SBC #38 Bowser & Mario Pinball Land
Super Smash Bros. brought together a great many luminaries from many different videogame genres. Thus, it granted us this paradox: 1. Not a single fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate…
Metroids 8: Pinball
I cannot help but notice that, after 2005, there is a severe dearth of pinball-based Metroid games. Nobody knows what happened here, but I am going to go ahead and…
SBC #37 Akira Yuki and Virtua Fighter Kids
Ask any fighting game veteran, and they will tell you the greatest problem facing a new player is understanding fighting game mechanics. Even before you get into concepts like footsies…
Metroids 7: Logs
Beam Lady vs. Space Piggies 2 is not an official Metroid game, so it should not be included in a discussion of “how did this influence the franchise”. That said,…