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.^ For its time, Metroid was a milestone in video gaming.- Amazon.com: Metroid: nintendo entertainment system: Video Games 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Amazon.com: Metroid: nintendo entertainment system: Video Games .- Amazon.com: Metroid: nintendo entertainment system: Video Games 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1] .^ Really, who are the space pirates, again?
^ The Metroid series revolves around female bounty hunter Samus Aran.- Metroid - Series Guide Wii Guides, Articles, Walkthroughs and FAQs - MyWii Guides 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.mywii.com.au [Source type: General]
^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
.^ The ability to play the first two games with the superiority of the Wii motion controls made the buy a no-brainer for me on day one.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ I tried out the first one, and found 15 of the items, completing the game in half an hour.- Project AM2R - Another Metroid 2 Remake: Update 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC metroid2remake.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I wouldn't be moaning if they gave away the game to the first 5000 people to buy MPT, but only to people who already own at least one of the games, really?- Nintendo giving NES Metroid away News | Wii | Eurogamer 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.eurogamer.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Metroid combines the platforming of
Super Mario Bros. and the exploration aspect of
The Legend of Zelda with a decidedly darker atmosphere.
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.^ The most wanted Wii games of 2010 .- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
^ The most wanted DS games of 2010 .- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
^ Play some REAL games on the wii?- Amazon.com: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption: Nintendo Wii: Video Games 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1] .^ After defeating the Mother Brain, Samus is dispatched in the ( Game Boy ) sequel, The Return of Samus , to hunt down evolved Metroids on their home world.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Anyway it was a very good game, I will purchase it when it comes out on the VC and complete it again, I love beating up mother brain now and again!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ With Metroids & Mother Brain seemingly destroyed for good, Samus set out for a new bounty.
.^ Retro has done a bang-up job in creating a polished compilation of their brand of Metroid games, which are considered some of the best adventures around.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ I've never played it before, but all metroid games (apart from 1 and 2, I can't get into them =() ROCK ASS, so 5 stars to this!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The end of this game segues directly into (Super Nintendo) Super Metroid , where the final larval Metroid is stolen by space pirates who return it to a rebuilt Zebes.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
[citation needed]
Common gameplay elements
.^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Retro has done a bang-up job in creating a polished compilation of their brand of Metroid games, which are considered some of the best adventures around.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
.^ He is helped by his friend Lugi, inhabitant of muschroom kingdom named kinopio, and even Samus Aran known from metroid series.
^ The Metroid series has traditionally put the players in the body of Samus Aran , bounty hunter in a far off future.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Heroic Mime (In Prime 3, the first voice-acted game in the series, she has no voice acting beyond her usual grunts, on the grounds that Samus talking would be "too creepy."- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ Stealth first person shooter .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime series not finished?- Nintendo giving NES Metroid away News | Wii | Eurogamer 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.eurogamer.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And these are definitely NOT first-person shooters.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
.^ Theme Music Power Up (This occurs in every Metroid, but perhaps the most gratifying moment is in Zero Mission when, after running for your life from Space Pirates with nothing but your Emergency Pistol and defeating the Chozo Ghost, Samus' unknown items transform into the Plasma Beam, Gravity Suit, and Space Jump Boots.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Items of interest can be locked on through the visor by pressing and holding the L shoulder button , enabling the player to both fire and dodge easily, using the A and B buttons, respectively.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The super-powerful Beam Combo weapon will then begin firing, rapidly using up missile stocks until the player is out of missiles or releases the fire button .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1][2] .^ These basic instincts can be taken advantage of: roll into a ball, get swallowed by the animal, and plant a bomb.
^ Transform to Morph Ball and use Bombs to escape grip.- Metroid (Species) - Wikitroid, the Metroid wiki - Metroid: Other M, Metroid Prime 3, Metroid Prime 2, Super Metroid, and more 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC metroid.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Standing out the most were a few examples of Samus rolling into a ball and using bombs to propel herself into small tubes.
[1]
.^ Other products by Nintendo Platform: Nintendo NES .- Amazon.com: Metroid: nintendo entertainment system: Video Games 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid (particularly Super Metroid , considered by many to be the definitive game in the series) focuses heavily on exploration, with lots and lots and lots of platform jumping.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The original controversy stems from 2000 , as Nintendo was announcing their major titles for the GameCube .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1] The game differed in its atmosphere of solitude and foreboding.
[1] .^ It was my first and only Metroid game.
^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The ability to play the first two games with the superiority of the Wii motion controls made the buy a no-brainer for me on day one.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
[3] .^ We are taking a break from Metroid Series and from Samus.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It was my first and only Metroid game.
^ Metroid Prime 1 & 2 where great games, but it didn't beat the first and third Metroid.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1] .^ I haven't played any Metroid game apart from a few hours on Prime 3.- Nintendo giving NES Metroid away News | Wii | Eurogamer 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.eurogamer.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It was my first and only Metroid game.
^ There are very few FPS games that I've been able to get into.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
[4]
.^ The game is so much better then Metroid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In almost every Metroid , a better performance in the game is rewarded with images of a de-robed, tarted-up Samus.- metroid - 61 Frames Per Second 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: General]
^ Version 2.3 Added the Game Boy Advance Metroid Zero Mission endings and ending link.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1] .^ Version 2.3 Added the Game Boy Advance Metroid Zero Mission endings and ending link.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I mean, they've just shown how to do Wii FPS controls, so it would make sense to do another shooter with an original IP. Or they could do something completely different.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid 2 ’s level design is “appreciated” for how it brings the anomalies of the first game to the forefront, not as a mostly secondary element, but as one that’s vital for finishing the primary quest: every inch of a given room must be questioned and picked at.
[1] .^ Video Game Remake ( Zero Mission ) Vindicated By History : Super Metroid was overshadowed at the time of its release by the hype for Donkey Kong Country , people didn't start acknowledging it as one of the greatest games of all time until 1996 or so.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Beyond that syllogism, and beyond the improvisation that allows creation of new patterns in players’ routes, Super Metroid ’s success in its backtracking/exploration has to do with naturalness.
^ Metroid 2 ’s level design is “appreciated” for how it brings the anomalies of the first game to the forefront, not as a mostly secondary element, but as one that’s vital for finishing the primary quest: every inch of a given room must be questioned and picked at.
[3][5] .^ The endings from myself: -USA & Europe Version- After you beat the Omega Metroid, Samus will get on her ship while the station is aligning with SR388's orbit, you escape while you watch the station burn and explode on the surface of the Metroid's home planet.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Starkiller: I have all three Metroid Prime games in their originally released forms and was thrilled to get Metroid Prime Trilogy.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ If you rescued the animals you will see a small dot escaping the planet's explosion just as Samus escapes with her ship.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1]
Recurring characters
Protagonists
Samus Aran
.^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ He is helped by his friend Lugi, inhabitant of muschroom kingdom named kinopio, and even Samus Aran known from metroid series.
^ In Metroid Prime , Samus explores the dying Chozo planet of Tallon IV, squaring off against Space Pirates who’re meddling with forces way over their heads through genetic experiments with Metroids and Phazon.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
To help her survive their planet's climate, they infused her with their DNA, which also improved her physical abilities.
