Bonus Episode 35: Mailbag

We’re working through our email backlog before getting into Tears of the Kingdom! We discuss the possibility of coexisting Hylia incarnations, Cody Rhodes’ favorite Zelda game, and the mysterious fate of Tortus.

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Book of Aurora Episode 5: Metroid Dread: Part 1

Samus Aran has conquered the “X” parasite, proving herself as the Ultimate Warrior. Some time after she destroyed the Metroid breeding program by a rogue cell of the Galactic Federation, the mainline Galactic Federation (which had no culpability in the breeding program) received a mysterious video transmission showing a living “X” parasite on the planet ZDR. After the Federation lost contact with their E.M.M.I. robots on the surface of ZDR, they have hired Samus Aran, the last Metroid, to investigate.

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Bonus Episode 30: Mailbag

We’re back to answer more of your wonderful emails!! On this episode we answer such questions as: Why does Death Mountain look so messed up in Twilight Princess? Is Beedle related to the Oocca? Why is Hestu so much bigger than the other Koroks? Plus, we give our analysis of the newest 5 seconds of footage from the BOTW2 delay announcement!

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Book of Aurora Episode 4: Metroid Fusion: Part 2

THE UNSTOPPABLE “X” PARASITE HAS CONQUERED THE BIOLOGIC SPACE LABORATORIES RESEARCH STATION. Samus Aran, the last human on the station, endowed with the cells of the last Metroid, is the only one who can stop the dreaded “X” from destroying galactic civilization. Driven into the deepest, most hidden corners of the station, the greatest of all bounty hunters stands before a door that hides the terrible secret of the Galactic Federation…

Thank you to James Shuar, @luministmusic for allowing us to use his music in the intro and outro!

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Book of Aurora Episode 4: Metroid Fusion: Part 1

THE METROID SPECIES, THE SPACE PIRATES, AND THE PLANET ZEBES HAVE BEEN ERASED FROM THE UNIVERSE. The planet SR388 has been having strange ecological disturbances since the eradication of the Metroids by the greatest space hunter, Samus Aran. When she investigates the planet with a survey crew from Biologic Space Laboratories, a mysterious parasite named “X” infects her body and suit. Saved only by a vaccine made from the cells of the last infant Metroid, she is transformed into a new being - part human, part Metroid - the only being in the universe that can stop the threat of the “X”.

Thank you to James Shuar, @luministmusic for allowing us to use his music in the intro and outro!

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Book of Aurora Episode 3: Super Metroid

THE LAST METROID IS IN CAPTIVITY. The Galaxy is at peace.

The greatest of all bounty hunters, Samus Aran, has eradicated the Metroid species - save for a single infant delivered to the care of the Galactic Research Station at Ceres. Yet peace is short lived, as soon Ridley and his Space Pirates steal the infant metroid to bring it back to… Zebes.. .where Mother Brain plans to… engineer the metro- wait, is this a remake of Metroid (1986)?

Thank you to James Shuar, @luministmusic for allowing us to use his music in the intro and outro!

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Book of Aurora Episode 2: Metroid II: Return of Samus / Another Metroid 2 Remake / Metroid: Samus Returns

URGENT MISSION FROM THE GALACTIC FEDERATION: the METROID species CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO EXIST.

INFILITRATE the cavernous METROID homeworld of SR388… ELIMINATE the OMEGA METROID… DESTROY the METROID species ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!

Thank you to James Shuar, @luministmusic for allowing us to use his music in the intro and outro!

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Bonus Episode 28: Mailbag

Thank you so much for keeping the emails coming! On this episode we answer such questions as: What if Ikana made it to Hyrule, and immediately got owned? Who would we play as in a Zelda MMO? And, a special email about the Hytopians that manages to change the timeline!

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Book of Aurora Episode 1: Metroid / Metroid: Zero Mission

THE YEAR IS 20X5 IN THE HISTORY OF THE COSMOS. The unknown life-form code-named “METROID” discovered by the GALACTIC FEDERATION on Planet SR388 has been stolen by SPACE PIRATES. The greatest of all the space hunters, SAMUS ARAN, has been sent on a one-man mission to penetrate the SPACE PIRATE base on planet ZEBES and destroy METROID before it is transformed into a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION. Even with his robotic SUPERPOWERS and SPACE SUIT, will he be able to save the galaxy?

Meanwhile, in another timeline…

The year is 20X5 of the Cosmic Calendar. Space Pirates have seized samples of the incredibly dangerous life-form “Metroid” discovered by the Galactic Federation on planet SR388. In their hands, Metroid could destroy all of galactic civilization. Only the greatest bounty hunter, Samus Aran, is able to penetrate the Space Pirate base on Planet Zebes, her homeworld, once populated by the enigmatic Chozo. Can this one-woman army defeat the Space Pirates, destroy Metroid, and save the galaxy?

Thank you to James Shuar, @luministmusic for allowing us to use his music in the intro and outro!

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Book of Aurora Episode 0: The sequel to Metroid 4 is now in development

Welcome to the introductory episode of The Book of Mudora’s new series, The Book of Aurora, which will focus on the lore of the Metroid series. We discuss our history with the games, our objective for this podcast, and, of course, deeply analyze the latest 35 second trailer.

Thank you to James Shuar, @luministmusic for allowing us to use his music in the intro and outro!

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Episode 22: Zelda Unrivaled: Revelation of Calamity

The 20th canonical Zelda game has finally arrived. They made a 2-hour voice-acted animated movie like everyone wanted! When the Goddess calls out to her forgotten friend, it opens a portal through time to deliver a revelation of calamity to the past, only to be followed by the malice itself. Armed with the knowledge of the future, can the Goddess avert the calamity apocalypse?

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