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Super Metroid [a] [b] is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third installment in the Metroid series, following the events of the Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991).
All the Metroid games released by 2005 were included in a Nintendo Power top 200 Nintendo games list, [97] Prime in the IGN top 100, [98] Metroid, Super Metroid, Prime and Echoes in a list by GameFAQs users; [99] Metroid and Super Metroid in Game Informer ' s list; [100] and Prime and Super Metroid in Edge ' s list. [101]
Mother Brain (Japanese: マザーブレイン, Hepburn: Mazā Burein) is a fictional character created by Nintendo for the Metroid series. She is one of the most prominent antagonists within the series, serving as the main antagonist of Metroid and Super Metroid. Mother Brain has been killed multiple times by series protagonist Samus Aran.
The Super Metroid Nintendo's Player's Guide describes Samus as 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighs 198 pounds (90 kg) without her Power Suit. [23] Her signature ability to collapse into a ball to travel through tight areas was initially called the Maru Mari, meaning "round ball" in Japanese, and was rechristened as the Morph Ball in Super Metroid.
The Metroid larva is chronologically the last Metroid of its race following the events of Metroid II: Return of Samus and its remake Metroid: Samus Returns. At the beginning of Super Metroid, Samus describes how a Metroid larva hatched from an egg and immediately imprinted upon her, believing her to be its mother. She brought the larva to Ceres ...
Metroid Fusion was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 (R&D1), the same team that created Super Metroid. [31] Fusion ' s gameplay, screen layout, and controls mimic those of Super Metroid, with enhancements. Metroid Fusion is the first 2D Metroid game with animated cutscenes; the story is revealed through text and close-ups. [31]
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is a 2004 adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.The sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) and the first Metroid game with a multiplayer feature, Echoes was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 2004 and in Japan under the name Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes [a] in May 2005.
In 2004, Metroid was inducted into GameSpot ' s list of the greatest games of all time. [47] GamesRadar ranked it the fifth best NES game ever made. The staff said that it had aged after the release of Super Metroid but was "fantastic for its time". [48] Metroid ' s ranking of multiple endings entices players to race the game, or speedrunning. [7]