Super Metroid begins with a narrative by bounty hunter Samus Aran. Samus describes how a Metroid larva hatched from an egg and immediately imprinted upon her, believing her to be its mother. She brought the larva to Ceres Space Colony, where scientists learned that they could harness its power. Just after she left the colony, she received a distress call and returned to find the scientists dead and the larva stolen. The game begins as she follows the leader of the Space Pirates, Ridley, to the planet Zebes, where she searches for the stolen larva in a network of caves. Along the way, Samus defeats four of the Space Pirate bosses, including Ridley, and arrives in Tourian, the heart of the Space Pirate base. There, she encounters the Metroid larva, which has now grown to an enormous size. It attacks Samus and nearly drains all of her energy before it realizes who she is, and then departs. Samus recharges her energy and confronts Mother Brain, the final boss that controls the base. Mother Brain nearly kills Samus, but is then attacked by the Metroid larva, which drains it of its energy and transfers it back to Samus. Mother Brain recovers and destroys the Metroid in retaliation, but is in turn destroyed by Samus with an extremely powerful weapon created from the energy given to her by the Metroid. Afterward, a planetwide self-destruct sequence begins, which Samus narrowly escapes.

Super Metroid was released in 1994 to America and soon after in Japan. Although it made very few sales in Japan Super Metroid boomed in America. It was rated 3rd in IGNs (Imagine Games Network) top 100 games, and Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it game of the month for may 1994 and best action game, to then call it the best game of all time in 2003. Metroid changed the world of gaming, bringing to its world state of the art graphics and sound for its time, a great upgrading system and diverse storyline. To this day people still call Super Metroid one of the best 2d side scrolling games every made, and for that reason it made it on the list of games that changed a generation.

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Soundtrack:

Super Metroid Theme

Maridia Theme

Wrecked Ship Theme

Title Theme