Metroid: Samus Returns
Metroid: Samus Returns is a remake of Metroid 2: Return of Samus. It uses a 3D graphic style with a side view camera that zooms in and changes for cutscenes. It also has new mechanics, items, and abilities…
Metroid: Samus Returns is an adventure developed by MercurySteam, released 15 September 2017 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 12.3 hrs to finish.
What Metroid: Samus Returns is
Metroid: Samus Returns is an adventure game developed by MercurySteam and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only. It runs on Mercury Steam Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metroid: Samus Returns is a 2017 action-adventure game developed by MercurySteam and Nintendo EPD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. It is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus. Players control series protagonist Samus Aran, a bounty hunter who is contracted by the Galactic Federation to exterminate the parasitic Metroid species on their home planet of SR388. While the story and structure parallel the original game, Samus Returns features redone graphics, updated controls and user interface, and new gameplay mechanics not seen in previous 2D Metroid titles, such as a melee counterattack and the ability to aim freely at any angle.
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: Samus Returns is the 38th of 50 entries we hold in the Metroid series. It arrived a year after Metroid Prime: Federation Force. The next entry was Super NES Classic Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 88 is 6 points above the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Super Metroid at 100.
How it was received
Metroid: Samus Returns holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 125 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12.3 hrs.
What it launched against
Metroid: Samus Returns launched on 15 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Cuphead, Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Divinity: Original Sin II. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Cuphead, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metroid: Samus Returns yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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