on the Nintendo Switch Online Nintendo Classics catalog. Dust off your d-pads and game on, everyone. Check out www.theoldswitcharoo.com for more about the show and bonus game reviews

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S3E04: Metroid and Metroid II -or- Aran, So Far Away

The Old SwitchAroo: Gaming Retro with Mike and Jaymo |A Nintendo Switch Online retro gaming podcast

1 hour 40 minutes 32 seconds

6 months ago

S3E04: Metroid and Metroid II -or- Aran, So Far Away

Our theme song-genius Kristal Fields is back on board with her friend Nick to talk Metroid (NES, 1987) and Metroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy, 1991) with Mike and Jaymo as part of their epic quest to research and review every retro game in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog!

In this episode, we’ll work out just what a Metroid really is, where the Narpas Sword that World of Warcraft ‘borrowed’ from this series came from, in way the Alien franchise influenced Planet Zebes, and how Justin Bailey could help you see Samus in a whole new “revealing” light.

Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on ⁠⁠https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com⁠⁠, where you'll find access to our Discord, voicemail, and so much more!

Game on, everyone.

(0:00) Intro

(0:57) Welcoming Kristal

(1:49) Welcoming Nick

(3:43) Metroid

(59:55) Metroid II: Return of Samus

(1:26:40) NintenDO or NintenDON’T

Find Kristal on Instagram - ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/revoltingingenue/Find the Lazy Circles on Instagram - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thelazycircles/⁠

Metroid manual: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAAQE.pdf
Metroid 2 manual: https://metroid.retropixel.net/games/metroid2/manual/metroid2_manual.pdf

Famicom Disk System: The More You Play It, the More You'll Want to Play! [Disk 1] | Originally Vol 118 of Nintendo Dream in 2004, translation on Metroid-Database: https://web.archive.org/web/20161021110628/http://www.metroid-database.com/m1/fds-interview-p4.php

Metroid: Zero Mission Director Roundtable by Craig Harris | IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/30/metroid-zero-mission-director-roundtable?page=3⁠

Metroid Password Generator: https://www.truepeacein.space/⁠

Metroid FlawlessNES Playthrough [ No Hit / Damage / Death ] | Slackanater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHXzXMbfv5Y⁠

Nintendo Power #26, July 1991: https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-issue-026-july-1991/page/n57/mode/2up⁠

Metroid Recon: https://metroid.retropixel.net/⁠