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Super Metroid [a] [b] is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.It is the third installment in the Metroid series, following the events of the Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991).
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 II, along with other Game Boy games such as Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, and several others were released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console service in 2011. [24] It was released in Japan on September 28, [22] [25] and in North America and Europe on November 24. [26] [27]
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).
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 .
All the Metroid games released by 2005 were included in a Nintendo Power top 200 Nintendo games list, [97] Prime in the IGN top 100, [98] Metroid, Super Metroid, Prime and Echoes in a list by GameFAQs users; [99] Metroid and Super Metroid in Game Informer ' s list; [100] and Prime and Super Metroid in Edge ' s list. [101]
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The game garnered acclaim, often cited by critics as one of the best video games of all time, praising its gameplay innovations, atmosphere, visuals and soundtrack, though the voice acting was faulted. It is also considered a pioneer of the Metroidvania genre (alongside Super Metroid), inspiring numerous exploration-based action-adventure games.