Look: 10 stunning hand-drawn images from a new Metroid guide

Philip Summers, the artist behind Hand-Drawn Game Guides is back, this time with a beautiful Metroid guide currently in production, announced on July 7.

Here are 10 gorgeous images from Metroid: Presented by Hand-Drawn Game Guides

“I was able to break the game up into different sections,” Summers explains. “Once I had the sections figured out, I was able to map those areas.”

After the main map and objectives were complete, Summers finished by implementing “all the extra stuff, like how to play, story sequences, and enemy bios.”

But how does Summers know which games to make hand-drawn guides for? “So far, I've picked games I'd consider myself very good at, and also love.”

“I'm not a pro by any means, but these are games I could play through briefly that most people tend to consider being difficult.”

But what about the future? “I'm toying with the idea of Mega Man 2 or a Castlevania. Maybe Castlevania 2,” he says, “but I think Castlevania 3 would make an awesome Choose Your Own Adventure-style book.”

Summers admits that NES games are “small in scope and manageable” compared to current releases. “I’m always open to whatever.”

At E3 2021, Nintendo announced Metroid Dread. Summers couldn’t be more excited about it. “I'm absolutely pumped and I can't wait to get it,” he says. “It almost doesn't feel real!”