.^ Under the guidance of the Chozo, Samus trained to become a formidable warrior .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ So, not only is Samus not unique in the galaxy, the other hunters have non-Chozo powers she does not.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Fridge Logic (Remind me again why Mother Brain, already demonstrably in league with the Space Pirates, assisted the Chozo in creating the galaxy's most powerful anti-Pirate warrior?- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
[6]
The Galactic Federation
.^ On the planet of Jigrad, Samus saves a group of slaves from the Space Pirates.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ The first (NES) game deals with Samus's assault on the Space Pirate base on Zebes.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ It is here that Samus obtains the Thermal Visor , and it is immediately put to use - as the Space Pirates cut the power, plunging the labs into total darkness .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ The ending of the original Metroid is also a Tomato Surprise : if the player did sufficiently well during the game, he is treated to a (then) stunning revelation: Samus Aran's armor is removed, revealing the bounty hunter as a shapely (by 8-bit standards) woman .- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ The Metroid series has traditionally put the players in the body of Samus Aran , bounty hunter in a far off future.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[8] .^ Unfortunately, her power armor was infected with a parasite and is now using all of those weapon upgrades to try to kill her.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ Samus is well known for packing a huge arsenal of weapons, and Metroid Prime has tons for your shooting pleasure.
^ Metroid Prime would have to have a coda in which Tallon IV is revealed to be the Earth in the year 2500 or some shit to be equally groanworthy.
^ Metroid Prime 2: Echoes has her weaving between the planet Aether and its Phazon-induced alternate dimension, Dark Aether, hoping to restore the planet’s equilibrium and defeat Dark Samus.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
The Chozo
.^ The Metroid Fusion GBA link features were added to the game so late in the development cycle that the game's manual only mentions that there are special features that can be unlocked by linking to Metroid Fusion, not what they are.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Like Metroid, the Castlevania series has grown to establish itself as an atmospherically self-aware family tree.
.^ In the meantime, Phazon is spreading on several planets across the galaxy, which Samus must stop.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ I do prefer SotN to Super Metroid though.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ They do show up in Super Metroid , however.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ This is opposed to almost all footage of Metroid Prime so far which has shown Samus in her post-Varia configuration (very large shoulders, orange tint).
^ I started out with Metroid Prime, then played the two GBA Metroids, which are very similar to this one.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime Trilogy comes out on Tuesday August 25th.- Metroid Prime Trilogy $29.99 Fred Meyer 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.cheapassgamer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The Chozo were extremely technologically advanced, but took pride in their elaborate
statuary.
.^ Planet Aether and the camera pans to the southwestern part of Aether with several Phazon molecules and then they come to each other to form a bright whitish-blue human shape.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In a bit of a subversion, their species can't produce "queens" so they look to other species to lead them.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ They must not think Tallon IV, Aether, Norion, Bryyo, Elysia and the Pirate Homeworld exist, then.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ Beat the Metroid Prime with an Item Percentage collection between 75% & 99%.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime will be released on Novemeber 18th which is the same day that Metroid Fusion (GBA) is being released, however, the developers do not intend to support any connection between the titles.
^ An ancient race of birdlike aliens called the Chozo observed the destruction of the colony, and rescued Samus.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
While the former three have been expounded on in the series, the Ylla are only mentioned in this piece of lore and have yet to be seen.
[9] They were also responsible for breeding the Metroids.
[3] .^ Samus herself might even count, given that, although human, she's carrying the DNA of the practically-to-totally extinct Chozo race.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Samus has supernatural abilities thanks to her power suit, a gift from an ancient and exinct race of bird like creatures (the Chozo ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Retro has done a bang-up job in creating a polished compilation of their brand of Metroid games, which are considered some of the best adventures around.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ In almost every Metroid , a better performance in the game is rewarded with images of a de-robed, tarted-up Samus.- metroid - 61 Frames Per Second 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: General]
.^ If you haven't played any of the Metroid Prime Trilogy games, buy it.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime 3 -Samus appearence fanfare .- .::[Metroid: Fan Mission]::. 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC metroidr.brpxqzme.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This game, THIS game is Samus in her finest since Metroid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It is suspected that the pirates are using Phazon to mutate and breed unthinkable horrors on the planet that they will soon unleash on the universe.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Chozo Lore explains how the arrival of the Phazon meteor has changed conditions on the planet, and how they have been able to temporarily contain the evil .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Antagonists
Metroids
.^ So far it almost feels like a new Metroid game, not the third in this trilogy.- Wii Review: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Review - ComputerAndVideoGames.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.computerandvideogames.com [Source type: General]
^ That's saying a lot, seeing as how much I love games like Metroid Prime or Link to the Past.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A non-enemy creature in Super Metroid has a turtle like shell that flies around while spinning.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ Also, don't think too hard about your missions to completely exterminate a dangerous life-form , especially after we learn that metroids are capable of imprinting on humans .- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Eldritch Abomination (The X parasites in Fusion are the most dangerous life form in the Metroid universe because of their ability to absorb and replicate the capabilities of any host.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
[1] .^ Berserk Button : Bizarrely, the sub-boss Crocomire in Super Metroid hates having Power Bombs used on him.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ A single Metroid specimen, able to absorb or deflect weapon energy, grow to an enormous size and multiply rapidly, would quickly eradicate all life on a planet where it had no natural predators.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3] .^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ In the battle with the Omega Metroid, when it swipes you, Samus will become motionless for a few seconds.- Metroid Fusion cheats, codes, hints, FAQs: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.gamewinners.com [Source type: General]
^ After defeating the Mother Brain, Samus is dispatched in the ( Game Boy ) sequel, The Return of Samus , to hunt down evolved Metroids on their home world.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
[3] .^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ The 3D installments have become a franchise in their own right, with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube), and Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo DS) continuing the in-between storyline, which was finally finished in 2007 with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii), completing the Phazon Arc.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Starkiller: I have all three Metroid Prime games in their originally released forms and was thrilled to get Metroid Prime Trilogy.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
.^ The 3D installments have become a franchise in their own right, with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube), and Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo DS) continuing the in-between storyline, which was finally finished in 2007 with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii), completing the Phazon Arc.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ In Metroid Prime , Samus explores the dying Chozo planet of Tallon IV, squaring off against Space Pirates who’re meddling with forces way over their heads through genetic experiments with Metroids and Phazon.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Thanks to Lord Terraus, nazguldragon15, Steff, BenNintendoFreak, sigmazero13, Miguel Angel Barrueta, Eric Otness for contributing the Metroid Prime 2 Echoes ending.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Instead of siphoning all of their power from victims, they can feed directly off Phazon.
.^ If they ever adapt Metroid into a movie the producers would be crazy not to hire this guy for the concept art/design team.- Best Samus/Metroid fanart ever--what a Metroid movie might look like - NeoGAF 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ But it doesn't here as I reckon I could really get into Metroid if they were a tad less ambiguous in what you have to do.- Wii Review: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Review - ComputerAndVideoGames.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.computerandvideogames.com [Source type: General]
.^ This implies that the game will contain other phases of Metroid development as well (the second game in the series introduced the various stages of Metroid mutation, but they haven't been seen since).
^ In my opinion these three games are the greatest games ever made, especially the first Metroid Prime (especially because it was the first 3-D Metroid), and after that comes Metroid Prime 3 Corruption.- Speed Demos Archive - Metroid Prime 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC speeddemosarchive.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Possibly justified; the Metroids in the Prime games are a different strain (Tallon Metroids) that have been horribly mutated by massive, repeated exposure to Phazon.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ Every boss is enjoyable to fight, really — except for the Spore Spawn.
