Amazing stuff as always, everyone! Love reading all your posts.
Hey, there's nothing wrong with preferring the aspects of the game that aren't to do with the last couple boss fights! I'm glad you otherwise enjoyed Fusion. I've gone ahead and very slightly bent the rules, awarding you Fusion Fearless anyway. If you made it as far as the Omega Metroid, you were literally like a minute away from finishing the game, so I'm gonna count that as a clear. Props! This event should be about having fun, not getting frustrated.
AM2R is impeccable. So polished, and so enjoyable. All of the non-Metroid boss fights are a real highlight for me. The soundtrack as well, of course. I can't believe
Ancient Power is purely original, and not an arrangement of an existing Metroid track. It fits the series so well! It alone is superior to each and every one of Dread's original compositions, if you ask me. Then there's the amazing renditions of the OG Metroid II tracks, such as
Golden Temple. Turns a (imo) really rough and grating tune into something pleasing and memorable.
Metroid Planets is of a similarly high quality. I promise you, it's very much worth playing. See
this post for an explanation of what it is, plus a few neat gifs. If I can get even a single person to play it, then I'll count that as a win.