Complete metroid franchise guide — all 5 games in chronological order.
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The game that defined atmospheric exploration in video games. Metroid dropped players on a hostile alien planet with no map and no instructions, demanding they discover their own path through environmental storytelling.
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Samus travels to SR388 to exterminate the Metroid species — a game-changing narrative that introduced the Baby Metroid and directly set up Super Metroid's story.
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Super Metroid is widely considered one of the greatest games ever made — a masterpiece of atmospheric exploration, environmental storytelling, and movement-based design that defined the Metroidvania genre.
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Samus Aran's most personal and story-driven adventure brought Metroid to the Game Boy Advance with a haunting atmosphere, terrifying SA-X antagonist, and a narrative that finally gave the series' silent protagonist a genuine voice. Metroid Fusion is as close to survival horror as the franchise ever ventured.
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The definitive remake of Metroid 1 — Zero Mission retells Samus's original mission with modern Metroidvania level design, then extends the story beyond the original ending in a surprising Space Pirate stealth sequence.