^ The 3D installments have become a franchise in their own right, with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube), and Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo DS) continuing the in-between storyline, which was finally finished in 2007 with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii), completing the Phazon Arc.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ I think I only died like twice the entire game and that was due to the lame corruption mechanic you were forced to use during boss fights.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
Though Metroids are dangerous animals, they are presumably not intrinsically sinister or evil.
.^ We are taking a break from Metroid Series and from Samus.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ My second Metroid-game ever.- .::[Metroid: Fan Mission]::. 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC metroidr.brpxqzme.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ After defeating the Mother Brain, Samus is dispatched in the ( Game Boy ) sequel, The Return of Samus , to hunt down evolved Metroids on their home world.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Both an orbiting lab and Samus herself fall to the new threat, so Samus is infused with Metroid DNA to save her life and sent in to investigate.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ It has recognized Samus as the “mother” figure from its birth in Metroid 2 .
In
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a Metroid appears as a character that can be summoned through an Assist Trophy.
.^ So far it almost feels like a new Metroid game, not the third in this trilogy.- Wii Review: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Review - ComputerAndVideoGames.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.computerandvideogames.com [Source type: General]
^ That's saying a lot, seeing as how much I love games like Metroid Prime or Link to the Past.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ On a related note, Prime will have multiple endings based on how quickly you beat it, just like past Metroid games.
Space Pirates and Leaders
.^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ He is helped by his friend Lugi, inhabitant of muschroom kingdom named kinopio, and even Samus Aran known from metroid series.
^ On the planet of Jigrad, Samus saves a group of slaves from the Space Pirates.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
They are a group of "interstellar nomads" resembling humanoid
insects or
crustaceans, who plunder colonies and ships.
.^ Finally i have decimated the time difference between a single-segment 100% and a segmented 100% run down to five minutes.- Speed Demos Archive - Metroid Prime 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC speeddemosarchive.com [Source type: Original source]
^ As well as a mining operation stockpiling Phazon to be processed, the complex contains the Space Pirates' most secret military experiments , where they have infused their own kind with Phazon to mutate them into Elite Pirates.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And it's especially a very hard one because it's PAL plus Single-segment plus 100 percent so this is the optimal combination for a very hard category, and if you don't like it then don't watch it.- Speed Demos Archive - Metroid Prime 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC speeddemosarchive.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In the original Metroid game, Samus Aran infiltrated Zebes and eradicated both the Metroid and the Space Pirates (including their leaders Kraid , Ridley and the Mother Brain ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Ghost Planet (For being the base of the Space Pirates, you sure don't see any Space Pirates on Zebes in the first Metroid , aside from Ridley, Kraid, and the Mother Brain.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ The first (NES) game deals with Samus's assault on the Space Pirate base on Zebes.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
The organization also includes a winged,
mantis-like species, the Ki Hunters.
.^ The game is so much better then Metroid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In Metroid Prime , Samus explores the dying Chozo planet of Tallon IV, squaring off against Space Pirates who’re meddling with forces way over their heads through genetic experiments with Metroids and Phazon.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The stronger ones (for example, Zebesian Space Pirates) will take more hits, but you will sustain damage each time you hit them.- Metroid Fusion cheats, codes, hints, FAQs: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.gamewinners.com [Source type: General]
^ On the planet of Jigrad, Samus saves a group of slaves from the Space Pirates.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ As Samus , the player must put a stop to the Space Pirates occupation of Tallon IV and combat the horrible genetic mutations they have created.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Ridley shares features with both the
pterodactyl and the mythical
European dragon.
[1][6] .^ In the original Metroid game, Samus Aran infiltrated Zebes and eradicated both the Metroid and the Space Pirates (including their leaders Kraid , Ridley and the Mother Brain ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ MP and MP2 were 2 of my great games (evethough, I got the heebie-jeebies when the space pirates flew about in some areas!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ She was the sole survivor when the colony was attacked by Space Pirates (led by Ridley ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3] .^ She was the sole survivor when the colony was attacked by Space Pirates (led by Ridley ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ On the planet of Jigrad, Samus saves a group of slaves from the Space Pirates.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ After defeating the Mother Brain, Samus is dispatched in the ( Game Boy ) sequel, The Return of Samus , to hunt down evolved Metroids on their home world.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
[10][6] .^ In Metroid Prime , Samus explores the dying Chozo planet of Tallon IV, squaring off against Space Pirates who’re meddling with forces way over their heads through genetic experiments with Metroids and Phazon.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ On the planet of Jigrad, Samus saves a group of slaves from the Space Pirates.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ The first (NES) game deals with Samus's assault on the Space Pirate base on Zebes.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
[1][6] .^ We are taking a break from Metroid Series and from Samus.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Version 1.4 Fixed the Metroid Fusion link.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero mission .- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[6][11] Ridley appears in the introduction and as a trophy in
Super Smash Bros. Melee. In
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, both Ridley and Meta Ridley are boss characters in the Subspace Emissary.
.^ The stronger ones (for example, Zebesian Space Pirates) will take more hits, but you will sustain damage each time you hit them.- Metroid Fusion cheats, codes, hints, FAQs: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.gamewinners.com [Source type: General]
^ She then pursues one of the Space Pirate leaders down to the planet where the game begins "for real".- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In the original Metroid game, Samus Aran infiltrated Zebes and eradicated both the Metroid and the Space Pirates (including their leaders Kraid , Ridley and the Mother Brain ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[6] .^ Technologically, the original Metroid is noteworthy as one of the first multi-way scrolling platformers.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ In the original Metroid game, Samus Aran infiltrated Zebes and eradicated both the Metroid and the Space Pirates (including their leaders Kraid , Ridley and the Mother Brain ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Perhaps because of this, Metroid Prime was one of the first four games to be chosen as part of Nintendo's "Buy a GameCube, get a game free" program, along with Luigi's Mansion , Resident Evil Zero , and Super Smash Brothers Melee .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[11] .^ The series was widely regarded to have reached its peak with the release of Super Metroid for the Super Nintendo in 1994.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ One side was a complete map of Hyrule, exactly as it appears in A Link to the Past , and on the other, a complete map of Zebes from Super Metroid .- metroid - 61 Frames Per Second 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: General]
^ Old Bird first appeared in the Nintendo Power Super Metroid comic and was later imported to the manga (along with Chairman Keaton and Chief Hardy).- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ Video Game Remake ( Zero Mission ) Vindicated By History : Super Metroid was overshadowed at the time of its release by the hype for Donkey Kong Country , people didn't start acknowledging it as one of the greatest games of all time until 1996 or so.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Version 2.3 Added the Game Boy Advance Metroid Zero Mission endings and ending link.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ So, I recently incited the wrath of seemingly thousands of NeoGAF readers by defaming the good standing of Metroid: Zero Mission .- metroid - 61 Frames Per Second 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: General]
[12] .^ In Metroid Prime , Samus explores the dying Chozo planet of Tallon IV, squaring off against Space Pirates who’re meddling with forces way over their heads through genetic experiments with Metroids and Phazon.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Bosses Boss battles in Metroid Prime involve Samus squaring off against a single, unique enemy.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Even spending a small amount of time with Metroid Prime , I noticed incredible polish.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[13] Kraid also makes a guest appearance in the background of the Brinstar Depths stage in
Super Smash Bros. Melee.
