Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Courtesy of those consistently brilliant people at First 4 Figures ...

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Progression in the Metroid games is judged in a few different ways. A player gets better as they play the game, but Samus also invariably gets more and more loaded up with broken abilities as the game ...

After years of waiting, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally here, and as excited as I was for the next first-person chapter in Samus' story, I can't help but find myself a little underwhelmed. Don't ...

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Visually, sci-fi can be a hard nut to crack as imagining the ...

Samus is going Beyond, and it finally has a release date, and a new way of getting around a hostile alien planet. During its incredibly stacked Nintendo Direct that featured plenty of announcements, ...

Since the days of the GameCube, the Metroid Prime series has pushed Nintendo hardware to its limits. All 3 games in the original trilogy were hugely impressive from a technical aspect, offering ...

The video begins with Samus landing on the planet Viewros. We then see her approach a number of notable locations there, entering to face challenges within them. Prime examples of gameplay footage ...

It's just good to have my wonderful friend Samus Aran back. Arguably Nintendo's coolest character, Samus and her Metroid series has largely been in the wilderness since 2007, when Metroid Prime 3 came ...

Earlier this year, I played Metroid Prime for the first time in at least a decade. Back in 2023, Nintendo released a remastered version of the 2002 classic for the Switch, and I felt like dusting it ...

With Metroid Prime 4: Beyond finally around the corner, I’ve been reflecting on what it is about Retro Studios’ series that has stuck with me for over two decades now. The first Metroid Prime is an ...