{"id":432752,"date":"2025-11-06T12:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/exploring-the-history-and-lore-of-metroid-other-m-video-gameography\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:39:40","slug":"exploring-the-history-and-lore-of-metroid-other-m-video-gameography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/exploring-the-history-and-lore-of-metroid-other-m-video-gameography\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring The History And Lore Of Metroid: Other M | Video Gameography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/exploring-the-history-and-lore-of-metroid-other-m-video-gameography.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The first season of\u00a0<em>Game Informer<\/em>\u2019s Video Gameography explores the history of the Metroid series. This week, we&#8217;re tackling the franchise&#8217;s most reviled \u2013 or\u00a0misunderstood \u2013 entry: Metroid: Other M.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Released for the Wii on\u00a0August 31, 2010, Metroid: Other M saw Nintendo pass the development reins to Team Ninja, the studio most famous for the 3D Ninja Gaiden games. With a new developer came a drastic new vision for the series. A considerable emphasis on narrative gave Samus her first real speaking role (and boy does she talk)\u00a0and the tale fleshed out her past life\u00a0with the Galactic Federation.\u00a0\u00a0We&#8217;ll examine this polarizing narrative along with the development decisions behind Other M&#8217;s\u00a0blend\u00a0of 2D and 3D gameplay.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join hosts Ben Reeves (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminReeves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BenjaminReeves<\/a>), Marcus Stewart (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcusStewart7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MarcusStewart7<\/a>), and special guest, <em>MinnMax<\/em> cohort and former GI editor Kyle Hilliard (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleMHilliard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KyleMHilliard<\/a>) as we unpack the history and lore of Metroid: Other M. Is it as lousy history has led us to believe? Tune in to get our takes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to get in touch with the Video Gameography podcast, you can email us at <a href=\"mailto:podcast@gameinformer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast@gameinformer.com<\/a>. You can also join our official <em>Game Informer<\/em> Discord server\u00a0by linking your Discord account to your Twitch account and\u00a0subscribing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/gameinformer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Game Informer<\/em> Twitch channel<\/a>. From there, find the Video Gameography channel under &#8220;Community Spaces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/podcast\/2021\/12\/04\/exploring-the-history-and-lore-of-metroid-other-m-video-gameography\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first season of\u00a0Game Informer\u2019s Video Gameography explores the history of the Metroid series. This week, we&#8217;re tackling the franchise&#8217;s most reviled \u2013 or\u00a0misunderstood \u2013 entry: Metroid: Other M.\u00a0 Released for the Wii on\u00a0August 31, 2010, Metroid: Other M saw Nintendo pass the development reins to Team Ninja, the studio most famous for the 3D Ninja Gaiden games. With a new developer came a drastic new vision for the series. A considerable emphasis on narrative gave Samus her first real speaking role (and boy does she talk)\u00a0and the tale fleshed out her past life\u00a0with the Galactic Federation.\u00a0\u00a0We&#8217;ll examine this polarizing narrative along with the development decisions behind Other M&#8217;s\u00a0blend\u00a0of 2D and 3D gameplay.\u00a0\u00a0 Join hosts Ben Reeves (@BenjaminReeves), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), and special guest, MinnMax&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/exploring-the-history-and-lore-of-metroid-other-m-video-gameography\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":432753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exploring The History And Lore Of Metroid: Other M | Video Gameography | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first season of\u00a0Game Informer\u2019s Video Gameography explores the history of the Metroid series. 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