.^ After defeating the Mother Brain, Samus is dispatched in the ( Game Boy ) sequel, The Return of Samus , to hunt down evolved Metroids on their home world.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Boss Arena Recovery Brain In A Jar (Mother Brain, of course, at least until she get a robotic body.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Puzzle Boss (many, including Crocomire) Puzzle Pan Raised By Natives (Samus) Recurring Boss (SA-X in Fusion, though it's not really a boss until near the end of the game.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ The first (NES) game deals with Samus's assault on the Space Pirate base on Zebes.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ The end of this game segues directly into (Super Nintendo) Super Metroid , where the final larval Metroid is stolen by space pirates who return it to a rebuilt Zebes.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Samus eventually left the Chozo's world and quickly earned a reputation as the greatest of the Space Hunter s.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3][14] .^ We are taking a break from Metroid Series and from Samus.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ This is opposed to almost all footage of Metroid Prime so far which has shown Samus in her post-Varia configuration (very large shoulders, orange tint).
.^ With Metroids & Mother Brain seemingly destroyed for good, Samus set out for a new bounty.
^ I guess you're referring to: [SPOILERS] Old and New tourian, Mother brains old tank, the baby metroid from Metroid 2, re-appearing bosses, same area where you get morph ball at the start etc?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In almost every Metroid , a better performance in the game is rewarded with images of a de-robed, tarted-up Samus.- metroid - 61 Frames Per Second 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: General]
.^ I guess you're referring to: [SPOILERS] Old and New tourian, Mother brains old tank, the baby metroid from Metroid 2, re-appearing bosses, same area where you get morph ball at the start etc?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I want to know everything there is to know about Metroid Prime.” .
^ Thing is, I know there are a lot of you who still don't know about what makes Metroid Prime Trilogy so great.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
[14] .^ I guess you're referring to: [SPOILERS] Old and New tourian, Mother brains old tank, the baby metroid from Metroid 2, re-appearing bosses, same area where you get morph ball at the start etc?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After defeating the Mother Brain, Samus is dispatched in the ( Game Boy ) sequel, The Return of Samus , to hunt down evolved Metroids on their home world.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ In the original Metroid game, Samus Aran infiltrated Zebes and eradicated both the Metroid and the Space Pirates (including their leaders Kraid , Ridley and the Mother Brain ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Other
.^ Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Thing is, I know there are a lot of you who still don't know about what makes Metroid Prime Trilogy so great.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
^ If you haven't played any of the Metroid Prime Trilogy games, buy it.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
[3] .^ On the planet of Jigrad, Samus saves a group of slaves from the Space Pirates.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Prologue: Space Cruiser Orpheon The game opens with Samus Aran boarding the Orpheon , in orbit around Tallon IV , to investigate the Space Pirate presence.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Apparently Space Pirates have set up shop on Tallon IV because of a substance recently discovered on the planet, Phazon .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The 3D installments have become a franchise in their own right, with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube), and Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo DS) continuing the in-between storyline, which was finally finished in 2007 with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii), completing the Phazon Arc.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Possibly justified; the Metroids in the Prime games are a different strain (Tallon Metroids) that have been horribly mutated by massive, repeated exposure to Phazon.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ During Samus's first excursions into the area, she finds the water table has been polluted by a plant-like creature ( Flaahgra ), a product of Phazon mutation.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Then Dark Samus, still on fire, reaches out her hand to try to absorb Samus' Light Suit, but before she can even breathe on it, Dark Samus dissolves (or disperses) into a billion Phazon molecules.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Not sure if I prefer it to my series fave Metroid Fusion, but it certainly puts Metroid Prime Corruption to shame (my copy has now been launched back at the shop).- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3] .^ This is opposed to almost all footage of Metroid Prime so far which has shown Samus in her post-Varia configuration (very large shoulders, orange tint).
^ But when I play Prime, and a flash of light causes me to see Samus’ eyes reflected back at me (as brilliant an effect as that is), I realize that those are not my eyes.
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
She also confronts the Ing, a
demon-like extraterrestrial race from Dark Aether, the dark parallel of Aether.
.^ Some time ago, a large meteorite containing large amounts of Phazon smashed into Tallon IV , poisoning and corrupting all the native inhabitants and ultimately ruining the land.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Granted, the others were of her own doing, Phaaze because it kept popping out Phazon Leviathans to infect other planets, Dark Aether because it was just evil , and SR388 so she could wipe out the X Parasites, but still.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ The screen goes to a view of the Planet Aether, and the Darkness will disappear, becoming average Aether.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Corruption introduced an extraterrestrial called the "Phaz-Ing" which had similar characteristics to the "Inglet", a member of the Ing race. This brings to question whether the Ing are Phaz-Ing exposed to Dark Energy or previously existed.
.^ On the planet of Jigrad, Samus saves a group of slaves from the Space Pirates.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ The 3D installments have become a franchise in their own right, with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube), and Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo DS) continuing the in-between storyline, which was finally finished in 2007 with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii), completing the Phazon Arc.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ This is opposed to almost all footage of Metroid Prime so far which has shown Samus in her post-Varia configuration (very large shoulders, orange tint).
.^ For the series finale, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption , Samus has been infected with Phazon, giving her new power that will eventually kill her.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Suddenly, an earthquake will begin and Samus will try to escape to the door, but a wall of phazon will cover it.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The ending from nazguldragon15: 0% - 74% = After Dark Samus' defeat, it will fall out of the air and onto the ground.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime 2: Echoes has her weaving between the planet Aether and its Phazon-induced alternate dimension, Dark Aether, hoping to restore the planet’s equilibrium and defeat Dark Samus.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime picks up the story as Samus tracks down the vessel at planet Tallon IV (fitting into the series chronology between Metroid and Metroid II ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It's fine that Retro takes a break from Metroid - so maybe Nintendo should let them do their own original IP instead of having them work on another one.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I have been wanting Super Metroid to come out for so long now and its only a day away.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Not sure if I prefer it to my series fave Metroid Fusion, but it certainly puts Metroid Prime Corruption to shame (my copy has now been launched back at the shop).- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Hailfire Peaks (practically every zone is "X meets Eternal Engine ") Half Human Hybrids (Samus is a genetically augmented human with Chozo DNA, and then later receives an anti-X "vaccine" made from Metroid cells.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Everything is the same as the 0% - 74% ending except before entering her ship, Samus will take off her entire suit.- GameFAQs: Metroid (NES) Metroid Series Ending FAQ by ReyVGM 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The super-powerful Beam Combo weapon will then begin firing, rapidly using up missile stocks until the player is out of missiles or releases the fire button .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The other bonus feature is the ability to use the Fusion Suit from Metroid Fusion in Metroid Prime.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime takes place after the original Metroid for the NES , but before Metroid II: The Return of Samus for the Game Boy .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This three-part tale of Samus’ battle against Space Pirates, Metroids and the mysterious mutagen Phazon takes place between the original NES Metroid and the Game Boy’s Metroid II: Return of Samus .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
Games
.^ We are taking a break from Metroid Series and from Samus.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid is the story of Bounty Hunter Samus Aran, who, armed with modular cybernetic Powered Armor from an ancient civilization, repeatedly crosses paths with a species of energy-absorbing animals known as "Metroids," usually foiling the attempts of a band of Space Pirates to exploit the creatures as a weapon.- Metroid - Television Tropes & Idioms 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC tvtropes.org [Source type: General]
.^ It involves linking up Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game being released simultaneously).
