Metroid

The Metroid (メトロイド Metoroido) games are a series of video games produced by Nintendo. One of the company's most successful franchises, the series' popularity spans several Nintendo consoles, with the first game, Metroid, released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Metroid II: Return of Samus on the Game Boy, Super Metroid on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission on the Game Boy Advance, Metroid: Samus Returns on the Nintendo 3DS, and the soon to be released Metroid Dread on the Nintendo Switch.

Summary
The Metroid games chronicle the missions of bounty hunter Samus Aran in a science fiction setting which contains many similarities to the Alien film franchise. Central plot elements are the Metroid organisms and the Space Pirates which try to exploit the Metroids' powers. The gameplay combines adventure based on exploration and item-gathering with platformer and shooter dynamics. The Metroid games are famous for their nonlinear gameplay, where one can complete a game with a fraction of the items available in the game.

Series Overview

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Metroid (1986)
The galactic bounty hunter, Samus Aran, is given an emergency mission to journey to the alien planet of Zebes to track down a group of Space Pirates who have stolen DNA samples of the bio-engineered invasive alien species known as the Metroids. She finds herself in an underground labrynth in the vast caves of Zebes, fighting off Space Pirate goons and defeating their two head bosses, Krait and Ridley, until she tracks down the Mother Brain. She defeats the Mother Brain, stopping them from rebuilding her with Metroid DNA, and she leaves the planet.


 * Primary suit: Power Suit
 * Final Boss: Mother Brain
 * Villainous Faction: Space Pirates
 * Planet: Zebes
 * System: Nintendo Entertainment System
 * Released: 1986


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Metroid: Zero Mission (2004)
The galactic bounty hunter, Samus Aran, is given an emergency mission to journey to the alien planet of Zebes to track down a group of Space Pirates who have stolen DNA samples of the bio-engineered invasive alien species known as the Metroids. She finds herself in an underground labrynth in the vast caves of Zebes, fighting off Space Pirate goons and defeating their two head bosses, Krait and Ridley, until she tracks down the Mother Brain. She defeats the Mother Brain, stopping them from rebuilding her with Metroid DNA, and she leaves the planet.


 * Primary suit: Power Suit
 * Final Boss: Mother Brain
 * Additional Boss: Mecha Ridley
 * Villainous Faction: Space Pirates
 * Planet: Zebes
 * System: Game Boy Advance
 * Released: 2004

Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)

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