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Samus Aran and her battle against the Metroids form one of Nintendo's most iconic series a franchise that has seen 17 releases throughout the company's storied history a beloved mainstay of everything from Gameboy to Super Nintendo, GameCube to Switch.

And yet for all its critical acclaim and longevity it exists in the shadow of its siblings never finding the financial success enjoyed by Mario, Zelda or Pokémon and often disappearing into painful hibernation.

Today we're going to be exploring this contradiction. How can a series run for four decades, define genres and platforms and yet constantly be on the cusp of extinction?

It's part critique, part retrospective, part review and part history lesson obviously full of spoilers and obviously full of my opinions

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=== Chapters ===
00:00:00 – An Icon of the Past (Introduction)
00:04:25 – Metroid
00:25:28 – Metroid II: Return of Samus
00:43:27 – Super Metroid
01:11:35 – Metroid Prime
01:42:05 – Metroid Fusion
02:06:51 – Metroid: Zero Mission
02:31:16 – Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
03:01:50 – Metroid Prime Pinball
03:11:42 – Metroid Prime Hunters
03:28:52 – Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
03:53:33 – Metroid Prime: Trilogy
04:03:55 – Metroid: Other M
04:32:10 – Metroid Prime: Federation Force
04:47:50 – Metroid: Samus Returns
05:13:05 – Metroid Dread
05:48:12 – Metroid Prime Remastered
05:59:26 – An Icon for the Future (Conclusion)

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