^ Actually there were 3 Metroid games released in the '80s and '90s, the original Metroid for NES, Super Metroid of the Super Nintendo and then Metroid 2: Return of Samus on the Gameboy, which was released in probably '91 to '93.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This is the best Metroid game (though Prime 1 and Prime 3 come close) and I'd even go as far as to say its the best SNES game ever, and the best Nintendo game released before Super Mario 64!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[15] This section lists the games in chronological order, rather than the order of release.
- Metroid/Metroid: Zero Mission (1986/2004)
- Samus travels through the caverns of the planet Zebes to stop the Space Pirates from exploiting the Metroid species for galactic domination. She confronts the cybernetic lifeform Mother Brain, as well as its guardians, Kraid and Ridley.. The 2004 remake Metroid: Zero Mission has an addendum to the storyline—after the defeat of Mother Brain, Samus was ambushed by Space Pirates and her ship crash-lands back on the surface.^ Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero mission .
- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid 1 and Zero Mission are at it's tail.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It took eight years, a group of Texans and a whole new perspective for Samus Aran, space bounty hunter extraordinaire, to return to consoles after Super Metroid .- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
.^ It is here that Samus obtains the Thermal Visor , and it is immediately put to use - as the Space Pirates cut the power, plunging the labs into total darkness .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While Samus begins the game with all her equipment and gear, an accident during her escape causes her power suit to malfunction, destroying all but her blaster.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Apparently Space Pirates have set up shop on Tallon IV because of a substance recently discovered on the planet, Phazon .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ On the station Samus confirms this suspicion, but after the station power core overloads and goes on self-destruct mode, she must flee the station before it explodes.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ During the escape, an explosion causes most of the Power Suit 's systems to malfunction .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While Samus begins the game with all her equipment and gear, an accident during her escape causes her power suit to malfunction, destroying all but her blaster.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[6][3]
- Metroid Prime (2002)
- Approximately three years after the events of ., Samus receives a distress signal in her new ship and travels to Tallon IV to stop the Space Pirates from exploiting a powerful radioactive substance known as Phazon.^ The Space Pirates , in attempts to harness the full potential of the Metroid and other creatures, are experimenting with a new mutagenic substance known as " Phazon ".
- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The few new ideas present, like the ability to use your ship like a tow truck and use damage to transform your suit into a Phazon powered walking tank are all cute, but aren't particularly smart or memorable.- Destructoid - Review: Metroid Prime Trilogy 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ As the Phazon 's effects spread, the Chozo eventually abandoned the planet, but before doing so sealed the Impact Crater in a stasis field (The Cradle) powered by a temple built on an island suspended above the crater.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ By scanning wall carvings left by the Chozo as well as the data in Space Pirate computers during the course of the game, the player learns that the meteor brought a radioactive substance called Phazon to the planet, blighting the land and mutating the local wildlife .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ On a larger scale, the game world is split into six region s joined by elevators: the Tallon Overworld , the Chozo Ruins , Magmoor Caverns , Phendrana Drifts , the Phazon Mines and (once the Cradle has been unlocked) the Impact Crater .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ In Metroid Prime , Samus explores the dying Chozo planet of Tallon IV, squaring off against Space Pirates who’re meddling with forces way over their heads through genetic experiments with Metroids and Phazon.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As the Phazon 's effects spread, the Chozo eventually abandoned the planet, but before doing so sealed the Impact Crater in a stasis field (The Cradle) powered by a temple built on an island suspended above the crater.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3]
- Metroid Prime Pinball (2005)
- . is not a separate canon game in the Metroid storyline, but a retelling of the original Metroid Prime's story in pinball format.^ The game is so much better then Metroid Prime.
- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It involves linking up Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game being released simultaneously).
[16]
- Metroid Prime Hunters (2006)
- When the Federation receives an unusual telepathic message, Samus is sent to the remote Alimbic Cluster in the Tetra Galaxy to uncover the rumored "Ultimate Power". Six rival bounty hunters that also heard the message actively attempt to secure the power before anyone else, including Samus. It transpires that the promise of ultimate power was actually a lie sent by the creature Gorea, sealed away by the Alimbics in a void between dimensions. Gorea attacks and sucks the energy and weapons from the hunters. After killing Gorea, Samus and the other hunters escape the cluster, empty handed, but alive.[3]
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)
- Samus is sent to investigate the planet Aether after a squad of GF Marines was lost there. Samus finds them all dead, killed by several creatures, mostly by an evil race called the Ing. The Ing possess life forms, transforming them into monstrous "dark" versions of their former selves to wage war with Aether's dominant race, the Luminoth. Upon meeting the only remaining member of Luminoth (the others are frozen in stasis chambers, awaiting the destruction of the Ing), Samus learns Aether has been split into two dimensions by a meteor similar to the one that crashed on .^ Samus Aran has yet to encounter the Metroids and may encounter an early evolution.
^ In Metroid Prime , Samus explores the dying Chozo planet of Tallon IV, squaring off against Space Pirates who’re meddling with forces way over their heads through genetic experiments with Metroids and Phazon.- Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) review 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC wii.nintendolife.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3]
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
- Space Pirates shut down Galactic Federation computer systems and then engage in large scale combat in an attempt to further spread Phazon. Enormous Phazon-based seedships, known as Leviathans, impact planets and begin corrupting them with Phazon. Samus is charged with destroying the 'Phazon Seeds' and restoring functionality to the Federation's computer network. After purging three planets of Phazon (including the Space Pirate homeworld), the Federation locates the source of Phazon, planet Phaaze, which is made entirely of Phazon. As the Federation engages the Space Pirates in orbit, Samus enters the depths of the planet and succeeds at destroying Dark Samus and Phaaze.
- Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
- The Galactic Federation deems the Metroid species too dangerous to exist, and after their own failed attempts, employs Samus to travel to the Metroid homeworld, SR388, and exterminate the entire species. After killing every Metroid (among them Alpha, Gamma, Zeta, and Omega Metroids) and the Queen Metroid, Samus finds an unhatched egg behind the Queen Metroid's chamber. Before Samus fires on the Metroid egg, an infant Metroid hatches and believes Samus to be its mother. Helping her escape back to her ship, it is handed over by Samus to the research station, Ceres, for study.[11]
- Super Metroid (1994)
- Before the scientists can conduct extensive research, Samus receives a distress signal from the research lab. She returns just in time to catch Ridley stealing the hatchling, having killed all of the scientists. She then follows Ridley to the rebuilt base on Zebes to stop the Space Pirates in their new plan to clone the Metroids and use them as a weapon. She kills the reborn versions of Ridley and Kraid, as well as new guardians Phantoon and Draygon, to confront Mother Brain once again.. Samus is nearly killed in the battle, but is saved, and her suit supercharged, by the Metroid hatchling, shortly before Mother Brain kills it.^ In the battle with the Omega Metroid, when it swipes you, Samus will become motionless for a few seconds.
