Please verify your email address. Metroid Dread vanished from major retailers like GameStop for reasons unknown. Digital copies of the game remain available, but physical copies are scarce.

It seemed like they would just give up on this franchise, and then Nintendo launched Metroid Dread ... not get tired of it anytime soon. While the gameplay of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown ...

Metroidvania games are, well, games that are inspired directly by Metroid and Castlevania ... the smoothest 2D visuals of the era, fantastic gameplay, and an unforgettable atmosphere.

Most everyone is familiar with this game as it was widely celebrated and outsold even Metroid Dread. I'll probably be tarred and feathered for this given the universal good reviews, but ...

Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The latest version of Samus Aran from the excellent Metroid Dread is getting the figma treatment and pre-orders are now open.