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Metroid Quarantine: Samus Aran and her universe in Lego

Joel Tan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:23:54 +0000

Dangnabit! The title is a dead giveaway! Well, I\’d like you to take a gander at the image below:\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nPretty little Lego spaceship, eh? It\’s actually a model of Samus Aran\’s gunship in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and is part of a collection of images on Flickr known as Metroid Quarantine. The collection of Metroid-related pictures is but the tip of the iceberg. The group also has a website known as (what else!) Metroid Quarantine, The Metroid Blog.\r\n\r\nGo check out Metroid Quarantine\’s other photos.\r\n\r\nOh, and if you\’re wondering what Samus Aran\’s gunship looks like in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, here\’s a reproduction:\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nFirst image courtesy of Metroid Quarantine and paulishdog. Second image is from the Metroid wiki. Samus Aran and Metroid copyright belong to Nintendo.

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Metroid Quarantine: Samus Aran and her universe in Lego

Lego Metroid Prime trailer

Joel Tan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:27:09 +0000

Talk about fanaticism for both Metroid and Lego. This guy, FederArtsRamen, has recreated Metroid and Samus Aran’s Varia Suit’s shiny butt in Lego bricks—and it looks really cool. Watching the video makes me wish Lego and Nintendo would tie up to produce a line of, well, Metroid Lego. I’m sure it’ll be a hit.

Anyway, let me show you the video first:

Although the set or background needs work, you’ve got to admit that Samus and her ship rock.

I’m a big fan of Lego myself, having built wonderful models out of the colored bricks when I was, well, young … er. Here’s a rundown of the models I’ve created out of Lego: Airwolf, Blue Thunder, Japanese super robot Daimos, M.A.S.K. Thunderhawk, M.A.S.K. (Venom) Switchblade, G.I. Joe Conquest X-30 forward swept wing jet fighter, and the different “F” jets (including the F-14 Tomcat and the F-16 Fighting Falcon).

Unfortunately, digital video and still cameras were not available back then. Sorry, no documentation. Sigh.

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Lego Metroid Prime trailer

How to make Samus Aran out of Lego

Joel Tan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:26:36 +0000

First, I\’d like to clarify that this is not a reposting of How to make a Samus Aran sculpture out of Lego, which saw the light of digital day a couple of weeks ago on Re:Retro.\r\n\r\nWith that out of the way, we can now proceed with How to make Samus Aran out of Lego:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOf course, after viewing the video, you\’ve probably realized that the tutorial has nothing to do with Lego bricks but with creating a facsimile of Metroid\’s Samus Aran out of pieces of a, uhmm, Lego person.\r\n\r\nYou\’ve got to give the kid credit, though. He just showed us how to make both Samus Aran in Varia Suit and Zero Suit.

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How to make Samus Aran out of Lego

Watch Samus dance the Metroid

Joel Tan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:00:29 +0000

I almost feel sorry about posting this video of our favorite interstellar bounty hunter Samus Aran dancing to the beat of Usher’s Yeah after reading good friend PJ Punla’s comment on my most recent article on b5media technology blog MMOtaku titled Girl gamers gaining ground in MMOs.

The temptation, however, is hard to pass up, especially if you’ve seen Max Payne dance. Eerie and freaky.

So without further ado, I present you Metroid’s Samus Aran dancing to Usher’s Yeah:

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Watch Samus dance the Metroid

Monty Oum’s Haloid: Samus Aran versus Master Chief

Joel Tan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:58:41 +0000

Monty Oum\\\\\\\’s short films and other works have been posted and re-posted on the Internet ad nauseum, but there\\\\\\\’s only one Monty Oum and we are amazed at power of his craft. Take the Haloid: Samus Aran versus Master Chief video as an example. To date, the film, first posted by ACEfromRUSSIA on YouTube, has racked up more than 1,828,394 views. That\\\\\\\’s not bad, considering the original high definition video posted by Monty Oum on GameTrailers, well, lags behind at 338,342 views.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nFor the benefit of those who don\\\\\\\’t know who Samus Aran and Master Chief are, and what the heck Haloid is, go check out Haloid: Samus Aran versus Master Chief:\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nStill in the dark? Okay, okay. Samus Aran is the main protagonist in the classic video game series Metroid. Yes, I\\\\\\\’ve written a few articles on Samus and Metroid in the past month or so. As for Master Chief, or Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, well, he\\\\\\\’s the good guy in three of the best video games of all time, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nHaloid? Obviously, the word is a portmanteau of Halo and Metroid.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nHope you enjoyed the video. Let\\\\\\\’s bug Monty Oum some more in future postings. Stay tuned!

