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Metroid [a] is an action game franchise created by Nintendo. Metroid follows space-faring bounty hunter Samus Aranwho protects the galaxy from the Space Pirates and their attempts to harness the power of the parasitic Metroid metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation. Metroid combines the platforming of Super Mario Bros. The series consists of thirteen games that were released on almost every Nintendo video game console.
It is one of Nintendo's most successful franchises, and the games have received varying levels of critical acclaim. Additional media includes soundtracks, comic books, and manga.
The Metroid series contains gameplay elements from shooter, platformerand adventure games. The series has been a 2D side-scroller in all its incarnations until the Metroid Prime series changed the perspective to a first-person perspectiveleading to a new first-person shooter element. The player gains items and power-ups for Samus's cybernetic suit primarily through exploration, and occasionally by defeating alien creatures through real-time combat with the suit's arm cannon.
Many such upgrades enable further avenues of exploration. The original Metroid was influenced by two other major Nintendo franchises: Mariofrom which it borrowed extensive areas of platform jumping, and The Legend of Zeldafrom which it borrowed non-linear exploration. The thirteen games in the Metroid series focus on the adventures of Samus Aran and her assignments to wipe out threats to the Galactic Federation presented by the Space Pirates and their attempts to harness various biological weapons such as the Metroids and Phazon.
A sequel, Metroid II: It was the first game of the Metroid series whose North American release featured a save system, allowing the player to have three separate save files. Director Yoshio Sakamoto began planning concepts for Super Metroid in earlybut his studio was committed to making another game, so developers from Intelligent Systems were brought in to help complete the game.
Metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation Nintendo 64 game was considered during the period, but Nintendo "couldn't come up with any concrete ideas". Nintendo rarely allows overseas teams to work on its games but this was one occasion when they allowed a high-profile game to be developed by a studio outside Japan. Rumors abounded since about the development of a game called Metroid Metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviationsupposedly a 2D side-scroller for the Nintendo DS.
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruptionthere is a message in the Metroid breeding zone of the Space Pirate Homeworld on a computer panel that if scanned says "Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion.
A new Metroid game was announced at E3Metroid: It was developed in cooperation with Team Ninja and directed by long-time series developer Yoshio Sakamoto. It was released on the Wii on August 31, While Nintendo did not formally announce plans for a Metroid game for the Wii UAnimal Crossing producer Katsuya Eguchi mentioned in an interview how such a game could make use of the console's tablet controller to perform actions such as scanning enemies and retrieving information.
Miyamoto added that Retro is "a very high priority" in the development of more Metroid games. InNintendo released Metroid Prime: Federation Forcethe first game in six years. Nintendo were widely criticized for releasing a multiplayer and soccer focussed spin-off, rather than a core series game after such a long interim.
Samus Returnsa side-scrolling remake of the Game Boy game, with Metroid Prime 4 announced for the Nintendo Switch in the future. Metroid was designed to be a shooting game that combined the platform jumping of Super Mario Bros.
The name of the game is a portmanteau of the words "metro" as in rapid transit and androidand was meant to allude to the mainly underground setting of the first game as well as its robot-like protagonist. The development staff was affected by the work of the film's creature designer H. Gigerand found his creations to be fitting for the Metroid universe. MetroidMetroid II: Other M Project M. Mario and The Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto was involved with the Prime trilogy, having been the one that suggested Retro to work with the franchise.
The Metroid series has been noted and praised for its unique style of video game music. At all other metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation, no melodies are present in the game. He was asked to compose the music for Metroid Prime to reinforce the series continuity.
Characters and elements from the Metroid series have appeared in different mediums. Samus is a playable character in all four Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Melee both as an unlockable trophy and in the game's opening, where he is fighting Samus at Ceres Space Station.
BrawlRidley, in both normal and Meta Ridley forms, appears as a boss character. Melee as a stage hazard in Brinstar Depths and unlockable trophy. Mother Brain was also the primary villain in the Captain N: The Game Master TV show.
Dimensionsa fighting game developed by Team Ninja for the Nintendo 3DSone stage is a replica of the arena in which Samus fights Ridley in Metroid: Other M and features both as assist characters; [66] Samus, however, is not featured as a playable character in Dimensions[67] as Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi stated in an interview that "it would be better to let her focus on her job rather than kicking everyone's butt in [ Dead or Alive: Comics and manga have been made for various magazines metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation on Metroid[69] Super Metroid[70] Metroid Prime[71] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes[72] and Metroid: Zero Mission [73] in both the United States and Japan.
Samus Aran and other Metroid characters also featured in the Captain N: The Game Master comic books by Valiant Comics. Ultimate Alliance however they didn't make the final release. Inmetroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation producers optioned the rights to create a live-action film based on Metroidbut the rights expired. In DecemberPeer Schneider of IGN published an article explaining metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation fate and some production details of the proposed John Woo-directed Metroid movie with an exclusive interview with one of the former producers of the Metroid movie, Brad Foxhoven.
The movie with John Woo as director was first pitched in and initially had Nintendo's full support. Foxhoven stated in the IGN interview, "Nintendo was quite supportive of the idea, as they were all fans of John's previous films" and that production studio Tiger Hill was "in it for the long haul" and had started a three-year development period. The Metroid movie was originally set for a release but slipped because Tiger Hill was spending most of the development time attempting to cope with Nintendo's restrictions on the Metroid franchise.
The reason for Nintendo's restrictions was the past critical and commercial failure of the Super Mario Bros. The article revealed that early scripts for the movie were going to focus on series heroine Samus Aran and her metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation.
Tiger Hill wanted to explore Samus prior to her becoming the lone bounty hunter featured in the series. According to Foxhoven, the movie version of Samus Aran was "to be an exceptionally talented, but also flawed character who was looking for redemption," and elaborating that, "We wanted to see her struggle, to metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation humbled, and to be forced to rise up against crazy odds.
And of course we wanted to see the cool weapons in all of their glory. Foxhoven stated that these questions came up: What is their daily existence and relationships? What are Samus's aspirations, history, and fears? Foxhoven however foresees Metroid becoming metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation movie, stating at the end of the IGN interview that "for Nintendo, they walked away appreciating the process and how much further they needed to explore the franchise so that it has a chance for a feature film at some point" and he revealed that "there are quite a few Hollywood executives in town who grew up playing Metroidand who would be willing metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation take the time needed to bring Nintendo along in the process.
The series has been highly praised by critics, being ranked as the 70th top game collectively by Next Generation in [] and as the eighth best video game franchise ever by IGN in Symphony of the Night. Samus Aran was recognized by Guinness World Records as being "enduringly popular" [1] and as the "first playable human female character in a mainstream videogame", although Toby Masuyo "Kissy" from Namco 's Alien Sector predates her by metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation year.
Ridley was the number two most requested Nintendo character by IGN and number one by the fans to be added as a playable character to the Super Smash Bros. The original Metroid has been described as being boosted by its "eerie" music, adding a "sense of mystery and exploration" metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation the game by making the game "moody and atmospheric".
The sound effects were also metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation for a high degree of accuracy and blending with the soundtrack. Corruption exceeding one million copies sold.
Sales of Metroid games in Japan, however, have typically been lower than in the United States. In its debut week in Japan, Metroid Prime 3: Other M was the third best-selling video game in Japan during its week of release with 45, copies sold, ranking it behind Wii Party and Monster Metroid fusion sector 3 robot abbreviation Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the series. For the first game in the series, see Metroid video game. For for the eponymous alien species, see Metroid fictional species.
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