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.: March 19, 1994.: April 18, 1994.: July 28, 1994Mode(s)Super Metroid is an developed and published by for the in 1994. It is the third installment in the series, following the events of the game (1991). Players control bounty hunter, who travels to planet Zebes to retrieve an infant stolen by the leader.The gameplay focuses on exploration, with the player searching for power-ups that are used to reach previously inaccessible areas. It features new concepts to the series, such as the inventory screen, an, and the ability to fire in all directions. The development staff from previous Metroid games—including, and —returned to develop Super Metroid over the course of two years, with half a year earlier to gain approval for the initial idea.

Super Metroid Walkthrough 5. Ice Beam to Grapple Beam. Home Games Super Metroid 5. Ice Beam to Grapple Beam Go left to get back to here, freeze the flying space turtles (Rippers), and climb all the way up to the top. This room is too scary. Just turn off the game and walk away.

The developers wanted to make a true action game, and to set the stage for Samus's reappearance.The game received critical acclaim, praising its atmosphere, gameplay, music and graphics. It is often cited as one of the. Although the game did not sell well in Japan, it fared better in North America and had shipped 1.42 million copies worldwide by late 2003. Super Metroid, alongside (1997), is credited for establishing the ' subgenre, and has inspired other games within the genre.

It also became popular among players for. The game was followed by the 2002 release of and, ending the series' eight-year hiatus. It was for the service on various Nintendo platforms since 2007 and as part of the microconsole in 2017.

And abilities, such as the Grappling Beam, allow Samus to reach previously inaccessible areas. Her, stock of weapons and a gridded mini-map are displayed on the top of the screen.Super Metroid is a, which primarily takes place on the fictional planet Zebes—a large, world with areas connected by doors and elevators.: 18–19 The player controls as she searches the planet for a that has been stolen by, the leader of the.: 5 Samus can run, jump, crouch, and fire a weapon in eight directions; she can also perform other actions, such as —jumping from one wall to another in rapid succession to reach higher areas. The 'Moon Walk' ability, named after the popular, allows Samus to walk backwards while firing or charging her weapon.: 8–9Throughout the course of the game, the player can acquire that enhance Samus's armor and weaponry, as well as grant her special abilities, allowing them to gain access to areas that were previously inaccessible.

The Morphing Ball allows Samus to curl into a ball and roll into tight places; while in this form, she can plant bombs once a Bomb power-up is acquired. The Spring Ball adds the ability to jump while in Morphing Ball form.: 10–11 The Speed Booster can be used to run at high speeds and crash into barriers and enemies. The Hi-Jump Boots allow for a higher jump, and the Space Jump allows Samus to jump in midair.: 24 The Grapple Beam can be used to swing across open areas. The Scope is used to see items and passages through hidden walls and other surfaces.: 12The shows Samus's, the supply mode for Reserve Tanks, icons that represent weapons, and a map display showing her location and its surroundings.: 7 The inventory screen allows the player to enable and disable weapons and abilities.

While the beam weapons can be combined, the Spazer and Plasma beams cannot be used simultaneously. At the game's end, Samus obtains the Hyper Beam, a powerful weapon generated by the energy given to her by the 'super Metroid', the matured version of the larval creature which she seeks over the course of the game. The backup units called Reserve Tanks can be used automatically when Samus's health is depleted.: 14–15 The game also features an to help players navigate the different areas of the game. Additionally, the player can use the map computer found in each part of the planet to reveal unexplored areas.: 13 To their progress, the player must find and use one of the save stations scattered around the planet.: 16 The game can also be saved at Samus's, which fully recharges her health and ammunition as well.: 18 Super Metroid has three endings based on the time taken to complete the game, which determine whether Samus poses with or without her suit.

The best ending is achieved when the game is completed under three hours.: 119 Additionally, an optional task alters the game's end slightly. If the player chooses to rescue the Dachora and the Etecoons, friendly creatures encountered by Samus in the game, they are shown leaving the planet in the distance.: 118–119 Plot brings the last to the Ceres space colony for scientific study. Investigation of the specimen, a, reveals that its energy-producing abilities may benefit humanity. Shortly after leaving, Samus receives a prompting her to return to the colony. She finds the scientists dead and the Metroid larva stolen by, leader of the. Samus escapes from the colony during a sequence and follows Ridley to the planet Zebes. She searches the planet for the Metroid and finds that the Pirates have rebuilt their base there.: 5After defeating four in various regions of Zebes, Samus enters Tourian,: 109 the final area of the game, and fights several Metroids which have somehow reproduced.

A single Metroid which has grown to enormous size attacks and nearly kills Samus, but relents at the last moment. It is the specimen which was stolen from Ceres; because Samus was present at its birth on SR388, the Metroid has on Samus, recognizing her as its 'mother'.: 113Samus fights, a creature which controls the Zebes systems. Mother Brain overpowers Samus and again she is nearly killed, but the 'super Metroid'—the —intervenes, attacking Mother Brain and healing Samus, confirming the scientists' findings. Mother Brain kills the super Metroid, but Samus, using new powers given by the super Metroid, successfully defeats and kills Mother Brain. Samus escapes Zebes as it self-destructs.Development. The director and writer of Super Metroid, at the 2010Super Metroid was developed by with a staff of 15 managed. It was written and directed by, and produced by., who co-developed the with R&D1, handled the.

