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Yep. I'm calling it right now: Donkey Kong Country Returns is a frickin' MASTERPIECE. One of the absolute best 2.5D platforming games I've ever played in recent years. I'm talkin' Yoshi's Island quality here, folks. This game will have me coming back for more in more ways than one for many, many years. In other words, I LOVE IT.

Retro clearly loves us fans, and they couldn't possibly let us forget they gave us 4 (Primes 1-3+Trilogy=4) fantastic Metroid games since 2002, so they have crept in some absolutely awesome Metroid cameos. One of these cameos can be seen in Level 6-7, "Tippy Shippy." Right when you start the stage, you can see fossilized Parasites (or possibly Leviathan Infants) embedded in the wall. See the picture below!

The second cameo is much harder to spot. In Level 7-1, "Foggy Fumes," very far in the background, the skull of Crocomire can be seen far in the distance. Here's another shot for you:

Thanks to PrimeTime90 from the forums for posting the Crocomire pic! And if anyone else spots any other Metroid cameos in this game, please be sure to tell us in our forum thread. Enjoy the game folks, maybe if we pray to the Chozo Gods long enough, Retro will make a fully-fledged 2.5D Metroid for us!

--Infinity's End