So... Who's here after the announcement of Metroid Ravenous?

@8:55 “the solution isn’t to make her a complete mute. She can say a couple of things guys”

To think Metroid Prime 4 would make her talk LESS (i.e. nothing). We had it so good with Dread and we didn’t know.

8:55 WELL IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE REDEEMING THEMSELVES AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED!!!

Even though Samus is mostly mute, I like that she isn't portrayed as overpowered. She gets distracted, she gets angry, she struggles, and that makes it soooo much more awesome when she does succeed and beats the shit out of Raven Beak.

I jumped for joy when Johnny brought back the Samus Intro-esque beginning from the SGB reviews. Metroid is back, and to show for it, bringing back that introduction was PERFECT.

22:14 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

Samus’s characterization here is easily my favorite in the series. Her no selling every boss was awesome, and having her speak Chozo was a really great way of conveying her past with them.

The announcement of Dread is what finally pushed me into finally playing the Metroid series. I had never played any of the games but the trailer for Dread looked so good that I decided to play the series before Dread's release and I was not disappointed. I am now a Metroid fan.

I am so happy with how it turned. All the way through, all I could say was "this IS Metroid."

Even the exposition dump from Quite Robe worked for me, for two reasons. It acknowledged Chozo history, which Other M didn't even use the word once. And, the game had been reserved on plot and building up the mystery of why Samus was spared in the missing time after that opening cutscene, I felt the game earned it.

And the music, especially the track for Cataris, really got me stoked.

11:00 This switch from calm to absolute hype perfectly represents the scene and player’s feelings because holy shit Samus!

There is something genuinely heartwarming about hearing Johnny talk about game series he loves like Metroid and Sonic. Heck, thanks to his reviews of the Metroid series and the SGB let's plays, I picked up and played Samus Returns a few years back and loved it. His reviews are always well spoken and I look forward to more of his reviews of games he loves.

I loved that the EMMI's could only be damaged by the Omega Beam. The ultimate weapon obtained in Hunters. Good continuity.

Something interesting to note about Kraid's inclusion: that's not the same Kraid.
Artwork shows that that Kraid was imprisoned on ZDR by the Mawkin soldiers which means he's been trapped on that planet since before the events of 2 and hasn't moved since (As all the Mawkins were still alive and the incident which lead to them being consumed by Xs took place during the events of Metroid 2).
Basically there's more than one Kraid in this universe.

Something to mention about the X getting out of Elun, is that the door actually seals up behind her when you enter. It’s implied that Raven Beak released the X to force Samus to unlock her latent abilities

“See you next mission.” Perfect sign off Johnny. 🙌🏼

Admit we all know why we came back to this video

10:48 holy shit i just realized this is very similar to Shadow's back story with black doom 😂

I ADORE the base Powersuit in this game, I've always prefered the basic Powersuit look for every incarnation of Samus and this one is no different, absolutely gorgeous

11:01 I love how you left Samus’ shout of fury as you continued your explanation!

11:47 "No thank you, I'm full. "