James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Rachael (she/her) has been in love with all things video games for more years than she cares to remember. Her previous roles include being a staff writer, senior editor, and also the head of culture ...

Derek's love of games came at an early age when his parents first brought home the Nintendo Entertainment System. From then on, countless nights were spent hunting ducks, stomping turtles, exploring ...

In the case of the Power Suit, that doesn’t come with any additional face parts. This is because Samus wears a helmet throughout, of course. Instead, the extra parts are designed to showcase different ...

Decades later, Metroid fans are still locked in a civil war over a question that's getting increasingly stupid answers: how the heck does Samus Aran fit inside her power suit? Samus's proportions have ...

To get ready for Nintendo’s E3 presentation, you might have poured yourself a beverage, grabbed a snack, and got comfy. Cosplayer Bonbon, it seems, donned a Varia Power Suit. Nintendo announced a ...

In the world of video games, when it comes to recognizable sci-fi heroes in power armor, there’s the Doom Marine, there’s Master Chief, and then there’s Samus Aran. It's true she wasn’t the first ...

Since this franchise title makes up one half of the inspiration for the genre term “metroidvania,” you probably already know what a typical 2D Metroid game looks like, but I’ll break it down anyway.