Cassette Beasts developer and all-round great video game thinker Jay Baylis joins us once again! In time for the release of Metroid Prime 4, Matthew and Jay each share their top 5 games in Nintendo’s series.
This is the Critical Hit article Jay mentioned on Metroid’s possible influences. This week’s music is from the Metroid: Zero Mission soundtrack by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano.
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Hollow Knight
- Cassette Beasts
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- The Last Remnant
- The Legend of Dragoon
- Blue Dragon
- Blue Prince
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Link’s Crossbow Training
- Demon’s Tilt
- Xenotilt Hostile Pinball Action
Jay
- Metroid Dread
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Metroid Fusion
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
- Metroid Prime
Matthew
- Metroid Fusion
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Metroid Dread
- Metroid Prime Remastered
- Super Metroid
Mentions
- Metroid: Other M
- Metroid Prime Pinball
- Metroid Prime Hunters