I'm lesbian for Pyra and Mythra

It at least TRIES to treat Omega like a big deal again. He deserves it.

It's not as slow or crammed full of HMs as OG Diamond was.

Something like this would work today now that double battles have been mechanically fleshed out so much.

This game has the perfect replacement for EVs in it and it never carried over to future games.

As much as Sonic's wish for a mountain of handkerchiefs is a cartoonishly dumb gesture, there is something weirdly real about Sonic getting Shahra out of what was heavily implied to be an abusive relationship with Erazor and telling her crying is a perfectly healthy reaction to the fallout of it all.

I kind of can't help but solemnly nod to a game that is so boldly against the idea of the player ever having fun. Like sure there's troll games like I Wanna Be The Guy or whatever but this game just straight up punishes you and calls you a moron for enjoying yourself too much. I appreciate that hustle.

It is currently the only Metroid game with Anthony Higgs in it

It gave us a boss whose name is fucking SHIELD SHELDON

Drawcia is one of Kirby's coolest designed one-off villains

The music really bops

The little flippy flap the chicken walker mode does when it's falling

I like its aesthetic, and also the fact that it perfectly captures the energy of "Sega side-hustle from the 2000s that never got off the ground"

There's a skeleton of a cool Metroid spinoff in there. Like, imagine this but it was more like Star Wars Republic Commando, just a squad shooter featuring a team of Galactic Federation troopers. There coulda been something there.