- Metroid Fusion cheats, codes, hints, FAQs: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.gamewinners.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime takes place after the original Metroid for the NES , but before Metroid II: The Return of Samus for the Game Boy .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[11] .^ In the original Metroid game, Samus Aran infiltrated Zebes and eradicated both the Metroid and the Space Pirates (including their leaders Kraid , Ridley and the Mother Brain ).- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ During the escape, an explosion causes most of the Power Suit 's systems to malfunction .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While Samus begins the game with all her equipment and gear, an accident during her escape causes her power suit to malfunction, destroying all but her blaster.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Is Aran - capable of single-handedly neutralising entire planets - all that different from the Metroid ?- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Prime takes place mostly on the planet Tallon IV, and it fits right between Metroid and Metroid II on the timeline.
- Metroid: Other M (2010)
- A new title featuring story, cutscenes, and dialogue new to the franchise. Series director Yoshio Sakamoto confirmed the title as an interquel between . and Metroid Fusion.^ Metroid Fusion was an all-new game for the GBA. AFAIK, Super Metroid has never been on any other machine than the SNES...until it comes to the VC, of course.
- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I am currently replaying Metroid Fusion as that game kinda remind's me of Super Metroid but maybe that's just me.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I've played all of them and Fusion is inferior compared to the massive world of Super metroid .- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[17]
- Metroid Fusion (2002)
- While acting as a bodyguard for researchers on the planet SR388, Samus is infected by a native creature known as the X Parasite, originally the prey of the Metroid species.[3] Doctors surgically remove portions of her Power Suit and cured the X infection with a vaccine created from the DNA of the baby Metroid from her previous adventure.[3] .^ The super-powerful Beam Combo weapon will then begin firing, rapidly using up missile stocks until the player is out of missiles or releases the fire button .
- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Once a Beam Combo power up is acquired, the player can then activate it by charging the relevant beam weapon, and with the fire button still held down, pressing the missile button.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This allows the player to activate a powerful electromagnet inside the ball, allowing it to stick to special metal tracks that run up walls and across ceilings.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The Space Station (or Space Ship) contains many biological specimens in giant glass tubes and niches in the walls that you can scan at will.
^ When Space Pirate activity is detected on Tallon IV , Samus Aran is sent to investigate in the Nintendo GameCube 's November 2002 release Metroid Prime .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It’s not clear whether the different endings will reveal more plot, or if they’ll be little bonus things, like getting to see Samus without her suit as in the old games.
^ The Gravity Suit allows Samus to venture underwater without her movement or range of vision being affected.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[11] .^ Samus is well known for packing a huge arsenal of weapons, and Metroid Prime has tons for your shooting pleasure.
^ Are Samus's employers (the "Galactic Federation") justified in seeking to eradicate the Metroid species, purely because the possibility exists for this instinctive predator to be exploited by an unscrupulous enemy?- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ With Metroids & Mother Brain seemingly destroyed for good, Samus set out for a new bounty.
^ This is the one Metroid game that eluded me over the years but I finally got it and like every Metroid game I've played (yes even Prime Pinball which is great as well) I loved it.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If you have it already and are at the point that you have to set course for SR388 (the planet that will destroy B.S.L.), you will face the SA-X. At this point you will defeat him.- Metroid Fusion cheats, codes, hints, FAQs: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.gamewinners.com [Source type: General]
[3] .^ In the battle with the Omega Metroid, when it swipes you, Samus will become motionless for a few seconds.- Metroid Fusion cheats, codes, hints, FAQs: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.gamewinners.com [Source type: General]
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Samus is well known for packing a huge arsenal of weapons, and Metroid Prime has tons for your shooting pleasure.
.^ Your arm-cannon weapons include the regular blaster, Ice Beam, Wave Beam, and Plasma, which has not been shown in demos or screenshots yet.
^ Its shots do much more damage than any of the other beam weapons, making combat with most of the common varieties of enemy a walkover .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ When SA-X enters, freeze him with an ice missile and charge up your beam.- Metroid Fusion cheats, codes, hints, FAQs: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC www.gamewinners.com [Source type: General]
But the SA-X is badly damaged by the Metroid, and Samus absorbs the SA-X parasite to use her regained weapons to destroy the Omega Metroid and leave the station before it collides with SR388.[3]
Development
History
Metroid provides a thoroughly nonlinear gaming experience.
.^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The "Retroid" team has had attempted to make the game a third-person shooter, the decision to make the game a FPS came from Nintendo.
^ It involves linking up Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game being released simultaneously).
.^ Metroid Prime will be released on Novemeber 18th which is the same day that Metroid Fusion (GBA) is being released, however, the developers do not intend to support any connection between the titles.
^ Two totally different games in the same genre of sorts that have practically evolved a fanbase somewhat, both series spanning two games on a prior console and the last outing of the story for a new console.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Metroid Fusion GBA link features were added to the game so late in the development cycle that the game's manual only mentions that there are special features that can be unlocked by linking to Metroid Fusion, not what they are.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[18][3]
.^ Metroid Prime takes place after the original Metroid for the NES , but before Metroid II: The Return of Samus for the Game Boy .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It involves linking up Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game being released simultaneously).
.^ It was my first and only Metroid game.
^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ My first Metroid game, and still my favorite in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ On the station Samus confirms this suspicion, but after the station power core overloads and goes on self-destruct mode, she must flee the station before it explodes.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The super-powerful Beam Combo weapon will then begin firing, rapidly using up missile stocks until the player is out of missiles or releases the fire button .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Is Super Metroid WAY better then the other Metroid games?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This game is amazing, I would love Nintendo to do another version of this, looking similar on the Wii, just how big could they make it this time.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[19] .^ The series was widely regarded to have reached its peak with the release of Super Metroid for the Super Nintendo in 1994.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Prime would have to have a coda in which Tallon IV is revealed to be the Earth in the year 2500 or some shit to be equally groanworthy.
^ But even then there’s the odd upgrade that actually involves learning another skill, like the timing of a super missile launch.
.^ We consider ourselves a Nintendo developer, we just happen to be in Texas."- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Then, pick up Metroid Prime .
^ Aside from this happening, the game "officially" wasn't confirmed and Retro Studios, much like Nintendo's other second-party developers, were expected to keep Metroid's progress (let alone its existence) a secret.
.^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The "Retroid" team has had attempted to make the game a third-person shooter, the decision to make the game a FPS came from Nintendo.
^ Nintendo 2nd-party developer, Retro Studios, will be designing the game and will definitely be working hard to not to disappoint fans of the series.
[21] After it became a top seller on the
GameCube, a trilogy was authorized.
[1]
.^ I want a new 2D metroid on the VC and/or DS .- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It's no coincidence this run was finished near the release of Metroid Prime 2.- Speed Demos Archive - Metroid Prime 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC speeddemosarchive.com [Source type: Original source]
^ While I love the Prime series I am glad they are stepping away from it for a while, I am sure Dread will keep me entertained till a new 3D Metroid returns.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Then, just weeks before SpaceWorld 2000, Nintendo decided to crown Retro Studios with the Metroid license and the action-adventure game was transformed; "They wanted to make a splash.
^ Aside from this happening, the game "officially" wasn't confirmed and Retro Studios, much like Nintendo's other second-party developers, were expected to keep Metroid's progress (let alone its existence) a secret.
[22][23][24][25] .^ With Retro recently (& publicly) expanding its Metroid team and rumors of bad-blood flying, one must question the state of development Metroid for NGC is in.
^ This may not seem like a big deal, but you stubborn folks still using a Memory Card 59 will be happy to hear that Metroid Prime only uses ONE block of memory...and that one block will hold three save files!
