Category Archives: Metroid

The Eldritch Hero

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Nathan

Cthulhu Saves the World – I enjoyed Cosmic Star Heroine from Zeboyd Games, so I checked out this earlier game. It’s a throwback to the sixteen-bit era with much of the same style and sense of humor, but it’s shorter … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Final Fantasy, Humor, lucasarts, Magic, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Names, Technology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged apes, azathoth, bad dudes, cats, cosmic star heroine, cthulhu, cthulhu saves the world, dacre, dagon, day of the tentacle, dragons, ember, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, h.p. lovecraft, maniac mansion, nylarathotep, october, old ones, paws, santa claus, sharpe, shoggoths, space invaders, super metroid, swords, the legend of zelda: ocarina of time, umi, weapons, zeboyd games, zelda ii the adventure of link | Leave a comment

Kangaroo, I Don’t Know What to Do

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Nathan

I rode a ride called the Kangaroo at Kennywood last weekend. This was installed in 1962, closed in 2021, and restored in 2022. It’s called a flying coaster, although it’s not a ROLLER coaster, but a circular ride with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Characters, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest, Gender, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Television, Video Games, Winnie-the-Pooh, Zelda | Tagged amusement parks, apes, apple panic, atari, bayeux tapestry, bionic commando, birds, cereal, condors, crazy climber, crazy kong, demon lords, demons, dragon quest iv, ernest shepard, forest of gugu, fuddlecumjig, harold lloyd, henry mancini, joey kangaroo, kanga, kangaroo, kangaroos, katy kangaroo, kenny kangaroo, kennywood, king kong, lode runner, monkeys, oracle of ages, oracle of seasons, piglet, psaro, rabbit, ricky the kangaroo, roo, safety last, saturday supercade, scott joplin, shoes, space panic, sunsoft, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, tony the tiger | Leave a comment

The Unreal World

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Nathan

I’d seen this map, created by Dan Meth, a few times before. It just showed up on Tumblr, and I love all the commentary it’s generated. I appreciate that Meth included places from television, movies, and video games (well, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, British, C.S. Lewis, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Chronicles of Narnia, Dick Martin, Discworld, Dr. Seuss, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jonathan Swift, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Maps, Mega Man, Metroid, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Punch-Out, Television, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, avalon, bill willingham, blefuscu, bridge to terabithia, camelot, crossovers, dan meth, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dreamlands, earthsea, emerald city, fables, fritz leiber, game of thrones, george macdonald, gulliver's travels, h.p. lovecraft, heaven, hesperides, horton hatches the egg, horton hears a who, hyrule, jaro hess, jonathan swift, jungle of nool, king arthur, king hippo, king midas, kingdom of dreams, krull, land of the lost, lankhmar, lilliput, michael ende, middle-earth, narnia, nehwon, neverland, once-ler, peter and wendy, peter pan, phantastes, rip van winkle, sir lancelot du lac, sodor, spirit tracks, the dark crystal, the fantasy world map, the land of make-believe, the last battle, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the lorax, the neverending story, the pied piper of hamelin, the princess bride, the wonderful world of oz, thomas and friends, thra, timelines, tol eressea, tom thumb, videoland, washington irving, westeros, where the wild things are, whoville, wonderland | 1 Comment

The Lady’s in Hades

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve written a bit about Battle of Olympus before. My family rented it a few times in my childhood but could never get too far in it, maybe as far as the first Cyclops. In terms of gameplay, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Castlevania, Comics, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Magic, Maps, Medicine, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged achilles, angel land, anubis, atari, battle of olympus, bears, broderbund, castlevania ii: simon's quest, cerberus, chocobos, clash of the titans, cyclopes, dragon quest vi, dragons, eurydice, hades, helen of troy, hydra, isis, kid icarus uprising, lamia, medusa, minotaur, monkeys, mount olympus, ocarina, orpheus, pegasus, persephone, ray harryhausen, riddle of the sphinx, satyrs, snakes, talos, underworld | Leave a comment

Fungi and Fun Gals

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Nathan

I’m back on a Mario kick this week. Wait, does Mario kick? I know he punches in Super Mario 64. Oh, wait, he kicks Koopa shells. First, I wanted to look at another Mario mini-movie, Mario to Yoshi no Daibouken … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Gender, Humor, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Technology, Television, The Simpsons, Video Games | Tagged anime, bart simpson, birdo, bowsette, captain toad, captain toad treasure tracker, dinosaur land, dinosaurs, forest of illusion, fungus federation, iggy koopa, king bowser koopa, koichi hayashida, koopalings, lemmy koopa, luigi mario, mama luigi, mario and yoshi's adventure land, mario mario, mario party: the top 100, mario to yoshi no daibouken land, mushroom retainers, mushroom world, new super mario bros. u, oogtar, paper mario: the origami king, paper mario: the thousand-year door, peachette, princess peach toadstool, samus aran, shigeru miyamoto, super crown, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario strikers, super mario world, the great mission to rescue princess peach, toad, toadette, toads, toadsworth, trees, yoshi | 2 Comments

