{"id":16937,"date":"2017-09-27T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T00:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16937"},"modified":"2017-09-20T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T16:54:09","slug":"metroid-amiibo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/27\/metroid-amiibo\/","title":{"rendered":"Metroid Amiibo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A 3DS remake of the Game Boy title Metroid II: Return of Samus was recently released, and it\u2019s called Metroid: Samus Returns.\u00a0 It was also released alongside two new Metroid themed amiibo figures, and naturally I got them (and the game, too).\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look at the new Metroid amiibo and what they do.<\/p>\n

Here they are in the box.\u00a0 They\u2019re sold in a two pack.\u00a0 I like the artwork on the blister pack.<\/p>\n

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And here they are out of the box. \u00a0I also included the Samus keychain they gave me at GameStop when I bought these.<\/p>\n

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The Metroid amiibo is especially cool because it\u2019s a little squishy and rubbery.\u00a0 To show what I mean, here\u2019s a picture of my finger squishing down on the Metroid breaking out of its capsule.\u00a0 Squishy! Squishy!<\/p>\n

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So what do they do in the game?\u00a0 Well, if you scan the Samus amiibo, you\u2019ll get an extra Aeion tank.\u00a0 If you scan the Metroid amiibo, it\u2019ll mark any nearby Metroids on the map.<\/p>\n

The Metroid amiibo from Smash Bros. do stuff in Samus Returns, too!\u00a0 If you scan Zero Suit Samus, you\u2019ll get an energy reserve tank, and if you scan the other Samus, you get a missile reserve tank.<\/p>\n

If you scan the four amiibo after you beat the game, you\u2019ll unlock harder difficulty modes, art galleries, and a sound test, depending on which ones you have.\u00a0 Which is cool, but I think those things should be available without the amiibo anyway.<\/p>\n

So what do I think of the game?\u00a0 I haven\u2019t been able to play it as much as what I\u2019d like to as of this writing, but from what I have played, it seems pretty good.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t play much of the original Metroid II, so this is mostly new to me.\u00a0 Only thing I don\u2019t like about it so far is I prefer sprite based graphics and pixel art in my Metroid games over the 3-D settings and backgrounds that this game has.\u00a0 But that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 3DS remake of the Game Boy title Metroid II: Return of Samus was recently released, and it\u2019s called Metroid: Samus Returns.\u00a0 It was also released alongside two new Metroid themed amiibo figures, and naturally I got them (and the game, too).\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look at the new Metroid amiibo and what they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16962,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16937\/revisions\/16962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}