▲ 61 ▼ Tomb Raider's Lara Croft Crowned Best-Selling Video Game Heroine By Guinness World Records (geekculture.co) submitted 11 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (5 children) I'm surprised she beat Samus permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 22 points 11 months ago (3 children) Tomb raider was never limited to a console family. Metroid is only on Nintendo devices. And even Metroid was never a phenomenon like tomb raider was in the 90s. Tomb raider also had a big revival with the modern trilogy on PC and consoles. And now the remastered classic games too. The only Metroid I remember having any real hype was prime, and that was on the least popular console of that generation (of the big 3). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) I guess there aren't any Metroid movies. ...yet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) There is. Folks only want to forget it. It answers Samus Aran’s motivations, will, aspirations, and reason for seeking the truth of the wars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Oh dang, I didn't know that, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago Metroid has shockingly low sales for how much attention it gets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 22 points 11 months ago (3 children) Tomb raider was never limited to a console family. Metroid is only on Nintendo devices. And even Metroid was never a phenomenon like tomb raider was in the 90s. Tomb raider also had a big revival with the modern trilogy on PC and consoles. And now the remastered classic games too. The only Metroid I remember having any real hype was prime, and that was on the least popular console of that generation (of the big 3). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) I guess there aren't any Metroid movies. ...yet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) There is. Folks only want to forget it. It answers Samus Aran’s motivations, will, aspirations, and reason for seeking the truth of the wars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Oh dang, I didn't know that, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) I guess there aren't any Metroid movies. ...yet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) There is. Folks only want to forget it. It answers Samus Aran’s motivations, will, aspirations, and reason for seeking the truth of the wars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Oh dang, I didn't know that, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) There is. Folks only want to forget it. It answers Samus Aran’s motivations, will, aspirations, and reason for seeking the truth of the wars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Oh dang, I didn't know that, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago Oh dang, I didn't know that, thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago Metroid has shockingly low sales for how much attention it gets permalink fedilink source parent