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Released
Mar 19, 1994
Studio
Nintendo R&D1
Platforms
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Super Metroid

Mar 19, 1994 Nintendo R&D1 4 platforms

Adventure video game Platformer Shooter game Action Science fiction Thriller

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, including the Grappling Beam, which allows Samus to swing across large chasms, and the X-Ray Scope, which reveals secret passages.

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Released
  • March 19, 1994Japan
  • April 18, 1994North America
  • July 28, 1994Europe
  • August 1994Brazil
  • October 12, 2007Australia
  • April 26, 2008Korea
  • April 14, 2016Worldwide
Also known as
Metroid 3 슈퍼 메트로이드 スーパーメトロイド
Versions
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Standalone expansions
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Languages
4 languages English fully voiced
  • English audio · interface
  • French interface
  • German interface
  • Japanese interface

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