The opening was narrated by, a employee.Super Metroid was released almost a decade after the original Metroid. Sakamoto said: 'We wanted to wait until a true action game was needed.

And also to set the stage for the reappearance of Samus Aran.' It took half a year for Nintendo to approve the project, and two further years to develop.The developers' primary goal was to make a 'good action game'. It is the first Metroid game to let Samus fire in all directions while moving. It is also among the first games with a map feature, which shows the outlines of rooms and indicates important locations and items. The team wanted to create a large map, but found it difficult to organize the amount of graphic data involved, and so broke it into smaller parts. Areas from previous Metroid games were included to create a sense of familiarity.Shortly before the game's release, the North American, a self-regulating organization, was formed in response to the increasing violence in games such as (1992).

Asked whether he thought the controversy would cause a backlash for Super Metroid, Sakamoto explained that Samus's purpose is to maintain peace in the galaxy, saying: 'It's not violence for the sake of violence.' The game was demonstrated at the Winter 1994, and was named the best SNES game at the show.

Audio The for Super Metroid was composed by and Minako Hamano, and uses 16-bit versions of music from previous games. The SNES allowed the use of recorded sounds simultaneously on eight channels, as opposed to three channels and one noise channel of the NES. Yamamoto decided that rich and expressive sounds, such as a female chorus, would be required to portray the setting realistically. He composed the main theme by humming while riding his motorcycle from work.Yamamoto also served as a sound programmer, and wrote a program that sends sound data to the audio chip. He also created, including those created for an infant Metroid to convey different emotions.

The simultaneous roles as a composer, a sound programmer and a sound effect creator gave Yamamoto ideas to produce a distinct Metroid soundtrack 'with a sound programmer's ear, with a sound effect creator's ear, and with the approach and theory of a composer.' The and of the game's themes were used in and its sequels, because Yamamoto wanted to satisfy old Metroid fans, describing it as a 'present' for them.A soundtrack album, Super Metroid: Sound in Action, was published by on June 22, 1994.

It contains 38 tracks and has a running time of 58:49. It includes the original Metroid soundtrack by, and additional tracks arranged by Yoshiyuki Ito and Masumi Ito.

Release The game was released by in Japan on March 19, 1994, in North America on April 18, and in Europe on July 28. It was distributed on a 24- cartridge, making it the largest Super NES game of its time. It was re-released through the service in Japan on September 30, 1997. Super Metroid became available as a game in North America on August 20, 2007, in Japan on September 20, and in Europe on October 12. In, it is also one of the trial games available in the 'Masterpieces' section, which uses Virtual Console technology to emulate older hardware and have time constraints.

The game was later released on the Virtual Console in May 2013, initially available during the trial campaign for a cheaper price before reverting to its regular price the next month. The -specific Virtual Console also received the release in April 2016. In September 2017, Nintendo released the, which included Super Metroid among its games. Super Metroid and other Super NES games were added to the subscription service in September 2019. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore97%Review scoresPublicationScore36/408.5/109.5/1010/104.425/597%92%Super Metroid was met with critical acclaim. Chris Slate of the video game magazine thoroughly enjoyed Super Metroid, claiming that it 'easily lives up to everyone's high expectations'. He was satisfied with how Nintendo mixed complex gameplay with 'state-of-the-art' graphics and sound.

Slate found the newly added auto-mapping feature something that players really needed, saying that it was the only feature in Super Metroid that the original Metroid should have had. Concluding his review, Slate stated, 'Action fans can't afford to miss Super Metroid. You'll want to play through again and again even after you've beaten it.' Mentioned that the game 'may well be the best action adventure game ever', calling it the 'wave of the future'. They praised the game's graphics, sound, and controls, while their only negative comment was, 'Even 100 megabits of Metroid wouldn't be enough.' Gave Super Metroid their 'Game of the Month' award, comparing it favorably to the original Metroid and applauding the graphics, the many weapons and items available, and the music. Each of the four reviewers gave it scores of nine out of ten.

Criticized that the controls are often awkward or difficult and that many of the power-ups are either lifted from other SNES games or simple upgrades of other power-ups in the game, but praised the game's massive size along with the auto-mapping feature, saying it 'makes a potentially frustrating game accessible to a far wider audience.' Andy Robinson of was pleased with the game's 'phenomenal' soundtrack, complimenting it as 'one of the best videogame scores of all time'.The former British video game publication, which had three editors review the game, also enjoyed it. The magazine's Zy Nicholson noted that the game was better than his favorite game, describing Super Metroid as 'more of an experience than a game'. Comparing the game to the 1986 film, Nicholson felt that the game was best experienced when played in the dark with the volume turned up. He found the game so compulsive that he was tempted to play 'without eating or sleeping'. The publication's Tony Mott named the game's atmosphere its best aspect, calling the game a mix of (1990), Aliens, (1989), and (1985).

