Metroid
Metroid was first released for the Famicom Disk System, exclusively in Japan. Due to the enhanced hardware support, it features a save system, has less slowdown and better quality music. However, when…
Metroid is an adventure developed by Iwasaki Giken Kogyo, released 6 August 1986 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer Disk System.
What Metroid is
Metroid is an adventure game developed by Iwasaki Giken Kogyo and released in 1986. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer Disk System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metroid was first released for the Famicom Disk System, exclusively in Japan. Due to the enhanced hardware support, it features a save system, has less slowdown and better quality music. However, when comparing with its International version, it doesn't have the second quest after beating the game, the players can't use Justin Bailey Samus (Zero Suit) and it is much lenient on difficulty and endgame requirements.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metroid series
Metroid is the first of 50 entries we hold in the Metroid series. The next entry was Metroid in 1987.
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