Drainpipes and Dragons

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Nathan

Dragons are a mainstay of fantasy fiction, and of course have appeared in a number of video games. Even Metroid has them, and that series is more science fiction than fantasy. Dragons in the Super Mario universe in particular are … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Biology, Cartoons, Chinese, Final Fantasy, Japanese, Language, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Science, Semitic, Television, Video Games | Tagged baba yaga, bahamutt, blarggs, bowser koopa jr., captain toad treasure tracker, czar dragon, dinosaurs, draggadon, dragohoho, dragon driftway, dragons, dragonzamasu, earth dragon, final fantasy vi, gaburyu, gobblegut, gold dragon, humbaba, king bowser koopa, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario kart 8, paper mario, paper mario color splash, paper mario: the thousand-year door, ruined dragon, sauropods, sea horses, super mario galaxy 2, super mario land, super mario odyssey, super mario rpg, super mario world, tarasque, toad, turtles, tyrannosaurus rex, unbaba, wario's woods, yoshi, yurarin | 3 Comments

More Names, More Fun

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Nathan

After I shared my last post on Dragon Quest names on Discord, Arlen Pavka replied with a list of names from the mobile and Nintendo Switch versions of DQ2, which includes a few I hadn’t previously seen. I’ve written about … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Final Fantasy, German, Germany, History, Language, Metroid, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, Star Wars, Television, Video Games | Tagged abel, abel yuusha, bible, cain and abel, cid, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest xi, el cid campeador, emblem of roto, endor, erdrick, esther, gadabouts, han solo, hank hoffman jr, jesus, luca erkel gotha, madalena, mages, mahabala, manga, maya mahabala, meena mahabala, merlin, pankraz gotha, priests, prince of cannock, princess of moonbrooke, princess veronica of endor, quadal, ragnar lodbrok, ragnar mcryan, raido, sofia, solo, st. peter, stella maris, ten wrathful ones, theron, tom foolery, tonnura, torneko taloon, tristan and isolde, varia, vashti, veronica, virgin mary | 2 Comments

Guests from Another Game

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Nathan

You might well know by now about my mixed feelings on crossovers, how I love the idea but think they bring their own headaches, particularly when it comes to continuity. What’s kind of strange is that crossovers in the Mario franchise … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Games, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Toys, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged basketball, behemoth, bomberman, cactuars, captain olimar, crossovers, culex, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, fortune street, fox mccloud, golbez, inklings, king bowser koopa, link, malboros, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario and sonic at the olympic games, mario hoops 3-on-3, mario kart, mario kart 8, mario kart arcade gp, mario kart tour, mario sports mix, mobile golf, moogles, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, namco, nes open tournament golf, nintendo, ochus, otyughs, pac-man, punch-out, samus aran, slimes, splatoon, super mario bros. 3, super mario rpg, super smash bros., wario, wario blast featuring bomberman, warp zones | 1 Comment

Magnoflex, Monster Masters, and Metroids

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Nathan

Just a few book and comic reviews this time, all stuff related to Oz or video games. Helda the Witch of Oz, by James Fuller – This is a series of five books, each one with a different color in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Humor, Magic, Metroid, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games | Tagged bini aru, dai no daibouken, deadtree, dino, dragon quest ii, dragon quest monsters, emblem of roto, erdrick, helda the blue witch of oz, helda the green witch of oz, helda the purple witch from oz, helda the red witch of oz, helda the witch of oz, helda the yellow witch of oz, james fuller, kandar, kraid, loran, mari yoshimura #2, marumo, mine yoshizaki, monster masters, nome king, pazuzu, peter pan, ridley, robbin' hood, samus aran, scalawagons, secret of evolution, tamkichi sakura, terry, the shape of happiness, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Conquer Yourself

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Nathan

My wife has been playing Kid Icarus: Uprising, and there’s a character in it called Dark Pit. A little bit of research reveals that there’s also a Dark Samus and a Dark Link, or rather several Dark Links and Shadow … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Comics, Focus on the Foes, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged akira himekawa, biolizard, black doom, bowser koopa jr., calatia, clones, coming home, dark link, dark meta knight, dark mirror, dark pit, dark samus, dimension mirror, doppelgangers, dr. eggman, dr. gerald robotnik, dr. ivo robotnik, four swords adventures, ganon, in search of the king, kid icarus of myths and monsters, kid icarus uprising, king charles, king dedede, kirby and the amazing mirror, kirby triple deluxe, link, luigi mario, manga, maria robotnik, mario mario, metroid prime, mirror of truth, mirror world, mother brain, nintendo, nintendo comics system, ocarina of time, palutena, pandora, phaaze, phazon, pit, pittoo, pop star, princess lana, project shadow, putt, samus aran, shadow dedede, shadow kirby, shadow link, shadow mario, shadow the hedgehog, simon belmont, space pirates, spirit tracks, super mario sunshine, the adventure of link, the legend of zelda four swords, triforce, vaati, valiant comics, videoland, waluigi, wario | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Metroid

The Eldritch Hero

Kangaroo, I Don’t Know What to Do

The Unreal World

The Lady’s in Hades

Fungi and Fun Gals

Drainpipes and Dragons

More Names, More Fun

Guests from Another Game

Magnoflex, Monster Masters, and Metroids

Conquer Yourself

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