Hot on the heels of last week's release of Harmony of a Hunter 101% Run, Samo Studios releases a 3D animated music video of Beyond the Glass, which is Track 6 on Disc 1. The video is breathtaking, and deserves your time. Much respect goes out to Sam Dillard for putting this together!
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11/28 - Beyond The Glass - Maridia Music Video
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12/1 - IE's Birthday
Today's my birthday (I'm 32), and I just wanted to make a quick post and show off these amazing Metroid cookies that my girlfriend secretly made for me. The nuclei are made out of red hots. They are very good and fun to eat!
Also, here is some awesome footage of Metroid Blast's boss battles (Kraid & Ridley) courtesy of Sylux8675309's YT channel.
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12/6 - Iwata Asks: Nintendo Land
Just in time for the Japanese launch of the Wii U and Nintendo Land, Nintendo has posted a new installment of Iwata Ask's all about Nintendo Land. Learn about how Katsuya Eguchi and his team developed the game alongside the Wii U. There's even a small blurb about how a Metroid veteran was involved with approving the design for Samus's suit in the game.
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12/12 - Remix: Sheegoth (Adult) added to Bestiary
Sheegoth (Adult) added to Bestiary
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12/20 - Kid Icarus Figmas available for Preorder
It's been a long time since the Samus Aran Figma's were made available for sale. If you haven't bought one yet, you'll likely be left paying a monstrous amount of cash for one. Well, while there is no new Metroid Figma available, we now have the next best thing!
Pit and his angsty doppelganger Dark Pit from Kid Icarus: Uprising are now available for preorder. Kid Icarus has long been considered the sister series to Metroid, so why not spread a little love to the other branches of the family tree?
Pit can be preordered here and here.
Dark Pit can be preordered here and here.
Better get them while you can, no doubt the prices will skyrocket like crazy when they're no longer available.
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12/26 - New AM2R Demo 1.1
DocM64, who has been busy creating a remake of Metroid II has recently released a new demo for your download wish fulfillment. The game is being built using GameMaker 8.1 and uses both edited and new graphics from Super, Fusion, and Zero Mission. The demo features many of the classic Metroid powerups and similar level design to Metroid II, but does make a few changes to give it that fresh feeling. This demo also includes the Arachnus battle! Grab the demo here.
Doc is asking for comments and feedback on this demo over at their forums.
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12/31 - Contest Deadline Extended!
That's right folks, due to the rest of my staff being completely MIA (likely due to the holidays), and myself coming down with a bad cold, we have extended the deadline to our contest by another 18 days. The deadline to get these in is 11:59pm on January 18th. Entries will be reviewed over that weekend, and then the winners will be revealed that following Monday. For those who have already submitted an entry, you may submit alterations and changes if you so choose. Please mention in your email that you have already submitted if you are re-submitting. Please send a standard image format (JPG, PNG, or BMP is preferred) when submitting your entries.
There have been only 7 entries to this contest so far, so I am thinking that we have done something wrong on our part - either we made it too difficult or weren't clear enough on the contest rules. Maybe something else? Is there some kind of problem that needs pointing out that is keeping people from entering? Are people's creativity just waning this year? Maybe no one cares? Please let us know on the official Contest Help Thread.
Maybe we'll see more entries after this deadline extension, but remember that the amount of entries we receive directly reflects whether we will have any more contests in the future.
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1/14 - 2 New Bestiary entries; 5 days left for contest
A very belated Happy New Year to everyone! Today I bring you two new entries to our Bestiary, the strange and creepy Evir-X from Fusion and the ever elusive Flickerbat from Prime. Check them out below:
This is also a reminder that there is less than 1 week left to get all your entries in for our Stylized Metroid Series Contest. We will not be extending the contest past this date. Expect the results next Monday, 1/21/2013. I hope you are as excited as we are to show you the results!
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1/16 - Metroid Fusion Debug Mode UNLOCKED!
THIS JUST IN! Hackers interdpth and PJBoy have recently created a hack that unlocks Fusion's embedded debug mode! The hack allows you turn on/off any of Samus's weapons at any time, as well as other things like giving access to doors and other events. This debug mode was left in the game's code, and all the hackers did was turn access to it back on. Check out the video below. Download it here. You can find more information for its use via our FanApps page. Happy debugging!
NOTE: Use at your own risk. The Metroid Database will never provide ROM files to the public.
UPDATE: We now have a rough translation of the event text so you can figure out what events you can unlock.
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1/22 - Stylized Metroid Series Contest Results are in!