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Monty Oum’s Haloid: Samus Aran versus Master Chief

How to make a Samus Aran sculpture out of Lego

Joel Tan — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:49:48 +0000

Ahhh, Samus, Samus, Samus—the video game babe who has captured the imagination of thousands of Metroid fans all over the world since 1986, primarily because most of her body is encased in full body armor. Actually, most guys (yes, even long-time video game players) don\\\’t know Samus is a woman.\\r\\n\\r\\nFor those grasping for answers, here\\\’s a little backgrounder on our futuristic video game babe:\\r\\n\\r\\n

Samus Aran is the main fictional character in Nintendo\\\’s Metroid series. Samus is a bounty hunter aiding the Galactic Federation to hunt down and defeat space pirates. Samus Aran wears a full body power suit given to her by an advanced but now extinct race called the Chozo. The power suit has a number of advanced technologies integrated into it, such as an arm cannon and the ability to morph into a ball that is a fraction of the size of its wearer.\\r\\n\\r\\nSamus Aran was initially thought to be male inside a suit or a cyborg of some kind, but players of the first Metroid game were surprised to discover at the end of the game when Samus turned out to be female. Over the years, and with each new installment of the Metroid series, Samus\\\’ feminine persona has been shown more and more to the point now where newcomers to the series can identify the character as female.

\\r\\n\\r\\nTo give you an idea just how male-looking Samus Aran was in the first Metroid game, here\\\’s a video on how to make a Samus Aran sculpture out of Lego blocks (hope you can follow it, though):\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\nNotice how blocky the 8-bit Samus Aran is?

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How to make a Samus Aran sculpture out of Lego

I probably would’ve played Metroid

Joel Tan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:08:01 +0000

No, you\’re not misreading the title. It\’s not supposed to come out as a fragment, but part of the title of my previous posting, \”If only I had a Nintendo Family Computer Disk System …\”\r\n\r\nWhy Metroid? Well, I haven\’t played any of the Metroid games and my earliest Nintendo video game console (I mean, aside from the various Game & Watches I\’ve collected throughout the years), the Nintendo Family Computer, is the best, uhmm, medium. Besides, Metroid, the first game in the Metroid series, was first released for the Famicom Disk System, way back in August 1986. A well-deserved kudos goes to Gunpei Yokoi, one of Nintendo\’s most prolific game and hardware designers.\r\n\r\nAccording to Wikipedia, Metroid provided one of the first highly non-linear game experiences on a home console. This bit of info, for me, screams \”TRY ME!\” at every turn. The basic gameplay is a mix of action-adventure, as most video games of the time had been. The player takes the role of Samus Aran, whose goal is to move through complex two-dimensional terrain, defeat monsters and big bad bosses, and collect various power-ups.\r\n\r\nHere\’s more from the online encyclopedia:\r\n\r\n

As the player explores more of the area, they will encounter power-ups that can be used to pass the previously encountered obstacles, allowing them to explore further, as well as backtrack, in order to find more power-ups and advance. While players are tempted to complete the game quickly, as there are multiple endings determined by the length of completion time, the concept of gradually increasing abilities and therefore acquiring access to previously inaccessible areas, encourages the player to go back and obtain all available items and power-ups.

\r\n\r\nAnother reason for my desire to play Metroid on the Nintendo Family Computer Disk System is the three-slot save system (as opposed to the Nintendo Entertainment System\’s version that allows players to enter passwords to basically \”save\” their progress and advance in the game).\r\n\r\nMore Famicom Disk System and Metroid in later postings. Ciao for now.\r\n\r\nImage painstakingly (it\’s freakin\’ 87.7 MB!) downloaded from Temple of Doom, a fellow retro video games fanatic. Copyrights to Nintendo Family Computer Disk System and Metroid are owned by Nintendo.

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I probably would’ve played Metroid