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Metroids 7: Logs

Beam Lady vs. Space Piggies 2 is not an official Metroid game, so it should not be included in a discussion of “how did this influence the franchise”. That said, random bits of Beam Lady vs. Space Piggies 2 have snuck into the Metroid series proper. The charged “line of bombs”, for instance, has less in common with the Super Metroid charged bomb drop, and is very reminiscent of the later Metroid…

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gogglebob · 4 days

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SBC #36 Ice Climbers & Ice Climber (Arcade)

One day, a letter arrived. Popo and Nana had been living together for some time now. For seventeen years, it had been the same: every winter the vulture would descend upon the nearby village, and every winter Popo and Nana would quest up the mountain to retrieve their stolen foodstuffs. Even though they were literal saviors, the couple had to live far from the village. They learned a long time…

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#two players #mario #fanfic #nana #popo #hammer time #polar bear #white bear #mountains #potato #smash bros #arcade #nintendo #what are birds?#hammer #amiibo

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gogglebob · 8 days

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Metroids 6: Zero Suit Samus

Metroid: Zero Mission’s discarded concept is titular and prominent: we have not seen Samus Aran stuck fighting pirates in her Zero Suit since 2004. Zero Suit Samus is an integral part of Super Smash Bros. She was the first character to exist as a “Final Smash Switch”, and the second Metroid representative in the franchise (we got three different Samuses before we saw the distinct Ridley). She is…

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#samus aran #sonic the hedgehog #mickey mouse #metroid #ridley #BEAT #fanboymaster #screw attack #racism #caliscrub #Even Worse Streams #ajvark #Cassandralyn #rock-on

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gogglebob · 11 days

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SBC #35 Kazuya & Tekken 8

Please note that this article contains spoilers for the whole of the Tekken franchise, including the titular Tekken 8. You have been warned. Tekken has quietly been one of the most reliable fighting games in videogame history. Street Fighter took years off while it tried to find itself after the fall of arcades, Mortal Kombat went 2-D to 3-D to 2-D again (and started some kart racing somewhere in…

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gogglebob · 15 days

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Metroids 5: Diffusion Missiles

If we were tackling this project before 2021, examining what was dropped since Metroid Fusion would be easy. Despite multiple Metroid titles being released since Metroid Fusion’s 2002 premiere, nearly all of those games ignored much of Metroid Fusion. The “new” Samus of Metroid Fusion was squishier than ever before, and the lack of an ice beam radically altered the heroine we all knew and loved.…

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gogglebob · 18 days

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SBC #34 Princess Peach & Princess Peach: Showtime!

Princess Peach: Showtime! was released a couple weeks back. For some strange reason, the game’s developer was not disclosed until release. And it turned out to be GoödFeël Company! The folks behind Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Yoshi’s Woolly World, and Yoshi’s Crafted World! And that makes perfect sense, as all these games have a few key items in common: They have amazing, all-encompassing presentations…

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#drama llama #princess peach #GoödFeël Company #smash #well excuuuuuuse me princess #cake boss #western #Nintendo Switch #bowser #one player #phoenix wright #final fantasy 7 #amiibo #ninja #kirby #princesses #collectathon #yoshi

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gogglebob · 22 days

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Metroids 4: Symphony of Levels

It is not a Metroid game, but Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was the closest we got between 1994 and 2002. C:SotN was a curiosity and dramatic change for the Castlevania franchise at its release (or a return to the old ways). But looking at it from a historical perspective in 2024, it blazed the trail for the other half of the “metroidvania” moniker. Three years after Super Metroid,…

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gogglebob · 25 days

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SBC #33 Balloon Fight & Balloon Fight

Epiphany of the day: our heroes are defined by their limitations. Balloon Fight seems to be the number one game that Nintendo desperately wants to be a thing, but has never achieved more than a footnote. Ballon Fight was an arcade game that quickly migrated to the Nintendo Entertainment System. Then it got a few ports, a Game & Watch version, and an eventual sequel in Balloon Kid for the Gameboy…

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gogglebob · 29 days

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Metroids 3: X-Ray Scope

Super Metroid became the template for the franchise (and arguably an entire genre) for a reason: it is a damn good game. Practically every monster, item, and skill introduced in Super Metroid has resurfaced in one way or another across future Metroid titles. Well, every last bit of the game except one: The X-Ray Scope. I can already hear the objections: the X-Ray Scope has returned in the Metroid…

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#mario #wrestling #metroid #ridley #dc comics #BEAT #fanboymaster #bojack #drakengard #Ample Vigour #caliscrub #Even Worse Streams #Jeanie

