About Super Metroid
A side-scrolling action-adventure platformer following bounty hunter Samus Aran as she explores the planet Zebes, gaining new abilities to access previously blocked areas.
After having defeated Mother Brain, the leader of the Space Pirates who wanted to use alien creatures known as Metroids to dominate the world, the bounty hunter Samus Aran took the fight to the Metroids' homeland and eradicated them. Only a single Metroid larva remained. Samus took it to a galactic research station, and scientists assured her that the powers of the larva can be harnessed to help people. However, everything goes wrong when a dragon kills the scientists, takes away the larva, and destroys the research facility. Samus follows the dragon to the planet of Zebes, where she fought Mother Brain before. She must explore the dangerous planet, stay alive, and figure out a way to retrieve the larva.
Super Metroid is a platform game and a follow-up to Metroid II. Like the previous games in the series, it is not divided into separate levels; the planet Zebes is an open world which Samus traverses back and forth. This world is divided into rooms separated with doors which must be shot to be opened. Shooting is also used to open up secret passages, some of which contain nifty bonuses, but finding most of them is required to proceed in the game.
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How long does it take to beat Super Metroid?
Players report about 6 hours of playtime on average for Super Metroid. Actual time varies with playstyle, difficulty and how much side content you do.
What genre is Super Metroid?
Super Metroid is a Platformer, Shooter, Adventure, Action game, released in 1994.
Is Super Metroid worth playing?
Super Metroid is a platformer game from 1994. Fans of this game often enjoy titles like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Portal 2, Red Dead Redemption 2. You can add it to your backlog on nxto.app to track it.
What games are similar to Super Metroid?
Games similar to Super Metroid include: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Portal 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Resident Evil 4, Half-Life 2, Resident Evil 2, Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut, The Last Of Us, Portal, God of War (2018). You can discover and track all of them on nxto.app.