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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: Episode 48: Super Metroid
Description: The Metroidvania genre has a long and complicated history, but the game that invented the modern model is without a doubt Super Metroid. Released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo, it blew critics away with its smooth gameplay, open level design and incredible boss battles. While previous metroid games had similar open ended level structure, it was Super Metroid that refined it into the smooth progression and pacing that we take for granted today.But does Super Metroid still hold up today in the face of the many advancements made in the genre over the past 25 years? The gen...