Zero satisfaction?

Zero satisfaction. This was initially my feeling when I started playing Metroid Zero Mission because this game is basically a remake of the original Metroid on NES and for those who keep tab of my blog, you should notice somewhere in the blog that I did mention Castlevania series is better than Metroid series.

Ok then, I retract my previous statement now. Metroid Zero Mission is actually an enjoyable game and it is equally as good as Castlevania series, if not better.

Recently I picked up the game again and to my amaze, I managed to complete this game with some help of Gamefaq. The biggest surprise is during the middle of the game, I can control Zero Suit Samus, which is cooler than controlling her in the Super Smash Bros Brawl in my opinion. There is a catch though. Since Zero Suit Samus doesnt have armor nor any weapon, the gameplay is a little different than the usual shoot-and-destroy gameplay. It is Metal Gear Solid-esque, where you should try your best to avoid yourself from being found by the enemies lurking around as you are very fragile in Zero Suit Samus.This special mode is only available in Metroid Zero Mission only and not available in the original Metroid and I would say that this inclusion alone warrants this purchase.

For those who are familiar with this series, they should know that this series has so many endings that you have to fulfill certain conditions(like getting 100% of item or complete the game under certain time) to unlock variable endings. So far I only manage to get one ending but in order to complete the Gallery Mode, I guess I will be coming back soon for another fix of Metroid session.

Now where can I get Metroid Fussion? Can I hope for announcement of Metroid Dreaded in the next E3?

Missing from my collection....

Recently I browsed through my Gba collection and to my dismay, I still havent got hold of some favourites games that I used to play on my GBA(those are pirated versions which are not eligible to be included in my collection)

GBA games that I am really keen to own are Breath Of Fire, Breath Of Fire 2 and Tactics Ogre Knight Of Lodis. Breath of Fire series is one of my favourite RPG series and I have played for more than 2 times and I am still interested to revisit the series. On the other hand, Tactics Ogre is an interesting SRPG game that I have been looking forward to as it is created by Quest which is responsible for FFT series. This game has a cool feature which allows us to control monsters! How cool it is that we can use monsters to attack another monsters?(nah, beast masters in FFTA dont possess the same "coolness" as being the monster itself).

The only thing that holds me back from getting them is the exorbitant of the games circulating at ebay now. Perhaps the games are limited release from Capcom and Atlus, one could hardly find a complete version below usd30 at ebay, which is quite steep for a used game. Anyway, I guess one day I will be getting them too especially Breath Of Fire series. I am hoping that Capcom will bring Breath of Fire 3 and 4 to NDS but it is unlikely because of the limitation of NDS hardware. Maybe the next NDS will do? Who knows but I am certainly hoping for it.

Those games mentioned are high-want games and the low-want games are Castlevania series on GBA. I have been a Castlevania fan since I first played Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow, I also got myself the limited version of Castlevania Portrait of Ruin and I am certainly looking forward to the release of Castlevania Order of Ecclessia.And that is where the problem lies... Since i first started playing Castlevania series on NDS, I find it hard to be getting back to Gba and play the Gba series since I enjoy the convenience that NDS brings(dual screens ftw!) where I can just view the map without pausing the game. This is very important since I dont have to switch between the menu and game screen itself. This happened a lot when I played Metroid Zero Mission and that is why till now I still havent managed to beat it.

So mind to share what games you have been interested in but still havent manage to get hold of a copy? Leave your comment here.