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Metroid II: Return of Samus [a] is a 1991 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.The first Metroid game for a handheld game console, it was released in North America in November 1991 and in Japan and Europe in 1992.
[2] [3] Samus Returns is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus; [4] it features a story and structure similar to the original game but includes updated controls, visuals, and gameplay. [2] [3] [5] The game introduces several features new to the side-scrolling Metroid games. [5]
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]
The first 3D Metroid game, Metroid Prime (2002), was developed by Retro Studios for the GameCube and received acclaim. It was followed by Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004) and the Wii game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007). Metroid: Other M (2010), developed by Team Ninja for the Wii, received weaker reviews.
AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake) is an action-adventure game developed by Argentine programmer Milton Guasti (also known as DoctorM64) and released on August 6, 2016, Metroid ' s 30th anniversary. It was originally released for Windows .
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.
Metroidvania [a] is a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression. The term is a partial blend of the names of the video game series Metroid and Castlevania, based on the template from Metroid (1986), Castlevania II (1987), Super Metroid (1994), and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997).
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is a 2004 adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.The sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) and the first Metroid game with a multiplayer feature, Echoes was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 2004 and in Japan under the name Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes [a] in May 2005.