My Metroid Video Game Collection

 

Here’s my Metroid collection:

1. Metroid (1987 NA)

2. Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)

3. Super Metroid (1994)

4. Metroid Prime (Nov 17, 2002)

5. Metroid Fusion (Nov 17, 2002)

6. Metroid: Zero Mission (Feb 9, 2004)

7. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nov 15, 2004)

8. Metroid Prime Pinball (2005)

9. Metroid Prime Hunters (2006)

10. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)

11. Metroid: Other M (2010)

12. Metroid Prime: Federation Force (2016)

13. Metroid: Samus Returns (2017)

14. Metroid Dread (2021)

Metroid: https://metroid.nintendo.com

YouTube: https://youtu.be/XG2VUwtkeo8

PlayStation Video Gaming Hunting

Last week I went to Winners (an off-price Canadian department store) and I found a cool looking PlayStation mug.  I bought it without thinking, and later on I felt a little weird because I’m not much of a PlayStation guy.  I do own a few consoles, and many games; but my love for PlayStation isn’t nearly as large as it is for Nintendo.  So, even buying a PlayStation mug felt weird to me.  Anyway, today I went out video game hunting and I went to a Goodwill that I usually look through but never find anything good inside.  I’m always jealous of video game hunting videos other people post and always seem to find treasure.  I always ask myself, why not me too? Lol

Yet today was finally my day (everything's coming up Milhouse!) and I finally scored an epic video game find.  Today I found; Resident Evil 2, Final Fantasy VII, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Tomb Raider, Die Hard Trilogy, and 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge.  They were all on sale for $5, all complete with manual, and all were near mint condition with no wear or scratches.  I even used a coupon to get an even bigger discount on these games.  To be honest, I have never played these games nor do I know their current resale value; however I do know that they’re very popular and that I won’t be selling them.  With my new mug, and this new collection I figure this is the right time to start being a PlayStation guy (but Nintendo will always come first).

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUzXcRD4VwA

Super Mario Bros 3 Remake

One of my favourite illustrators is Yōichi Kotabe.  Not only is he responsible for one of my favourite anime’s, “Heidi, Girl of the Alps”; but was also the primary artist on early Super Mario video games.  His work is simply gorgeous, colourful and groundbreaking.  When it comes to Nintendo, his most recognizable artwork is the cover and manuals of Super Mario Bros on the Famicom (Japanese edition), Super Mario Land on the Game Boy, and of course Super Mario Bros 3.  I have been mesmerized by Kotabe’s version of Mario ever since I saw the cover of Super Mario Bro 3.  His illustrations breathed life into Mario at a time when technology simply did not match Shigeru Miyamoto’s vision.  I would think to myself, why couldn’t Kotabe’s illustrations be the version used in the game? 

Thankfully we now live in a time when technology allows creators to put their visions into video games the way they dreamed of.  Even though video games with cartoon graphics have existed for years, (such as Dragon's Lair, Wario Land: Shake It! and Ducktales Remastered) this art style didn’t become popular until the release of Cuphead.  This game popularized the animated cartoon video game genre, and influenced other video game developers to modernize old classics into modern cartoon video games (Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom).  So my hope now is for Nintendo to do the same and re-master Super Mario Bro 3 in an animated cartoon version using the original designs created by Kotabe.

Yōichi Kotabe Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dichi_Kotabe