Metroid Series

What is Super Metroid Impossible? - AGDQ 2020

Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 is set to conclude with a run of Super Metroid Impossible. If you have no idea what that is, allow Shacknews to explain.

The Cartridge Family 061 - Santa's Salt Gun and the 19 Q Magoo

What is a video game mascot? A miserable little pile of secrets.

Nintendo Switch Online adds Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack and TwinBee next week

November features a couple classic sidescrollers and a two-player shoot-em-up.

E3 2018: What to Expect from Nintendo

With the first-party console makers about to hold their annual E3 press conferences, Shacknews is keeping track of what to watch out for, wrapping up with Nintendo.

Modojo @ Shacknews Nintendo 3DS Game of the Year 2017: Metroid: Samus Returns

Our favorite Nintendo 3DS release of the year is a brilliant return to one of the greatest portable platformers of all time.

Super Metroid Will Not Be Run at Awesome Games Done Quick 2018

Super Metroid did not make the cut at the new Awesome Game Done Quick, bringing an event-wide tradition to an end.

Metroid: Samus Returns - Hands-on at GameStop Expo 2017

Samus Aran is preparing for a return to SR388, in a 3DS reimagining of a 2D Metroid classic. Shacknews gets an idea of what's coming by going hands-on at this year's GameStop Expo.

Exclusive Mario and Luigi Battle-Cars to Crash Nintendo Switch Rocket League Roster

A Samus' Gunship version will also be part of the free unlockable lineup when the game launches on Switch later this year.

Metroid: Samus Returns Hard Mode, Fusion Suit Locked Behind An Amiibo

Nintendo unveils what the different amiibos for the 3DS game will offer.

21 Facts You Might Not Know About All the Games on the SNES Classic

Is Super Castlevania 4 a prequel, a sequel, or something else entirely? Learn the answer and 20 other secrets about the games collected in Nintendo’s Super NES Classic.