metroid

It’s not easy making a list of the 200 Best Nintendo Games… Nintendo is celebrating what is arguably one of its greatest years in the company’s history and so what…

Top 10 Games is a new, semi-regular series that hopes to offer a bit of insight into the twisted minds of Goomba Stomp’s writers, editors, and podcasters by allowing them to tell…

There’s no question that Metroid Prime is an immersive and timeless masterpiece which is as well polished as any release by Nintendo. While the GameCube was known for classic games with timeless…

This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast we give our first impressions of Golf Story, the sports role-playing video game developed by Sidebar Games for the Nintendo Switch, and our first…

This week on the NXpress Nintendo podcast, a few of the editors from Goomba Stomp offer some advice for aspiring writers who are trying to land a gig writing for…

  This week on the NXpress Nintendo podcast, Tyler Kelbaugh from the Nintendo Entertainment Podcast joins Patrick, Ricky, and Tim to discuss Metroid: Samus Returns and the recent Nintendo Direct. Fair warning:…

The Metroid franchise deserves all, and any, praise it has received over the years, if only for launching a winning formula, and one of Nintendo’s greatest franchises. From the NES debut to…

The only reason to show up at the 2017 Nintendo World Championship qualifiers wasn’t just to show off your superior karting skills (especially if you’re me). In addition to the competition…

This week on the Nintendo NXpress Podcast, Goomba Stomp’s Nintendo Editor Jame Baker joins Tim, Rick, and Patrick to discuss the highs and lows of attending the world’s biggest gaming…

2007 was a great year in gaming. The 7th generation of consoles was hitting their stride. A plethora of quality titles hit every platform that year, pushing gaming into the…

Nintendo shocked the world when it announced Metroid Prime 4 at its Nintendo Spotlight, surprising gamers who had been looking for a quality Metroid experience for almost ten years. Without any in-engine footage and absent veteran…

The world of ROM hacks can be a scary place. Diving head first into the community with little prior knowledge is a frustrating experience. There are tons of hacks for…

Is this actually the 2D Metroid we have been waiting for? The answer is an emphatic yes.

Are you overwhelmed with the E3 news? Do you find that there is simply too much keep track of? Here is an overview of the biggest announcements and details, compacted…

The last decade or so hasn’t been kind to fans of Nintendo’s Metroid series. Since the release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption nearly ten years ago, Nintendo has released only two new Metroid games, Metroid: Other M…

Local Montreal 2D animator François Coutu recently posted a series of Metroid illustrations on his Twitter account that is nothing short of stunning. Along with featuring the series protagonist Samus…

In 2008, over a decade after the release of Mega Man 8 for the Sega Saturn and original PlayStation, Capcom made waves in the industry by releasing Mega Man 9,…

Less than ninety days ago I penned an article for this very website urging people to approach the Nintendo Switch with cautious optimism. There’s nothing wrong with getting excited about…

The first-party titles releasing within the Nintendo Switch’s first year have gotten plenty of gamers excited already. Xenoblade 2? Breath of the Wild? Super Mario Odyssey? What more could a…

Thus far, there are only five titles slated for the Nintendo Switch launch: 1-2-Switch, Just Dance 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Skylanders: Imaginators, and Super Bomberman R.  While…