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Description

On the planet Zebes, Space Pirates and their leader, the Mother Brain, are about to be caught out by the only hero that can stop them, Samus Aran. With a battle suit filled with powerful weapons and the ability to pull off amazing special moves, Samus must use all of her power to take down the Pirates and their leader.

The planet itself is filled with enemies, traps and deadly terrain. Using Samus' Grappling Beam, and other nifty items, you can traverse the landscape, while morphing into a fast ball device allows Samus to travel into hard to reach places. Power-ups also litter the levels, each helping Samus either with improvements to her weapons or her defensive output.

Alternate Titles

  • "Sūpā Metoroido" -- Japanese Romaji title
  • "Metroid 3" -- Game introduction
  • "スーパーメトロイド" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

On a planet with this much intoxicating atmosphere, you're gonna need that space suit! J. P. Gray (79) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A strong classic, if maybe SLIGHTLY overrated *Legion* (141) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Gameplay greatness and pixel poetry Vecster (24) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Bring back my baby!!!! Daniel Maze (3) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A super sci-fi adventure! Phobos-Romulus (42) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars

The Press Says

Thunderbolt Games Oct 30, 2007 10 out of 10 100
HonestGamers Jan 13, 2004 10 out of 10 100
Nintendojo 1996 9.9 out of 10 99
PGNx Media May 12, 2002 9.75 out of 10 98
Jeuxvideo.com Jun 18, 2009 19 out of 20 95
Total!! UK Magazine 1994 94 out of 100 94
Nintendo Magazine System UK Jun, 1994 92 out of 100 92
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Jun, 1994 9 out of 10 90
All Game Guide 1998 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Cubed3 Aug 21, 2007 9 out of 10 90

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
The art direction 2 J. P. Gray (79)
Apr 24, 2008

Trivia

Because the Original Metroid used the Famicom Disk System (and its wavetable sound chip) in Japan, and the NES was on a cartridge. The original sound had to be reprogrammed, and it is obvious here in Super Metroid with the changes to the tracks that are used in Super Metroid that were used from the original game.


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9909) and gamewarrior (5122)
 

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