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Today we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of one of the most divisive games in the Metroid Prime series: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The game brought some very questionable elements to the table, like the implementation of Beam Ammo and the fun-but-limited version of the Screw Attack. It did have the Sanctuary Fortress though, which is considered one of the best areas in the franchise, as well as an unmatched, spooky, dreary, and completely alien atmosphere throughout.

Kensuke Tanabe's influence added a "Link to the Past"-esque element to the game allowing you to switch between both light and dark worlds, each with their own terrain and custom enemies. The game is also distinctly challenging, and was purposefully toned back a bit when released on the Trilogy disc.

In regards to the history of the MDb, the game was one that "beat" our very own TJ Rappel, as he bemoaned the game's difficulty, the cheapness of the Spider Guardian, and just not being that into First Person games. TJ eventually did end up going back and beating it, fortunately.

Our celebration kicks off with, you guessed it: a bunch of awesome, brand spankin' new Metroid Prime 2-themed Bestiary Entries! Rundash, Rob Powell, and Smolb all came back out of the darkness to submit these beautiful entries for your viewing fulfillment. Please give them a look-see and enjoy!

(And lastly a mention of a forgotten-but-now-found Memu-X by Smolb!)

Our festivities conclude with the one and only FINAL CHAPTER OF EPISODE OF AETHER!!!

Our scanlation has finally come to an epic conclusion, as Samus takes on Dark Samus once and for all, with a little help from her Galactic Federation friends she met along the way. On top of that, however, CapCom and I have gone back and remastered all of the other 6 chapters. There is much more cleaner, organized typesetting and new and updated translations to make your reading experience that much better. We hope you all appreciate this new and final edition of the entire Metroid Prime 2 manga, originally released by Comic Bom Bom. The Manga ran from 2005-2006, and is now available for English-reading audiences for the very first time online. Big thanks to CapCom for his hard work on tracking down and translating this extremely rare manga! Cheers, everyone! Kick back a celebratory drink of choice today for Metroid Prime 2!

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--Infinity's End