r/gaming 20h ago

The new Metroid Ravenous trailer gave me Deja Vu...

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u/Aquatos 20h ago

I immediately thought about Embo from Star Wars Clone Wars. He's a bounty hunter that shows up a few times throughout the show

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u/ProstheticSoulX 20h ago

He's also in The Mandalorian & Grogu.

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u/Aquatos 1h ago

Ah, I hadn't seen that yet. I'll have to give it a watch soon, been meaning to

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u/DaktoaTheGreat 20h ago

He was my first thought, but that just may be recency bias from the recent mando movie appearance

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u/Ampex063 9h ago

I joked to my friends when we saw the trailer that your main rival seems to be Embo from The Clone Wars and that he's started a gang with Mizuki from Overwatch

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u/marcusbrothers 20h ago

They’re both just based off the Ronin no?

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u/mattn1198 16h ago

Yeah, it's kind of like showing a character from Elden Ring, saying "This gave me deja vu," and then adding an image from any of the eight million pieces of media featuring a medieval knight in armor.

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u/Haytaytay 19h ago

Yeah but it seems like they'll have similar roles in their respective stories too.

aka showing up out of nowhere and beating the MC nearly to death, sending them on a desperate mission to find a means to fight back while being actively hunted.

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u/chipperpip 1h ago

I thought of the Foot Ninja Elite from TMNT 2003, but yeah it's a pretty common look for ninja/samurai archetypes.

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u/Cubelock 20h ago

So happy that we're getting a new Metroid. The last one, Dread, was a great game too.

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u/Jazzremix 14h ago

Are you trying to ba sing se Prime 4? Or did you legitimately forget about it?

Nobody would blame you if you did. It was such a stinker.

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u/solidgears 9h ago

Did you forget that Prime is a completely separate timeline? Nobody would blame you if you did.

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u/nighttimemobileuser 9h ago

It is? I thought the prime series took place between Metroid 1 and 2?

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u/solidgears 9h ago

I’m wrong, it is. I find it weird that all prime games fit between 1 and 2. It doesn’t really make sense to me

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u/toalth 20h ago

So glad I'm not the only person who thought this

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u/DaktoaTheGreat 20h ago

I'm honestly shocked I didn't

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u/Obsessivegamer32 19h ago

Seconding this.

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u/Nail_Biterr 19h ago

you know what? I'd love a Samurai Jack metroidvania game.

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u/masakothehumorless 15h ago

I'd love a Metroid movie/series directed and animated by Genndy Tartakovsky.

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u/Galmir_ 19h ago

You mean the saja boys new album cover? 

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u/jacksonrslick 20h ago

I’m glad so many made the exact same connection I felt when watching the trailer.

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u/bobmlord1 20h ago

There are dozens of us!

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u/Delta4907 20h ago

Wow I haven’t thought about those guys from Samurai Jack in ages. I remember thinking they’d make a cool toy with the way they’d transform.

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u/Grapes-RotMG 20h ago

Breaking: Samurai archetype wears Samurai hat.

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u/reallygoodbee 13h ago

If it makes you feel any better, Jack also barely survived the fight with the Ultrabots, and had to come back with some new power-ups.

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u/CatProgrammer 3h ago

Technically these guys are (Space) Ninjas. And that's not just a localization thing, they're called that even in Japan.

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u/Aquiper 20h ago edited 20h ago

Breaking: My Leg

*inhales*

🦴

G

AAAAAAAAAAAHH

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u/unknownentity1782 20h ago

I see it.

More importantly I saw the trailer and I'm super stoked.

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u/mythboy99 20h ago

Nah, that's just cloudless Akatsuke.

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u/Metalienz 19h ago

Maybe this why she is bleeding oil because she’s consuming it

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u/MaskAlisA 19h ago

Deja vu! I’ve just been in this time before... :D

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u/BrotherRoga 18h ago

My mind went to Teshin from Warframe

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u/hutsorimara 17h ago

Also reminded me somewhat of the new Spiderman movie with the ninjas. Fighting ninjas as a trope never seems to get old lol

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u/suicidebypoop 13h ago

I love dread to death but definitely fucking with them harder than the emmis. Holy aura when she grabbed one of their swords

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u/Realsorceror Switch 19h ago

I’ve been surprised how many people are calling Samus a Doom Guy rip after the trailer when the opening was so clearly inspired by Samurai Jack.

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u/reallygoodbee 13h ago

They're calling her a Doom Guy rip-off now.

I remember when Metroid Prime came out and she was a Master Chief rip-off.

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u/Realsorceror Switch 13h ago

Yea it’s strange how often she gets compared to characters she predates. My best guess is there’s often a long ass time between games and new gen kids don’t know her. And a lot of her games are different genres from Doom and Halo.

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u/D_Beats 14h ago

I can guarantee you it was not inspired by samurai Jack. Come on, dude.

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u/DaftGorilla 20h ago

Was thinking the exact same thing haha