Appreciating the game's controls, Mott applauded Nintendo's ability to create a refined gameplay. He concluded his review by calling Super Metroid 'undoubtedly the best game I've played this year so far', predicting that anyone who plays the game would be 'playing a game destined for classic status'. The third reviewer, James Leach, agreed with Nicholson and Mott that Super Metroid was what Mega Man X should have been. Concluding his review, Leach wrote that Super Metroid contained everything he looked for in a video game: 'playability, hidden tricks, powerful weapons and steamingly evil baddies'.

After summarizing the reviews, the magazine's verdict was, 'We all love this game. Super Metroid is absolutely marvelous and you should own it.' IGN called Super Metroid 's Virtual Console version a 'must-own', commenting that although the game was released nine months after the Wii launched, they felt that it was worth the wait.

For players who have never played Super Metroid, IGN claims that they owe themselves as gamers to 'finally find out about what you've been missing all these years'. In his review for GameSpot, Frank Provo found it 'absolutely astonishing that Nintendo let 13 years go by before making Super Metroid readily available again', but considered the most important thing was that players 'can now play this masterpiece without having to track down the original Super Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge or fumble with legally questionable emulators'. Despite admitting that the Virtual Console version was essentially 'nothing more than a no-frills, emulated version of a 13-year-old SNES game' that was no longer cutting-edge, he was still pleased with it and reiterated his belief that Super Metroid is 'one of the best 2D action adventure games ever produced'.Although Super Metroid received critical acclaim, Rus McLaughlin of said that the Metroid series 'still fell down on the timing, arriving too late in the SNES lifecycle to earn big sales.' Robinson similarly noted that, in a series tradition, the game was released 'at the wrong place, at the wrong time.' He also added that it did not sell well in Japan after struggling against more commercially popular games, such as, along with the launch of the and consoles. With the help of strong marketing from Nintendo, Super Metroid sold better in North America, and a year after its release, Nintendo placed it on their marketing label. By late 2003, the game had shipped 1.42 million copies worldwide.

Accolades Super Metroid collected several awards and honors. Named Super Metroid a Game of the Month for May 1994, gave it an Editors' Choice award, awarded it as the Best Action Game of 1994, and named it the best game of all time in 2003. IGN ranked Super Metroid 3rd (2003), 10th (2005) and 7th (2007) in its top 100 games of all time lists. Likewise, IGN readers ranked the game 11th in its top 99 games of all-time list in 2005, and 4th in its top 100 games in 2006.

Richard George of IGN also ranked Super Metroid 3rd in its top 100 SNES games, crediting its 'flawless action, impeccable level design, out-of-this-world atmosphere, a totally badass heroine and an enormous overworld to explore.' Named Super Metroid the best SNES game of all time, while named it the best game in the Metroid series, beating out. Listed Super Metroid as one of the fifteen must-play retro games on the. Legacy Super Metroid is often regarded as one of the best games of all time. Jeremy Parish of remarked that Super Metroid is a 'kind of game you can return to time and again and always come away with some fresh insight or observation.'

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Andrew Webster of found the game's atmosphere impressive, and noted that the developers had perfected the aspect on solitude, a concept introduced in the first Metroid game. Writer Joe Juba cited the game's ending as 'one of the most memorable and empowering moments in gaming history.' As Super Metroid gave players awards based on how long it took them to complete the game, it has become a popular choice for, a style of play in which the player intends to complete the game as quickly as possible for the purpose of competition. Super Metroid, alongside 's 1997 game, is also credited for establishing the ' genre. It was cited as an influence on other Metroidvania games, including and.Several for Super Metroid were released by fans, which added new features that are not included in the original game. Super Metroid: Redesign, created by 'drewseph' in 2006, features new items, expanded areas and modified physics.

In 2011, a Japanese hacker named 'SB' released a ROM hack titled Metroid: Super Zero Mission, which intends to combine elements from Super Metroid and the later-released. Sequels After Super Metroid 's release, there would not be another sequel for eight years, as none of the games in the Metroid series up to this point had enjoyed the level of success that the and franchises had. Metroid series producer Gunpei Yokoi left Nintendo in August 1996, amid the failure of the, and later died in a in October 1997.During the series' hiatus, fans eagerly awaited a Metroid game for the (N64).

According to, Nintendo did not develop a Metroid game for the N64 as they 'couldn't come out with any concrete ideas'. Sakamoto said he could not imagine how the could be used to control Samus. Nintendo approached another company to make an N64 Metroid, but the offer was declined because the developers thought they could not make a game that could equal Super Metroid 's standards.In late 2002, two new Metroid games were released by Nintendo, marking the return of the series after an eight-year hiatus. The games were, a 2D side-scroller developed for the by Nintendo R&D1, the same team that developed Super Metroid; and, a action-adventure game developed for the by the American company and the first Metroid game to use. Both Fusion and Prime garnered critical acclaim, with the latter winning several awards. After Metroid Prime, three more games in the first-person perspective and a spin-off were released, including its sequel, (2004).

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