^ Peter MacDougal introduced Metroid Prime as one of three games that Nintendo is aiming squarely at mature gamers (although the exact rating is still pending).
[26][27]
.^ Metroid Fusion was an all-new game for the GBA. AFAIK, Super Metroid has never been on any other machine than the SNES...until it comes to the VC, of course.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There wasn’t much of it in the E3 demo, but the final game has you hopping all over the place, just like any other Metroid game.
^ The Space Pirates , in attempts to harness the full potential of the Metroid and other creatures, are experimenting with a new mutagenic substance known as " Phazon ".- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It could be a long time coming – easily the “Goldeneye” of the GameCube – a title we’ll wait on bestowing until we experience its final quality.
^ Metroid Prime will be released on Novemeber 18th which is the same day that Metroid Fusion (GBA) is being released, however, the developers do not intend to support any connection between the titles.
^ This time it was serious and I didn't touch the run in a very long time.- Speed Demos Archive - Metroid Prime 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC speeddemosarchive.com [Source type: Original source]
It is slated for release on the Wii in 2010.
[17]
Creation and design
Metroid Prime introduced 3D to the series.
Metroid was designed to be a shooting game that combined the platform jumping of
Super Mario Bros. with the non-linear exploration of
The Legend of Zelda and a distinctly darker aesthetic.
.^ They form a kind of yin-yang sign when I put them together in my mind — one balancing out the other.
^ [SPOILER END] I attempted to finish this on my dads Xbox emulators but he sold it when I was half way through, then borrowed my friends SNES version and got half way through and the save deleted.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Trilogy -- the trilogy of that -- A similar played all the way through record as an -- to announce gone back through earlier in their eyes out in the originals like one of my favorite games.- Revision3 > CO-OP > Episode 211: 1994 Part 2 -- Wolfenstein, Spider, Super Metroid - spider, dan hsu, justin haywald 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC revision3.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1][28] .^ This implies that the game will contain other phases of Metroid development as well (the second game in the series introduced the various stages of Metroid mutation, but they haven't been seen since).
^ With Retro recently (& publicly) expanding its Metroid team and rumors of bad-blood flying, one must question the state of development Metroid for NGC is in.
[29]
.^ Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero mission .- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Super Metroid is above and beyond anything the Metroid Zero Mission game had to offer.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I really like the platform metroids like metroid fusion, metroid zero mission and the NES metroid.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The "Retroid" team has had attempted to make the game a third-person shooter, the decision to make the game a FPS came from Nintendo.
^ It involves linking up Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game being released simultaneously).
^ That's saying a lot, seeing as how much I love games like Metroid Prime or Link to the Past.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ It was my first and only Metroid game.
^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ My first Metroid game, and still my favorite in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[1] .^ When I think of who made Metroid Prime 3 I think of the Metroid Prime team.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ First and foremost, Shigeru Miyamoto, during his big interview with N'gai Croal, was heard saying that Metroid Prime was nearly shown playable at E3.
^ It involves linking up Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game being released simultaneously).
Audio
.^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It adds 2 things the series desperately needed (8-directional shooting and a frickin' map), and laid the blue print for every Metroid game to come.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ On a related note, Prime will have multiple endings based on how quickly you beat it, just like past Metroid games.
[1][30][31] .^ I’d have no objections to a Metroid game that wants to please its player.
^ The music of the game will melt on top of your brain, like chocolate sauce, and you’ll feel the strangest feelings.
^ Metroid Prime isn’t at all like playfully making love, rather it’s like going to school on a rainy day.
[30] .^ The press release lists the number of players as one making Metroid Prime a single player only adventure.
^ With Metroids & Mother Brain seemingly destroyed for good, Samus set out for a new bounty.
^ When we last saw Samus Aran, she had destroyed Mother Brain, who in turn had destroyed what was believed to be the last of the Metroids.
.^ Plus - my favorite game of all time came out right around 94: X-Com!!- Revision3 > CO-OP > Episode 211: 1994 Part 2 -- Wolfenstein, Spider, Super Metroid - spider, dan hsu, justin haywald 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC revision3.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ One of my all time favorite games on the SENS so naturally it was a must buy for me.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This had to be played on it's time, it was an experience like no other.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[32] .^ It involves linking up Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game being released simultaneously).
^ Is Super Metroid WAY better then the other Metroid games?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After watching this episode it makes me wonder how great games like Super Metroid could be ported to this current generation of players.- Revision3 > CO-OP > Episode 211: 1994 Part 2 -- Wolfenstein, Spider, Super Metroid - spider, dan hsu, justin haywald 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC revision3.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ While I love the Prime series I am glad they are stepping away from it for a while, I am sure Dread will keep me entertained till a new 3D Metroid returns.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Not sure if I prefer it to my series fave Metroid Fusion, but it certainly puts Metroid Prime Corruption to shame (my copy has now been launched back at the shop).- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ So far Metroid Prime is my absolute favorite game of the series, but also my favorite game of all time.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[33] .^ Metroid Prime takes place after the original Metroid for the NES , but before Metroid II: The Return of Samus for the Game Boy .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Prime takes place mostly on the planet Tallon IV, and it fits right between Metroid and Metroid II on the timeline.
^ Super Metroid 10/10 (My fav game ever) Metroid 9.2/10 Metroid II 9.5/10 Metroid Prime 8.0/10 Metroid Prime 2 8.7/10 .- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[34] .^ Metroid Prime is a " first person adventure " game, developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo .- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This is opposed to almost all footage of Metroid Prime so far which has shown Samus in her post-Varia configuration (very large shoulders, orange tint).
^ Metroid Prime begins similarly to Super Metroid : Samus Aran lands and begins to explores a nearly deserted space station.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[33] Composer
Kenji Yamamoto utilizes heavy drums, piano, voiced chants, clangs of pipes, and electric guitar.
[34] .^ The game is so much better then Metroid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ YES! This is much better than Prime, which is really the only Metroid I've ever owned, but not the only Metroid I've ever played!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While I love the Prime series I am glad they are stepping away from it for a while, I am sure Dread will keep me entertained till a new 3D Metroid returns.- Mark Pacini Interview: "Retro Studios will take a break from the Metroid Series" - NeoGAF 25 September 2009 2:43 UTC www.neogaf.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[33] .^ Easily the best of the original metroid trilogy.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ First and foremost, Shigeru Miyamoto, during his big interview with N'gai Croal, was heard saying that Metroid Prime was nearly shown playable at E3.
^ YES! This is much better than Prime, which is really the only Metroid I've ever owned, but not the only Metroid I've ever played!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[33]
In other media
Characters and elements from the
Metroid series have appeared in different mediums.
.^ Best Super Nintendo game ever.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This game is amazing, I would love Nintendo to do another version of this, looking similar on the Wii, just how big could they make it this time.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Actually there were 3 Metroid games released in the '80s and '90s, the original Metroid for NES, Super Metroid of the Super Nintendo and then Metroid 2: Return of Samus on the Gameboy, which was released in probably '91 to '93.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3][35][36] Several characters and game environments have appeared in the
Super Smash Bros. series.
.^ Actually there were 3 Metroid games released in the '80s and '90s, the original Metroid for NES, Super Metroid of the Super Nintendo and then Metroid 2: Return of Samus on the Gameboy, which was released in probably '91 to '93.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Those who own both of these games (which is everyone reading this because you’re no fool) will be able to fit the three-dimensional Samus with the GBA game’s Fusion suit, all green and purple and black and cool.