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gogglebob · 1 month

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SBC #32.3 Cloud Strife & Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

“There was a distinct feeling that ‘nothing was true’ anymore and that the future was not as clear-cut as it had seemed. Nor, for that matter, was the past, Therefore, everything was up for grabs. If we needed any truths we could construct them ourselves.” – David Bowie “The human mind isn’t a terribly logical or consistent place. Most people, given the choice to face a hideous or terrifying…

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#death #one player #smash bros #jrpg #final fantasy #square #time travel #square-enix #amiibo #final fantasy 7 #ending #old man yells at cloud strife #sephiroth #bahamut #chocobo #playstation 5

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gogglebob · 1 month

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SBC #32.2 Cloud Strife & Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Today’s article is a look at the final dungeon of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. If you would like that area and its surrounding plot to be a surprise, by all means, please do not read this in-depth screed. Spoiler warning and all that riot. Game designers, I am begging you to know when to stop having videogame in your videogame. There is a phrase out there that sends a tingle down the spine of a…

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#one player #jrpg #final fantasy #anime #square #square-enix #final fantasy 7 #dungeon theory #bleach #old man yells at cloud strife #hell #chocobo #final fantasy 4 #playstation 5 #filler

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gogglebob · 1 month

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SBC #32.1 Cloud Strife & Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

This article contains vague spoilers for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. The spoilers are generally “world-based” or from Chapter 1, and do not delve deeply into the overall plot of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Well, the “new” plot events of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. We assume you have played Final Fantasy 7. And Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Anywho, please be aware. If you are going to make something bigger, make…

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#one player #keep beach city weird #jrpg #final fantasy #square #square-enix #xeno #final fantasy 7 #music #old man yells at cloud strife #boardwalk #Nintendo Power #racism #playstation 5

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gogglebob · 1 month

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Metroids 2: Greedy Metroids

If we are looking at weird things in the Metroid franchise, Metroid II: Return of Samus is a game full of them. Right from the start of Metroid 2, it is apparent that directorial choices have been made that are unusual for a Gameboy title. Samus Aran is huge! And her world is huge, too! Despite the Metroid experience being shrunk down and washed out of color for the portable system, Metroid II…

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#batman #samus aran #anime #dragon ball z #metroid #BEAT #fanboymaster #bojack #adult swim #Ample Vigour #caliscrub #Even Worse Streams #beavis and butthead #disco elysium #wheels

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gogglebob · 2 months

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Metroids 1: The Long Beam

Gentle reader, I respect you too much to lie to you: this whole website, and everything contained therein, is one giant excuse to play videogames. It’s true! I’m sorry! So please understand that a number of Even Worse Streams projects started as nothing more than an excuse to play through a particular game or franchise, and then “posts” about the subject were created to justify such an endeavor.…

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#fangame #archie #elon musk #Jeanie #Even Worse Streams #axiom verge #caliscrub #fanboymaster #BEAT #samus aran #captain n #marvel #ridley #metroid #pokemon #tmnt #legend of the mystical ninja #zelda

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gogglebob · 2 months

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SBC #30 Zelda & Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon & Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

In 1993, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon was released for the Phillips CD-i. Thanks to the mismanagement of the Super Nintendo CD add-on (a peripheral that would ultimately birth one of Nintendo’s greatest competitors), Phillips was granted two significant Nintendo licenses with seemingly zero oversight. This led to Mario and Luigi stealing hotels from children, Link robbing a library, and the…

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gogglebob · 2 months

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Even Worse Streams Nemo Night

Waaaay back in 2021, we did a couple of streams in promotion of Pie for Breakfast Studios’ Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends… Let’s Play Demon’s Crest (for Nemo) March 16, 2021 We had a little stream about games that inspired Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends (coming soon!). Adrian Sandoval and Chris Totten appear as special guests on this stream to elucidate how Demon’s Crest helped…

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#mega man #capcom #spooky #kickstarter #BEAT #fanboymaster #maybe I&039;m a wizard #little nemo #kishi #caliscrub #Even Worse Streams #Adrian Sandoval #Chris Totten

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gogglebob · 2 months

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SBC #29 Diddy Kong & Mini Mario and Friends Amiibo Challenge

This has been an epic event: Ladies and gentlemen, with the release of Sora Kingdom Hearts, I have now collected all the Amiibo related to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: I even lined ‘em all up for the occasion! With some of their amiibo buddies from vaguely related franchises! And if you need to see all the Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Monster Hunter, and miscellaneous Amiibo, they are over where…

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