Drain the Main Vania
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Super Metroid turns 30 in the US on April 18, so we're celebrating the genre it kick-started by inviting Brendan Hesse for a debate-style Top 5 about the best Metroidvanias. Then we'll get into Season 1 of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Star Wars Outlaws, The Rogue Prince of Persia, and your favorite videogame x brand cross-promotions. Question of the Week: What’s your favorite Metroidvania that we didn’t talk about in the Top 5? Tell us what we missed. Break song is Regretroid by Starbomb. Vidjagame Apocalypse theme by Matthew Joseph Payne.
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