Super Metroid
The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her…
Super Metroid is an adventure developed by Nintendo R&D1, released 19 March 1994 on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Super Famicom. The main story takes about 10.1 hrs to finish.
What Super Metroid is
Super Metroid is an adventure game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 1994. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After Samus completed her mission and eradicated the entire Metroid population on SR388 as commanded by the Galactic Federation (sans the Metroid Hatchling, which she nicknamed "Baby"), she brought the Hatchling to the Ceres Space Colony for research. However, shortly after she left, she received a distress signal from the Station and returned to investigate. When Samus arrives at the Space Science Academy where the Baby was being studied, she finds all the scientists slaughtered and the containment unit that held the Baby missing. Upon further exploration of the Station, she finds the Baby in a small capsule. As she approaches, Ridley appears and grabs the capsule. After a brief battle…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metroid series
Super Metroid is the fourth of 50 entries we hold in the Metroid series. It arrived 3 years after Metroid II: Return of Samus. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. in 1999. Its critic score of 100 is 18 points above the series average of 82. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Super Metroid holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 28 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 96, across 1,084 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.1 hrs.
What it launched against
Super Metroid launched on 19 March 1994, within three weeks of Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, X-COM: UFO Defense and Beneath a Steel Sky. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, X-COM: UFO Defense, Beneath a Steel Sky.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Metroid yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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