We've wrapped up the Stylized Metroid Series Contest. We got a range of unique styles that I think would make an I Am 8-Bit show proud. The top three results also have commentary by Ukiyo-e Heroes artist Jed Henry, who designed the Ukiyo-e Giclee prints we are giving away for this contest. Thanks, Jed!
#1 - Hayden Droog - "Piecing it Together" (Pointilism+Cubism)
#2 - Thomas Johansson - "The E-Tank" (1950s Commercialism)
#3 - Tim Hardeman - "The Brain" (H.R. Giger)
Be sure to check out all of the entries on the contest page!
We will be coordinating with the winners to send out the prizes over the next few days. Congratulations to the winners, and a big thank you to all who participated!
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1/23 - Super Metroid for $0.30 in May
Hot off the presses: at this morning's Nintendo Direct, Iwata gave us a little taste of what's to come in the future for WiiU. New games announced including a yarn-based Yoshi platformer, a new action-RPG title by MonolithSoft, new 3D Mario, new Mario Kart, and The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD Remake. You can watch the whole recording right here.
A small bit of Metroid news however, is that Super Metroid will be sold on the WiiU Virtual Console in the month of May due to the celebration of the Famicom's 30th anniversary. Each month we will see a different Virtual Console game sold for $0.30, and you have 30 days to pick it up at that price. (No idea why they chose Super Metroid over the original, since they're celebrating the Famicom and not the Super Famicom, but we won't look a gift Epona in the mouth.) We will remind you again come this May for those who forget!
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2/1 - MHQ's Podcast Prime Ep 2 & 7 New Bestiary Entries Added!
Metroid Headquarters has started off the new year with a new series of podcasts, entitled "Podcast Prime." Episode 2 features an interview with me, Infinity's End! The staff then have a discussion about Samus's arsenal afterwards. Go here to listen to it. Congrats on Ep #2, guys!
In other news, we bring you seven brand-spankin'-new Bestiary entries for your viewing pleasure. Also of note, I'm proud to announce one of the newest artists to the Bestiary team: Dave Melvin. His creature artwork is truly a joy to behold, so his contributions should always be of the highest quality! The remaining artwork was by our other extremely talented artists, Doc Roe, Insanity-Engine, Methuselah 3000, and Rundash. This brings our total up to 216 entries from 31 different artists! Please enjoy all this splendid new artwork!
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2/3 - Remix: Cameos Page Updated!
Cameos Page Updated!
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2/7 - Remix: 2 New Tattoos Added to Fan For Life
2 New Tattoos Added to Fan For Life
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2/14 - Happy Valentine's Day
Nintendo showed us a little love today, as they released their latest edition of Nintendo Direct. The show focuses on Luigi, with Iwata calling 2013 the "Year of Luigi." They are releasing 2 Luigi-centric games: Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, Mario & Luigi Dream Team, and also announced Mario Golf for 3DS (which contains Luigi). Other games that are mentioned are Fire Emblem: Awakening DLC, Animal Crossing New Leaf, Style Savvy, Lego City Undercover, Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge DLC, HarmoKnight, Kersploosh!, Mario & Donkey Kong Minis on the Move, and much much more! Also of note is they are porting Retro's platforming masterpiece, Donkey Kong Country Returns to the 3DS. You will be able to download a 3D video of it today for free via the eShop. Watch it all here:
We also have a bunch of Metroid-themed Valentine's Day cards for you to share with your family and friends. We at the Metroid Database hope you all can share some Metroid love with your loved ones. Or if you don't have anyone else to love, send one to yourself! These have been compiled from all over the internet and are all (c) of their respective owners.
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2/16 - Remix: JAPANESE Metroid 1 Manual Added!
JAPANESE Metroid 1 Manual Added!
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2/16 - A Quartet of Super Metroid Albums
There's a couple new albums coming out that are focused entirely on Super Metroid music, along with a couple containing arranged music. The first of these, Super Metroid Memories just came out on February 14. I've finally gotten to sit down and write up a review, but you can also preview almost the whole album at Bandcamp for free. Super Metroid Memories is pretty experimental, with lyrics and narration (you heard that right - a Metroid lyrical soundtrack!). The album was arranged by Hyde209 (aka Sebastian Martensson, who won second prize in our most recent contest), and includes about a dozen other collaborators. It's basically a love letter to one of the most treasured games in the series, and the nostalgia trip is definitely worth your listen. You can pick up the album for $5 (comes with an exclusive bonus track and liner notes that has images from Hyde209's DeviantArt page) or preview it for free.
Next up is Super Metroid Symphony, scheduled to be released on March 3. The album is by The Blake Anderson Synthetic Orchestra, a remixer based in London. A few previews have been released, showcasing his fantastic symphonic library. Unlike Super Metroid Memories, this is a straight up orchestral arrange of the original tracks. It looks like the album will be sold through iTunes...which I happen to hate (it's also through the UK store :-/). Andersen does have a Bandcamp page, but it only contains his original music.
