#Mission Zero

[eirikaily]

Zero Mission

[miserymet]

Request drawings from Saturday! These ones were fun

[nintendometro]

Japanese Cover 'Metroid: Zero Mission' Game Boy Advance Support us on Patreon

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[n64retro]

Metroid: Zero Mission Nintendo R&D1 Game Boy Advance 2004

[rupakoopatroopa]

Here's page 13 for my #Maytroid comic about Samus and Ridley

Normally, I would've posted this yesterday, but I'm starting to run out of steam and have been stuck on a certain page for a few days. Wish me luck in continuing this comic through June. I have a lot more story to tell!

[doctorspectre]

Metroid Zero Mission - Mother Brain

[milaisa]

Sketches from Tuesday

[superectojazzmage]

Samus after killing legions of metroids, space pirates, purple pterodactyls, x-parasites, evil birds, robots, and brains, thinking she's getting a break for once: Finally, the galaxy is at peace.

Sylux resolving his plotline after 17 years:

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X/twitter Link

[tanstar]

Happy 37th anniversary, Metroid!

[oakenrootss]

charles smith the man you are

+ some tiny arthur organ

[miserymet]

Sketch requests from Saturday (I think. Time is no longer real to me). These were fun!

[shuuda-arts]

Samus Aran (Metroid Zero Mission)

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Ripper

Debut: Metroid

Imagine if there was a guy who loved beetles a lot, thought they were the pinnacle of anatomy, loved almost everything about them, especially the fact that they fly! But this guy hates the WAY they fly. They wish they didn't have to open their beautiful elytra to fly, ruining the impeccable smoothness of the carapace. This guy would be pretty weird. I would disagree. But I have to say they would love Ripper! That is a really long-winded way of saying "Ripper is like a beetle that hovers without using any wings"!

Ripper is like a beetle that hovers without using any wings. That's a cool sort of alien thing to do! But then you see its legs and that's just goofy. It really is just a bug that inexplicably hovers and is nearly invincible. And it's iconic! I admittedly have not played that much Metroid, but I have played the first game (bad) and its remake (awesome), and I could not imagine it without Ripper! It floats lazily and horizontally back and forth, usually in vertical areas, and feels as integral to a Metroid bestiary as a critter that walks around ever surface of a platform.

If you want more proof that Ripper is already perfect, look at Metroid Fusion. In this game, the X Parasite infects many species, mimicking them and giving the copies altered abilities, but the Ripper copies stay the same as the original! Nothing to improve upon here!

Ripper was so great that they made a sequel! This is Ripper II! They were very (rightfully) confident in Ripper being a hit, so confident, in fact, that they made Ripper II in the very same game, before the general public could even give feedback on the original. I'm sure that after the game came out, though, people were sending in fan mail about our favorite horizontal hoverer! Ripper II is faster. Not a Ripper for everyone! Don't adopt it without making sure you can handle it first!

Is this a Ripper? Not quite! This one is a Tripper! It is not called that because it is mean and tries to trip you. It is actually passive, and you can stand on it, and go for a Trip as it flies! What a nice creature.

Last, but certainly not least, is the Winged Ripper! They gave wings to a flying creature! So droll! Very similar principle to the Para-Biddybud, putting wings on top of what may very well be elytra, but in this case it was ALREADY able to fly! Para-Ripper over here is a lot like if you add wings to an entity in Super Mario Maker, because the wings make it fly around a distinct path and even allow it to explore the y-axis. It only appears in one room, where it must be frozen to act as a step for Samus to stand on, so she can reach a giant larva that is ensnared by vines. Awesome! Winged Ripper is truly a one scene wonder, enhanced even further by its similarity to Para-Beetle, everyone's darling!

I don't know why these things are called Rippers. Maybe they would use their chewing beetle mouthparts to really rip into a good leaf if offered one, and have a rip-roaring good time!

[n64retro]

Metroid: Zero Mission

Nintendo R&D1 / Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2004