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Super Metroid (JP) (also referred to in-game as Metroid 3) is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game released in 1994. This game is the third game in the Metroid series. In 2007 to celebrate the release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Nintendo released this on the Wii's Virtual Console. During its first month on sale, it was the most downloaded game on the Wii Shop Channel. When Super Metroid was released on the SNES it was the largest game availabale on that system with a 24-megabit cartridge. Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems developed the game. It was the last Metroid game for eight years until Metroid Prime on the Nintendo GameCube and Metroid Fusion on Game Boy Advance.
Plot[]
The game starts right after Metroid II. After delivering the Baby Metroid to Ceres Space Colony, Samus receives a distress call from there and immediately heads back there to investigate. When she arrives, she finds that everyone is dead and the baby Metroid is missing! Shortly after this, she finds that Ridley has stolen the Baby! After a quick fight, Ridley manages to escape to Zebes with Samus following closely behind. Will Samus save the Baby? Find out by playing the game!
Enemies[]
Locations[]
- Crateria: The surface of Zebes. Also contains the old destroyed Tourian from the original Metroid
- Brinstar: A jungle and damp cave. Also contains part of the old Brinstar from the original Metroid and Kraid's Lair
- Wrecked Ship: A crashed spaceship located in the eastern section of Crateria. Also contains Phantoon's Lair
- Maridia: A flooded cave that contains failed Metroid clones. Also contains Draygon's Turf
- Norfair: A hot underground cave. Also contains Ridley's Lair
- Tourian: Mother Brain's base
Gameplay[]
The game is very similar to the previous games in the series. The game is much larger and featured enhanced graphics and gameplay features, though the basic premise is retained. As the player you control Samus Aran, a bounty hunter who is sent to the planet Zebes. The game is a platformer action game, and you can retrace your steps instead of following a linear path. The world the player will explore is large, and a variety of species inhabit it that will attack Samus Aran. There is now a map. Samus has a wide range of weapons with her, and she'll gain upgrades as the player progresses through the game. A new ability in the game allows Samus to walk backwards while firing her Arm Cannon, which is based on Michael Jackson's famous moonwalk move. Samus can also wall jump similarly to Mega Man X and combine weapon beams together. She can also do a move called the Crystal Flash
Development[]
Reception[]
After this game released, it became very popular. The game is played by many people to this day and is also popular in the speedrunning community due to its many glitches and secret tricks.
Legacy[]
Super Metroid is often lauded as one of the series' best games. It was rated the seventh best video game of all time by IGN in 2007 while Electronic Gaming Monthly said it was the best game of all time in 2003. After Super Metroid was released, Samus wouldn't appear in another Metroid game until the Game Boy Advance was released years later. She'd make cameo appearances, however, such as in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars for the SNES and would even appear as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64.
The game was featured on the cover of Nintendo Power V60, and it won Best Move (Crystal Flash) in the 1994 Nintendo Power Awards.
In 1997, the game was ranked at #6 in Nintendo Power's 100 Best Games of All Time, as printed in Nintendo Power V100. 100 issues later, in Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games, it was pushed down to #12. And in the magazine's 20th anniversary issue, it was ranked #4 on the SNES list for Nintendo Power's Best of the Best.
External links[]
- Super Metroid at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Super Metroid at GameFAQs
- Super Metroid at MobyGames
- Super Metroid at Nintendo.com
- Super Metroid at Virtual Console Reviews
| Metroid series | |
|---|---|
| Metroid series | Metroid (NES Classics) • II: Return of Samus • Super Metroid • Fusion • Zero Mission Other M • Samus Returns • Dread |
| Metroid Prime series | Metroid Prime (New Play Control! • Remastered) • 2: Echoes (New Play Control!) • Prime Hunters • Prime 3: Corruption • Prime 4 Prime Pinball • Prime: Trilogy • Federation Force |
| Related | Nintendo • Retro Studios • Samus Aran • Super Smash Bros. • Nintendo Land Gunpei Yokoi • Kensuke Tanabe • Yoshio Sakamoto |