Don’t worry, this post isn’t about Metroid. Well, it’s not entirely about Metroid. Last night I found myself watching the latest editions of Game Trailer’s Retrospectives of Metroid and Final Fantasy. The episodic feature is a very well produced and intelligent look at specific game series. Last year, to coinicide with the Twilight Princess release, they did an amazing job on the Zelda retrospective. And this year to go along with Metroid Prime 3, and a slew of Final Fantasy releases, they are giving those games the same treatment. Check them out if you have a chance. If you have an Xbox 360, I would definately recommend burning all of them in WMV format on a disc, and watching them on your TV.

• Zelda Retrospective
• Metroid Retrospective
• Final Fantasy Retrospective

Don’t forget, yesterday Nintendo made available the original Metroid on the Wii’s Virtual Console. Also, Nintendo posted some more videos on their Metroid Prime 3 preview channel. One such video tells us of the Aurora unit computers, and their striking similarity to a certain maternal cerebrum. Since I was in such a Metroid mood, I found quite a detailed Wiki on the subject, and found a few random downloads. First of all, in case you need to port an old game save, or just start the game at any given point, someone has made a nice Metroid password generator program. Also, yet another selfless fan has translated the recent Japanese manga canon backstory. In what will hopefully be a regularity, I posted them both in my new Download section. Hope you enjoy.