In the older days of console gaming, all systems were separate – NES games would only work on the NES, Sega Mega Drive games would only work on the Mega Drive, and so forth – but since I was young, and only ever owned one current console at a time, it wasn’t a big issue – when I had a Sega it was all I ever played, and I never had to consider the concept of compatibility. However, not much [...]
Earlier this week I covered Metroid’s early days, with a look at the 2D origins of Nintendo’s sci-fi platformer. Today I will look at what Metroid has been doing lately, in the last and current generation of console gaming. Released alongside Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime was a new direction for the series – moving onto the GameCube, a new sub-series was born. The ‘Prime’ series are set early in the Metroid timeline, between the first Metroid, and Metroid II. However, as opposed to [...]