^ While Samus begins the game with all her equipment and gear, an accident during her escape causes her power suit to malfunction, destroying all but her blaster.- Metroid Prime@Everything2.com 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[37][38] Super Smash Bros. ., also features Zero Suit Samus, a version of the heroine using the blue form-fitting suit seen in
Zero Mission and the
Prime series.
^ I rarely think about the girl inside the suit when I think of Samus and the Metroid series.
[39][40] Ridley makes cameos in
Super Smash Bros., where he can be seen flying through the level Zebes, and in
Super Smash Bros. Melee both as a unlockable trophy and in the game's opening, where he is fighting Samus at Ceres Space Station.
[41] .^ Super Smash Bros.
Brawl, Ridley, in both normal and Meta Ridley forms, appears as a boss character.
[42] Kraid also appeared in
Super Smash Bros. Melee as a stage hazard in Brinstar Depths and unlockable trophy.
.^ Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero mission .- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Super Metroid is above and beyond anything the Metroid Zero Mission game had to offer.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Anyway, the story's about returning to Zebes, the Planet from the Classic Metroid/Zero Mission.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Is Super Metroid WAY better then the other Metroid games?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I have played all of the other Metroid games, except for the one for the original Gameboy.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A decent enough game, though I do prefer some of the other Metroid games over this.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[48] .^ The Jason Show -- HALO 3 Multiplayer Maps, Harbor Master, Facebook Gaming .- Revision3 > CO-OP > Episode 211: 1994 Part 2 -- Wolfenstein, Spider, Super Metroid - spider, dan hsu, justin haywald 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC revision3.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Anyway it was a very good game, I will purchase it when it comes out on the VC and complete it again, I love beating up mother brain now and again!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[49] .^ The original NES Metroid is a good game, but not only is it much weaker than this installment, it hasn't aged as well.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If you've never played a Metroid game before, get this NOW! It might be a better game to introduce you to the series then the original NES title.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Actually there were 3 Metroid games released in the '80s and '90s, the original Metroid for NES, Super Metroid of the Super Nintendo and then Metroid 2: Return of Samus on the Gameboy, which was released in probably '91 to '93.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3] Six short "E-comics" were created to chronicle Samus' life and were published by Kodachi.
[3] Comic Bom Bom also published a three-volume manga starring Samus called
Samus and Joey (メトロイド サムス&ジョイ)
[50]Live-action movie
In 2003, two producers optioned the rights to create a movie based on
Metroid, but the rights expired.
[3] John Woo reacquired the rights a few years later, and Lion Rock Productions was to produce and release the film before 2006, but it has either been canceled or remains in
development hell.
[3][51] .^ Actually there were 3 Metroid games released in the '80s and '90s, the original Metroid for NES, Super Metroid of the Super Nintendo and then Metroid 2: Return of Samus on the Gameboy, which was released in probably '91 to '93.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[52] .^ It is to video games what Alien was to movies back in the late 70's.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Metroid was marked as "Dormant."
.^ So those ghosts might be difficult to the point of frustration the first few times around, but after a point your character will likely be upgraded to a point where they are but a mild hindrance.
^ It's in those times when the screen zooms out in C over -- you mean you defeated states that you finally get a pretty good picture of what what that area looked like and what the story was right.- Revision3 > CO-OP > Episode 211: 1994 Part 2 -- Wolfenstein, Spider, Super Metroid - spider, dan hsu, justin haywald 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC revision3.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Reception
The series has been highly praised by critics, being ranked by
IGN as the eighth best franchise ever.
[71] .^ Super Metroid is easily the best metroid game, and among the top 3 games I've ever played.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Best Super Nintendo game ever.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The best metroid game.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[72] .^ Why is this title the best of all the metroids?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Best Super Nintendo game ever.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[77] .^ Castlevania) you should check out Castlevania: Symphony of the night.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If this is out by Christmas, then I'll be CHUFFED cuz I'll get it with Corruption (and many other games) for Christmas.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[2] .^ Super Metroid 10/10 (My fav game ever) Metroid 9.2/10 Metroid II 9.5/10 Metroid Prime 8.0/10 Metroid Prime 2 8.7/10 .- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I hear Super Metroid is one of the greatest games ever.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The game is so much better then Metroid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[78][19][79] Some characters have received their own reception. Ridley was the number two most requested Nintendo character by IGN and number one by the fans to be added as a playable character to the
Super Smash Bros. series[42] and Mother Brain has been commonly ranked among the all-time best video game bosses.
[80].^ Metroid 2 in my opinion is vastly underrated, and the original Metroid is vastly overrated, as I think (despite being fun) the two GBA ones are as well.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This game is amazing, I would love Nintendo to do another version of this, looking similar on the Wii, just how big could they make it this time.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It adds 2 things the series desperately needed (8-directional shooting and a frickin' map), and laid the blue print for every Metroid game to come.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[31] .^ The game is so much better then Metroid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Is Super Metroid WAY better then the other Metroid games?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I'm not sure how many more puzzle elements were in either the first game or Super Metroid than this one, it was structurally a different game for sure, and I never thought the spider ball was all that annoying.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[82] Metroid Prime was considered one of the best games ever upon release, winning
Game of the Year from various publications and websites.
[83][84][85] .^ The best metroid game.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The best 2-D Metroid game in the series.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The game is so much better then Metroid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[87][88][89] .^ Beats out Prime as my favorite Metroid game, and is surely one of the best of the genre.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Nothing describes metroid like a little good poetry?^^ Actually, I have to say that in my oppinion, this game is tied for best in the series with Metoid Prime.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I've played the original NES version and Prime for Gamecube and this is hands down the ultimate Metroid game!- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The sound effects were also noted for a high degree of accuracy and blending with the soundtrack.
[34] .^ Is Super Metroid WAY better then the other Metroid games?- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After watching this episode it makes me wonder how great games like Super Metroid could be ported to this current generation of players.- Revision3 > CO-OP > Episode 211: 1994 Part 2 -- Wolfenstein, Spider, Super Metroid - spider, dan hsu, justin haywald 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC revision3.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Fusion was an all-new game for the GBA. AFAIK, Super Metroid has never been on any other machine than the SNES...until it comes to the VC, of course.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[90]
.^ The original NES Metroid is a good game, but not only is it much weaker than this installment, it hasn't aged as well.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Metroid Fusion was an all-new game for the GBA. AFAIK, Super Metroid has never been on any other machine than the SNES...until it comes to the VC, of course.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I find spinesharking in those games more annoying than virtually anything in any other Metroid game.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Metroid 2 in my opinion is vastly underrated, and the original Metroid is vastly overrated, as I think (despite being fun) the two GBA ones are as well.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Not sure if I prefer it to my series fave Metroid Fusion, but it certainly puts Metroid Prime Corruption to shame (my copy has now been launched back at the shop).- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I started out with Metroid Prime, then played the two GBA Metroids, which are very similar to this one.- Super Metroid (Virtual Console / SNES) 30 January 2010 2:54 UTC vc.nintendolife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In its first day of release in Japan,
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption sold 20,000 copies,
[91] and it was the fifth bestselling game during its debut week in Japan, selling 32,388 units, ranking it behind
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!,
Super Smash Bros. Brawl,
Wii Fit, and
Gundam Musou Special.
[92]
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