Oh, and I've never played any of the first three, so they're not listed. I'll probably get to all of those eventually, though. Also, this is my opinion only and is subject to change. >_>

I have just gotten the Power Bombs.

Currently: Ankle-deep in mechanical moans and groans, cutting the tension with a knife deep inside the hostile catacombs of Phazon Mines,...

and ultimately,...

... wondering why I've only played through this game a few times, waiting in a dusty Save Room.

Damn, Phazon Mines is one of the best levels. It's the most tense and strenuous level I've played in anything in a long time, almost reminds me of Resident Evil in some ways. I want to stop because I've done so much, but I just can't.

Damn, this really is a AAA game. It's been so long.

And, thus, I enter... endgame.

Metroid Prime. It shouldn't have even happened, I would have thought. From the get-go, it was looking to be terrible. Taking an exploration platformer and turning into what would have been a game-breaking format, and having some unknown American company that nobody ever heard of make the whole damn game,...

I can't believe it. I doubt even Nintendo developers themselves could have done a much better job at something like this.

Uh, well, yeah. I'm about 4 hours into Metroid Prime, just picked the Ice Beam up, and I'm doing pretty well. Over 100 missles, all necessary Morph Ball augments, the Varia suit, Wave Beam, Thermal Visor, Super Missiles, Wavebuster, and a few other things.

It's making me remember why Metroid Prime was such a hit in the first place.

I just finished Metroid Fusion, and I've already touched down on Tallon IV in Prime.

It took two days, that was because I started it, got into Sector 2, and left the rest for today. My time was 3:03. My time for Super Metroid wasn't that far past that, either.

Feelings for the Wii aside, the release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a big deal to any Metroid fan. In celebration, I'm replaying every canonical Metroid game in order of release date. I'm already up to Metroid Fusion. The last three, Metroid, Metroid II: Return of Samus, and Super Metroid were all fantastic to experience all over again. I tell you, watching the flames dance in the sweltering heat while you desperately fire off that last Super Missile at Ridley is a breathtaking experience, and my mind's still reeling from it.

Incarnations of Ridley I've tangled fiercely with so far:

Check.

Check.

This one put up quite a fight.

Now, if I can just find that Metroid Fusion cartridge...