Super Nintendo Entertainment System
4:3 · International · RetroAchievements
Relative release score100 Excellent
1994ActionAdventurePlatformShooter
Super Metroid
The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the deadly Metroid hidden deep within the cave-riddled planet Zebes. Super Metroid features excellent graphics, with a huge variety of enemies and worlds to explore. The side-view action will be familiar to many players, only now there are new weapons and items, in…
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8 hours
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New Nintendo 3DS · 2016Super Famicom · 1994Super Nintendo Entertainment System · 1994Wii · 2007Wii U · 2013
Super Famicom
4:3 · Worldwide
Wii
4:3 · Worldwide
Wii U
4:3 · Worldwide
New Nintendo 3DS
4:3 · Worldwide
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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