Metroid

I had never owned a Nintendo console and the only Nintendo games I played somewhat regularly at my friend's house were Wii sports and Mario kart Wii. So my Nintendo journey only began in 2020 when I decided to try ocarina of time because I had seen it placed really high in a few "greatest games of all time" lists. I got hooked and eventually ended up buying a switch and playing a bunch of zelda and super Mario games. I also bought a new 2DS XL for my girlfriend at the time because she had some nostalgic memories of the DS, and that is where I ended up playing Metroid: Samus returns and had a blast. I subsequently played through zero mission and fusion, and then super metroid, but samus returns remained my favourite purely because it plays so smoothly. So it goes without saying that I fucking loved dread when it came out. And finally with the release of prime remastered I also played through that and was mindblown by how well metroid works as a 3d fps. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy 2 quite as much, and I stopped playing 3 after a few hours because it felt too linear.

I don't remember if I played Metroid on the NES; I did play Metroid 2 on the original Gameboy though and later borrowed Super Metroid for a few days. But it was only on an emulator (ZSNES) that I finished Super Metroid. And Metroid Dread was the final reason why I bought a Switch after staying away from Nintendo for 2 decades.