Super Metroid

Super Metroid

Released: March 19, 1994
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

Super Nintendo Entertainment System Wii Wii U New Nintendo 3DS Super Famicom

Genres:

Shooter Platform Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Science fiction Thriller

Player Perspectives:

Side view

Ratings

User Rating

92.9
Based on 922 ratings

Critics Rating

100.0
Based on 1 ratings

Total Rating

96.5
Based on 923 ratings

Summary

The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the deadly Metroid hidden deep within the cave-riddled planet Zebes. Super Metroid features excellent graphics, with a huge variety of enemies and worlds to explore. The side-view action will be familiar to many players, only now there are new weapons and items, including the Grappling Beam, which allows Samus to swing across large chasms, and the X-Ray Scope, which reveals secret passages.

Storyline

After Samus completed her mission and eradicated the entire Metroid population on SR388 as commanded by the Galactic Federation (sans the Metroid Hatchling, which she nicknamed "Baby"), she brought the Hatchling to the Ceres Space Colony for research. However, shortly after she left, she received a distress signal from the Station and returned to investigate.

When Samus arrives at the Space Science Academy where the Baby was being studied, she finds all the scientists slaughtered and the containment unit that held the Baby missing. Upon further exploration of the Station, she finds the Baby in a small capsule. As she approaches, Ridley appears and grabs the capsule. After a brief battle, Samus repels Ridley, and he activates a self-destruct sequence to destroy Ceres.

After escaping the explosion, Ridley flees to Zebes, and Samus goes after him.

Involved Companies

Nintendo R&D1

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Nintendo

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Nintendo

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Playtronic

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Intelligent Systems

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Keywords

aliens exploration 2d 16-bit metroidvania time manipulation female protagonist action-adventure side-scrolling time limit pixel art wall jump darkness boss fight explosion single-player only countdown timer nintendo power damsel in distress virtual console save point unstable platforms real-time combat secret area multi-phase boss liberation mercenary sequence breaking scripted events isolation nintendo switch online wii virtual console nintendo 3ds virtual console wii u virtual console nintendo gateway system interconnected-world player's choice

Alternative Names

Metroid 3

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