Third on the list is The Greatest Video Game Music 2, which came out back in November, and contains a slew of excellent arranges of iconic game soundtracks done by the London Symphonic Orchestra. The Super Metroid piece is arranged by Andrew Skeet and contains the Main Theme, Green Brinstar, and Maridia. Other arranges on the album include Final Fantasy VII's "One Winged Angel", "Dragon Roost Island" from The Wind Waker, and the main theme from Luigi's Mansion(!).You can grab the whole thing as MP3 for $5 off Amazon or the CD for $10. It's well worth the investment.
The fourth is not strictly a Metroid album, but an EP called Worlds by Vicious (aka Trev Wignall, who sent me this e-mail a few days ago... Sorry everybody - I've gotten super busy with my new job lately!). The EP is an electronica album that takes musical cues and atmosphere from the soundtracks to the Metroid series, but is an original work that should particularly appeal to Metroid Prime fans. The final track in the album, "Remorse Code", uses some direct samples from "Crateria - The Space Pirates Appear" from Super Metroid. The whole thing is free to preview and download.
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2/17 - Metroid Blast Music is Now Authorized
It's been a rather complex process to get this out, but we finally have available for download the Metroid Blast soundtrack from Nintendo Land. It was a bit difficult to get clean recordings of some of these tracks since there is usually a lot of background noise, and the jukebox just plays the music in the background of the main hub, coupled with the usual technical difficulties of cleaning the audio (with lots of help from Mad Mega!). Anyway, it's available now for download and as far as we know is the cleanest rip of the soundtrack anywhere.
For details on the score, the music was composed by Ryo Nagamatsu, who earlier spoke with Destructoid about his work on Nintendo Land. Here's what he had to say about Metroid Blast:
Metroid Blast is the most complex attraction in Nintendo Land, one that gives you a really full-on action experience. I gave the music an orchestral arrangement for an epic, flamboyant sound, something that made you feel you were playing inside an enormous space.
The chorus you hear in the arrangement of Super Metroid's 'Lower Norfair' music is composed entirely with my own voice, without any processing.
There's a lot of original music here, too, songs that retain that grand sort of Metroid impact. I hope it'll help players really lose themselves as they're thrown into battle inside this massive space!
Read the three-part article for a full tour of Nintendo Land's playful score!
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3/3 - Metroid Plus
The developer of Editroid, Snarfblam has released yet another hack for the seminal NES title. The hack is called "Metroid Plus," which takes the original game and adds to it a few small but extremely awesome features, the most exciting of those being SAVING! Not only does it save your game, but it also depicts the status of your current progress by showing your inventory and all the items you have discovered throughout the game. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
Pushing Start will now make a map appear. The map can be scrolled all around with the Dpad. It will show you your current location, and where bosses and elevators can be found - it's up to you to discover the item locations. It's not quite a self-updating automap, but it's pretty much the next best thing.
The last two things are a "Wavy-Ice" beam, which means that the game promotes beam-stacking. This makes it so when you collect the Ice Beam, it will not remove your Wave Beam power, and vice versa, but stack them together. There is also a new Game Over Screen which gives you the option to save your game.
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A few last things to note:
- Find a Metroid ROM, and use a patcher utility like LunarIPS to apply the patch. The MDb will never host or provide ROMs to the public.
- If you want to save your game without dying, just push Start (pause) and then UP+Start on Controller 2 (ala Zelda 1).
- Due to there not being any more passwords, if you want to access Suitless Samus, you must do it the "proper" way by beating the game in under 3 hours. NARPASSWORD is also unaccessible due to this (but that's for cheaters!).
- Using this hack will also unfortunately remove the story screen, but who's gonna miss that anyway?
Fantastic work, Snarfblam, we can't wait to see what your next hack will bring us!
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3/4 - 31 Days of Zero Suit now on Fangamer
Fangamer has recently made available Chris Furniss' stylized book and related merch of 31 Days of Zero Suit, which you may remember getting its start through Kickstarter last year.
The new merch being offered is as follows:
The 56 page, fully illustrated, hardback book
Pinset featuring two 1.5" squre pins and two 1" square pins (four total)
The T-shirt, which comes in 4 different colors: gray, orange, aqua, and navy
and finally a 6" x 18" Glicee Print of "The Party."
If you're interested in making any purchases, please make sure you are clicking through the links or use the Fan Gamer Swag Section on the right-hand column. All purchases made through our site directly helps the Metroid Database.
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