We have officially started the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Metroid! Our annual poll is now online, and this time on StrawPoll. We have made the choice to rank things differently this time as well, letting you give 5 points to your very favourite Metroid game!
The options are laid out in accordance to the release order, with five blank votes on top so that the default vote doesn’t give any points to a given game. Additionally, blank votes may serve as an option to those that have played less than 5 games, so that they can still participate in a ranked choice poll, while also letting people adjust the distribution of points in accordance to how they wish to!
Due to the nature of how ranked polls work, the top result will always be worth 5 points, while the subsequent placements get decreased by 1 point. 6th place and below will therefore not receive any points.
We have also made it possible to comment on the poll, and we strongly encourage you to do so! We are lucky to have such a special franchise, and each and every game has a reason to be the most liked entry! We would absolutely love to read some of your personal stories with these games.
The results from this poll will be announced on the 6th of August, and you can participate in it here.
In addition to the annual poll, we’ve also decided to have a competition for the speedy devils out there! The Speed Booster in Dread is incredibly flexible, and it can be combined with plenty of moves to keep the ball rolling. As such, we’ve decided to partner up with the Metroid Dread speedrunning community, and the contest is live right now!
We’ve prepared a video to keep you up to speed with the rules and purpose of the competition:
A winner will be announced on the 6th of August, and we hope to see you participate! A Jury of four people will decide who the winner is, and the gist of it is that we want to see some incredible action from you. The rule of cool is certainly applicable here, and we believe you will manage to do well if you give it an honest shot!
Regarding one of the rules; we have allowed people to use any kind of glitches in this contest. To some this may seem discouraging if you haven’t learned them yet, but speaking as one of the jury members, I want to make it clear that they are not a requirement to do well in this competition! They are a tool that can make some routes work that would otherwise be impossible, but you have ample opportunities to win this competition without them!
Explore the limits… and then break them!
Source: Annual Poll / Speed Booster Contest rules / Speed Booster Contest submission form
