The Adventures of Samus Aran began in the 80s and spanned over 10 games.
When we think of the major Nintendo franchises Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade Chronicles and of course come to mind. metroid. Games starring Samus Aran are the ones that put the foundations of the metroidvania genreand without them, we wouldn’t have heard of Castlevania, Hollow Knight or Blasphemous.
we are before a very important IP that marked a before and after in the history of video games, and as is often the case with series as lively as this one, it has more than a dozen works and it can be difficult to know where to start playing. for this reason I prepared this article as a guide for neophytes.
Normally I always recommend playing in starting orderbut in search of a better structuring of the article, I will present below all Metroid installments in chronological order. And before I begin, I must point out that the first Metroid has been removed from the official canon of the sagaand its replacement is the work of which I shall speak next.
1. Metroid: Mission Zero
- Release date: April 8, 2004
- Platforms: Game Boy Advance | Wii U (virtual console)
The Metroid story begins with this episode of Game Boy Advance in which the bounty hunter samus aran is hired by the Galactic Federation to infiltrate the base of operations of the space pirates of Planet Zebes.
2. Metroid Prime Remastered
- Release date: February 9, 2023
- Platforms: Nintendo Switch (original can be played on GameCube and Wii)
Three years later of what happened in Zero Mission, we went to metroid prime trilogy. In this first part, which just remastered by Retro Studioswe accompany Samus on her journey to Planet Tallon IV to investigate a mysterious distress signal. Predictably, on his arrival he met an unexpected threat.
3. Metroid Prime Hunters
- Release date: May 5, 2006
- Platforms: Nintendo DS | Wii U (virtual console)
Some time after what happened in the first Metroid Prime, the Galactic Federation entrusts a new mission to Samus Aran. Now you have to go to Alimbic Sector of the Tetra Galaxy get your hands on something called “Source of Power” to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
4. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Release date: November 26, 2004
- Platforms: GameCube
In this sequel, Samus travels to Ether Planet and experience the horrors caused by the substance like never before Phazon. In this place, two races fight each other, the Luminaries and the Dark Ones, but the biggest surprise hidden there is the presence of the dark samusa copy of the protagonist.
5. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Release date: October 26, 2007
- Platforms:Wii
Six months later from the end of the previous episode, Samus joins forces with the Galactic Federation and other bounty hunters in order to defeat once and for all Omega Ridley, Samus Oscura and all the enemies who are in theThe pirate planet. It’s time to eliminate the threat Phazon.
6. Metroid Prime: Force of the Federation
- Release date: September 2, 2016
- Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
The Federation Force is positioned immediately after the end of Metroid Prime 3and for the first time rest is given to Samus Aran. The protagonists of this video game are the Federation Forces Marineswho should go to Bermuda System and perform different advanced missions in order to eliminate the remaining forces of the Space Pirates.
7. Metroid: Return of Samus
- Release date: September 15, 2017
- Platform: Nintendo 3DS
After what happened in Federation Force, it’s time to tell the facts of Metroid II (that of the Game Boy), but as in 2017 it received a remake/reimagining Spectacular by MercurySteam I think it’s best to focus on the latest and most accessible version for everyone.
In Metroid: Return of Samus we return to control Samus in her mission in the Planet SR388where he must put an end once and for all to the dangerous Metroid racing.
8. Super Metroid
- Release date: July 28, 1994
- Platforms: SNES | Wii (virtual console) | Wii U (virtual console) | 3DS (virtual console) | Switch (ONS)
At the end of Metroid: Samus Return, it looked like the protagonist was going to take the Baby Metroid safe and sound, however. Ridley suddenly appeared and took her away Zebes. Our bounty hunter will have to infiltrate the Planet and recover what is hers.
9. Metroid Other M
- Release date: September 3, 2010
- Platforms: Wii | Wii U (virtual console)
Later in Super Metroid, Samus Aran is sent to the bottle ship (a space station) to investigate a plot that could threaten the peace that reigns in the galaxy.
10. Metroid Fusion
- Release date: November 22, 2004
- Platforms: Game Boy Advance | Wii U (virtual console)
After Other M ends, we move on to the events of Metroid Fusion. On a mission to the planet SR388Samus is infected by a being called Parasite X who nearly ended his life. Fortunately, he manages to survive thanks to a special vaccine made from metroid cells, but when he returns to work, he discovers that the same parasite has invaded the Biometrox Space Laboratory.
11. Metroid Dread
- Release date: October 8, 2021
- Platform: Nintendo Switch
Metroid Prime Remastered Remaster RemovalMetroid Dread is the latest installment in the saga that really continues the story by Samus Aran. In this sequel, we accompany the bounty hunter to the Planet ZDRwhere he intends to discover the location of the EMMI, robots designed to extract DNA. What is the great danger lurking there? Well there is a Parasite X prowling the area, and only Samus is able to fend him off.
And where would Metroid Prime 4 go?
- Since Metroid Prime 4 It was officially announced so many years ago, it was only confirmed that its development started from scratch and Retro Studios took the reins of the project
- SO, it is impossible to know where in the official chronology of the series this work will be placedalthough it is surely a sequel to Metroid Prime 3 which acts as a prelude to Samus Returns and Federation Force
- When something more is known on this subject, I will update the article to make everything very clear