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I was THIS close to giving this game a five star rating, but then I hit the Mother Brain fight. I was actually ready to call it quits due to how fucking bullshit that boss fight was, but after...I dunno...thirty tries I finally got lucky and sent her ass to hell. However the rest of this game is pretty much perfect and it's easily the definitive way to experience the original Metroid.
This is how you do a remake. Literally everything is superior to the NES version. Absolutely everything.
I may have come from the NES era but I still think the original Metroid, while kind of revolutionary, was also kind of garbage. Metroid Zero Mission adds more modern QOL features to the original Metroid game (map being the most important) while adding some storyline, cut scenes, a new graphical upgrade, and saves! If you want to play the original Metroid, just skip it and play Metroid Zero Mission, it’s the superior version.
the first metroid game that made me understand why its a beloved series, this game is so good
it's superior to the original in every way and it's a good example on how to make a remake with the amount of changes it brings
it has amazing map design and honestly it just feels great to play, most of the pacing breakers were my own fault
the sense of progression and how it showed you anything new you get is just so good, hope future games expand on the boss fights and exploring aspects
100% recommend, a perfect game to get into the metroid series
it's superior to the original in every way and it's a good example on how to make a remake with the amount of changes it brings
it has amazing map design and honestly it just feels great to play, most of the pacing breakers were my own fault
the sense of progression and how it showed you anything new you get is just so good, hope future games expand on the boss fights and exploring aspects
100% recommend, a perfect game to get into the metroid series
fuck those gray space pirates during the escape section, all my homies hate those gray space pirates during the escape section
(Played on VisualBoy Advanced emulator) This game was great! I think it was a wonderful retelling of the first Metroid with wonderful graphics and a good story. The new content was something I honestly didn't know was coming and I was so happy it was, the Zero Suit segment was cool. I feel this game was faulted by it being short (which, like, fair it was a NES game) but overall? Pretty fun!