Since 1986 the Metroid series has gone from 2D to 3D (and back to 2D) and to consoles and portables, with plenty of Samus appearances and cameos in other games along the way. It’s responsible for ...

If you find yourself wondering what the best Metroid games are, we've been putting our heads together to decide exactly that. From Samus' early days on the Famicom system, to the latest adventure, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Jesse Faden has many similarities to Samus. Both are hardcore women who possess a morphing weapon ...

There is arguably no more idiosyncratic descriptor in the entirety of gaming than “Metroidvania.” A portmanteau of the beloved Metroid and Castlevania franchises, the term refers primarily, though not ...

When it comes to the best NES games, there's no shortage of greatness. Whether we're talking about the best Zelda games, Mario classics, or either half of the Metroidvania portmanteau that would go on ...

When I was a kid, Super Metroid was everything. Weaned on Nintendo’s haunting, Alien-inspired side-scroller, I spent countless hours watching my father trudge through the depths of the planet Zebes as ...

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a game that needs little introduction. Nintendo fans are all too aware of this much-delayed, restarted, and enigmatic next chapter in Metroid's FPS spin-off series, which ...

Beyond went through arguably one of the most tortuous, protracted development processes ever seen with a videogame.

Aaron McKinley is a writer, blogger and video game enthusiast with over five years of experience in web content and many more in playing games until the wee hours of the morning. His work spans many ...

March 3, 2017, marked a significant turning point for Nintendo. With the release of the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo perfected ...

Karan is a writer at DualShockers. Having been gaming since he was 5 years old, his passion for it still remains the same. He has a knack for finding patterns in games and that is why he enjoys ...

With the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 earlier this year, there’s a slew of both first and third party games that have made ...