A lone bounty hunter returns to the planet where her legend began — Nintendo's remake of the original Metroid, and the game that gave the series back its teeth.
About
Samus Aran lands on Zebes with a single order: hunt the Space Pirates, break the Mother Brain. Metroid: Zero Mission is Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance retelling of the first Metroid, built by Nintendo R&D1 and released on February 9, 2004, and it is remembered for rebuilding a sparse 1986 map into a larger world of hidden passages and new areas, then sending the hunter back out stripped of her power suit in its infamous final act.
The game belongs to the Metroidvania genre it helped define in modern form: explore, grow stronger, open the way forward. A launch title for a generation of Game Boy Advance players and the series’ chronological beginning, it stands beside the original as Samus’s origin — and as the reason players still argue over which version of Zebes they love more.
- Genre
- Metroidvania
- Modes
- Single-player video game
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publisher
- Nintendo
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Releases
| Platform | Release date | Region | Edition | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Advance | February 9, 2004 | NA | Physical (Nintendo) |
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