Destructoid:
"Rejoice, Metroid fans! One of the greatest entries in the franchise is making its way to the Wii U Virtual Console, and it could be slated for a North American release if we're lucky enough. Metroid: Zero Mission is headed for the Japanese Virtual Console next week for roughly $10.
Originally released for Game Boy Advance back in 2004, Metroid: Zero Mission is an excellent remake of the original Metroid. For the uninformed, it improved on the first game in several ways, making it truly one of the greats. And if it makes its way over to the North American Wii U Virtual Console, you should absolutely do yourself a favor and pick it up, even if it's just to see Zero Suit Samus for the first time.
We'll let you know if a Western release is imminent, of course, but for now let's treat this as a good omen. "
Now that Metroid Dread is here, it is time to officially rank the five Metroid titles that make up the 2D storyline. 35 years of Metroid storytelling finally coming to a close, and now it is time to crown the official queen of the lineup. Jason Capp is here to put the five in proper order.
I haven't played Samus Returns but I would've put dread in 4th or 5th place. It had big shoes to fill being the first 2D Metroid designed for home consoles and AAA sensibilities in a long time. It borrowed its innovations from modern metroidvanias, and honestly seemed it was cashing in on their popularity. The level design design and progression was a hot mess. Abilities and their order didn't really make sense in the context of these things. Bosses were basically straight out of hollow knight. Controls were clumsy and as poorly thought out as the rest of the game. It basically boils down to a bland remix of metroid and a clone of clones; A decent game when it should've been incredible.
VGChartz's Paul Broussard: "The early-mid 2000s saw something of a golden age for Metroid games. After an eight year hiatus, Metroid burst back onto the scene in dramatic fashion. Largely buoyed by the critical and financial success of Metroid Prime (at least, relative to other Metroid releases), Metroid saw a whopping six new titles between 2002 and 2007, as well as one rather bizarre pinball spin-off that wound up being much better than it had any right to be. Metroid had never been this popular before."
Never though the day would come where I say this but I’d be fine with having every 2D Metroid remade the way Dread plays.
Metroid Zero Mission, released on Game Boy Advance in 2004, revisited the original game and created the definitive way to experience it.
This is pretty confusing. It has Metroid Fusion, but the article is tackling Zero Mission?
This article is 100% spot on. The greatest Gameboy advance game. Quite possibly the greatest portable game of all time
I still remember playing my first metroid game on a Christmas that my parents bought me the GBA SP with metroid Fusion and Megaman Zero
I could never finish megaman zero but metroid fusion? I FINISHED THAT B!TCH LIKE 10 TIMES, such an amazing game and there was so much to do. so many secrets, so many abilities, I thought this was the best game I would ever play on GBA....then zero mission came out and it blew my mind that this time I would use Samus without the super powers that I got accustomed to on Metroid Fusion. at first I was skeptical but MAN was that game amazing. the perfect sequel..after that I never played another metroid game because Metroid prime was not my cup of tea and I hated the direction the franchise took. I'm crossing my fingers for Droid but I doubt it'll live up to the likes of Fusion and Zero Mission
I want this so bad, I really hope Nintendo brings this over stateside as soon as possible. This was a great remake of the original NES version that I beat once. Epic game!
An amazing remake of the NES classic!
What the...I want this so bad for my 3DS eshop but nintendo only released it for WiiU?! T_T
Great game, will be happy to play it again.
My favorite Metroid after Super Metroid...just epic!!