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The 2D Metroid games are side-scrollers, and the 3D Metroid Prime series gives the player a first-person perspective, [1] while Other M is a third-person shooter with the ability to switch to first-person view. [2] Metroid is one of Nintendo's most successful franchises, with over 17 million copies sold by September 2012. [3]
Metroid differed in its atmosphere of solitude and foreboding. [3] Metroid was also one of the first video games to feature an exploration to the left as well as the right, and backtracking to already explored areas to search for secret items and paths. [5] Since the late 1990s, the term "Metroidvania" has been applied to this format.
Metroid was one of the ten NES games released as part of the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program for people who purchased the Nintendo 3DS prior to its first price drop. It was released in North America on August 31 and in Europe on September 1, 2011. [26] [27] Metroid was released for all 3DS owners on March 1, 2012. [28]
This category describes games that have been classified as falling into the Metroidvania genre of gameplay, a specific type of action-adventure game (as well as platform game, generally) that features a large interconnected game world that progressively becomes more accessible as the player collects power-ups.
Metroid: A series of 2D side-scrolling games featuring Samus Aran that entail elements of platformers, shooters, and action video games. Metroid: Metroid Dread [62] [1] Metroid Prime: A sub-series of the Metroid franchise where it's core gameplay is adapted to 3D space from a first person perspective. Metroid Prime: Metroid Prime Remastered [63 ...
Metroid Prime: Trilogy was released to critical acclaim. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] GameSpy ' s Phil Theobald praised it for being the compilation of three great games for the price of one. [ 6 ] Matt Casamassina of IGN cited the "fantastic gameplay" and "brilliant presentation values", [ 3 ] while Martin Kitts of NGamer UK praised the achievements system ...
Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. Metroid Prime is the fifth main Metroid game and the first to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective. It was released in North America in November 2002, and in Japan and Europe the following year.