Gadgetory

this year marks the 31st anniversary for the Metroid franchise and after almost 10 years of neglect and not really having any huge titles this series is finally getting some much-needed love from Nintendo with a bunch of coinciding releases coming out today and we're gonna kick things off by unboxing this Samus edition new Nintendo 3ds XL so let's check it out alright because the usual paperwork on top with some AR cards that I still don't think anyone has ever really used since 2012 pretty straightforward unboxing because right away is the system I forgot that since this is a 3ds XL and on a 2d s XL it still does not come with the AC adapter which is kind of annoying stuff let's see this pretty thing oh man that's actually a lot prettier than I thought it was gonna be so something that you don't really get across on the boxart for this it's just how kind of like lightly shiny and reflective it is it's not too much but there's definitely kind of just a light that this gives off that you don't really get from the box art which just makes it look like a plain simple you know orange on the front and yellow on the back Samus on the front Metroid symbol on the back well it's not simple for Metroid's but you know that means simple to use for the series and the inside is fairly standard 3ds design now the new 3d s excel is not the only thing that came out today there's also of course the game that it's tied to Metroid Samus Returns and as part of this whole thing they released a special edition of the game that is fairly lightweight it's like 10 bucks more than the regular game but it comes with a couple little goodies one of which is really cool so let's open this up real quick to take a look now the first of the bonuses is a fairly standard thing you see in a lot of special editions and collector stuff a CD featuring some tracks from the game hold up before we move on I realized I made one mistake these soundtrack comes with it is not actually a selection of tracks from Samus Returns itself this is a collection of tracks from across the entire franchise so it's a lot of basically a greatest hits album of tracks from the entire series now cool and all but the really awesome thing is actually on the game itself now at first glance this is just a regular copy now for those of you that didn't know this is actually a remake or kind of a reimagining of an older Metroid game Metroid 2 for the Game Boy and something that has been doing lately for their remakes especially in their collector's editions is reversible cover art that is actually designed after what the original box had so if you want you can just go ahead and flip this around and I am going to forget what the cover art in the other side looks like it because I'm never reversing this thing back this is freaking cool now sadly this is actually unique to the special edition of the game if you get a regular copy it is not gonna have this so if you really want this reversible cover art start hunting now because these things are gonna disappear quick and then of course it would not be a launch of a Nintendo first party game if there wasn't one very important tie-in amiibos now these ones came in a two pack that are releasing today along with the game and the system and these are really freaking awesome these are actually the first Metroid amoebas they've been released that actually have like their own original Metroid base all the other ones so far like Samus and zero suit samus have the Smash Brothers base so you actually has this kind of dark blue design and the symbol for Metroid on the bottom this is a really this is a much better amiibo version of Samus by the way I mean if you have the other one it looks good but this one has sort of a reflective paint effect to it which makes the armor look much more metallic there's way more detailing going on as for the Metroid itself this would actually caught me off guard because I thought I heard this before but I didn't actually think about it until I actually open it and tried it out the Metroid itself is actually squishy you know I wouldn't say these are my absolute favorite Noomi bows but they're definitely awesome designs and I think it's more further proof of just how the quality of these things is just getting better and better and better with every release I mean you compare this to the original samus amiibo freaking night and day so there we have all the releases today from Metroid Samus Returns finally coming out you know after so long in the series being just a little bit neglected it is so good to see all this stuff come out I mean obviously I haven't played the game myself yet but reviews have been amazing I'm probably going to lose myself in it this whole weekend these amoeba signs are great I love the reversible cover and this new 3ds XL is just so shiny and pretty you know after so long it's just awesome to see so many amazing designs celebrate such a great game